Brian Geisinger
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard 3 Feb
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I would advocate for them not to do that again, unless it was something small, but I think there's a good chance that they are, they're active later this week on the phone.
Yeah, thanks for having me on. Looking forward to talking about the... The Charlotte Hornets, who are definitely an NBA basketball team. I can say that with confidence.
I think there's a split, honestly, because in part because a lot of fans are restless. I mean, they haven't made the playoffs since. 2016. It's been a long time here. You're thinking Shea Gildress Alexander is still in high school the last time the Hornets made the playoffs. I think there's some restlessness because of that.
I think there's also another portion of within that group that sort of expected them to maybe overachieve a little bit either last season or this season in part because of having a talent like LaMelo Ball just going to sort of naturally raise some of the expectations, but
I think a lot of people fall into this sort of category that I do, which is that there seems to finally be a direction and a plan. I mean, for so long, they were pretty rudderless and just hopelessly chasing the eighth seed. If they would rebuild, it was never a full teardown. They'd maybe tank half a season or something like that and still end up with a mostly blah pick.
I mean, so many draft picks from 11 to 19 over the last... you know, decade or so, if not longer. So I think given how poorly they have performed last month
think there is some frustration but for the most part those of whom came into the season i think was sort of like more reasoned and realistic realistic expectations they're just happy to see the team like the last i don't know 13 months 15 months do things that make sense for a rebuilding team in a smaller market right so making trades at the deadline last season um
I guess if you like the John Salon pick from the draft this past year, but just doing things that put them on a on a track to potentially in a couple of years from now, maybe be a team that is sort of like reliably in in the playoffs and has a sustainable roster. It's just it's just, you know, it's kind of far from here and sort of hard to see right now.
Yeah, the Grant loss was huge, and it overlapped with other injuries, which hasn't helped. LaMelo has missed a fair amount of time recently. Brandon Miller's missed some time. Even guys like Cody Martin, who had played in every game up until recently, has missed some time. But the Grant injury was big because they just don't... He has a skill set that is tough to find, right?
I mean, like a legitimate, solid player on both sides of the court can guard different positions. So he gives you some lineup versatility on that side of the court. He gives you some scheme versatility, including fitting into some of the new stuff that Charles Lee was doing on that side of the court, including cross-matching. at the four and five with some matchups this year.
And he's the one guy in the front court that could like had the combination of being able to shoot pass, um, and, and like set good screens. Like they just don't have anyone else like that, you know, in the four and five room.
And so you knew, I don't know, maybe if I knew it was going to be quite this bad, but we did a pod, you know, the day after Grant's injury or the day of Grant's injury and just said like, they're, they're in serious trouble. Um, And at that time, Mark Williams and Nick Richards were not even back in the lineup.
So it looked especially dark then, just given what Grant also contributes as a small ball center. I mean, the Hornets have one lineup this season that's played over 100 possessions together, according to Cleaning Glass. That is the lineup with... LaMelo, Miller, Green, Bridges, and Grant as the small ball five. So he was a serious player for them.
And I do think it's important to note, you saw this maybe a little bit more late last season, But when you think about a front court, maybe I would stop sort of calling Grant like a front court hub, but certainly a guy that you can throw the ball to at the elbow, you can run handoffs, you can run split cuts off of that.
It was really helpful for a guy like Brandon Miller, who's a guy who's a very good off-ball player and sort of like a natural fit next to a four or a five that can pass and set good screens like that. So I think Brandon has missed that as well, even when he's been – healthy and in the lineup.
And just, again, what Grant does, it's kind of funny when you see a... He's 6'5", 6'6", and I think people think of Grant as a guy that would switch around a lot, but Charles Lee was using him in drop coverage and stuff this season, too, which is a little funny when you see a guy that height playing the drop, but...
Grant can get the job done in a bunch of different ways, and you just knew they weren't going to be able to replicate it. He's a guy that, really the one dude on the team that has proven postseason experience, and that speaks to his playability and viability in leverage minutes and crunch time.
and now you know you're relying on you know a miles bridges type they're actually using mark williams more as like a pastor in the front court but but there's really no one like grant um to sort of like bring that skill set to the lineup and honestly like my guess would be that outside of lamello and brandon miller and Maybe Trey Mann, too, just given his shot creation abilities.
Grant's probably the third or fourth most important guy. Hardest to replace guy, I would say, probably, on the lineup. He's going to be out. It's a really gnarly injury with the ACL. You just hope it's going to be smooth.
healthy recovery, but he's going to be gone for a while and there's no real way to, to, to bring that to, you know, to, to replicate that because Bridges doesn't give you the defense. Um, and so, you know, to John Salon's just not there, uh, from, uh, from like a, a viability standpoint.
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