KON KNUEPPEL – HATERS – SHUT YOU ASS UP – BTW BUZZ – CHARLOTTE HORNETS

KON KNUEPPEL – HATERS – SHUT YOU ASS UP – BTW BUZZ – CHARLOTTE HORNETS

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[Music] [Music] Hey, [Music] hey, hey. [Music] Heat. Hey, Heat. [Music] [Music] Ping as the Come on in. Take your shoes off like it ain’t nothing. While you at it, hit the like button. Jump in the comments, sis. Share, please. The BT love you. Got what you need? Go ahead and subscribe. Welcome to BTW Live. Peace. Yes. Here we go. Mic check one two. Mic check one two. Let me know if you can hear me. Just type a one or throw up your bows, whatever you need. Just let me know if you can hear me. 600, baby. [Laughter] Ah, wait till this live is over with. I’m about to talk my [ __ ] Oh, word was that the BTW ain’t got no motion, baby. We’re at 600 now. Hey. Yeah. S shut your ass up. What? Huh? Peace, Malaya. Uh, peace. Uh, 95 915. It look like it’s 915. Tiger Khan. Con. That’s right. You know. Have you subbed in? Was you the 600? You know, um, if you have not subbed, let’s make it 601. Goddamn it. You know what I’m saying? Hit that sub. There is no other space like this one when it comes to LaMelo Ball and Hornets and Hornets uh and Hornets content. There is no other place like the BTW. Huh? With all due respect or disrespect depending on who you are, you know, allies of the BTW, you understand. Haters of the BTW, it is what it is. So, this is the BTW hosted by Chief Bartran. We continue to uh to uh perfect the platform. So, I appreciate everyone who has been on this journey with me. If you have not, hit that like button. We got nine people in here. We should have nine to 10 likes already. You know, let’s feed the algorithm. If you feed the algorithm, it helps YouTube push it out because you’re telling the algorithm that you [ __ ] with this content and you’re telling YouTube that you want other people to come by when you hit that like button. So, support the platform. Hit the like button, right? Subscribe if you have not. Again, we just reached 600. Let’s run it up. You know, we we on we on the road to 1K, baby, and beyond. 600. We’ve been, you know, so I am very pleased that we crossed that we’re at the 600 mark now. Thanks to you and everybody in here. We’ve grown a lot uh since uh we’ve went since we’ve become our since we uh cut loose all um uh you know, all collaborations from others. You know, now we’re on our own, been on our own for a while. We we our con the BTW has always been an independent platform. You know, sometimes you get in bed with other people, you find out there’s nothing but fleas in that bed. So, you get out and you do your own [ __ ] because you never needed, you know, collaborations. You could collabs can help, but I never needed no one to to do this to help me with this. This is I was doing this before. But you you know you you do want to collab with people. The BTW collabs with Flight Sports TV a lot. You know, I’ll be over there sometimes. flight will be over here soon. Just a matter of setting up the time, you know. He’ll be over here. We’re going to top it up some more, you know. So, so I appreciate one coming through here. So, support the support the platform. Super uh super chat is available on the replay. Super thanks is available, right? You know what I’m saying? So, this is the BTW Buzz series. We want to bring that back. We want to bring the buzz back, man. you know, because um we I want to make sure that people who are interested in Charlotte specific content, you can come to those areas of LaMelo Ball andor Charlotte content so that we can uh service all your content needs right here at the BTW along with current events along with independent music. You know, there’s a lot going on over here. This is more of a this is a branded channel, BTW. You know I am the host of the BTW Chief Bartran. I am an artist. So there uh so you will hear my music here you know it will be played on my platform right and and my pallet is large so eventually something will play that you like. Trust me you know it depends on where you are in your musical journey right you know um but um for for you know sports in general I got Angel Reese content about to drop. I have uh the review of um uh the review, you know, Push A Tea and Malice just came out with a hell of an album. I have a review of that album and plus other um maybe two other pieces of content um dealing with the album, you know, from two different points of views, maybe more, just like I did with uh centers, the movie centers. We did three different pieces of content for the movie centers. Go check that out. I broke broke down that, you know what I’m saying? and current events, you know, are, you know, I keep loose tabs on on the president. I’m not trying to delve deeply into it, but I’ve given my opinions on that. That’s the unfiltered bonfire, you know, plus other things. Travel footage, you know, that’s in the BTW chambers, you know, travel footage, you know, I’ve been overseas a few times. I I recorded myself over there, you know, so that footage is there along with updates to the platform, defense of the platform in case there haters abound, you know, and there’s there’s a need for response that’s down there, you know. So, it’s a full platform. It is it is a full branded platform. This isn’t a niche. This is not a niche platform, you know. I decided everything the niche is the BTW for the platform. So having said that, let’s get into um anyone who’s been in hornet space, you know, uh the subject of Khan Canipple has been the talk of the space, whether you are in Hornet Space from the Hornets fan point of view or Hornet space from LaMelo Ball point of view, right? From the LaMelo Ball side. And when I say that, you know, I’m not talking about I’m talking about sincere LaMelo Ball fans. There are people that you all some of you let the word get out, god damn it, that some of you call LaMelo stands. They’re not LaMelo stands. They are followers of the reality show, right? In basketball space. You know, I think I have to kind of bring I had to bring something. I have to cut to the fool. Cut cut cut through the foolishness so you can know what the [ __ ] you really talking to. When you talk to some of these people on Twitter, some of you like to engage with. It’s like they are there because they’re following the reality show. How do you know? Because if you see anybody on Twitter still talking about Jello Ball and basketball, that is not a basketball head. That is a reality show groupy. That’s what that is, right? Because Jello Ball is a rapper now. Jello Ball is balls deep. No pun intended in his rap career. Jello Ball has I said this on Flight’s channel. I’ve said this a few times. I will say it again. Huh? You see what I’m saying? Jello Ball got Glorilla shaking her ass to his videos. He ain’t got time for no [ __ ] basketball right now. Gorilla. Go Gorilla is shaking our ass with his videos and he got baby mama problems. Three little balls he got. Hey, no pun again. Three balls, right? He’s a baby daddy of three right now. Cut off both females. What? Married and divorced. He got other [ __ ] to concern himself with. He got three little boys. I think they’re all boys. His focus is that ain’t no time to waste time on no [ __ ] BBB basketball [ __ ] He has to get his rap [ __ ] together so that he can make a bag from that so that he can take care of his personal business. So So enough of that. So I I just got to say that, you know, those those are those are not fans of LaMelo Ball. They’re they’re damn reality show followers, you know what I’m saying? or outright haters of the Hornets who want Hornets in Vegas, you know, and I don’t see why you all engaged with them. They don’t they want you stripped of your team. Hornets faithful. Haters of the Hornets in the name of LaMelo Ball want the Hornets in Vegas. They don’t think you deserve a basketball team in Charlotte. Not just LaMelo Ball. And they damn sure don’t think you deserve a tr a damn generational superstar in LaMelo Ball. you know, they think the Lakers should have teams like that. The Lakers should have him or some other team. The Hornets, they don’t believe should have a team. So, Jeff Peterson’s success kills their narrative and the foundation of their content. That’s why Jeff Peterson is attacked. That’s why Charles Lee is attacked. It’s not because of the tone of their voice. is because if they’re successful, it kills their narrative against the Hornets, against LaMelo going somewhere. That means they have to stay in Charlotte and talk [ __ ] about Charlotte. Because Khan was an object of their criticism, not because of Khan, but because Jeff picked him. So, it was against Jeff and the Hornets. If gun flops, then it’ll mean that instead of getting a superstar, a functional player with LaMelo Ball, they’re wasting time with a white boy. That’s the narrative. And you all talk to them like you can engage with them when they’re the enemy. You know, I was going to type this out, but it’s better to hear it from my [ __ ] voice. They don’t they don’t mean right by you, Charlotte. I don’t give a [ __ ] how many clothes and costumes they put on talking about, oh well, you know, Charlotte’s doing good. Oh, Khan, proved me wrong. Oh. Oh, it’s all [ __ ] It’s [ __ ] They will be back on their same [ __ ] They trying to stay. Those clowns are trying to stay in this space cuz they’re on the outside looking in cuz every time they type they’re getting cooked on Twitter. Do not let them back in. Shut them out. Come over here. Anyway, let’s get to the chat. Hey, the Lakers have a superstar in Luka. They do. Peace. Rap God. Aunt Jams, right? Jello isn’t even thinking about basketball anymore. I said for a few years he kept trying to play in the NBA to appease his daddy. He He ain’t got time for that now. Aunt [ __ ] He’s a daddy of three. I got three sons looking up looking up to me. I can’t be telling them about what daddy want when I got three sons looking at me. Two baby mamas who who who want their who their hands are out for the [ __ ] bag. Stop. Will stumbling. Peace. Fifi. Khan looks okay, but I think Liam’s a little bit more NBA ready. I think I think um I think uh pouring out one for D to the K to Eminem. Well, it is what it is. [ __ ] I mean, he’s where he’s at, you know. You know, he’s he’s over there. I guess he’s going to stay over there. That my problem. That my business, you know, cuz the door has always been open for him to come over here. He chose not to. So, hey, stay over there. So, stay on over there. Now, you know, you had, you know, if independently of what was going on between me and those other clowns over there, you know, I I let Dam know personally, hey, you can always come over anytime you want to because, you know, it’s not really um it’s not really about you and them, you know, the issue is them starting [ __ ] over here, you know, but he does he chose to stay over there, so hey, I’m fine with it, you know. I don’t care. Rap God DKM hates on LaMelo. DKM just DKM is a boy from Scotland who doesn’t know anything who is depending on who is feeding from clowns which is why he has these silly ass takes all on Twitter because he’s getting bad information you know had he got it from me he his takes would be different but he trust him he he he he’s all in with them over there he trust him so that that’s why you see what you see from him it is what it is congrats on the 600 subs yes we had 600 rap god I appreciate it you know so Khan Look everybody, Khan Kipple, we going to go into some interviews. Um Rob Boom did an interview that I’m going to play. Um unfortunately the presentation, you know, um Josh, let’s go into some of the things now. Let’s hit the wall. Let’s see if we can go to the BTW wall right quick. Let’s get into it. Let’s get to it. You know, but I’m I’m going to talk my [ __ ] I have to. All right, let’s see. He stream. Here we go. Now, hopefully you all can see this. Let me know how it looks cuz I didn’t like how it looked, everybody. You know what I’m saying? It looks It looks It don’t look right to me. This don’t look right to me. So, I may have to um 600. That’s right. Flight. We on the way, baby. Flight baby. The word was that the BTW was dead. The word was that the BTW was shut down. The word was that the BTW was a body in the grave. Now, we doubled what we had when we when we left those clowns. Hey, and we’re on our way to 1K. This I don’t I don’t like how this looks. If I blow it up, it’s going to look distorted. So, um I’m going to do a little something different for this wall. The reason why it looks like that, everybody, is because I have a new monitor. You see, if you notice, they live. No, they Yeah, they live like they hoped. [ __ ] I’m not the one. The moment you tell me what I can’t do, I will be on your ass from the get-go. I do not fold easily. The last the worst thing you can do is say, “Bartrin, you can’t. Bartran, you ain’t.” You know what I’m saying? The last thing you want to tell me is what I can’t do. Now, I’m motivated on myself, right? But to but to give those [ __ ] my ass to kiss is a cherry on top. It is. It absolutely is. You know what I’m saying? You know, so we’re on our way flight. We gonna hit that 1k before you know it. Watch. You know what I’m saying? So, we were just over on flight, man. Eventually, I’m going we going to get flight over here. You know, I was over on flight for a couple of videos. We talked about this very thing over there. Right. So, Joshua Kay has been waved. I’m not going to It just doesn’t look right. I’m going to probably have to do more of like a slideshow because the monitor I have it. You all see that is that the angle is a little bit more wider in the room now in the studio. This is the studio. This is this is the shrine. You see all my studio music [ __ ] sitting on the couch, man. I’m working. You know what I’m saying? Um, so I’m going to change the the presentation a little bit so that it can still be the