NBA TRADE DEADLINE DAY!! Is Miles Bridges staying in Charlotte? Can the Hornets get a 1st for PJ?

NBA TRADE DEADLINE DAY!! Is Miles Bridges staying in Charlotte? Can the Hornets get a 1st for PJ?

It’s NBA trade deadline day the day is finally here what are the latest updates on the Charlotte Hornets we’ll talk about all of that today on locked on Hornets you are locked on Hornets your daily Charlotte Hornets podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team

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Branson you can find his work on his substack every Hornet boox score.com I’m Walker mail you can listen to me on WFNZ every weekday from 12:00 to 3M is it a good sign or a bad sign on Deadline day that my light keeps going in and out and

It’s just kind of flashing above me I don’t know what that means it brings me back to draft day when your lights kept going out and we were all very sad to see what transpired with Mitch cup Che trading a first round pick because they just didn’t want as many young players

At that time I don’t know what this light being finicki means do you have any ideas on or off are they going to do something are they not going to do something I think the uncertainty we’re living in this sort of Lial space uh I think all of us are exhausted by this

We’re ready for some kind of certainty certainly Clifford sounded exhausted by all of this after another loss to the Raptors he just wants to know who his GD team is so that they can go out and try to figure something out the rest of the way uh I think think that’s where at

Least that’s where I won’t speak for everyone but that’s where I sit I’m ready to I’m ready to get through this deadline day and find out what’s going to happen Le let’s start with Miles bridges that I think miles after backto Back 40o Games had never scored 40

Before gets a career high and then gets another 40o game on top of that before the possibility of him being traded actually occurs and so after that let’s just let’s go to Brian wior on the hoop Collective pod this was before yesterday’s game against Toronto Brian wior said on the hoop Collective there’s

A good chance that the Hornets are going to move miles Bridges there are lots there’s a lot of different interest in him he will be presented with options and he will get to pick one if it comes to that okay so then he scores another 40 burger that happens and now Adrien W

Narowski on his very own WOD says I think Miles Bridges loves playing for Steve Clifford I think those two have connected Steve Clifford has done a remarkable job with the players he has at his disposal this year the bench and Charlotte I’m not sure all those guys

Are in the NBA next year anywhere like all of them he also said I think it’s very very likely that Miles Bridges is back with Charlotte past the deadline and it looks like the Hornets might try to resign him so we’ve done a complete 180 we’ve done a complete 180 here with

Miles and we’re back in a circle I have no clue anymore I used to think that they were going to trade him I that was it wasn’t a bold take but it was you know a prediction that it’s it’s always going to be more likely that nothing happens then that something happens but

Now I truly have zero clue and I guess with the Direction with the latest thing that we get here from woe and the way that Steve Clifford talked about him yesterday I’m guessing miles Bridges is back on the Hornets roster by the time we do this next episode here Doug yeah

Because I think what’s going on right now is that if they you know off of these 4 40 point games and off of what they’re selling miles Bridges as to these teams whether it be Phoenix or Dallas or La they’re essentially saying look give us a unprotected first rounder

Give us a young player you know they want the big deal if they’re going to part with Miles Bridges because otherwise and they’re probably telling teams this look you either do that we’re not going to take pennies on the dollar you either do that or we’re just going

To try to resign him he loves playing with Steve Clifford he’s loved playing in Charlotte him and lamelo are buddies like even though he’s going to be an unrestricted free agent you know I feel like Charlotte feels like they’re going to have the inside track on resigning him even though those negotiations broke

Down last offseason they broke down because they were fresh off of felony domestic violence charges with all of that in the rearview mirror if it remains in the rearview mirror Charlotte probably feels like look we can take this into a retool not a rebuild and pick up some assets for PJ Washington

And resign miles Bridges and that look honestly like if they could do that if they pull all of that off and lamelo remains healthy and Brandon keeps ascending that is the quickest path to some kind of uh you know retool that doesn’t depend on some magical scenario

Where they trade three or four first rounders for you know an All-Star rental miles bridg is now especially with the Steve Clifford thing Doug wge mentions it and we’ve seen Steve Clifford appear on the W pod before I think Steve Clifford has a good rapport with like basketball media he he loves

Talking bald with a bunch of guys that know the the game I like I remember going back and when we were talking um with Jake fiser and he had the comments about Steve Clifford’s uncertainty on whether he would be back but that the notion was that Mitch cup was going to

