Hornets ESPN Future Rankings REVEALED! | Team CUTS Jeffries, Who’s NEXT on the Chopping Block?
We examine ESPN’s new Future Power Rankings, which see the Hornets move up but still have them in the bottom ten, and discuss why the team is poised to rocket up the list. Plus, the first roster cut has been made with DaQuan Jeffries being waived, and we predict who will be the next players let go.
On today’s solo show, we start with the first official roster move of the preseason, as the Hornets have waived forward DaQuan Jeffries. This marks the first of three necessary cuts to get the roster down to the 15-man limit, and we explore who is next on the chopping block, with Nick Smith Jr., Pat Connaughton, and Spencer Dinwiddie all on the bubble.
The main topic is ESPN’s just-released Future Power Rankings, which place the Charlotte Hornets at 23rd, a three-spot improvement from their previous rank of 26th. We look at the breakdown of the ranking, which sees the Hornets rated highly for their draft assets (4th) and financial flexibility (7th), but poorly for their current players (25th). This low player ranking is a direct result of the injury uncertainty surrounding LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller. However, there’s a strong sense of optimism that the organization is poised to rocket up these rankings, especially in the crucial “Management” category, which is already showing massive improvement in the post-Michael Jordan era.
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8 Comments
I can’t wait for the season to start
Yo we need to go back to the 90’s Charlotte Hornets Logo like 76ers.
We gotta let go of nick smith jr. hes a fast gaurd he will be fine somewhere else
Great podcast Doug 🙌🏻, it’s going to be interesting to see what happens with the roster, I’m a big fan of rotation station 😃 there’s still a lot of questions which need to be answered for the starting 5 and also the rotation minutes 👍🏻
Call me crazy, but I don't see the Hornets plan on waiving Dinwiddie: he's a stable, healthy, and veteran point guard. I don't know the exact timetable involving the Micic trade, but either they targeted Dinwiddie as an upgrade over Micic, or they needed him to fill the hole in point guard depth after Micic was set to leave. Either way, you don't sign a player if you have no intention of playing him. Of course, I too hope(d) that Nick Smith Jr. would turn into a success story, but if the Hornets thought there was a realistic chance of him seeing the floor (whether that'd be because of thinking Sexton would play PG, or ,God forbid, NSJ playing PG), there wouldn't be a need of signing DInwiddie in the first place.
Doug, do you think we are 1 draft/trade away on being a consistent playoff team!
It’s so crazy that it’s always “if Lamelo doesn’t play” yet so many people don’t consider him a “winning player” can’t wait for him to prove everybody wrong this year
W-w-w-w……. Where’s the new episode?😢😢 been waiting for a few days hahaha