way you all used to seeing it. I do not put out half ass presentations. That’s the reason why we grown to 600 because I do care about what I do what I do. You know what I’m saying? I’m not just going to throw out anything for y’all to come by and see. You know what I’m saying? just throw any [ __ ] up on the air and then you all just come and expect you all to come and support. No, I appreciate each and every person that comes by the BTW. Anytime I go live, anytime I upload a video, I appreciate you, you know, and I want to show that in appreciation, I want to make sure that whenever you come by here, you get an experience when you come through to BTW, right? So that number one, you can come back, but number two, that’s my way of saying thank you and I appreciate that you take the time to come by to consume this content because you could be anywhere. You could be anywhere. Now they push Josh’s deal back and now they’ve weighed Josh, right? See what I’m saying? Uh Fifi front office sees something in Melo and Trey. Not sure if it’s with the right intentions, but they know they have substantial monetary gain and the excitement of the two that most teams don’t have. You’re damn right. Trey man is back. We talked about this on the last live. Let’s recap for some who haven’t been here. Free hasn’t been here in a while. You know what I’m saying? There’s a few others who haven’t been here in a while. You know, Trey man is back. They they they signed Trey to a nice team friendly deal, right? You know, you know, the Hornets have Colin Sexon in the fold, right? You know, controversially, um, uh, Plum Lee is in the fold, but what it appears peace slack. What it appears is Oh, peace Kwan. Peace. peace. You know, I haven’t seen you in a while. Welcome. You’re always welcome here, Kwan. You know what I’m saying? You know, you’re always welcome to come through here. You know, regardless, you know, we you know, we we may, you know, we some [ __ ] there’s plenty of people that argue with me in this chat that come back and forth, you know, or you know, disagree or you know, whatever, you know, but but you know, you know, most most people, unless the ones that I’ve barred from here, please, you can come you come and go as you want, you know. I’m not here monitoring who you go to and all that [ __ ] And you know, like you know, like like I’m married to y’all. You know what I’m saying? No love lost. That’s right, Ky. No love lost, baby. Ain’t no love lost. None whatsoever. You know, um, so you know, Mason Plumbley is back. And I think Plumbley is more like Plumbley is like, you know, how you have a a bike on training wheels? I don’t expect him to start. I think that from what reports are coming out, if you’ve been paying attention, I think as of now, unless Jeff makes some other moves, I believe that they seen enough from Ryan Cochrren to trust him to be in a rotational piece at center. And I believe that uh Mousange Deviante, [Music] I think Mousar Debiate is gonna get the start. I think Debbi will be the starting center. undersized. Yes, but Charles Lee says something about him. If I can find it, I’m going to I’m going to post it right in the interview. I think it’s in the interview. We’ll see. Charles Lee’s defensive scheme defends depends heavily on switching when when you dealing with pick and roll defense from last year when we made the live calls. Charles Lee’s defensive philosophy is switching on defense. And if he feels like you your feet are not quick enough to kind of handle the switch, drop coverage defense. You understand what I’m saying? It’s either drop coverage or an outright switch. Now, Mousa can do an outright switch. He’s quick enough to keep up with guards and guard like and centers that play like guards or bigs that play like guards. Diate can clamp them. He gave Wimby problems the last time they the last time they came together last year against the Spurs. Wimby uh [ __ ] uh Deontay put Wimby in hell. He did. He did. Wimby still got his points. If you bot watching, it’ll look like Wimby had a good game. Diate gave him gave him gave him all types of hell on defense. Wimby was not free to do what he want to do with Diatate. Now for players like Wimby, for other certain players, even Chad and other players that kind of play, they are bigs, but they kind of play like guards. Alex Sar, you know what I’m saying? Even um damn Noah. Hey, summer league baby Noah is for the Bulls. Noah’s looking pretty goddamn good now. I’m liking Montage and Noah. That’s a new foundation for the Bulls. Hey, hey, Josh Giddy, what the [ __ ] he’s talking about? They got two new. Although my man Fluffy, did y’all see that dunk? that Flury did on the boy. We gonna get to the Hornets, but we talking general summer league stuff, too. Did y’all see that mother did y’all see that white [ __ ] [ __ ] that [ __ ] back like a [ __ ] What? I was surpris I was, you know, I you know, hey, these are new. Hey, these are new white. These players are these white players are are new now. These are these these these white players are cut a little bit differently. These white players are cut a little differently now. Hey, you know, damn montage doing windmills. You know, we gonna get to we gonna get to all we gonna get to we gonna get to the Charlotte Hornets. We just just stay with me everybody. That [ __ ] that [ __ ] was on the fast break. That [ __ ] turned, you know, he was on the break. Then the [ __ ] turned to the side. Knew it was coming up. What? Will you saw it? Knew it was coming up. Thought he was going to get Thought he was going to catch a body at the rim. Knew said, “I’m going to catch this white boy’s body.” About to catch his body. That white boy said, “Oh, you going to try to jump, boy? I’ve been waiting on this moment to show you what the [ __ ] I’ve been doing.” Godamn it. That [ __ ] leaned that [ __ ] turned to the side and cocked that [ __ ] back by his [ __ ] knees. Damn near that [ __ ] [ __ ] that [ __ ] all the way back looking like Zion. Godamn it. [ __ ] that [ __ ] back and leaned in and yolked it on his ass. That went viral. Knew it was like this. Hey, but but but you know what? I like the fact that he jumped. He didn’t duck. He didn’t duck the smoke. Hey, it was filthy. He didn’t duck the smoke. I respect that’s I respect I respect a big that don’t duck the smoke. I respect the big I respect the big that don’t duck the smoke. You come into my house, you’re going to You come into my house, I’m going to defend my house. If you get the best of me in this run, that’s fine. Bigs. Bigs with a certain mindset say you you got you you got past me the first time. Come back in here again. Watch I block it. That’s how bigs think. Bigs will wipe out the poster and they’ll go right back for the block again. You know what I’m saying? The bigs who really are bigs, right? Not these damn moist ass sassy bigs. Oh, don’t dunk on me. No. Uh-uh. No. So, so I I’m I’m liking what I’m seeing uh with the Bulls. Khan Canipple. Let me see. Fifi. They aware that they have championships are won off bad contracts. Yes, ma’s a problem. Fifi, they have been uh from what I assume place in the summer league environment caught some headlines. They have this photo shoot uh signing on a steel for uh contract signing. Kwan, they wasn’t expecting Deviant’s ascension. He changed their plans. That’s why Nick and Mark aren’t Charlotte no more. That’s right. I call him Hell. Shout out to Mosart. I called him damn cuz Mosart Mozart sent me a D. He said [ __ ] Debbi has taken Nick Richards and Mark Williams change. You know what I’m saying? Speaking of which, I’m going digress a little bit. The Lakers need to go ahead and get connect up out of there. Y’all notice that Bronnie is getting comfortable now. I got content on Bronny James coming too. Bronny James is getting very comfortable. All the haters of all the haters of Bronny who say he’s just a Nepo pick, they are not looking so they’re looking like [ __ ] fools now. Bronnie is looking like he’s Bronnie. If Ronnie is doing this [ __ ] in year two, by the time Ronnie gets to year three and four, he’s going to be a rotational piece on the Lakers. Maybe a key piece. Bronnie is looking pretty [ __ ] good. And it helps Bryce next year. Bronnie Bronny’s play helps teams be more comfortable getting Bryce James when he comes out. Right. So, Khan had a rough uh So, let’s see. Can this go to the wall? Let’s see. So Josh is gone. The Hornets still have other they have a overflow of the of of people on their roster, right? Let me see. Slat Ryan look good so far, but he’ll look better with Melo. Yeah, every center looks good. LaMelo Ball. He made damn [ __ ] LaMelo damn extended Bismbo’s career, bro. Huh? Slap. Khan scared me in that first game. Second half he played, but the second half he looked good. He’s fooled on defense though. He does hustle. Well, all you need to Well, I think that it I think that he’s he’s not going to be like a locked down a clamp type right defender, but because of his basketball IQ, not because he’s white, but because he’s just has good foundation schemes. As long as Lee put a good scheme around him, I think he’ll be fine. Because if Khan starts, Khan. Yeah. Two chains, baby. New side. Two chains. Debbiante. That’s what he is. He took both they chains, Mo. He took both chains, bro. Dvi made it where Mark Williams and Nick are both in Phoenix along with Cayman Marlock. Both of those only one to three too many guards and wings. Liam is really really good. Liam is pretty Lon is a steal. They’re all good. Don’t don’t don’t don’t don’t sleep on Cion now. Once Cion is ready, Seion to me is like a Drew Holiday damn a DaVon Mitchell type, right? You know what I’m saying? So, yeah. But I think that Seion I think Cion’s gonna spend some time in Greensboro. It’s just too many guards right now. I think Seion is I think Seion gonna spend time in Greensboro. Lon can play the two to three maybe to two. Oh yeah, I I think so. I think Leon will be at the three. I think Josh I think Josh O Gay is gone. I believe that Josh Green is on the clock. If Khan or damn uh Khan or Leon can play halfway defense, halfway decent defense with their shooting, Josh Green is gone. You don’t need Josh Green when you got Seion and Khan playing pretty good defense. That’s all they need. That’s all they need. Seion himself said he plays like Drew. Yeah, I think Seion’s gonna be like a Drew. Seion is tough, man. Him and him and Colin Colin Sex is like the perfect mentor for Cion. The perfect mentor, you know, to give he always has that dog mentality, man. Colin will eat it up, you know. Colin, you know, Liam may take Miles spot. Hey, Fifi. Miles, look, you know, um, Ton kind of fell back in the second game. Tan eventually is going to start at the for everybody. It’s just a matter of his progression and his development. If you can’t see it, he’s he’s getting more comfortable. He’s getting he’s getting he’s he already came in like a big now. He’s in the weight room. He’s getting more comfortable putting the balls on the floor. You know what I’m saying? I want Ton to get in that post a little bit more though. He’s 610 almost 611. He should be posting up and shooting. Right now they got him shooting fadeaways. I want him in that post. I want him to lay the wood on whoever’s guarding him. If s if if we said this in the last live if damn if if Ton can develop into an inside out big right then I think Tan’s going to develop into an inside out big inside out two-way big I think that’s I think that’s his progression right now uh uh slat tan looks sloppy a lot he’s not ready tan ton any of you who have dogs right any of you got pit pit bulls, right? I’ve been around pits. You know a puppy pit. You know how puppy pit bulls are. You see what I’m saying? Big. They big, but they still puppies. You understand what I’m saying? They don’t understand. They play too much, right? They play too much. You know, they don’t they knock [ __ ] over. They They don’t know their power yet. They don’t know their strength yet. They don’t know their strength yet. You know what I’m saying? So, they’re all over the place. You know, that’s that’s Ton. You know, he that’s Tian. He’s he’s a big He’s He’s not yet I’m not saying this to be disrespectful. [ __ ] he’s 19. He’s He still got milk behind his ears, everybody. He’s not He’s grown. He’s a grown man, but maturity. He still has to mature. He has to refine himself. He wants everything now. He’s thinking too much. He’s trying to do everything like a puppy pit. You know, it takes time to now refine him, right? to refine him into, okay, you don’t have to do everything. You don’t have to do it all. You know, you don’t have to shoot threes from 30 feet. Get your ass in that post, right? You can use your saucy dribble. You don’t have to do saucy dribbles from the three-point line. And you can go right into the mid post area and do a face up and blow past whoever is guarding you cuz cuz Tan got the quickness to blow past most most fours and fives. He has that now, right? Just go right into that elbow area, man. And just turn and face him up. Do a pump fake. Do a fake here. Do a jab step here or there. And he’s on to a dunk. But it takes time. What? For that to click in his head cuz he’s still 19. LaMelo Ball is his idol. You know what I’m saying? He he he’s trying to be saucy like the Melo. He doesn’t have to be. That’s not what they need, right? If he only had basketball fundamentals like his sister. Oh yeah. Oh, his sister Janelle, I think that’s her name. Janelle Janelle Salon. Oh yeah. Oh yes. Oh yeah. She got skill. You know what I’m saying? She got skill. K1, he’s younger than Khan. He’s younger than Khan. So I think one of the reasons why, you know, they got him playing like a guard. They they got him playing like these new age big slat. I don’t agree with that. You know, I like like even with Wimby Wimby’s outside too much. Wimby is tall enough to shoot over the whole damn NBA. That mid I always say this. I know some may get tired of me saying this. That mid-range mid post area is what he needs to be at. Right. Let me do a uh All right. So, let’s do a quick digression. live streams. I’m going to post this live streams will be Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, everybody. That’s how we’re going to do it. Sundays, we going to go from Sunday and Wednesday because I’m going to add a live, right? Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, unless I’m collecting the bag or, you know, I’m not feeling well or family’s over, whatever. if you know, but I set aside time on those three days to go live. To the lives will be hoops like Charlotte Hornets and basketball. The other live will be a open where I do more current events type stuff. Bonfire. Dil bonfire probably on that day. That might be a day I do a live cook up. That might be a day when I do a um an a album review live and y’all can review the album with me, you know, or whatever. You see what I’m saying? Or whatever else. You all can make a request if y’all want me to talk about something outside of hoops on that day. Send me a DM or whatever. Then, you know, we’ll talk about it, you know. We’ll we’ll talk about it, you know, but show up to talk with me now. Junkan Deviante may be rebounding Savant. You telling me undersized four and five is not effectively sabotaging this whole season? Well, no, I don’t think so. I think that um I think for some it’s an interesting um process that the Hornets are doing right now. the center position. They got Mark and they got Mark and Nick out. Number one, they, you know, it’s like they just got him out. It is what it is. I think eventually Caulk, if he can cook, I think eventually Caulk will start, but I don’t think he’s going to start in the beginning. Juncan, I think that Mousa is going to start in the beginning. And if Mousar Cook Caul is gonna have to try to overtake him, training camp, training camp will train Training Camp will sort that out. You know what I’m saying? Unless Jeff moves to get another center. Me, I was telling Mo. I said, “Shit, now that Yang is up in Portland, try to get Kling on. Try to get Dunovan Klingan from up there and bring him down to Charlotte because Yang is going to overtake Klingan in Portland. I’m I’m do Have y’all seen what Yang is doing in the summer league? Klingan is good, but he’s not as good as Yang. Yang is going Yang. Yang reminds me of Arvita Sabonis. He does. Yang reminds me of Arvidas. You know what I’m saying? People say Joker. I say Arvdas. Arvdas. Arvitas. Arvitas is the damn prototype for all those centers like Joker and everything. See if they can get Donovan Klingan. 75 I think. 74. Get him and bring him to Charlotte. Bring him to Charlotte. But bring him to Charlotte because Klingan is done. Klingan is done in Portland. He’s done in Portland. Yang Yang Yang Yang Klingan is like this, but Yang is like this. Yang and Scoo Henderson is going to make some Yang and Scoo Henderson and some others the other players that they put together in Portland. Portland is going to be back in a minute. They’re going to be back in a minute. Scoot don’t have to be the guy now. Gang can be the guy up there now. Scoop can help him. Scoo’s job is to make sure he get the ball, right? Gang just needs to get in better shape because he gazes out fast. Well, that’ll come in time. That’ll come in time. Fifi, he’s you know that comes that comes at times. You know, he has to learn how to be a pro now over here. You know what I’m saying? So, you know, he got damn um he got damn um my man Mr. Big Shot up there, man. Chanty Bips. He got Chanty Bilips up there. Chanty get him right. Chanty will get him right up there. Right. So, get get Oh yeah, Gang. I know. Yang is above Siggon, baby. He’s above Siggon. Yang is above Sigan. I think Yang gonna cook Siggon when they play. Yang is tall and skilled like Arvdas. He’s in that area of rap god. Sean, I like Siggon, but Yang is above him. Let me tell you who else to watch, too. I know. And I hated that they that the Hornets didn’t get him. Derek Queen may push you Derek Queen is going to push Zion out of New Orleans. You heard it here. Derek Queen’s gonna put Zion out. He’s too skilled. His skill Derek Queen and he got the personality, too, man. I mean, I I think Zion is I think Zion’s on the clock in New Orleans for sure. Now, Stacy, if you come through here, hey, you know what I’m saying? So, so let’s monitor the center situation. You don’t think he’s above Sean yet, man? I think he eventually will be. Well, maybe not. Maybe I maybe I jumped out to jumped out the window. I’m very impressed with Yang’s game and I think he I think he’s going to I think he’s going to pass I think he’s going to pass up Sean. I think he’s going to pass up to Mo. But we but we’ll monitor that when Portland and when Portland and Houston play. But [ __ ] Houston is so stacked. Houston is so stacked. What? Brooklyn draft picks don’t look bad at all. Yeah, they they the Brooklyn is on the active tank. Free Free. They they they trying to get Cam. They trying to get [ __ ] Brooklyn, the perfect pick for Brooklyn would be to get Carmemelllo Sun to go to Brooklyn next year. They can if they can kill Killian Anthony to go with that squad then they that Brooklyn’s back. One of them damn Arenas Booza Anthony one of them damn Peterson or AJ whoever whoever they get Brooklyn will be back next year. Brooklyn is Brooklyn is Brooklyn is tanking. Utah is tanking. You know they want those top picks. Derek will be a franch Oh Derek is good. You said Zion will be in Charlotte. I don’t know if Z go hopefully Zion will be in Charlotte but he won’t be in New Orleans. He won’t be in New Orleans. He won’t be in New Orleans. Game time post of the force of overtime. Sheesh. Brooklyn willing to acquire MPJ on a bad contract. That’s right. Michael Porter Junior’s there talking [ __ ] about how he was held down by Joker and the rest of them. So, we’re going to see what MPJ do now cuz I guess he’s walking in like it’s his squad. It’s like, wait a minute, Cam Johnson and Cam Thomas is still there. What are you talking about? You know, but anyway, you know, but but those players are really smart. Yeah. So, so the Hornets, we’ll monitor the center situation for the Hornets. We’ll monitor it, right? Let me see. Let’s go to the interview. We’re going to play this interview, right? Hold on. Let’s go to the wall. Let me see what else. I’m going to go to the wall, but the wall is kind of distorted, so I’m not going to show it, you know. Okay. Rod Boone did a report uh 11 hours ago talking about LaMelo Ball. Charles Lee has said that LaMelo has done a really good job of trying to put himself in some game situations to prepare himself for these blitzing situations or some top off up off the top blocking. Just what Charles Lee has said, right? So LaMelo Ball is working on this mini people who claim that LaMelo Ball don’t give a [ __ ] about basketball. Oh, he cares about, you know, there are people that say that the only thing that LaMelo Ball cares about, huh? They say the only thing that LaMelo Ball cares about is that that’s the only thing he cares about, right? He cares about this part. That’s all he cares about. He cares about that. He doesn’t care about basketball. You know what I’m saying? While he’s at the BBB mansion. While he’s at the BBB mansion, right? He’s at the BBB. He’s at the BBB mansion. Working on his midi, right? He’s at the BBB mansion working on getting to a spot on the court and shooting that midi. This isn’t freestyling the game anymore. LaMelo’s now becoming a student of his game. No more freestyle, no more instinctive play from the Miller ball. He is growing now into a he is now embracing because he’s been embraced finally by leadership. Not the old leadership, this leadership. Now LaMelo is embracing the embrace, right? They told LaMelo to work on your leadership and to get in that get in that gym, right? LaMelo look like Malibu’s most wanted. It is what it is. That’s his style. That’s what he like, right? Nothing wrong with that. You [ __ ] Some [ __ ] talk about Lel like he’s like he’s in some yearly sex scandal or something. Hello. You know, or he or you know he’s strung out somewhere. You know, you see what I’m saying? or he’s out and about, you know, tossing it up in strip clubs. Huh? Or that he got a damn entourage of clowns around him. Not those who claim to be connected. Not those [ __ ] but a real entourage of like clowns and damn and damn fools around him who who are around him for clout and not really don’t give a [ __ ] about him. Around him for clout around him for clout. going live around him and [ __ ] You’ve never seen that from the meloball. So-called friends going live around him. Look, look, look, look, look, look. What? He don’t even keep that type of company. [ __ ] His own brothers had a hard time. Kais probably had to Kais probably had to Kais probably had to let me just say it. Kai may have had to pay LaMelo to come up on that [ __ ] because Glamelo don’t usually go to those things. He don’t usually go to those things. Kai got lucky. See what I’m saying? Don’t even go. Lamel don’t even go on Lonzo’s damn pod. That’s how much of a basketball junkie and recluse he is. Right. You hear some of these clowns talking, man. Men’s life advice on Kai stream was hilar. It was. You have your ups, you have your downs. You know, you know, but he’s just chilling right now. But he’s working is what the point is that he is working. He’s working. There be ups and there be downs. That’s right. Right. He’s working on his midi. Charles Lee is saying now he’s, you know, they blitzed LaMelo a lot last year. LaMelo is now working on defeating and dealing with how to deal when teams try to blitz him. What? So if LaMelo is working on [ __ ] like this, you need a [ __ ] caniple with him. You fools. I’m not talking about present company. When they blitz LaMelo, huh? When they blitz LaMelo in the regular season, huh? when they blitz him in the regular season, instead of passing it, instead of passing it to Josh Green, instead of passing it to Cody and Caleb Martin, huh, instead of passing it to them, huh? Instead of passing it to them, they can pass it to Khan. Huh? Look at this [ __ ] Now envision Khan with LaMelo and Brandon. Look at that right there. That’s a pass to Caulk or Diate or Miles. Khan open in the corner. He’s going to hit that [ __ ] right. LaMelo passing to Khan. Assist. Huh? Khan handle the ball a little bit. LaMelo and Brandon could be off ball. Pull up off the pick. What? Josh Green is not doing that. God damn it. You know, hey, low key, Ok ain’t either. Look at this [ __ ] Green, I would be scared when Green be handling the ball. Look at this [ __ ] Josh ain’t doing that. Josh Green is not doing that. Huh? Josh O ain’t doing that. What? Off the pick again. The pass, the miss, rebound. I told y’all he’s pesky. Khan is pesky. He will get rebounds like that that he should be getting. Three-pointer, deep three pass. What? LaMelo but they they blitz LaMelo. He passes over to Khan. Deep three. He hit that [ __ ] Another assist for LaMelo ball. Khan again. Huh? The pass. Miles or the center. What? Miles is going to Miles Bridges will eat if he plays the issue with Miles that I want to see. Huh? What? Oh, Brandon’s allowed to take more elbow jumpers like with Cliff. I hope he does too, man. Because that’s what Brandon belongs in. He belongs in the damn elbow. Right. Khan Canipple. I want see now with Khan being with the Hornets, I should not see Miles Bridges handling the ball like he did last year. Do y’all hear what I’m saying to you? Miles Bridges must play off ball more next year and wait for the pass from Khan, from LaMelo, from Brandon cuz that is where Miles operates at his best. That is Airbnb Miles. That’s Airbnb Miles, right? Miles Bridges trying to do a saucy dribble and handling the ball and passing it and playmate. That ain’t his game. He was He’s trying to force that, but that’s not his game. Miles game is to shoot the open three. Miles game is to be in a dunker position to receive passes from Brandon, from LaMelo, and yes, from Khan Canipple. And he goes up for the dunk. Huh? Khan is a better version of Joe Harris. I think so. Khan, I think Khan, I mean, Khan has a allaround game. See, Khan is plugand play, right? Khan is plug and play. Whatever the team needs on a per game basis, Khan will give it to you. You, as you can see, he got a 16 and 10. So, there’s some nights when Diatate is overwhelmed on the boards because he’s an undersized F, excuse me, he’s under size five. expect Khan’s rebounds to go up because he’s going to find other ways to contribute to winning, right? If they’re blitzing LaMelo ball, then Khan will handle the ball. LaMelo can pass the ball to Khan and can trust that Khan will make a good play with the ball. Brandon also, but Khan will make good plays with the ball. He’s not going to turn it over. He’s going to make the correct pass. You all understand that the the boys IQ is very high. So, if they double team the Melo, Khan can still make plays that will help the team. Maybe they would leave threes. Maybe they would leave the threes to Melo and Khan. Well, you know, Brandon is streaky on his threes, Junkan. You know what I’m saying? Khan is a good connecting piece, but we will see how it all fits together. We’ll see. I think it’ll fit well, but I think Hey, Mo. I think it does. Uh now some are jumping out the window saying that Khan is the third option. I we’ll see but Mo I expect because what Khan has displayed in summer league I expect the ball to be in Khan’s hands. Khan is saying I don’t think the ball is going to be in my hands. I’m saying with what he does with it I think Khan’s going to have the ball in his hands. Him, Brandon Miller and LaMelo. Of course, LaMelo at the top, right? But you know, if if they try to like trap LaMelo to get the ball out of his hands rather than Brandon having the ball, you can trust Khan with the ball, right? Cuz