Be gone and now here’s wo talking about how Steve and Miles have developed this relationship with Steve also telling you that he loves the way that Miles plays and that he’s you know gives his effort 100% % of the time and he’s out there playing 38 39 minutes is Steve Clifford

Going to be back next year like is is it fair to ask that question I I think now we are at least opening the door the foot is in the door before you can fully close it based off of a couple of comments that we’ve heard from basketball insiders no I’m not telling

You that’s a foregone conclusion by any stretch of the imagination I used to just think it was a foregone conclusion he was gone now I think there’s an actual possibility that Steve Clifford might come back and they view I I talked with Nick Jr yesterday Doug Nick Smith

Jr said that Steve Clifford was the best coach he’s ever had I look maybe the players don’t play defense for him maybe that’s true is that well and that’s the question right because Clifford last night after the game against Toronto where defensive failures were the reason that they blew

That lead in the second half uh you know he go he goes in front of the microphones and says look you brought me into you know get this team to play better defense and I have failed but you really you know and I’m sure all the like fire Clifford anista were listening

To that and going yeah yeah yeah yeah exactly he veiled but if you listen to like all of his comments over the course of the Season he’s been pretty clear about like the role of coaching uh and and the role of of roster building and how those two work

Together and essentially I think Clifford Falls along this idea this sort of Bill pareli and idea of like I I can my coaching abilities sort of start and end where your ability to give me players that I can coach starts right if if if you give me players that will play

Defense then I can get them to play maximum defense but if you give me players that are not going to play defense that sometimes play defense that sometimes like PJ Washington they’ll sometimes rebound and then sometimes they’ll just watch a guy get an offensive rebound on multiple

Possessions you know if if that’s the kind of players you’re going to give me then then this is the result like I you know I can’t magically I can’t wave a magic wand and make them play defense all the time make them get back and

Transition and so yeah I mean I think if look if if the Hornets ownership group if they’re rational actors they have to look at this situation they have to look at this season and go it was cursed the roster hasn’t been right it wasn’t just about this season it hasn’t been right

For a long time in terms of building a group of players that are willing and capable of doing it on both ends of the floor this has been a team that was built from the jump to play well offensively and to maybe play defense and so that’s going to be the challenge

And and so yeah I’m totally with you I could see this team sticking with Clifford for another season because he’s not uh expensive and they don’t have to spend any more money there and they can you know make Spectrum upgrades and they can make practice uh facility upgrades and

They can do all that and they get to save a little cheddar on the coaching position so may yeah I maybe it was just wrong of me to just assume that they were going to move on from Steve Clifford like I I still it’s still obviously a great possibility but

Perhaps it’s 50/50 I don’t know he hasn’t lost the locker room look that’s why coaches get fired if if if Nick Smith Jr and lamelo ball and Brandon Miller and Miles Bridges who have they have endured loss after loss after loss if all of those guys got together in the

Locker room and said we don’t like this guy anymore he would have already been gone they would have already fired him but that hasn’t happened it hasn’t what yeah what a what a turnaround man what what an absolute what a turnaround for Cliff he’s back screw it he’s coming

Back you can’t kill this guy he stays in the haunted house and he’s trying to fix it up he’s a ghost I feel bad for him you know what I’m saying like I don’t I don’t have like high expectations for the rest of his tenure here and maybe

And I hope that that I hope I’m wrong about that obviously um but yeah I feel a little feel a little guilty here saying he’s going to stay because I think he’s going to endure more pain before it gets better if if he gets out

Of this alive then we need to call call him the Ghostbuster after buying the haunted house and then getting this roster to play well enough and then you see the other side of this Steve Clifford the ghost busting coach well they’ve called him twice You Know Who

You gonna call they’ve called him twice Steve Clifford I ain’t afraid of no bad basketball all right let’s move on Steve cord’s coming back coming up next on the lockon Hornets podcast all right don’t go to sleep on the Hornets just yet more Jingles about Steve

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And go find your next big adventure shop nissanusa.com more lock on Hornets ahead let’s focus on the PJ Washington rumors here Doug and really for the most part it’s surrounding one team it’s all Dallas watch right now and really it’s all about Josh Green apparently the M

Mitch cup check and the Hornets they’re asking for a protected first and Josh Green for PJ Washington it feels like Mitch cup is going out swinging Doug he this is what he does if he does not feel like he overwhelmingly wins the trade then he will not make it and this is

