LSUhornet17

They've been a Top 10 defensive team for most of the season at this point. The defense is not the problem. They've had a bottom 5 offense all season. If you want to point fingers, that is where you start. Blaming the defense while pointing to 1 game of an 82 game season might as well be screaming "I DON'T PAY ATTENTION, BUT I AM ANGRY!" That's a totally valid sentiment given how mediocre this mostly-healthy team now is, but at least get the deficiencies right. This team is atrocious offensively, and mostly decent defensively.

If you consider Coors Light to be beer, you can get two free "beers."

It prevents any municipality in the state from adding LGBT individuals to anti-discrimination statues. Essentially legalizes discrimination against these people by taking away any legal recourse for remedy.

Highly doubtful. This will be his 3rd year in the league, though he was in Vegas sitting next to Lillard at one of the games.

Most intelligent observers have really liked the fit for all of the guys, with maybe Hill being a slight overpay. When I say "intelligent," I mean the ones that are not using PPG as the sole indicator of worth.

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He sucks and will go down as the worst first round draft pick of all time

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You probably shouldn't talk about basketball anymore.

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And I am a cocky jerk. I admit that.

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Not gonna lie, I hated your guts (as a writer) when you were the new guy at Hornets247, though some of that was you just weren't Niall or Ryan and were often arguing the other side. You've won me over since then and find myself agreeing with you more often than not. Maybe that just means I've become a jerk.

Have you ever looked at other team blogs? No joke that BSS is one of the best. TBW has some great writers. All of these guys really know their stuff, and the commitment it takes to do this is no joke. I know. I couldn't keep it up.

Also, (and I can speak with a little experience here) the vast majority of replies they get on twitter/in comments ARE uninformed. Doesn't help that guys like Fletch have a much larger audience (locally, at least) and spew stuff that makes zero sense and contribute to the relative lack of knowledge in the fan base.

That being said, guys can certainly go overboard in ridiculing questions or comments. It happens. They are human and they don't make a cent on the hours they put in. It is frustrating answering the same question about Greg Monroe 10,000 times.

However, I don't get harping on these guys. They provide tons of content for fans (no matter how many or few read) for free and do a great job of elevating the overall discussion of the team. At the end of the day, you don't have to read, follow, or listen to anyone you don't want to. You don't like them? Don't read. It's that simple. I stopped following Fletch years ago and I am a happier person for it. We're all on the same team here. :cheers:

I think they may take him if all 3 of the guards are gone. If it gets to that point I'd much rather Bender than Brown. I think he could log significant minutes next to AD down the line with his size and versatility. Definitely a bit of a project, but Brown is really no different in that regard, and probably even more so given the lack of skill he has shown so far.

Bender is a year younger and played in a professional league against grown men. His shooting looks passable for a guy of his size and he would immediately be one of the better passers on the team (not that that is saying much on this team). He is skinny and not rebounder but brings enough tools to build on that I think he could become a rotation player sooner rather than later. Brown brings an NBA-ready body with zero NBA skills attached. Those types of guys tend to scare me off.

If I'm ranking the main guys we've been talking about I go: Dunn>Bender/Murray(toss up here)>Hield>Brown. I'm pretty sure the team will have the 3 guards ranked first, which could result in the decision above. Hopefully they emphasize talent over need.

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and I found out Omer bows to Mecca five times a day and that sealed it.

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Oh so his play on the court didn't do it, just purely xenophobic reasons? Trash his game all you want, but that stuff does not belong on here.

Also, you "found out"? You know he is from Turkey, right? Around 97% of Turks practice Islam. Great work there, detective.

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I think these procedures that he's having on his shoulder and knee are more severe and serous than the Pels (shocker) would have us to believe.

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Well if you say so I'm sold. Why should we believe the team and AD himself when oncealurker is providing his expert medical opinion that both surgeries are severe AND "serous."