Brandon’s handle is shaky. You see what I’m saying? We will see how Khan handles. You know, right now, this is summer leave. We will see how um how, you know, how that works. KJ Simpson is a hating ass [ __ ] Hey, he’s Look, KJ. Hey, KJ just KJ just saw Sean and Colin walk into the door. [ __ ] Hey, now Nick is still in the building. Where do I fit in this? What? You know, hey, coach. You know what I’m saying? Don’t move me. Nick, KJ, Dcoin, Jeff. I’m just saying Nick is arguing people on Nick is arguing with people on Twitter right now. People are jumping on and I don’t like when they do this, man. Some of these some of these [ __ ] in in this haunted fan base overall. You [ __ ] get you you all we have to not forget that these are people, man. And sometimes you all go overboard on some of the [ __ ] you say on these Twitters and then you get all then you become a Cameron when these players respond to you on Twitter. Nick responded back call that [ __ ] [ __ ] right on Twitter. He said that that the that the that the the the what the uh you know the dynasty whatever starts without you and damn damn Nick responded. Uh oh. Hold on. Nick responded and said we’ll see [ __ ] You know what I’m saying? He deleted the tweet, but obviously that tells me that Nick is trying to process the fact that he may be on the clock out of here. And it may not be an arranged trade. Nick could just be outright cut and he got to hunt for his food just like Josh O. Josh has got the Josh is out here looking for a team that hopefully will take him. He’s an unrestricted free agent. Some people say that, you know, they can bring him back, but I think Josh is over with. Liam, Liam and Khan, Liam and Khan, Josh Green is hurt right now. Liam and Khan is going to take up all the threes, the minutes at the three and whatever. And whatever minutes they leave, they leave on the table. Peterson and damn um Cington will take that take those minutes because y’all remember Conington is in Cington is in the building as well. Now Cington is there as well. Huh. People People are noticing the complexion. They’re noticing the lightning complexion of of the team right now, man. [ __ ] Brandon Bellate. Let me see. Brandon, Seion, and Colin. That might be it for the Hornets. Everybody else Everybody else is a hybrid or out or just out white. A white man. But the players that they’re bringing in are cut from a cut from an energy cloth that I like. Right. Liam’s going to play some the four. Well, if he can if he can handle four, Fifi, let’s see. Let’s see handle four. Why am I not notified when you are going live? What do you mean, Stacy? I mean, but that’s YouTube, man. I tried to post it up so people my so so my YouTube peeps can see that I went live. You know what I’m saying? I’ve been live for almost an hour now, Stacy. So, you have to do replay. We just made 600 subs, Stacy. Right. So, we’ll see. We’ll see how deep Charles Lee’s bag is. We’ll see if Liam can handle some of the four. Maybe spot minutes. I don’t think he’ll be a full-time four, you know. Um, unless Lee is still in love with that goddamn five out system, right? YouTube. Yeah, YouTube. YouTube is what it is, man. They, you know, YouTube does not push it out, you know. Fortunately, there’s 20 21 people in the chat. So, that is helping push it out because there’s a lot of people in my chat. You know what I’m saying? Oh, yeah. I appreciate it, Stacy. Thank you, man. Thank you for coming through and thank you for subbing everybody else in here. Right. So once they figure out what they’re going to do with these extra players, maybe what we’re hoping for, what the fan base was hoping for, I’m hoping for is that they that they package up those players to get to get another big, you know, cuz you know, Ryan, you know, there was talk that his rebounding for man, he’s his defense is pretty good. M his defense is pretty good, but there’s a concern about his rebounding. I’ve been seeing on on cuz I didn’t I was able to watch the games, you know, but we will be doing live playbyplays once the season begins again. Uh it’ll be, you know, NBA uh hoop season. It’ll be hoop season live featuring the Hornets. So, we’ll be doing playbyplay. We will see. You know, I may do West Coast games also, but that means I’m have to go to bed as soon as I get home and get up and do those games so I can be rested. So I can get, you know, go to bed, wake up, do the live, then go to bed so I can, you know, get to the bag. You know what I’m saying? It is what it is. Fifi, they put miles at the for possible. Yeah, this is true. Ali, motion. Wait a minute, Ali. What we mean motion, baby. 600 subs, brother. 600 subs. We got Hey, it is what it is, right? Yeah. Yeah, they played him out of but but but but Fifi, we’ve seen how that has worked out. They put him at the four, but the Hornets and they will have the problem next year, too. The Hornets get out rebounded by physical bigs. Detroit and Orlando are not playing games next year, everybody. Did y’all hear what Big Staff said in a goddamn interview? He said, “We’re here to beat your ass from beginning to end in the game.” That’s what he said. He said, “Whoever’s playing against us, we’re here to beat your ass from start to finish.” Huh, motion? We let’s wait and see what Khan becomes because Clay and maybe because he wasn’t asked to do this. Klay can’t playmake the way I saw Khan doing just in his game. Khan can playmake a little bit better than Klay. Klay wasn’t if Steph isn’t playmaking for the If Steph isn’t playmaking for the Warriors, it’s Draymond that’s doing the playmaking. mainly Draymond. Really, Draymond and Steph are the playmakers on the on the team, right? Clay receives benefits off of their playmaking because Klay doesn’t even dribble the ball. One dribble and he’s shooting it, you know, he’s open or or one dribble, he he’s shooting the ball. Klay does not playmate, you know, not the way Khan is. Klay will never Clay Klay Thompson will never be in the range of a triple double. Khan, depending on the game, may be close. Khan has an all-around game. You know what I’m saying? But you know, but but Khan is a good shooter, right, Chief? Did you know that Brandon Miller is a legit 69? He should never play shooting guard again. With Khan there, I’m hoping they move him to the three and they put Khan at the two, but we’ll see. But we’ll see. Jun Sims played great in his 10 days in April. I think Jayen Simmons might make it also at guard. Okay, they put Miles at the four. We’ll see. Fifi, we’ll see. I think that eventually they’re going to have to address the four and put a real four at the four. Miles is not a real four. They need a legit four. And I think that’s why they’re rolling their dice on Ton being the four. Even though they got him playing like a guard. Tan is a legit 610. At 19, could possibly go to 611, right? That’s the type of size you need at the four in today’s NBA. Little fours are not going to cut it with Alex Sar in Washington, with poerro in Orlando. What? is not going to cut it. If you intend to win the championship, you can’t have Miles Bridges at your starting for not with what the Okay. Not with what the Thunder got. What? Not with even not with what Houston has now. If you intend on making it out the East, you need a real four for that. Seakum. What? New York. They got Mike Brown as their coach, bro. New York may be the best in the East. They got Mike, but I was waiting to see what New York is going to do. Stacy, who is 6, if you think um damn um you think Tan is already 611? Maybe he is. If he’s 61, he might go to 70. He’s 19. He came in league at 18. He ain’t done growing. Clay paid a lot of secondary ball handling when they had Harrison Barnes. Okay, that was post injury. Okay. All right, that’s fine. Fifi, do you think that Ryan is a starting center for the Hornets in the beginning of the season? It depends. I’m just Ryan has to I mean if he beat out Debbonte Josh I think he’ll make it but Debbi is not going to be easy. Ryan’s going to have to now Ryan can shoot the ball he is at least comfortable taking the three if they leave him out there and he will hit the three. Charles Lee is trying to see where is his playmaking at because like last year, you know, Lee’s scheme puts the ball in the hands of the center a lot in that three-point area either on the elbows at the top of the key because they like doing down the why Lee likes doing this. Lee damn near exclusively runs that [ __ ] high pick and roll with LaMelo in the center, Brandon Miller in the center, right? And last year, what teams would do is when they ran that high pick and roll, they would blitz the ball handler, leaving Mark Williams, leaving Nerk, leaving Nick open on an island, leaving Debbi open on the island by the three-point line, not passing, not playmaking, just standing there waiting for someone to run back to the ball. Clock is ticking already. By the time LaMelo or Trey man or Brandon gets the ball again, the damn clock is down to six, seven to six seconds and they blitz the ball handler again. And now these handlers have to make something out of nothing. LaMelo is a savant. So he is successful at doing it. Once LaMelo was injured and sat down, the damn offense fell apart. So, at least with with to answer your question, Josh, at least with Ryan, if they leave him on an island out there, Ryan will at least attempt to shoot the three. And Ryan has shown that he can hit the three if they leave him on an island. That might be the only reason why he may start over Deviate because of Lee’s schemes. if he doesn’t change or adjust his bag. If he don’t, Ryan will start because they need a center that is comfortable shooting the threes and they’re going to begin to show him how to playmake a little bit on the top of the key if he’s left open. I believe that’s what they going to be working with him on all this summer and we’ll see in training camp if he can hold some of it. Right. Ryan is a fifth year player. He’s not a freshman. He’s not a one and done. He’s more seasoned. So, we’ll see if he’s able to catch on quicker than like a ton, right? Tan is still raw. Yes. And like you all said, it’s going to take I’m not saying Tan is ready right now, but when he’s ready, if and when he’s ready, then he’ll be the starting four. If he progresses the way he’s been progressing incrementally every year, eventually he’s going to take he’s going to take that spot at the for everybody. It’s just a matter of when in my opinion. Stacy Chief, we are Grant Williams deprived. We miss. Yeah, Grant Williams, man, is the season fell apart when Grant was hurt. Grant Williams, I saw some solid screens set by Ryan. Miles doesn’t set good screens at all. You going to need someone. The bigs have to set solid screens, man. They have to. Robert Williams from Portland for big. I said that. I’ve been calling for Robert Williams to come for years. Fifi. You know, Robert Williams, I would love for him to come. He’s a lunch pale big. He’s Robert Williams will be good against the Isaiah Stewarts and the the Jaylen Durans, those types, man. And against Orlando, New York, you need a Robert Williams because I am concerned about another thing I’m concerned about as far as the bigs for the Hornets. There’s no, you know, it’s like where’s that Ryan seems he’s nice. You know what I liked about Zack Edy in Me in Memphis? You know what I liked about him? You know what I liked about him off rip? He went to John Moran and basically said, “Who messing with you?” He did that. He did that. He told J, “If anybody touch you, you let me know.” And he went toe-to-toe with Draymond. Draymond tested him. I’m talking Zack Edm from Memphis now. Draymond tested him. tried to test him, tried to son him, a little boy him last year. Zach wasn’t having none of it. He went right back at him. What? He went right back at him. [ __ ] who the [ __ ] you think you What? I am the big here. I’ll [ __ ] you up, boy. And Draymond didn’t test him again. Draymond, in fact, he was like, “Yes, I like him. I like him.” What? Draymond was talking him up at the band press conference in his podcast. Yeah, Zach. You know, I had to test him. I had to see what he was made of. [ __ ] He showed me. Hey, hey, hey. So, that is needed in Charlotte. I don’t know if the bigs got that type of heart in Charlotte. Fifi, new age white boys are different. Yes, they are. I’m just saying this these new age white boys. I’m [ __ ] with it now. I’m [ __ ] with it. I’m [ __ ] with it. You know, I you know, the game is the game. Y’all understand what I’m saying? Now, crackers who are involved in the in that fan base part of these white players, those are the [ __ ] I don’t [ __ ] with. That’s where I cut. That’s why I jump off the train. But in terms of the game, if you if you can hoop, I respect it. Even if I don’t like what comes what comes with some of these white players and you know what I’m saying? You know, right? Will Memphis ever give up Triple J? No. They had No, they that’s why they let go of damn Desmond Bane, Stacy. They made their choice. They chose They chose Triple J over them. They They chose Triple J and sent um Oh, yeah. Mas is another one. I talked about him earlier. Fifi. We got one in Chicago, baby. Mans and Noah’s gonna make beautiful. There’s a beautiful foundation. V is out of there, man. V is gone. Josh Giddy [ __ ] around. He’ll be gone, too. They got two they can build around in Chicago, but Chicago going to tank. But Chicago be on the tank. Uh, Mage and Noah will be will be trial by fire. Shout out to Mo. He talked about new a lot. Let me let me go up here. Ghost Jay, are you saying that Miles should play the three? He should have been played the three, but they had to move him for Gordon Haywood, man. You know, what do you think about the white kid they signed from Boston? Oh, let’s go to him. I’ll let I’ll let y’all make y’all decision on it. Let’s see. Drew Peterson. Let’s go to Drew Peterson right now. Here we go. Right. Again, I’m not going to