Something that he’s trying to do whereas it all signs do point to Mitch Cup being gone even if Steve Clifford comes back we still feel pretty good about Mitch cup Che not coming back next season but if if he’s able to pull off Josh green and a protected first because Dallas

They’re in the playin tournament right now and that is not a team that should be in the playin tournament with Luca donic and Kyrie Irving on your roster I’m sure Mavs fans are putting their feet to the fire Jason Kidd has some pressure that whole team that whole team

Has pressure maybe you can get that from them Doug what are your latest thoughts on PJ Washington rumors I I don’t think it’s unreasonable either and because the other deal is rwn Holmes and an unprotected first and so I don’t I don’t think the Hornets are being unreasonable

Here they’re saying look you you want this player you didn’t go listen you had the opportunity to go after him in free agency and you chose the wrong guy that’s your fault not our fault and so now you want the guy that you could have had in free agency and you’re going to

Have to pay for him and you’re either going to do have to do unprotected and ran Holmes or give us the better player but we still want a first round pick and I I don’t think that’s unreasonable and I listen if Dallas wants to burn down their playoff hopes that’s on them the

But the Hornet should not back off and say okay well you know we’ll put more protections on the first round pick we’ll put more M cuz you know uh I’m usually like get the deal done guy but with with this situation it’s like look you know you had this opportunity and

You you are in a it’s not as if D if Dallas were like a three or four seed right now then I think then I would be like listen Hornets get the deal done make them a little better move on but there’re they should be desperate and if

They’re not if they’re going to act irrationally then I don’t know what there is that you can do about that well and and so Zack low joked on the low post podcast that PJ Washington has been the most mentioned name on that podcast for no good reason which as much as I

Like PJ our podcast should be mentioning him a lot not a national NBA podcast because he’s always the guy thrown into hypothetical trade rumors where hey we need a three and D style forward that can play small you need versatility right we need the utility guy that can

Go in there and do a lot of what you ask of him and they’ve talked about that with the Oklahoma City Thunder I know that was a team that was mentioned a lot at least on the low post but here we are with Dallas where the Grant Williams

Experiment just hasn’t worked right at least yet and then so now you go after PJ yeah man you you’re gonna go have to you’re gonna have to pay up and just like as a general rule I know it doesn’t necessarily work out like this but I

Would say they hit on PJ Washington as a first round pick like varying levels of hit no he’s not a star he’ll never be an All-Star but I think he was certainly I’m not like regretting that selection there probably players that you could have selected behind him that were

Better that’s true but PJ was not a miss and if you don’t miss on a first round pick then I would like a first round pick in return if you’re just going to trade that guy right like I understand that different things matter and more at different times cap space draft assets

Young Reclamation projects but I would like to get a first round pick if you had a first round pick that worked out for you and you’re going to trade that thing out well and the thing too is that he doesn’t become if they don’t get a deal done at this dead line PJ

Washington doesn’t become untradeable and that that’s I think the biggest Point that’s the biggest point where you this is not something that oh we better trade PJ now or you’re going to lose him for nothing no man you got him on a good contract for the next two years very

Very tradable contract and he might just have more value hello we just did this with Terry do we not just see this happen with Terry where you couldn’t trade him you didn’t just settle for pennies on the dollar and go for multiple seconds no you held out and

Yeah it’s a much much future distant future pick in 2027 28 but you got a first round pick so like you don’t have to do that that’s the best point that’s the most important one in my opinion yeah and and it’s it it’s probably going to be another name trading him at that

Point it won’t be Mitch cup so yeah I hope he does hold out for the deal and obviously really when we talk about Mitch cup we’re really talking about the ownership group too right because there if they if their intention is to move on from this guy after the deadline then I

Would hope that any deal that comes across their desk they’re toing taking a hard look at and and making some approval of um so that’s what we’re really talking about here but yeah I think that’s the point that PJ Washington becomes more tradable as you

Go into the as you go into this next off season and so you you would hope that they get the best deal here uh meanwhile you know get a freaking rebound PJ I mean geez Louise I mean I think you know I I hope it’s like I’m torn I’m like

Your light I’m on and I’m off because part of me is like make sure you maximize value for PJ Washington because there’s a team that absolutely needs some of what he brings and I think the Hornets honestly as a team would be better off without him because I think

To me he is the poster child for what Clifford was lamenting in that press conference the sometimes player the player when it comes down to it when the game is on the line will not step in front of yakob purle will not step in front of Fus young for God’s sakes and

