Charlotte Hornets

My how Brandon Knight’s value around the league has cratered. The 25-year-old guard was acquired by the Suns in the infamous final 15 minutes of the 2015 NBA trade deadline, in exchange for a Lakers 1st round pick that could be top five this season and now the Suns can’t even trade Knight for a [...]

Sometimes, in sports, questions with obvious answers need to be asked. That’s the nature of the business—especially when it comes to free agency. Which brings us to Stephen Curry, who will be a free agent at season’s end, and who was recently asked by the Charlotte Observer‘s Scott Fowler whether he would consider signing with [...]

Steve Clifford knows the Charlotte Hornets have their work cut out for them on offense. Last season, his troops finished ninth in points scored per 100 possessions, according to Basketball-Reference, surprising just about everyone. But Clifford isn’t expecting a repeat of that points-piling success, per the Charlotte Observer‘s Rick Bonnell: “We probably don’t have as [...]

While everybody else has focused on the Warriors historical pursuit, potential drama in “The Land” and the shortcomings of the Thunder, Clippers and Rockets, the Hornets have quietly been playing really good basketball. On January 30, the Hornets were 22-25 and sitting in 9th place in the Eastern Conference. Today they are 41-30 and a [...]

Here’s to elitist consistency! Never, in the history of these power rankings, has the NBA’s top-most block been more unchanging. The top-10 squads are pretty much set for the rest of the season. They might jostle for position among one another, and there are a few wild cards, such as the Charlotte Hornets and Portland [...]

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist just cannot catch a break. Actually, that’s not true. He’s catching too many breaks. The wrong breaks. Seven games into his return for the Charlotte Hornets, the 6’8″ swingman suffered a torn labrum, and the team announced shortly thereafter he was out indefinitely: INJURY UPDATE: @hornets F Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had MRI revealing torn [...]

Here we come, NBA All-Star break. Which means here comes the NBA playoffs! More than half of the Association’s 2015-16 season is in the books, and save for a cluster of steady teams at the top of our power rankings, the league’s hierarchy knows no order. For every certainty like the Warriors, Spurs, Cavaliers and [...]

What time is it? NBA power rankings time. A lot has happened since we last met. All-Star rosters were finalized. The Warriors refused to lose. The Suns refused to let Jeff Hornacek keep his job. The Cavaliers found their mojo. The Bulls forgot how to score. The Spurs unleashed Kyle Anderson. The Knicks proved they’re [...]

Let’s ask the question that’s been burning a hole in our brains for months. Are the San Antonio Spurs as good, if not better, than the Golden State Warriors? No. No, they are not. Golden State proved as much during its 120-90 romping of San Antonio on Monday night, setting the stage for our power [...]

Half of the 2015-16 NBA season is in the books. Pat yourself on the back. You’ve done it. You’ve watched, you’ve cheered, you’ve moaned. You’ve wondered why it’s taken the Suns so damn long to sell off Markieff Morris. You’ve pondered the meaning of life whenever the Spurs or Warriors take the floor. You’ve lamented [...]