play the sound on here because, you know, YouTube will get you for the sound, you know, but we you can at least see what he’s doing. Now, remember now, these are garbage time minutes. Now, so just know in context, these are garbage time minutes, right? But this is who they got from Boston. Familiar with Charles uh Charles Lee co familiar with Charles Lee, right? So, that’s that’s him, right? So there’s a theme that I’m noticing with these white players that they’re getting, right? John, they are getting Alex Caruso types, right? Caruso types, you know, damn, you know, Pritchard types, white players, right? Look at this [ __ ] He dumped that on Bryce. That’s when McGawans that was that was the when McGawans was still with the Horn with the with the Hornets. Speaking of which, no, James Book Knight played summer league at Portland. Let’s see. Hopefully, he can stick instead of going back overseas. Here we go. Peterson for three. See, now these players can play. These players, these aren’t what they these aren’t Brad Water types. You know what I’m saying? If someone is hurt, Woo! Look at the pass. If someone is hurt or low managed, you can trust Peterson with minutes, you can trust him with minutes, right? Huh? Here you go. See, Peterson in the right. See, Khan’s going to be doing a lot of [ __ ] like that. You see what what he’s doing? You gonna see Khan doing a lot of [ __ ] like that. Jason, like, look, the rebound. Look, look, the players broke it up. The pick, he just pulled. Khan can be doing [ __ ] like that. When plays are breaking down, the clock was running down. You gonna see Khan doing some [ __ ] like that, right? Jaylen Brown, the pass, huh? He knows who the ball. Look at that. Khan, they’re getting a certain template. The sizzle is LaMelo Ball. Everybody keep talking. Keep talking in chat. I’m just We we we watching this right here. LaMelo is the sizzle. The rest of the players is the sauce. Y’all understand what I’m saying? LaMelo is the fulcrum which it all goes around clearly because if it wasn’t they would have drafted Ace Bailey or Trey, right? If they if they you know some people and I get it and someone in this chat I know wanted Trey was disappointed we didn’t get Ace. I was disappointed at first for about 15 minutes. Look at that. See, you’re not going to lose. See, this ain’t Wong. I’m It is what it is. That’s not Wong. Uh oh. Come on out of there. Let’s get on up here. Right. That’s not Wong, everybody. With respect, there’s levels to this [ __ ] now. That’s not Wong. That’s not um Brad Water Maker. I mean, it is what it is, man. It it Hey, it’s not Dcoin Jeff. Huh? What? You heard Byron Davis challenge LaMelo ball. It’s a good challenge. Nothing wrong. He’s he’s one of the Hornets OGs. That’s what he’s supposed to do. He said one LaMelo set a goal to be one of the best. But LaMelo’s already set those set those goals, right? You know, but in order for but but but but Byron also said in order if LaMelo is going to reach this why I said over and over again, if LaMelo Ball is going to set the goals to be the best to get the team to the playoffs, then Jeff got to back him up. Now, LaMelo Ball cannot go to the playoffs with if Jeff put trash all around him. It’s just not going to work. Jeff has to back him up. If LaMelo If they’re telling LaMelo Ball which time, if LaMelo If they’re telling LaMelo Ball that they want him to lead this team, then it’s on Jeff to put damn soldiers and dogs around him so he can go to battle with them. LaMelo cannot lead this team surrounded by a bunch of [ __ ] G-Leaguers, man. And of the bench players, he can’t do it. He need players that fit his game, right? And finally, they’re looking to do that. And plus, wait a minute. Khan’s best come for me would be Manu. Yes, I like that. Mo Manu type player. Not as much sauce, but the same role. Manu Jenobi. I like that. I see that. I can see that. Mo a little lower level, not as saucy, but [ __ ] Well, with Conn and Shy got a little sauce now. Khan. See, there’s some who mistakenly have kind of put Khan in the in the vanilla in the vanilla in the vanilla category. I told y’all after the guy after he got drafted, I posted on Twitter. I think I said it live. I said Khan showed up with some red bottom shoes. That’s sending out a message. What? Khan Kip was from Milwaukee. Khan ain’t from no suburbs. Khan grew Khan played hood basketball. If he played in Milwaukee, he played hood basketball. He he he was tried the same way damn um Chris Mullen was tried in Brooklyn. Chris Mullen talked about all the time. They tested him in Brooklyn. He came the white boy coming to these courts like who the [ __ ] are you? You don’t look like you can play. And he had to prove himself that he could they could keep up with the players in Brooklyn. Khan had to do the same thing. That’s why Khan has a chip on the shoulder right now. Y’all [ __ ] say I can’t jump and all this other [ __ ] I got something for all you [ __ ] And Khan, you know, behind the back passes, you know, rebound passes and [ __ ] Khan got a little sauce now. So, man, you know, I like that. I like that. I like that. Got the sauce, but don’t got Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I say a little sauce. That’s I say a little sauce. I didn’t say I didn’t say sauce like Manu. Manu is just different [ __ ] I mean, it is what it is. I love I love watching Manu play. He gave Kobe all types of He gave Kobe hell in the Lakers and Shaq too. He gave them hell. He gave them hell, boy. You know what I’m saying? Paul George basically said that Brandon Mel is a sup a subpar player and the Melo is the only good player on the Hornets. Like Paul don’t know the [ __ ] he’s talking about. Paul just had another surgery, man. [ __ ] Philadelphia won him up out of there, man. Outside of Indiana. What has Paul done since he left Indiana? cases, huh? The Thunder, the Clippers, now Philadelphia. What has he done now? The Clippers, he did he did get them to a finals, uh, conference finals, I believe, you know, but I mean, come on, Paul, relax. Playoff P all this. Let’s stop. Dame shot the shot in your face and did this [ __ ] Get the [ __ ] out of here. Chief, if I remember that, I said that TJ is an elite defender. You see it now? Yeah, I see it. And no, again, he I TJ is a slow roast, man. He’s not a quick microwave. TJ is a slow roast. That’s what he is. You know what I’m saying? It’s going to take some time for him to get to where he getting, but he’s on his way. He has not regressed. TJ continues to go up. Right. Let me see. Let’s see what else is in the chat. Mo Trey was the best player in the draft. Trey, look now. Trey and Alex Saw. I’m gonna be wandering them. Washington is back. Washington is back, everybody. Washington is back. I love what I’m seeing from Trey. For that team, Trey. See, it’s like I know that if you put Ace with LaMelo like, you know, that’s that’s dynamic, right? But Khan is not there to usurp LaMelo Ball. Khan is there to assist and enhance what LaMelo’s doing. Khan is not there to be the guy. He knows this and he’s already walked in accepting that I am not the guy here, but I can help the guy here. Ace, Trey, Harp, they’re coming in to be the guy, right? And if they’re not the guy, then that’s going to affect, you know what I’m saying? That’s going to affect locker room and politics and all this other stuff, right? You don’t need that. So, in Washington, Trey and Alex can be the guys there. Trey outside, Alex in. Perfect. Ace Bailey with whomever they get. Utah is keeping Larry Markin in there. They say they’re not moving Li. You know, John is gone. Li will keep the seat warm until Ace is ready and then the team be turned over to Ace along with whatever top pick they get next year. So Ace and Cam, Ace and Peterson, Ace and AJ, whoever else is there with Ace next year will be the foundation for Utah to come back up. Right. Same with Chicago, right? Let me see. Let me see. Co, let me see. The only reason Peterson was the G Lee is because the Celtics are deep. Yeah, PJ Hall ain’t a pushover. Yeah, I I hope PJ finds a I I hope uh PJ finds a place. I like what I saw from PJ, right? You know, Peterson is fired. Nothing new. I think people I think people are underestimating the Peterson pickup. I think they’re underestimating. I think there are people in Hornet space that are underestimating that they just got a very good player. There were people in Boston were not happy that Peterson landed in the in in in Charlotte, right? Larry Bird, Tom Chambers, Kevin McCel, John Stockton, Ran the 80s. [ __ ] Um, damn. Um, Chris uh Chris Mullen, Chris Mullen, Mitch Richmond, Tim Hardaway, Ron TMC. What? Then they swapped him out for damn Latra Freewell. Mitch to Sacramento, Latra Freewell. Picked up where damn Mitch left off. Uh, Marcel Lunas. Uh, uh, uh, Seronus, you know, from from overseas. Same same. The Genobi before the Genobi. Marcelunis. Uh, Marcal Lunas. Uh, I forget his name. You know what I’m saying? Damn. Um Um Um Um, you know, Avidas, but he was past his prime. What? Disen Petravic. Excuse me. What? What? Oh, no. There was some good there was some good players back then. Now Tom Chambers, debt left shrimp, he played pretty well, you know, lower level players like Jack Sigma, you know, some of them. Of course, you had Bird McCale in those days, you know, some other ones too, man. Way more than just what’s talked about in those days, right? Um, let me see. I’m going up to make sure I didn’t miss nobody. Then we’re going down. Let me see. Uh, the only things the Hornets are missing is the point of attack defender. Well, Sion can be that free fee eventually, but I think he I think he has to, you know, be developed into that. But I think the foundation for him is there, right? Dirty work starting dirty work starting to believe. If not, it’ll be plumbly. Yeah, they need they need they need um they need they need a lunch pail big. Oh, yeah. Chris Mullen. I was talking about how good the white boys and age. Oh, Chris, come on now. Chris Mullen, please. He was hone in shape than Brooklyn. Stop. Petravic was supposed to be better than Jordan, man. Denz and Petravic that was talking [ __ ] to Jordan in [ __ ] um in Croatian in in the damn Croatian language, man. You know, he was not afraid of Michael. He went at him. He went at Michael. He wasn’t afraid of nobody. You know what I’m saying? So, let’s see. Let’s go to Let’s go to uh Rob Boom, Charlotte Observer. We gonna play this audio. We gonna talk about this AK-47. I don’t know about AK-47. Andre Kuringo. He was good all around, right? Allaround player. Defensive sant steals and blocks. That was his that was his thing. His offensive game wasn’t quite, you know what I’m saying, Juncan? You know, Utah Jazz, right? But he was a good bridge player for He was a good bridge player before Daron Williams got there. You know, he was around when Darren was there. You know, eventually Carlos came. You know what I’m saying? Correct me if I’m wrong in the chat. You know, this off the dome, you talk to a basketball encyclopedia living, baby. You know what I’m saying? Um, you know, so I’m Man, I am, man. I was totally soaked in basketball, man. I love it. I love I love talking hoops, man. Um, let’s see. Let’s go. We’re gonna go back to the wall again. Ah, here we go. This is an interview. It’s 10 minutes long. This is um Rob Boone’s interview with Charles Lee. Here we go. So, we’re going to play this and then we’ll respond. I’m going to mute my mic. Cut on this. Melo ball. Colin Ston can flourish in same backcourt. In the dark hallways outside a practice gym at UNLV’s Thomas and Max Center, Charles Lee takes a brief break from his usual daily duties to reflect on the past and eagerly anticipate what’s to come. just really excited to kind of pick up where we left off at the end of the season. The Charlotte Hornets second-year coach told the Observer. I thought that we made a lot of great progress and we saw a lot of guys had some great years. Unfortunately dealt with some injuries, but it gave other guys opportunities to play and get some experience. So now entering into summer league, I think it was a really successful draft for us on a lot of different levels. We addressed some needs we need on the court. we addressed some needs that are going to continue to help us build the culture that we need going forward off the court. So, I’m excited to see all these things come together through the first week of action in the desert. Things are looking pretty good for Charlotte. The Hornets improve to three to zero in summer league action behind 87 to69 win over Dallas on Monday, picking up valuable oncourt time that should aid in fostering their development. some of our young guys get to play to see to John Salon and KJ Simpson and DB Damen Ba in year two go out there and try to hoop Lee said and then also our rookies trying to get them integrated with how we play in the defensive terminology offensively try to play a little bit faster and share the ball and not being so bogged down with the noise that comes with summer league that comes with being the number four pick. It’s not about scoring 30, 40, 50 points in a game. If that happens, great. But it’s really just trying to get these guys to play team basketball and get some quality reps while also having some of our veteran players here to continue to support them and continue work as well. Lee spoke to the observer about a range of topics including La Melo Ball’s evolving leadership, the addition of Colin Ston, impressions of Charlotte’s 2025 draft class featuring Kon Nupal, Liam McNeely, Cyan James, and Ryan Calperner, and more. Rodrik Boon, how do you think the players added this off seasonason by president of basketball Jeff Peterson will help with the culture change you mentioned? Charles Lee, Jeff and his group, everyone always kinds of talks about alignment and we talk about it as a team. Actions speak louder than words and everything Jeff and his group have done to continue to elevate