And get a rebound hit somebody be physical care about what it takes to actually win a basketball game just because your shot go isn’t going in doesn’t mean you don’t have to give 100% effort in every other category it’s just like it is it’s truly mind numbing and I

Know he’s your guy and so you know I feel honestly like I’m just like insulting your kid at this point but it’s just like insting the kid it’s just no like I PJ did play like a guy that might get traded yesterday and it was funny he those comments that you bring

Up Steve Clifford like everybody was pointing at Miles what when he brought up those comments and then Steve Clifford comes back and says miles gives all this effort and miles is the guy like he even mentions the after timeout play he says the aftertime out plays the

Aftertime out play and then miles just goes herob ball after the inbound pass and like that’s that’s all true and Clifford’s right about that and Clifford you know is careful and saying like I’m not trying to blame miles but he is blaming miles for the hero ball stuff

But here’s the thing let lamelo ball be out there miles isn’t going herob ball like that you know what I’m saying like if there’s a decent point guard out there and this is part of the problem this team has not had point guard depth and they had an opportunity to have

Point guard depth at the beginning of this season and decided n you know we’re just going to just chance it with a guy who has had several ankle injuries we’re not going to have any point guard depth and so yes he is playing herob ball but

If they decide to keep him then get some point guard depth get lamelo ball 100% healthy because that look miles Bridges is playing like a guy that doesn’t trust his teammates and and and I don’t know that many people watching are going well you know I blame him for that because

You know look at the what did w say all these bench guys are not even going to be in the NBA except for you know probably Nick Smith Jr he hangs around but like this bench is putrid do you blame him for going herob ball yeah no

And and PJ look man the reason I defend PJ all the time man I’m sorry you said what I said I’m on one right now I’m sorry no you are no and that’s okay but the thing about PJ it’s like when when I would see people talk about his

Inconsistency and then they would love Kelly UB and then they would talk about bad defense and then they would say PJ needs to go out there I’m not saying he’s OG an anobi what I’m telling you is like I’m tired of seeing him have to take care of other people’s mistakes out

On the perimeter because nobody can keep in front of the ball and then so that’s what makes PJ have to try to affect everybody like he has to leave his guy const L and then I do like him dribbling clo like attacking close outs and his close outs like miles Bridges will just

Fly by you on the perimeter where at least PJ will chop his feet and put a hand in your face and so you’re right like defensive rebounding that’s a glaring issue because it’s like just easier to see for basketball evaluators oh the pj’s there he didn’t box out and

He’s not good at it and so that’s a glaring thing my problem is when everybody else gets attacked including PJ and it’s like man look PJ out there on the perimeter like having to leave everybody to cover for everybody else’s mistakes that’s where I think he gets a

Raw deal because everybody else is so bad at keeping ball in front of them I kind of agree with you to an extent but here’s the problem the the NBA that’s what the NBA is defensively at this point the NBA is all about ration cover no the Hornets are way

Worse at keeping ball there’s a reason like Dennis MC junr when he was here last year Dennis Smith Jr helped them because he can keep the ball in front like it’s it’s not like that look at the transit I’m just telling you look at the there have been moments last season to

The Cleveland game where he missed the offensive rebound opport or missed the defensive rebounding opportunity offensive rebound the game look at the transition play at the end of the third quarter where uh the the the guy misses the layup and everybody stands around and watches it and uh you know all PJ

Has to do in that situation is hit a guy and go get a rebound and he doesn’t do it I I just I don’t sorry just like I don’t buy into it it happens too much me to buy into because he’s not perfect know right like but I like when he

Scored the 40 Point Burger you were like well he screwed this up in the fourth and like that’s what happened like when he scored 40 points you were like oh you know what they he was too worried scoring points and he didn’t get this rebound I was like that’s that’s the

Thing about that’s a major problem with this team generally I was a problem with Brandon Miller last night if we’re being honest about it like his defense was terrible in the fourth quarter and people get in the comments and say well I’m nitpicking his defense it’s like

Just just watch the game like defense he’s looking for his shot he’s falling in love with 30-point games and he’s not playing defense that’s just that is what it is I think everyone needs to like have a reality check and I’m just ready I’m ready for this trade deadline to be

Over so that the Hornets can sort of know what the team is going to be constructed as and then they can move forward with that and then hopefully in this next offseason they address address some of the glaring issues that have plagued this team for many years um and

