Hornets at Magic: Coach Charles Lee Postgame Media Availability | 4/17/2026
Charlotte Hornets Head Coach Charles Lee speaks to the media following the 90-121 loss versus the Orlando Magic on April 17th, 2026.
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Coach, thanks for all the good times this season.
Refs were awful 👎👎👎
Orlando came out and punched them in the mouth
Thanks coach for a great and exciting year! I was calling for your head after last year but you showed you’re one of the best in the nba
Thank you Rick and Gabe 😊
Lots of experience for a fresh roster, excited to see how much they improve
Can’t be mad at the coach this is by far the best I have ever seen the hornets play in my time watching them so honestly this is gonna make us more competitive to get to the playoffs you know not do play in and just be playoffs automatically but if it gets to that point then still win in play in and well I think it just makes us more able and competitive to get that chip in-season chip and the real championship and the refs sucked and even Charles talked about it
I’m not sold on Lee but this is on Jeff to bring in some size and athleticism in the offseason so all the excuses for Lee can be removed until then it’s to be determined. Just don’t wana see borego 2.0. Come on draft balls.
if they improved at the start of the season without starting with 4-14, they were easily a 6th seed team. i hope they get all the positives that they made this season and carry them over to the next season. and also get a true center to keep up with the actions within the paint. the Hornets are still a diamond in the rough
Definitely got a good attitude
Hell of a start – loved our guys run. This ain’t nothing / Jordan – all of the best had to start somewhere – keep your head up/ this is Carolina – we always have to grind to get everything – with no respect and never appreciation/ find that eye of the tiger and dig deep/ time to transform/ I get it – a lot of us there shining bright in Carolina – everyday grinding / working hard – chasing the American dream/ want yall to comeback harder – and do the Rodman grind . That’s what we are / thank yall! Keep getting it baby wooooooo charleeeeen
That was an embarrassing loss, from tip off.
Great job this szn coach go Charlotte next szn
Compared the last few seasons this was the best by far great job from everyone involved ❤
i really hate when teams like Orlando do bullshit like this. Tons of bs 3s going in from players WHO DO NOT MAKE 3s. Then come down on the next play to fire up an airball. They become a team that no one has seen or will see again to beat a team that would serve as a better matchup for the Pistons… just to go on and get swept by Detroit, and the SAME dudes who showed up today will NEVER have another game like they did today again. Meanwhile, the Hornets did the same thing in the opposite direction at the worst time possible.
Also, the game plan was horrible. Orlando has a team full of guys that CANT SHOOT! Why are we not in a zone and packing the paint!!? Why are there soooooooo many fouls on players THAT CAN'T SHOOT that far out from the rim because you're wrestling with them in an area where they are little to no threat from? Watching this one made me sick to my stomach! Love the moose, but we need a center that can shoot the ball too. Trading Nurk was a mistake. Kon turned into a ghost. Go get a shooting center! shot i'll even take Al Horford, Porzingis, or even Drummond at this point. And stop taking Melo out of th e game!! we're down double digits and a full bench 5 is in the game with Melo on the bench!!? It's just all bad. Also, love the "just throw up 3s" mentality when it works but at some point if you're gonna place a 7'1 guy out there! let him post up when he gets a switch. That's if he can stop playing soft like baby shit! getting blocked! losing the ball!! etc.!! im pissed!
Fire this bum he thinks he could win without lamelo and it cost him the fkn game.. the only reason the hornets have been good is Lamelo and the other players stepping up and working together and this idiot coach gets to take all the credit for it fk that. They lost it in the first half 12 point deficit first time lamelo sits when lamelo returns its a 22 point deficit, lamelo sits again and its a 23 point deficit, the next time lamelo comes back in the 1st half its 40seconds left of the game and they down 33 points and lamelo has played the least minutes of the 4 best players on the team. He's an idiot coach he lost the game in that first half already.
Diarte for the lose.
Some yall don’t even be watching the game ,see some highlights and be like they punched them ,bro refs handicap the game ,plus for 2 days they was against Melo dragging his situation
This is a playoff level game! He should've just leave the useless screening off and tell the players to get out of the way so the best playmaker in nba can do his thing 😤
miles bridges should be in jail, hitting women don’t make you good at basketball
That was just flat out embarrassing. They played defense like they were tired of the season and wanted to go home. The entire team looked completely fine with losing. Pathetic