Chris Paul Hornets Homecoming? 👀 | Brandon Miller’s Growth Delayed or Stalled? #hornets #nbadraft
Is it finally time for Chris Paul to come home to Charlotte? We break down whether he fits the Hornets’ vision, plus revisit Brandon Miller’s scouting report and how he’s lived up to the hype—or hasn’t.
Should the Charlotte Hornets make one last run at bringing Chris Paul back to his hometown? On today’s episode of Locked On Hornets, we dive into the longstanding debate on CP3’s potential return—this time with real context as he looks for a new team after his San Antonio stint. We weigh the pros and cons of adding a 40-year-old legend to back up LaMelo Ball, especially given the Hornets’ injury history and halfcourt struggles.
Doug argues that a consistent play style is more important than nostalgia, while Walker sees value in CP3’s veteran savvy and game management. What would $10M get Charlotte this offseason—and is it worth the price tag?
Then it’s time for a journey through the Big Board Time Machine as we reevaluate Brandon Miller’s pre-draft scouting report. Has he shown the “can do everything” game scouts promised, or is his lack of rim pressure and finishing still a concern?
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12 Comments
Lemelo is too injury prone to be mentored by Chris Paul 😭😭
Chris Paul should've been a Charlotte Hornet years ago
Get Proctor in the 2nd round to back up LaMelo
I think the Hornets should trade for Coby White or Aaron Wiggins
Thought he reitired
This reminds me of when Carmelo Anthony got cut by Houston after 10 games and was only signing to a team for less than 10 million and Charlotte was 2 games away from making the playoffs the year before AND it was the year Kemba coming off his first ever All-Star selection and Charlotte got rid of Dwight Howard who was coming off a stellar season which could've been a starting lineup of Kemba, Carmelo, Howard, Zeller and MGK but the front office didn't make any moves to just bring hope to a fanbase/Franchise that has no light at the end of this tunnel of bad pick after back pick with NO veteran players to teach our youth
Keep Mann, Grant and Curry.. draft VJ, Kalkbrenner, Broome and Proctor. Let Broome and Proctor play with the second rotation
Is it mean if I say Walker kinda looks like Lewis from meet the Robinson's?
Hornets trade Mark Williams, Josh O and 2nd rd pick to the Bulls for Coby White
Chris Paul isn't gonna help it's that front office. They will give away a star to receive a bust
Forget signing him to play. This man needs to be hired as the president/gm of the team. We will finally have a guy that players and other front office personnel will respect and not get played by other front offices. Free agents respect him enough to want to sign here and when they get traded to the team, they will actually want to play instead of requesting the team to buy out their contract. Chris Paul has president/ownership potential written all over him. He was the players union rep for years. He's basketball iq is off the charts. This is the guy you need in the fold to help get this team off of its 21 year slump of ruining draft picks and being the shrimp, lobster and crabs of the nba.
We absolutely need to bring Chris Paul in. Give his own office in spectrum honestly. This team needs as many high level basketball minds as possible and his mentorship did wonders for Shai