I’m lowkey rooting for the Charlotte Hornets this season.
The Celtics, Heat, Bucks and Sixers have been the only relevant Eastern Conference teams of the last decade.
We need new blood, new stars, and simply new color schemes to watch.
Sure, the Hornets only have 6 wins and currently sit in 11th place but they are dangerously close to becoming a real threat—especially after almost beating the Milwaukee Bucks Saturday night thanks to first career 50 BALL by LaMelo Ball.
LaMelo Ball vs the Bucks tonight..
50 PTS (17-38 FG, 6-17 3PT)
10 AST
5 REBS
1 STLI said earlier this season he was the best PG in the east.. He is the best PG in the NBA.. There is no one better!!! pic.twitter.com/YS1g3wcbsg
— Frankie Vision (@Frankie_Vision) November 24, 2024
LaMelo Ball is currently 3rd in the NBA averaging 30.2 points per game.
The 3rd overall pick of the 2020 pick behind James Wiseman, is reaching his full potential.
He’s finally healthy.
LaMelo played in 51 or fewer games in 3 of his 4 NBA seasons, including only playing 22 last season.
I don’t know how you defend LaMelo. It’s tough to go up against a guy who will suddenly elevate off one leg from the logo and you have no idea if he’s about to shoot a deep 3 or throw an alley-oop up but Ball becomes a threat the moment he crosses halfcourt.
And now a fully healthy LaMelo is teaming up with Brandon Miller who’s scored 29, 38 and 32 points in his last 3 games.
On Saturday, LaMelo’s 50-piece and Miller’s 32 were the most combined points by a duo in Charlotte Hornets team history. They also became the second youngest duo to score back-to-back 30+ point games behind only Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook in OKC back in the Stone Age.
LAMELO HALF-COURT LOB TO BRANDON MILLER 🤯🔥 pic.twitter.com/0WYi28loP1
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 7, 2024
The Charlotte Hornets are the flyest team in the league right now. LaMelo and The Accomplice are dumping BUCKETS on people’s domes.
But this team’s real secret weapon is Grant Williams.
Grant Williams is a clown 🤡 pic.twitter.com/xrajtKFoC9
— BricksCenter (@BricksCenter) November 2, 2024
Acquired at the trade deadline last season along with Seth Curry and a 2027 1st round draft pick from Dallas for PJ Washington and a couple 2nd round picks, Grant Williams is vital to everything the Hornets have going on.
Even though the Mavericks made the NBA Finals the moment they removed Grant from their locker room.
And now Williams is out after his knee buckled under pressure like any of those suuuuuper online Trump supporters when you ask them to explain the difference between the words “there”, “their” and “they’re”.
How will the Charlotte Hornets survive without Grant Williams?
It’ll be borderline impossible to replace Grant Williams’s 10.6 points off 43% shooting from the field.
It’s difficult to find a guy who will miss open shots and lose track of his defensive assignment by focusing too much on the ball while someone cuts backdoor behind him.
Who else will randomly attack another player in an obvious attempt to portray himself as the gas station-brand version of Draymond Green?
Fortunately, the absence of Grant Williams means one thing and one thing only: Taj Time.
Taj Gibson dunking
On the Pacers pic.twitter.com/px18WxG6Gq— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) November 10, 2024
#PrayForTheNBA
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