And move forward with a roster that actually has a legitimate chance to to compete in the playoffs yeah I think you are ready for this team to be done I’m with you though like I’m right there on the same page let’s move on last segment coming up next on the lockdown Hornets

Podcast don’t go to sleep on the Hornets just yet maybe we even talk a little bit more about the game PJ Washington’s problems everybody else’s problems also on this roster and what happened last night after they had the lead and then they relinquished it to Toronto and then

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Hornet box score just give me your first thoughts on what happened last night what would I find on this write up against Toronto well if you went to every Hornet box score you wouldn’t find my thoughts I had to get a sub last night so not not Edwards um stepped in

But I can give you I can give you a few of his thoughts if you’d like we just sort of have a ghost ghost Nat show sure we can have a ghost Nat show we can we can talk about his thoughts and then whether you agree with them or not what

Are you thinking well now I got to pull it up I wasn’t I wasn’t totally prepared for this so why don’t you give me your thoughts and then I I that was another way of me asking what did you think I will give you my

Thoughts on this though and so I I think i’ I’ve voiced plenty of what I think on this show so far true I think I’ve been pretty outrageous no miles bridges last night he’s playing like a man that keeps telling you he wants to stay in Charlotte and he’s playing like he wants

To stay in Charlotte you you see what he did offensively and back-to-back games 45 points and then it was really Cody Martin at the beginning of this one he had 19 and I believe his career high is 21 and he scored 19 and he actually did

That early so he really helped him out too like that sequence from Brandon Miller needs to be touched on where he had the defensive play coming back and blocking a shot in transition and then coming back down and then hitting a top of the top of the key doesn’t do it

Justice a like distance 35f footer three-pointer that was a ridiculous sequence from Brandon Miller and so you had those guys all show up for the most part last night and um yeah all of them and they still fell short because in the fourth quarter like in clutch time they just jacked up

Four of some of the more horrific clutch shots that we’ve seen Nick angad also tweeted about that and it was uh those shots and some of the fourth quarter execution or lack thereof that they scored 20 points to Toronto’s 32 and ended up losing this one yeah because

Right now the Hornets are messing around trying to get a win but not really trying to get a win as they head into the trade dead line but they are getting a little bit better and that was one of nada’s takes uh for locked on hornets

And the every Hornets box score right up he says this team is probably closer to winning meaningless games after the All-Star break once players feel settled about not being traded or waved they get into a rhythm they are they are making you know over the past couple of games

You go to Lakers game you go to these uh past couple of games and you can see little improvements they’re not getting totally blown out of the water which was the case at the beginning of this losing streak uh NADA also writes If the miles Bridges era and Charlotte ends tomorrow

It will be one of the most complicated discussions ever about a Charlotte professional athlete and that’s an incredibly High bar to climb oh I love that NADA gets the pen and then he brings the fire to it that is totally not Of The Scribe that you

Can find on Twitter yeah and so with this loss I you you’ve seen Steve Clifford have to answer so many questions on the dep line today the way they’re operating is I think they have individual workouts they’re not going to have uh you know team practice the T

Players are going to be able to do really whatever they want to get some shots up go work out themselves and then they’re gonna have their you know you said what pack a bag yeah maybe pack a bag maybe pack a bag for some of these

Guys and like do you think PJ ends up getting traded yes do you think that ends up I do too now because do you feel like also last night that we got a little bit of the Terry roier effect where I I saw a bunch on my timeline where it’s like

Okay PJ’s playing like he’s going to get traded just like we saw with Terry when he was going to get traded to uh playing against Minnesota or you’re saying you’ve seen those you’re you’re gonna say you’ve seen those mistakes too often to say that well it’s difficult to tell

Right yeah it was easy to tell with Terry because he doesn’t often play like that with PJ it not just offensively too I mean you know the roller he’s been the roller coaster guy it’s been up it’s been down and so yeah um I I hope that

Uh the any officials of the Dallas Mavericks are not paying attention to lockdown Hornets podcast maybe we should have gotten on here and been like gassing them up a little bit I don’t know but uh yeah that’s been the experience of PJ Washington this entire time and so no I wasn’t I wasn’t

Thinking that but but but at the same time I do think that all of this trade chatter MH has has affected this team there’s just no doubt about it and and I wonder had they kept Terry and waited till the deadline to do a Miami deal if it would have been different

