Even when the rebranded (is it a rebranding if you are just going back to an old brand? How can brands work? Someone get me a brand strategist on the telephone ) Charlotte Hornets are not anything close to title contenders, they will at least look good as they attempt to improve on the No. 7 seed they caught since the Bobcats last year.
The new duds are slick, and Lance Stephenson will infuse the club with plenty of»no, no, YES!» razzle-dazzle. Additionally, but rookie big man Noah Vonleh is fascinating, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist’s jumper looks more like a shot than a contortionist pattern gone horribly wrong.
There is reason to get fired up about those Hornets. Perhaps you will say there is a buzz in Charlotte. You would not say that, naturally, because that’s about as hacky as it gets.
Suffice it to say the addition of Stephenson and more minutes for Kidd-Gilchrist could help the league’s sixth-ranked defense make much better this year. If the crime around focal point Al Jefferson also enhances (which it might with Kemba Walker heading into a contract season ), the Bugs could surely increase the playoff ladder.
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