our environment, our culture professionally, competitively. There’s extreme alignment there and I love it and I’m just really grateful to be able to partner with somebody like that. The goal is just to continue to get these guys working together, pushing each other to be better, spending time with each other on and off the court and just also trying to lead by example. I think that a lot of guys have kind of committed themselves at a different level this summer and it’s showing in their development, but I think it’s also showing a good example for our young guys to see what it really takes to be in this league. RB: How do you think Lamelo is going to show he’s taking another step as a leader? CL he recognized how physical the game got last year and when he’s at a high level the way people try to combat that is with more physicality or showing him two bodies on the ball and blitzing him trying to get the ball out of his hands. So I think number one he’s really locked in on his body and done a really good job in the weight room. Our performance staff has pushed him in a lot of different ways and he’s committed himself to getting better in that regard. on the court. He’s done a really good job of trying to put himself in some game situations to prepare himself for some of these blitzing situations or some of the top blocking. Memphis stands out to me. Those guys picked him up full court. They were going to deny him everywhere he was. And at times he got frustrated and I think that now just trying to get more reps in the offseason of what that looks like and feels like. So then when the games come around this year, he’s a little bit more prepared for it. The other thing that I’ve just noticed is just being a little bit more vocal. There’s been times when these guys are out on the court together and whether it’s during a group workout or they’re playing once, he’s trying to actually impart some wisdom to the guys he’s been with. So, I think just a lot of onc court leadership, but also the vocal leadership piece he’s also working on as well. RB: What do you think Colin Ston can bring to this team? And what did you know about him previously? CL, from afar, he was very competitive at times. He would stare me down during games as the opposing coach or scout coach. And he’s always looking for some fuel to get him going. So, when he first got here, I made sure to remind them of that. Like, don’t be looking at me crazy like that anymore or your minutes are going to suffer now. But, it’s great. I’m so glad to have him on our side. He brings a fearlessness, competitiveness. His work ethic, even since day one of getting traded, he was working out in Atlanta. He drove up ASAP, has been in the gym, has been trying to communicate with his teammates, his coaches, the performance staff. He’s just locked it and committed to being a Hornet. And I love it. I already appreciate so much of what he’s kind of giving to our group. Seeing him do group workouts with Mo, them having conversations, I just think is really important for our group to continue to grow. And he’s going to be a big part of that with his work ethic and then also with his competitiveness. RB: How has the game evolved in your mind and how can Lo and Colin Ston make problems for others? CL just the game is becoming so much more and more positionless. A lot of times you just want your five best players out there no matter what size they are. Do they compete defensively? Can they remember a game plan? Can they execute a game plan? And then offensively, are they willing to share the ball, play together, get a piece of the paint, make the right reads, and whether that guy is 6 feet tall or 6 to9, the whole lineup is 6 to six across the board, whatever that is, you just want to have your five best players out there that bring cohesion on both sides of the floor that they are going to compete at a really high level. So, we do try to challenge our players to be open-minded. We might have to play a lot of different lineups. I think that when it comes around to the playoffs, there’s some teams you’ve got to be ready to play big. There’s some teams you’ve got to be ready to play small, and there’s something in the middle versus another series. And so, you got to be adaptable. RB: After dealing with injuries in your first season, how will having more depth at guard now benefit you? CL, it’s exciting because with depth, it obviously helps the coach have a lot of different options, but I think also just creates some healthy competitiveness among your team. You’ve got to always know that there’s another great guard right behind me. And if I don’t have it on this night, then coach might go with this guy. And so I just got to be even more locked in. I think there’s that togetherness, but there’s healthy competition. And that’s life. That’s the game of basketball. And you have to embrace it. So I think having depth also just kind of helps push people to keep wanting to grow and keep wanting to get better. RB, how confident are you in the front line as the roster is constructed? CL I see a lot of versatility when we talk about Miles Bridges and you can throw to John Salon in that category Mosa Diabete but yeah just versatility I think the way that Ryan will play as big and Mosa will play as a big are two different things but I think both guys they’re really good defensively Ryan obviously coming from Kraton and being the four-time defensive player of the year in the Big East and Mosa showed last year his ability to guard the one to five is going to be really helpful for us defensively Then I think offensively wanting to play faster, Mosa allows us to do that because after a rebound or a blocked shot or a steal, he is just out. He can outrun a lot of a lot of bigs. And Ryan, his ability to be really mobile on the perimeter. I think he rolls really well and can catch some lobs from some of our guys, but he’s also going to be able to play on the perimeter and make some passes. So, we are going to have the ability to toggle between a lot of different looks. RB, what impresses you most about the rookies? CL, I love their passion for the game. They have a great curiosity. They went to the Charlotte FC game to support Charlotte FC and I walked into the suite and they also have their phones out and they’re watching the summer league game. So, their ability to just want to continue to watch and learn. They can’t wait to get in the gym after we’ve drafted them and they come for their press conference. They’re like, “Coach, when we can we get in the gym?” So, there’s just a hunger. There’s a curiosity, there’s a great work ethic, and also during these summer league practices, they’re uplifting the rest of their teammates. They’re just going to help elevate our level of togetherness, our level of competitiveness. They’re all really well coached. And so, they’re coming in here with a really good basketball mindset, too. So, I think that what they can do on the court, their basketball IQ, who they are as people. It’s really exciting to see what these guys can be in the coming years. RB, how much more comfortable are you going into year two? CL, I would just say going into year two, it’s really nice to be able to transition and just be here fully. Last year, it was a bit of a whirlwind. You’re drinking out of a fire hose. First year head coach, you just won a championship. You’re just trying to get yourself acclimated, transitioning your family, all those things. Then this year, it was just nice to not have to prepare for a job interview, move your family, look for a home, or anything. You didn’t have to build a staff really. So, I’m just super thankful for the fact that I could kind of just continue to build on what happened last year and the consistency that I’m able to have with a group now, continuing to build relationships, be around the gym. It’s been really helpful. So, I’m looking forward to taking off here soon. RB: The Eastern Conference could be more wide open due to major injuries to key players. What would it mean to end the NBA’s longest postseason drought? CL I think our focus is just trying to get better every day. Every opportunity that we have to improve whether it’s in the weight room, whether it’s in the film room, whether it’s on the court, that’s got to be our focus. You’re right. The east is wide open and there’s a great opportunity there. But the only way that you can actually make the most of the opportunity that is in front of you is to just keep preparing and keep focusing on one day at a time, being present in the moment. And so our focus is just everyday improvement. And if we can control what we can control, hopefully that puts us in a great spot to have some success. Hornets preseason games in Greensboro, Charleston. Those hoping to see the Charlotte Hornets in action during the preseason have to plan a road trip. On Monday, the team announced both home games are taking place outside of Charlotte with matchups scheduled to tip off in North and South Carolina. The Hornets meet the Oklahoma City Thunder, the reigning NBA champion, at the North Charleston Coliseum at 5:00 p.m. on October 5th. It will mark the fifth preseason outing for the Hornets in Charleston, the most recent coming in 2012. Charlotte’s other home game comes against the Memphis Grizzlies in Greensboro at First Horizon Coliseum at 700 p.m. on October 15th. The team’s full preseason schedule will be released at a later date, likely prior to the team’s 202526 regular season schedule being unveiled sometime in August. This story was originally published July 15th, 2025 at 6:30 a.m. Thanks for listening. Here is something else you might All right, hold on. Get this out of here right quick. Okay. All right. So that was the um that was Rod Boon today, right? He did a interview with Charles Lee. Let me take these out right quick. Hold on. Get this out. Get these out. I’m trying to clean out my bookmarks before we get up out of here. So So um so you heard the interview, right? Charles Lee revealed that LaMelo’s working. LaMelo is indeed in the weight room. because they roughed him up last year. Team started getting really physical with LaMelo Ball and he got frustrated. He got frustrated and that’s when LaMelo started doing those silly fouls when he got frustrated. So now this year this year LaMelo is working on working on his body so he can take more of the hits and hopefully he can give out some hits too. Right, Stacy? Desire’s 2025 cap hip is now fully guaranteed. Hey, it’s what it is. But I think, hey, Stacy, I’m I’m thinking that Derek Queen once he’s ready, I think Zion’s gonna be a part of that once Dererick is ready. Derek is too good. He’s too good. I’ve seen enough from Sun Lee. He’s too good. They got nice They got They’re still keeping Herb and damn They’re still keeping Herb. They’re still keeping damn Trey Murphy. They still They got P, you know, Jordan Pool, you They got P. They got damn They got De Jonte when he heals. They still got Alvarado. They got damn Looney. They got Missy. You know what I’m saying? They got they they the Pelicans have put it together now. They put it together. I was saying to the chat earlier today, it’s just a matter of where Zion end up at. I think he’s on the clock in Charlotte. I think he’s I mean not not in Charlotte. Fian slip. I think he’s on the clock in New Orleans. Now, where he will end up at is the question. I would like for him to end up in Charlotte, but I don’t know if that’s going to happen. I just don’t know. I don’t know his energy. I don’t know. It depends. You see what Charlotte’s putting together, man. I don’t We’ll see. We’ll see. Um LaMelo’s in the gym. He’s working on his body. He’s working on leadership. He’s beginning to get more vocal. Huh. So, we’ll see it in the regular season. The metal starting to pull players to the side and talk to them and all that stuff. Again, clowns in Hornet Space said LaMelo don’t give a [ __ ] about basketball. You know what I’m saying? So, I don’t pay them no attention. Right? You see what I’m saying? We make the playoffs who win tomorrow summer league playoffs. That’s right. If if the Hornets beat the Spurs tomorrow, they’ll be in the summer league playoffs. The Spurs and the Hornets are both three and 0. That’s going to be an interesting game tomorrow. I’m wondering if Harper is going to play in that game tomorrow. That’ll be interesting if he plays. And I’m trying to see if they’re going to bring Liam back and, you know, or they going to bring Khan back. Mo, a lot of times what these teams would do is they’ll show the top picks, let you get a little taste of what they can do and then sit them down to get you invested into the regular season. The damn training camp. The damn first preseason game is starting on October 5th. This is what, July? This is July. August, September. That [ __ ] will be right preseason will be right around the corner in just a minute. October 5th. That means that damn um training camp is going to start maybe the towards the end of damn September. What? It’s going to be here fast. Yes, Zion and Derek best moves at tapping back up shots at the rim making overcrowded near the basket. Yeah, having fighting getting rebounds. Yeah, the Spurs are good. Derek Queen, he got another maybe allar that Hornets didn’t even consider. Yeah, I was disappointed that they didn’t get Queen. I thought he I thought he would go very well with the Melon Ball and Brandon. Even if they got Khan, even if they even if they got Khan, I you know, you know, I think there’s a way they could have found a way to get Queen. Stacy, football a month away. We will be doing Cleveland Browns content. We will be monitoring uh we’re going to be monitoring Shadura and damn Shiloh Sanders in Tampa Bay, right? I might delve into some of the other tribal quarterbacks. We might check on we might check on um Lamar may check on you know even um the other quarterback I forget my man’s name that that not really talked about that’s pretty