Because then there would have without the Terry deal there would have been like a mood of yeah they might do something they might not but they might just hold this thing and go we’ll try again for one more year but once the Terry deal happened then it was obvious

Everybody was like all right that was the and soul of your team is gone we just ripped that out so obviously you’re going to make some changes and so I think that’s Weighing on everyone including Clifford including Bridges including PJ uh the entire team and on

Top of that you don’t have your best player in lamelo ball out on the floor so you know all of that I think are are stressors a and that’s that’s how you blow a lead like that to a team in Toronto that you’re you are better than even without lamelo ball Charlotte was

Better than that and they had a chance to beat RJ Barrett I just that guy gets under my skin from all those losses to New York they had a chance to beat Barrett and they couldn’t do it no they could not and so we will see what

Happens uh at the trade deadline today so I guess final thoughts um we both think miles is gonna stay now we both think PJ Washington will be traded we haven’t mentioned Gordon Hayward or Kyle Lowry in this don’t think anybody’s going to trade for Kyle Lowry that looks

Like a buyout candidate for sure and then with Gordon Hayward any thoughts on Gordon like do you think he eventually is going to be a Charlotte Hornet I think more likely than not although the last guy that said he loves Charlotte and wanted to stay here is in

Philadelphia right now K so that could be the kiss of death if you say you want to stay in charl although miles says he wants to stay in Charlotte you know’s every time he’s asked two miles is credit you know you’re given those opportunities to make noise you’re given

Those opportunities in front of a microphone to to have to blow up trade talks what and and make things more difficult and he hasn’t taken those opportunities he has been very down the line I want to stay in Charlotte I’m committed to this organization um so but with with Hayward

Yeah I I think he’s more likely here than not and especially look if he’s he was questionable going into this game was declared out late you know if he’s healthy and and can bring a little bit more playmaking and give lamelo ball more time to get that ankle healthy you

Know money’s coming off the books I don’t know that that would necessarily be a bad thing because certainly they’re not getting a first rounder for Gordon Hayward that’s going to be a second rounder in a bag of chips well they’re asking for it and yes that doesn’t mean

They’re going to get it asking for they ain’t gonna get it right that yep you fell right into my trap yes that does that does mean that that is not mean they’re going to get it but it is a report from Ian Begley who by the way is

Saying at least one team Ian Begley covers the Knicks and the Nets who are the teams that are looking to contend it’s the Knicks and Ian Begley is telling you there’s at least one team that they have been asked of one of their first round picks and that’s with

Charlotte and I would imagine it’s the Knicks and so Ian Begley says Charlotte is a team to keep an eye on on the buyout Market they had been asking at least one team for a first round pick in exchange for Gordon Hayward if they don’t get that it’s possible that

Hayward is bought out same goes for Kyle low so I don’t know about the buyout situation I’m not sure that’s going to happen and then if you go to Rod Boone who also wrote about Gordon Hayward missing another game Steve Clifford did tell you that he is close to returning

As far as his health is concerned um but you know he did write about Gordon Hayward and the chances that he might stay as well and uh it it looks like those chances that he could be gone it looks 50/50 right now so we’ll see what happens with Gordon lots of movement

Could come our way and you’ll you’ll be on the radio if something happens I’ll be sort of standing by to go live on YouTube with some analysis from the lock on Hornets perspective and then you and I will jump back on tomorrow morning to kind of break down everything that

Happened again um but just set your notifications to on I’ll be back on hopefully a little less early you know I’m sorry I just want to apologize for my surliness as trade deadline has gotten to me I need some more coffee I need to get hydrated and I’ll be ready

To go live maybe with a your disposition it’s okay man you’re good that it gets it gets us sometimes it can break us down I got into a real unnecessary fight yesterday Sports fight about Brock pie and uh with Wes Bryant so I think this time is is it’s really messing with all

Of us it’s Super Bowl week and it’s NBA trade deadline day like I’m getting in sports fights all over the place and then I get home and then I’m just like dude why am I arguing about Brock pie please save me from this profession that’ll do it for lockdown Hornets

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Breakdown as well we’ll see you Tomorrow

This was recorded at 10amET on February 8th. We’ll be live on YouTube later today with analysis of major moves and news.

How will the Charlotte Hornets operate on NBA Trade Deadline Day? Walker and Doug go back and forth on the possibility Miles Bridges is traded, if PJ Washington garners a 1st round pick, and if Steve Clifford might return next season as Charlotte’s head coach.

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