Kemba on recruitment

[444JR]

Players' Tribune Basketball on Instagram: “Calhoun taught Kemba how to work. Link in bio for more hoops real talk on Episode 5 of Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles.”

Apologies if this has already been posted.

 

[444JR]

12:36

 

[Mike Honcho]

That was a really cool interview. Thanks for posting. Loved when they talked about not knowing how to act around MJ.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Also Kemba dropped 47 points last night. 38 in the second half....and they lost. I know he’s said he wants to be a Hornet for life, but he really has to go.

 

[Horatio]

Also Kemba dropped 47 points last night. 38 in the second half....and they lost. I know he’s said he wants to be a Hornet for life, but he really has to go.

I’d love to see him on a bigger stage but my blue colored glasses wants J Lamb to go with him.

 

[UConnStats]

I’d love to see him on a bigger stage but my blue colored glasses wants J Lamb to go with him.

On the bright side, Lamb probably puts up 20 PPG without Kemba there.

 

[Tenspro2002]

On the bright side, Lamb probably puts up 20 PPG without Kemba there.

Last night Kemba and Lamb combined for 70, on 24 for 44 shooting, including 5-11 from 3, and 17-19 at the line. Brilliant games from both.

Everyone else: 32 points on 12 for 46 from the field, 2-19 from 3, and 6-10 at the line. Hideous.

Such a shame their prime is being wasted there, Kemba's especially.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I’d love to see him on a bigger stage but my blue colored glasses wants J Lamb to go with him.

Yeah it’s crazy how he’s outright their second best player too. He could be a terrific 6th man on a real contender.

 

[UConnStats]

Last night Kemba and Lamb combined for 70, on 24 for 44 shooting, including 5-11 from 3, and 17-19 at the line. Brilliant games from both.

Everyone else: 32 points on 12 for 46 from the field, 2-19 from 3, and 6-10 at the line. Hideous.

Such a shame their prime is being wasted there, Kemba's especially.

I watched the game because I had a little money on it.

Monk, Graham, Kaminsky, and Bridges combined for more airballs than makes. Kaminsky was missing bunnies without even hitting the rim. It's crazy that they're all within 4 years of being college superstars. Charlotte is the Bermuda triangle of basketball talent.

 

[the Q]

I watched the game because I had a little money on it.

Monk, Graham, Kaminsky, and Bridges combined for more airballs than makes. Kaminsky was missing bunnies without even hitting the rim. It's crazy that they're all within 4 years of being college superstars. Charlotte is the Bermuda triangle of basketball talent.

Not sure many of those guys had good translation analytics. I know monk didn’t.

Don’t believe Kaminsky or bridges were great either in that regard.

It’s hard to believe their best move since Kemba was probably Marvin Williams

 

[the Q]

I watched the game because I had a little money on it.

Monk, Graham, Kaminsky, and Bridges combined for more airballs than makes. Kaminsky was missing bunnies without even hitting the rim. It's crazy that they're all within 4 years of being college superstars. Charlotte is the Bermuda triangle of basketball talent.

If we really want to rain on their parade of contention. There’s a very real chance that Charlotte could’ve had kemba, kawhi, and Drummond from the 2011 and 2012 drafts.

 

[UConnStats]

If we really want to rain on their parade of contention. There’s a very real chance that Charlotte could’ve had kemba, kawhi, and Drummond from the 2011 and 2012 drafts.

It's hard to screw up drafting so consistently with the picks that they've had.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

It's hard to screw up drafting so consistently with the picks that they've had.

Also besides Andre, Detroit’s recent picks have been prettttty disappointing.

 

[Palatine]

On the bright side, Lamb probably puts up 20 PPG without Kemba there.

Lamb will desert that sinking ship. Hope Kemba does as well.

 

[UConnStats]

Also besides Andre, Detroit’s recent picks have been prettttty disappointing.

Kennard doesn’t look so bad and Dineiddie was a steal, but they traded him. Ellenson and Johnson were big time busts though, and they’ve traded a lot of first round picks too.

They’re the type of team that has seemingly been content staying in low seed playoff purgatory without ever fully rebuilding.

 

[8893]

12:36

I need that pizza hat!!!

 

[auror]

It's hard to screw up drafting so consistently with the picks that [Charlotte] has had.

Also besides Andre, Detroit’s recent picks have been prettttty disappointing.

Neither has been bad enough to get actually good picks. They've been consistently mediocre.

Detroit hasn't drafted better than 7 since 2003.
Charlotte hasn't drafted better than 9 since 2013.

They're both stuck in the treadmill of mediocrity. The late lottery is not a good place to routinely find difference makers. The draft flattens out around 4 dramatically lower than top 3 and then stays pretty flat through the lottery. Charlotte really screwed up the MKG pick by not valuring shooting. Missed on Beal. The Zeller draft in 2013 was bad, but that draft was a wasteland, so hard to fault them. Their problem was then Kemba made them too good in 2014.

 

[olehead]

I’d love to see him on a bigger stage but my blue colored glasses wants J Lamb to go with him.

Yessir!

 

[UconnU]

Thought this was pretty cool Reese’s and Walmart are running March madness themed advertisements featuring Kemba and Drummond.