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BigErnMcCracken said:
You weren’t around for a quote so I went with the next best thing.

Lamelo bumping heads with Borrego isn’t exactly top secret.
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IIRC there was a situation earlier in the season with Lamelo and Borrego exchanging words on the bench, but I don’t remember the specifics. I have also been under the impression that the two of them don’t have the closest relationship to say the least.
 
The same thing happened with Borego in PHX with Mikal Bridges
 
storrsroars said:
How about this source?

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It doesn't say what the one with the fake quote written by the 20 year old Bangalorean does, so not really. It actually says the opposite.

These are the types of incidents that can fracture a locker room and cause players to pick sides. When the team’s dirty laundry is aired out in the open for everyone to consume and play amateur detective, giving them the ability to search for any and all clues to prove there’s some discontent between the coaching staff and players, it could spur more problems.

Or do the opposite.

“I feel like we’re a whole brotherhood,” LaMelo Ball said. “So, I feel like you should just pull you in closer, be tighter and let it out on the floor next game.”


He’ll get no argument from Bridges. He’s confident that will happen.
“Everybody on this team loves each other,” Bridges said. “So it’s not hard for us to stay together and come together. I’m not worried about that. I know we’re going to stick together. We just got to grind it out. This season is going to have ups and downs and right now, we’re at one of the downs. We’re trying to get back up and I think we will.”
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I'd be fishing the Charlotte waters if I were an NBA GM.
Celtics offer GWill and your pick of any from combo platter of Romeo, Nesmith & PPritchard + a pick.
 
I'd love to see Bouk get a fresh start somewhere else, Somewhere he can get regular minutes and really show what he can do. It seems like when he has been allowed to play extended minutes his production has been pretty good.
 
Not exactly a good look getting into it with your head coach, especially as an unestablished rookie. Lack of PT doesn’t justify that.
 
Borrego is a clown and doesn't deserve to be an NBA head coach. He's got a lot of talent on that squad, but hasn't done much with it. I don't think this is a Bouk issue. Hopefully he gets traded at the deadline out of the deadbeat organization that is the Charlotte Hornets
 
CTBasketball said:
Not exactly a good look getting into it with your head coach, especially as an unestablished rookie. Lack of PT doesn’t justify that.
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While I can see what you are saying, the coach apparently has a bit of a history of this type of thing. Not excusing Bouk, just saying it's not totally unexpected given the circumstances.
 
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It seems that the Pro-Hornets crowd has shockingly disappeared. Gee, wonder why. I called all of this on draft night. I don't take any pleasure in being right, this was always a terrible fit. The success of Melo last year is clear that his talent just exceeds Charlotte's inability to run a franchise. Look at what OKC and Orlando are doing with their first rounders drafted in spots James could have went. Even Ziaire Williams, drafted 10th and on Memphis, is averaging 21.5 mpg over 35 games, 14 starts -- and Memphis is 10 wins better than Charlotte.

Giddey, OKC, 6th pick: 47 gm, 12p/7.5r/6a, 31.4 mpg
Kuminga, GSW, 7th: 41 gm, 6/2.6/0.5, 12.8 mpg
Wagner, ORL, 8th: 55 gm, 15.7/4.5/2.9, 32.1 mpg
Mitchel, SAC, 9th: 49 gm, 10.3/2.2/3.4, 25.8 mpg
Williams, MEM, 10th: 35 gm, 7.3/1.9/0.9, 21.5 mpg
Bouknight, CHA, 11th: 25 gm, 4.8/4.8/1.5, 10 mpg (!)

James is averaging 16ppg when he plays over 20. He would have gotten that on OKC/SAC/ORL/MEM but CHA is too good to play him over 40 games and over 20 mpg? Get that out of here. The Hornets continue to be a joke.

Sadly, I don't see James getting out of this subpar franchise any time soon. If he's lucky, Melo drives Borrego out and they bring in a coach that doesn't try to act like Coach Pop. It's similar to how Bill Belichick (and Calhoun and even Coach K) disciples fail -- you can't emulate the original and expect the same results.
 
Dogdeacon said:
I'd be fishing the Charlotte waters if I were an NBA GM.
Celtics offer GWill and your pick of any from combo platter of Romeo, Nesmith & PPritchard + a pick.
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No they wouldn't. Nesmith was picked in a similar spot in the draft and like Bouk, needs minutes but is blocked by JB. Bouk would be too. They'd trade Romeo for a box of rocks. Grant Williams has some actual trade value the way he has played.
 
HuskyHawk said:
No they wouldn't. Nesmith was picked in a similar spot in the draft and like Bouk, needs minutes but is blocked by JB. Bouk would be too. They'd trade Romeo for a box of rocks. Grant Williams has some actual trade value the way he has played.
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Bouk could take the JRich minutes on the Celtics which Nesmith cannot fill. Regardless of when Nesmith and Romeo were picked (& both were #14 so meaningfully worse than Bouk at 11) their values are now much lower than their draft positions b/c they haven't earned minutes in their 2nd & 3rd years.
So anyway Nesmith and a pick is the minimum to pry Bouk.
Pick + GWill+ Romeo also makes sense
 
He's a getting paid to play basketball, but he's not yet a professional basketball player.