good he’s in damn I think in Miami you know we’re going to check on them check on those guys you know the Bears I’m not sure you know um you know it’s just interesting you know but we we we’ll do some of that content that may be more video content that may not be live right you know what I’m saying Raven Z is moving to the three as well yeah I was hearing that They may move Zion off the four and move him over to the three. That’s what I’m hearing. You know, they may make him I don’t want them to make him point Zion. I think he can be a point forward, a point three. I think that’ll be fine. You know, that way you get make room for Derek Queen, but Zion got to Zion got to got to trust his jumper, man. He can’t stay with Derek Queen down there. He can’t live in the paint all the time. He got to come out and shoot that jumper. So that give Derrick Queen room to move. Although Derrick can shoot the jumper up to the three-pointer, you know, now you got inside out. You got inside out dynamic big dynamic big play going on right now. So we’ll see how that goes. Right. So So LaMelo’s in the gym. Uh yeah, LaMelo’s in the gym. You know what I’m saying? Colin Saxon is very good. You know, he’s coming in already with great energy. Already attached to LaMelo’s hip. If you notice that summer league, Miles has moved to the side with his new girlfriend, I guess. You know, allegedly, according to, you know, whatever. and um and Colin Sexon was sitting next to Metal Ball. I said, “Oh [ __ ] move Miles out the way.” You know what I’m saying? So that old that whole situation going on, Miles, you know, getting drunk on the floor, throwing up at the in the toilet and all this [ __ ] you know? Um but let me see. Jeff Peterson has a love affair for guards and only good with valing guards when a guard in college. He is not good with finding big men talent. Well, you know, it’s like I’m thinking they’re in the middle of a reset for the bigs. And Ryan, if he cooks, he can stay, but I have a feeling that they’re not finished in the area of bigs. I think again, I think Ton, I think Grant is going to stay. You know, Ryan, you know, Mousar Debiante, he’ll work for the moment, but I think he’s a bridge. You know, Caulk Brener, if he cooks, he’ll stay, but he might be a bridge. You need a You need a good big to go ball. You got to have a good big, a big with good hands. You know what I’m saying? More than him passing and playmaking. He got to be able to catch LaMelo’s passes. and LaMelo is liable to pass that ball at any time to him from any angle at, you know, at the last minute, you know, or get the ball to him and and get balls to to him that um, you know, he didn’t think he were able to get, but LaMelo somehow squeezes that pass to him. He has to be ready for that type of stuff. We’ll see. We’ll see. Overall, everybody, I am very, very impressed with the class so far. Denim is looking pretty good and denim is looking pretty good in Brooklyn, everybody. Denim, I’m liking what I’m seeing from him. Higher. I mean, he’s in that Josh Giddy. If Denim get comfortable, Brooklyn could be back fast because he he run because I think he’s run the point at 68 or 69. Shoot that ball. [ __ ] asking why are you going under on me? Miked up. He said, “How dare you go under on me?” This is how these new this is how these rookies are coming in. I love it. Right. I like Denim, you know. Of course, I like what I’m seeing from Ace. I like what I’m seeing from Harper. You know what I’m saying? I like what I saw from Edge when he played. They need it. Edge and Edge and Tyrese Maxi. Edge and Maxi. Philly. Philly got a nice back court now. Probably the Let me I’m trying to think when the last time they had a dynamic back court in Philadelphia. Tony and Cheeks. Let me see. Not Tony and Cheats. Hershey Hawkins. Who was the Who’s the point with Hershey Hawkins? You know, and James, we need another good beard that keeps other teams from getting easy baskets. I agree with that. I We’ll see what they do. And I’m hoping that they’re trying to get a big from somewhere. Robert Williams III, Donovan Cllingon, there’s teams that have a lot of bigs that they can pull from. You know, they need a lunch pail big. They want this damn dynamic playmaking big and you know of more of a European style and I’m like no just get a lunch pail big and adjust your [ __ ] sets Charles [ __ ] you know don’t do those don’t do so those handoffs man godamn it you know you don’t have the [ __ ] that can handle the playmaking from those handoffs that you be setting up change that [ __ ] you know huh the glove who you talking about Jay peace Jay Um, but you have so LaMelo’s working on leadership in his body. Like they said, he said that the training staff is pushing LaMelo. So LaMelo may come back jacked more jacked next year. Alan Iverson and Andre Eagala. Oh, that’s right. That’s right. That’s right, Stacy. Allan Iverson and Andre Eagle Dollar. That’s right. That was the last dynamic backcourt that Philadelphia had because you would have thought that it would been Allan Iverson and Jerry Stack House. But but but Jerry Stackhouse I mean damn Allan took all the room. Jerry Stackhouse man when Allan arrived in Philadelphia Jerry was done. Stack was done. Iverson took all the energy away from Jerry Stackhouse. And actually to tell the truth Jerry hadn’t recovered since then. Even though he went to Detroit just Allan snatched his chain. It is what it is. Chief, who’s your top eight in the East and where do you see the schedule landing charted landing? Um, New York, Mike Brown’s the coach. Don’t sleep on Mike Brown now. Last time Mike Brown was in the East, Cleveland was winning 60 games and [ __ ] Mike Brown got a nice little got a nice foundation in New York. New York, I think, gonna be number one next year. closely followed by Orlando at two. I think Cleveland may fall to three. Lonzo’s the the addition of Lonzo Ball in Cleveland is an underrated move. I think Lonzo is going to help Cleveland be something like what Khan is to Charlotte. I think he’s going to be um a good connector, open three, good defense, right? So, I think Lonzo’s adding putting Lonzo in Cleveland. I think it’s going to help them big time. You know what I’m saying? Let me see. Alan, yeah, Larry Hughes. Yeah, but uhuh. Yeah, I thought I thought about Allan and Larry Hughes, but Larry just you know, Larry got better when he went to to Washington with um damn Butler and damn Gilbert. He was better in that in that. He was better with them than he was with Iverson. Right. Hold on. Let me go to the um let me go to the teams right quick to answer Ghost Jay’s question. Then I’m about to get up out of here. Right. We’ll be back on Thursday. Uh we’ll see if it’ll be basketball. Might be something else Thursday, everybody. Might be uh more current events Thursday. Um so New York, Orlando, Cleveland at number three, right? Let me see. Number four, Milwaukee. They got Miles Turner up there with [ __ ] Giannis Atanti Commpo right now. They just got Cole Anthony. Milwaukeee’s back. Miles Turnup with Giannis at Tanticompo. Koozma. They can make up for Koozma’s foolishness. think I think they’re going to I think Koozma is is I think that Milwaukee made a mistake getting Koozma but getting Cole Anthony you know now that Brook Lopez is on the on the West Coast I see Milwaukee at four let me see um with Paul George let me see let me see at four Pistons at five maybe even higher Atlanta’s back everybody six Atlanta number six Atlanta’s back. We’re going to discuss this even more as the season go on. We’re going to rank everything once all the moves are made. Well, this ranking may change. This just to answer Ghost Jay’s question. Six. Let’s see. I would rank Toronto higher. I just need to see how they how it plays out up there. They got they got good players up there, but Atlanta six. Let me see next. You know, maybe it depends on Joel’s Joel’s health. Philly may be higher, but Philly be seven. Philly may be higher, though. Depend on Joel Embiid’s health. You know, a lot of wild cards down below, man. I think the I think the Hornets can make maybe a nine. I don’t think the Hornets I don’t think the Hornets are yet top eight, but I think the Hornets are a playin. I do believe that Miami, I don’t know what I don’t know what the [ __ ] Pat is doing in Miami right now. I don’t know what he’s doing in Miami. You know what I’m saying? I don’t know. You know, Brooklyn is on the tank. Boston may stay. It just depends. Jayen Brown’s going to have a good year. I just have a feeling Boston may go for the go for the tank next year, everybody. I don’t think I mean even though Boston probably should make the playoffs and Indiana should I think I think they’re going to try to do a little slick ass tank I think they’re going to be in the lower levels next year so they can try to get a good player to rebound so when Tyrese and Jason is back they can have they can tool up a little bit more which will give give room for other teams like Charlotte to go up maybe even Toronto. The Bulls I think are on full tank mode. I think the Bulls may be at the bottom of the East next year. Washington. I think Washington is a year away from being from being ready to go up. They got good foundational players. They got Trey, they got Sar. They got Bilau. You know what I’m saying? They got good vets for Middleton and damn Smart there. You know, I think they are just a year away, another piece, a few pieces away. And I think Washington will be back. I think they’ll be back. Toronto, I think, is a wild card. You know what I’m saying? Um, but that’s what that’s how I see it. Ghost Jay, I don’t think I don’t think the Hornets are top eight. I think they’re top 10, but I don’t think the Hornets are top eight. Not yet. But I think the Hornets do move up. I don’t think the Hornets I think the Hornets will at least have an opportunity for playin again. Maybe depending on how things go, a high playin perhaps, you know, but I think the Hornets will at least have a chance for a playin game. Hopefully a high playin, right? which means that they’ll be top if it’s a high play in the Hornets at least be at maybe nine I’m thinking nine or eight but when the schedule come out we’re going to do our um third annual [ __ ] list games when the schedule come out we’re going to go through every game and this time I’m I’m I apologize we we could have did it more last year but this year we’re going to go through every team I’m going to write [ __ ] down and we’re going to really we’re going to go over our predictions on what the record will be Ghost Jay and everybody else in here right like we did last year. We’re going to see who’s we’re going to add or take people off the [ __ ] list and then we’re going to identify the [ __ ] list games. The [ __ ] list games are teams that we feel have disrespected the Hornets and players that have disrespected mental ball. They’re on the [ __ ] list or players that being, you know, like right now Philadelphia must be on the [ __ ] list over the [ __ ] that Paul George has said towards the Charlotte Hornets. He must be on the [ __ ] list. Paul George in Philadelphia just off of what he said. He’s Philadelphia is on the [ __ ] list as for this year because Paul George got to be shown something by the Hornets over the [ __ ] that he said. He said that his career will end going to Charlotte. It’s time. Uh-uh. What? No. We we No, we we we we got to show you something, Paul. We got to show you something for that, right? You know what I’m saying? A rivalry potentially with Cade. Shitless game. Rivalry. Rivalry. Shitless games are like rivalry games and other games like that for anybody who’s not familiar. Right. So, we’re going to have the third annual [ __ ] list games. They’ll be coming up as soon as the NBA schedule comes out. We will be doing a [ __ ] list game. Shitless game live, but we’re going to go through every team. We’re going to put it up on the board and we’re going to go through every every team. We’re gonna say win or loss and we’re going to identify the record. Right. Stacy, Orlando’s my number one seed. Book it. I believe that. I I I don’t think New York and Orlando. I just Mike Brown is a good coach, Stacy. That’s what I’m saying. Mike Brown is pretty good. Mike Brown and he got a nice good he got a nice foundation with New York already. Mike Brown is going to get those as good as Tibs had New York, Mike Brown will take them on another level. New York is going to be dangerous next year, right? Brandon Miller cooks Paul George. We beat the 76ers twice last year. But they [ __ ] this game over what Paul George said. Sister Ed J six affairs are tired of Paul George Juncan what you say there’s no pressure to contend 2526 so they can be patient Zack Roberts I don’t give a [ __ ] what they talking about needs playoff experience you know what I’m saying oh yeah Mosley oh no I’m not gonna I’m not oh no I’m not going to undercut Mosley at all I I love I love Jamal’s energy I tell the coaches who that’s why see I love Charles Lee’s posit positivity and all this other [ __ ] Bigger staff told [ __ ] who was that he was talking to. I forgot the interview just came up. Bigger staff the choice coach. Shout out to Trent Bigger Staff said we are here to whoop your ass. I’m like that’s what I want to hear from a coach which made Udoka. You know we boxing. Although Charles, hey to Charles Lee’s credit, he was boxing with Miles. He was boxing with Miles. So to Charles Lee’s credit was doing that. But damn, I mean do you know I want those types. I want that, you know, and I I want I want and I believe that Charles has it in him. He just, you know, he’s trying to be careful and prim and proper. [ __ ] that. I want Eek. I want Mosley. I want bigger staff. Huh? Where I seen the Sixers fans not believing the Sixers like they’re frustrated with the GM. Yeah, they are frustrated with Daryl my but because they got VJ because they got Valdez. If Valdez cooks, I think that’s going to calm the