Just because Bouk wants something doesn't mean it will or should happen - I don't have a perspective on if he should or shouldn't play more. He should be a grown man and deal with it, sometimes it doesn't go the way you want it to go. It happens in sports and in every other walk of life - just control what you can control - nothing is guaranteed. Fortunately for him he has an agent that can be an advocate with management on PT or getting traded.

I read through these threads on him and I get the picture of a diva that is talented on the court but has little to no idea how to be a teammate. Is that accurate, no idea.
 
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Northbound said:
He's a getting paid to play basketball, but he's not yet a professional basketball player.

Just because Bouk wants something doesn't mean it will or should happen - I don't have a perspective on if he should or shouldn't play more. He should be a grown man and deal with it, sometimes it doesn't go the way you want it to go. It happens in sports and in every other walk of life - just control what you can control - nothing is guaranteed. Fortunately for him he has an agent that can be an advocate with management on PT or getting traded.

I read through these threads on him and I get the picture of a diva that is talented on the court but has little to no idea how to be a teammate. Is that accurate, no idea.
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Unless you are in the Hornets locker room on a daily basis there is no way you know how he is as a teammate or if he is a "diva" or not. Just a ridiculous statement to make as an outsider.
 
Northbound said:
He's a getting paid to play basketball, but he's not yet a professional basketball player.

Just because Bouk wants something doesn't mean it will or should happen - I don't have a perspective on if he should or shouldn't play more. He should be a grown man and deal with it, sometimes it doesn't go the way you want it to go. It happens in sports and in every other walk of life - just control what you can control - nothing is guaranteed. Fortunately for him he has an agent that can be an advocate with management on PT or getting traded.

I read through these threads on him and I get the picture of a diva that is talented on the court but has little to no idea how to be a teammate. Is that accurate, no idea.
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What a load of crap this is. Yawn.
 
ThabeetDown said:
Unless you are in the Hornets locker room on a daily basis there is no way you know how he is as a teammate or if he is a "diva" or not. Just a ridiculous statement to make as an outsider.
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Watch him when he's on the bench...does everything you want to see out of a good teammate...similar to what diggins is doing this year for us....but do we all have these opinions about Rahsool?

Irony.
 
HuskyFich said:
Watch him when he's on the bench...does everything you want to see out of a good teammate...similar to what diggins is doing this year for us....but do we all have these opinions about Rahsool?

Irony.
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There have been multiple people making the same dumb posts about Diggins too claiming he doesn't smile enough on the bench and doesn't care about his teammates/stand up for huddles. And happened with Akok last year, people seem to never learn
 
navery12 said:
There have been multiple people making the same dumb posts about Diggins too claiming he doesn't smile enough on the bench and doesn't care about his teammates/stand up for huddles. And happened with Akok last year, people seem to never learn
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Yep. Apparently when a spark appears, the entire world will burn....there are no other outcomes on this board. :confused:
 
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ThabeetDown said:
Unless you are in the Hornets locker room on a daily basis there is no way you know how he is as a teammate or if he is a "diva" or not. Just a ridiculous statement to make as an outsider.
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Jesus reading comprehension is not a strong point for you. - see the “I get the picture” and “seems like” - i did not say he was either of those things, but rather that’s how it appears.

Here’s what i do know the guy is not a transcendent talent like many want to make him out to be - he’s could he a good NBA player. He’s got to improve on being a professional basketball player whether you agree or not is up to you.
 
Northbound said:
Jesus reading comprehension is not a strong point for you. - see the “I get the picture” and “seems like” - i did not say he was either of those things, but rather that’s how it appears.

Here’s what i do know the guy is not a transcendent talent like many want to make him out to be - he’s could he a good NBA player. He’s got to improve on being a professional basketball player whether you agree or not is up to you.
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By chance are you in politics?
 
imno1 said:
By chance are you in politics?
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30+ years in sport actually. But the words were and are intentional - there’s a big difference between seems and know. Optics matter whether we want them to or not.
 
Northbound said:
Jesus reading comprehension is not a strong point for you. - see the “I get the picture” and “seems like” - i did not say he was either of those things, but rather that’s how it appears.

Here’s what i do know the guy is not a transcendent talent like many want to make him out to be - he’s could he a good NBA player. He’s got to improve on being a professional basketball player whether you agree or not is up to you.
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You said he isn’t professional basketball player which definitely implies what you think about him.
 
UcannUconn said:
I’ve watched most Hornets games and I am a huge believer in Bouk but he’s just not ready to play meaningful minutes for a good team. He has a lot of trouble staying in front of guys at this level. His attitude on the bench could improve as well, his body language is horrendous, he’s often completely disengaged in the game.
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The maturity issue, that Chief brought up a year ago and some marginalized, surfaces again.
 
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