Philly fans down a little bit. A Valdez needs to cook. Valdez needs to cook. If Valdez cooks, then I think that’ll calm the fans down a little bit. Right. I think that’ll calm them down if Valdez and Tyrese Maxi cooks because that’s the future of Philadelphia. It ain’t Joel. Joelle, you know it’s not Paul George. Valdez and damn Tyrese Maxi. That’s the Phil that’s Philadelphia’s future right there. If they cook, then Philly may go up, right? Um but but yeah, so so we’ll see. We’ll see what Colin brings to the table. You know, I think Khan Colin may start in the beginning, but eventually I think Khan is going to start. I don’t think Khan’s gonna go to Greensboro. I don’t think Ryan is going to go to Greensboro. And I don’t think Liam is gonna go to Greensboro. Cion I think will go to Greensboro, right? And depending on who they keep from the other younger players, they may send them down to Greensboro. Like KJ KJ may be back. KJ may be back in Greensboro again. Stacy, can you please stay off my lawn? What you I love Charles Lee. He has a dog. He was a dog at Bucknell. Don’t let that Stanley I love Charles Lee. He was a dog at Bucknell. Don’t let that standard [ __ ] fool you. That That’s what I believe it is. I believe it’s him cold switching unnecessarily. By the way, Jeff and Charles are both dogs. I’ll say this on the way out the door, right? You see what I’m saying? Something that stuck with me about Jeff Peterson when we first um was on the Hornets. Excuse me, everybody. Jeff Peterson went to Kyle Baileyy’s show, right? The mouthpiece for Hornet Sports. One of the mouthpieces anyway. Juncan. Oh, you took it away, Juncan. Okay. Kyle Bailey asked Jeff Peterson because he went over his basketball background and all that stuff, right? Stanley from Friday. I didn’t get into I didn’t watch Friday. I know that’s sin. That’s sinful for me to say Stacy, but I didn’t watch I watch clips. I just didn’t get into Friday, man. I was I was getting out of the comedy genre. I was getting out of the comedy genre for me movies, man. I was getting out of it, man. You know, I was tired of seeing comedy. I was tired of it, man. I really was. I saw some of Friday. I don’t remember some of it, man. I think the first Friday I watched with Tucker, I think I didn’t watch any other ones, man. Um Charles Jeff Peterson told Kyle Bailey to his face. He said, “My favorite player growing up was Allan Iverson.” He said, “I had the braids of everything in college.” Huh? No, I haven’t seen it, Stacy. Don’t Don’t sue. Hey, don’t don’t don’t roast me too hard, Stacy. I have not seen Friday. I I just didn’t get into Friday. Junkan in the Carolinas. Charles can’t lose before sustained success. That’s true. Junkan in the Carolinas. Charles can’t be loose before sustained success. That’s right. That’s right. That’s right. Juncan, I love this chat. See the the the damn IQ of the BTW chat. There is none like this chat. There’s none like us. That’s why I [ __ ] with y’all. I [ __ ] with y’all, man. You all help me, man. This chat, this chat, this chat is the best in the business. High IQ, feisty. We’ll debate you. If you come in on some foolishness, this chat will get you fast. That’s why any any anybody who even thinks about trolling in here, they’re you all cut them to the quick fast. Get y’all get your get your goofy ass out of here. You know what I’m saying? I love this chat. I love it. Shout out to Junan. That’s right. Charles has to show success so that he can be comfortable getting away with being loose like bigger staff. like the other ones, they have a track record. So, you can kind of Okay. Yeah. You know, but they got a track record. Now, he doesn’t. So, he has to kind of he has to buy his time. I And I believe that’s what he’s doing. You know, Jeff Peterson, I said this some time ago. I said because Allan Iverson is his idol. And you look at Al Iverson’s Philadelphia teams. What did they have? The sizzle was Allen. The sauce was everybody else, right? Allan was the guy. He had the ball in his hands. He created for everybody else. The rest of those players were three and D’s, but they were all dogs just about. They were dogs. Skill set was down, but that’s what you had Allan for, right? You know, they got Matumbo that helped. You know what I’m saying? You know what I’m saying? They Iverson was kind of the point guard, but he kind of played the two. Snow ran the offense, right? You see what I’m saying? McKe at the three. What? The four. At times it was Chris Weber. At times it was other players cuz Chris did play in Phill for Chris Weber did play in Philadelphia for a minute, right? He did. He played in Philadelphia for a minute. See what I’m saying? You know, of course, Andre Gadala played in Philly, you know, and some other ones played in Philly, you know, like said earlier, Larry Hughes, you know, they all played in Philly. They were dogs. Aaron McKe. That’s right. You know what I’m saying? Aaron McKe, you know, Iverson said, they were just tough ass dudes, man. Tyrone Hill. Yeah, Tyrone Hill was the four. That’s right. That’s right, Stacy. Tyrone Hill was the four. Off the dome, Stacy. No Google, god damn it. I love it. I love it when we’re talking to people who knows the game. You ain’t got to Google and and damn you have to Google and [ __ ] uh box score watch. What? Chris wasn’t on No, he wasn’t on the 2001 team, but he was on He wasn’t on the 2001 team, but he was on the team. He was on that team though. Weber was on that team briefly. [ __ ] I think DC was on that team, too, if I’m not mistaken. Pass his prime DC. I think they even had DC on that team. I think they did. You know what I’m saying? But the point that I’m making is that you can kind of see a template of what Jeff is building in Charlotte. LaMelo Ball is something like an Iverson for Jeff Pearson, right? See what I’m saying? But unlike what they failed to do in Philly, they got Brandon Miller to go ball. They’re not bringing people in. Of course, I remember Terry Cummings. Come on now, Stacy. talking to Ban Milwaukee. What? Those Milwaukee teams. Did Derek Kobe play with Alan Adamson? I think he did. Derek DC did play in Philadelphia. He did. He was in Philadelphia for a minute. He was. He was. DC came to the next year. Yeah, DC was in Philly. I thought so. I thought so. [ __ ] That [ __ ] They traded Cuckoo to Philly, too. after Chicago, Tony Cuckoo played in Philly for a minute. What? You know what I’m saying? Um to get Elton to to to free up Elton Brand and [ __ ] And then they moved Elton Brand to Philly, I believe. No, the Clippers. I think I think I think Elton Brand went to the Clippers. Anyway, anyway, the Theo Matbo Todd McCollum. Yeah, Mclliff was Mclliff’s weak ass was in [ __ ] Philadelphia, man. Shaq abused his ass. Lord have mercy. But then women, but Todd also played when in those New Jersey teams, too. when it was the New Jersey Nets, right? Cuz Todd was the reason the reason why the Nets couldn’t beat the Lakers, man. Because the Lakers had Kid, they had KDles, they had [ __ ] Van Horn, they had Kmart, but they was weak in the center, man. The Lakers and the Spurs beat him. They had no good center. Anyway, that’s just that’s that’s history, baby. That’s that’s that’s a little basketball history for you. It is what it is. But, um, I’m about to get up out of here. Um, I appreciate it. Yeah, it was weak. I appreciate everybody coming through here. Um, but I think the template is gritty. The Hornets are going to be gritty like those Memphis teams. Everybody, shout out to Kaywan. They’re going to be gritty with a sizzling star. Gritty like Memphis. Gritty like Philadelphia. See what I’m saying? But more updated, more upgraded new age type, more shooters. But you can see it in Khan. You can see it in Liam. You can see it in You can see it already in Peterson. You can see it in Seion. You see what I’m saying? You can see it. You can see it even with You can see it with Colin Ston. You can see the type of players they’re beginning now to put around LaMelo Ball. Gritty dogs. Gritty dogs who know their role. They’re not trying to be They not trying to be the star. LaMelo’s the guy. They’re not trying to be the star. LaMelo and Brandon are the guys. The rest of them are not trying to overtake or usurp that pecking order. They’re there to help fit in and play roles on those teams. Anybody with an agenda, they’re getting them the [ __ ] out of Charlotte. So, the Charlotte Hornets are going to be a gritty team with the sizzle of LaMelo and Brandon, right? Jason Kidd was the MVP runnup. Every year he was at the Nets. Yeah, man. [ __ ] The Nets was cold. Especially when they got Vince Carter, goddamn Richard Jefferson. [ __ ] What? They was kidding, but they never they never they never had bigs. I mean, Kmart was there, but you know, it’s like Van Horn supposed to be another bird. Van never lived up to it. He never did. It is what it is. Van Horn [ __ ] Van Horn folded on the in in the in the [ __ ] finals, man. He was nowhere to be seen. Kmart was frustrated. Van Horn. Van Horn disappeared in that finals. He did. Van Horn disappeared. The Lakers punk Van Horn. Melo is just Jason Kid, the Penny Hardway body. Yes. You know. Yes, he is. Right. And so now you’re putting greedy dogs around LaMelo and then LaMelo can cook. Brandon can cook. And if and when Brandon and LaMelo are low managed next year, cuz they will be, then you have people that can hold it down. Colin can hold it down. And also the dynamic, I didn’t talk about him enough. I’m getting up out of here. The dynamic Trey man. That’s a key piece that the Hornets have kept and it’s going to pay dividends. Trey man. The dynamic Trey man. Boy. And Trey is on demon time. I already said it. He ready to deal next year. Trey man may get six man next year, everybody. He may. Trey man may get six man next year. Hands down. Hands down. He may get it. He might get six man. He might. alltime Chicago team chief U point guard Derek Rose shooting guard Jordan small forward Pippen um center artist Gilmore and power forward uh I would say Rodman [ __ ] Rodman godamn it I’m saying off the bench you got you got you know damn Sloan you got Van off the bench. You know what I’m saying? Maybe Butterbean Love off the bench. You know what I’m saying? You know, um, you know, you make can throw Brandon there. It was a 2010. Maybe Eddie uh Eddie Curry never lived up to it though, bro. Eddie Curry and Tyson Chandler, they was just too young. They they they they came in very hyped, but they couldn’t do it. You know what I’m saying? That’s it. Oh, you talking about Chicago Rays legends? Oh, Isaiah Thomas at the top. Isaiah Thomas. Um, let me see at center. Anthony Davis, Derek Rose. Um, who else? Huh? Dwayne Wade Robbins, baby. He’s not really Chicago. He’s a suburbite. He’s a suburban night. He’s not city Chicago. Wade a city. Wade a city. He’s Robins, baby. And Chicago, you’re either in the city or you in the suburbs, goddamn, of the city. If you in Lyall and damn Chicago Heights and [ __ ] uh Markham and and and those places, Country Club Hills. I mean, that’s Chicago land. You can claim the city, right? Oh, yeah. AD, baby. Chicago all the way southside ad damn Tony Allen Chicago um [ __ ] I’m trying to I’m trying to think off the dome off the dome Chicago legends there been some good ones too bro um you know uh damn ah Jabari disappoints you man Jabari should have been much more man Jabari Parker Simeon right behind Derek Rose [ __ ] you Um, you know, you know what I’m saying? Quinton Richardson. That’s right. Depal. I forgot. Quinton Richardson. Depal, baby. Daryus Miles. Daryus Miles is he’s St. Louis. He’s a little bro. Stacy, he’s a little bro. Detroit. St. Louis. They they they the little bros in Chicago. Terry Cummings, of course. Mark Aguire. That’s right. You know, god damn it. I thought we had other than AD, I thought we had another center out of Chicago. I can’t think I can’t think of the names right now, Stacy. We doing it off the dome. You know what it is. I have fun like this. We just do it off the dome. You know what I’m saying? You know, but I appreciate it, man. I’m about to get up out of here. Uh, this has been Chief Bart Bartanize the world. Be sure to hit that like button if you haven’t hit it. We’re at 600 subs, Stacy. We just crossed the 600 mark, so we’re on our way up. We’re on the way up. We do have motion, baby. You know, share this. Subscribe if you haven’t. support the network uh the platform. This is the BTW Buzz series on its content along with a little basketball. Eddie Curry that’s I didn’t name Eddie Curry, man. You know, Eddie just Eddie was too Eddie was Eddie should have been more, man. Eddie should have been more. He just he he didn’t put it together, man. He just didn’t, you know? Now, high school Eddie Curry was different. You know what I’m saying? But even some of the old some of some of them other some of the other old schoolers, man, that that that did pretty good from Chicago. But that’s another conversation. Oh, me and [ __ ] Stacy, me and you, you can talk for another few hours about this. You know what I’m saying? But um but yeah, so um I’m about to get up out of here. You know, I appreciate everyone coming through here on the replay gang or on live. You know what I’m saying? Um so this Thursday we’ll be live again, but we may not talk hoops this Thursday. We may do something else this Thursday. depends. Or if some other [ __ ] happens, then we’ll talk more hoops and everything. But um but that’s it. I’m about to get up out of here. Stacy, I appreciate you. I appreciate everyone else in this chat. About to get up out of here. I will see you all Thursday. Peace. [Music] Chick [Music] yeah. [Music] [Applause] [Music] No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

IN THIS EPISODE THE BTW DISCUSS THE IMPROVED PLAY OF KON KHNUEPPEL AFTER A SLOW FIRST SUMMER LEAGUE GAME. WAS HE WRITTEN OFF ALREADY? JOSH OKOGIE HAS BEEN WAIVED AND OTHER HORNETS NEWS WITH A LITTLE OVERALL SUMMER LEAGUE THOUGHTS.