Hugo CLT

Trade a Small Human(s) for a Large Human(s) [Take]

Published on February 10, 2021 by hugocltLeave a comment

The Hornets have been healthy as hell all year long, but we still lack bigs. I just can’t bring myself to hoping this roster stays intact for a playoff “run”. We are just too damn small. I don’t even know what trade I’m necessary looking for but we gotta do something here Mitch (Kupchak). Devonte’ is still out with a groin issue so there is not necessarily a complete log jam at guard but when he returns there will be. At the 1 and 2 we have Lamelo, Devonte’, Rozier, and Monk; one of them has to go in the somewhat near future. We clearly don’t trust Richards or Carey and both Biz and Zeller(our only two players taller than 6’7”) are off the books next year too so we HAVE to fucking do something, preferably soon.

We play a Zone more than anyone in the NBA, having two little guys on the perimeter is probably not the best idea, especially when we suck at closing out on shooters as a team… This leads me to thinking Terry or Devonte’ need to be traded. Terry has 2 years left and Devonte’ contract is up after this year. If we can get a promising young big we probably need to trade Terry, for contract matching purposes. If we trade Devonte’ we would also have to include somebody else because he is on a MLE… Fuck this is kinda brutal, maybe I should layoff Mitch. I would rather Trade Graham or Rozier but lets see if a Monk trade makes sense… Probs couldn’t get shit for him either because his contract is up after this season.

Ok here’s my take we need to re-sign Devonte’ and Monk ASAP and trade Terry…. I Love terry but that’s about the only way I can see us add a meaningful big before the playoffs… I’ll lay off Mitch in the interim because this is clearly not an easy decision. Maybe we should/should’ve played our two young bigs(Richards and Carey Jr.) to see what we had?!? Nah that makes too much sense for chinless Borrego.

Borrego looks like such a weenie with no beard, I wouldn’t shave it either.

Hornets(12-13) @ Grizzlies(9-10) [Preview]

Published on February 10, 2021 by hugocltLeave a comment

Had to add an extra picture up top, in a second you’ll understand why I couldn’t have Diets’ ass up top

The Southeast Division leading Hornets are headed nine and a half hours west on I40 to face off against what’s left of the Grizzlies (or a 1.5 hour flight but that’s not as fun). The Grizzlies have 7 “players” listed as out for tonight’s game, none of them are COVID related either, yeeeeesh. Lead athletic trainer for the Grizzlies, Jeff Diets, is probably feeling about as comfortable as he looks in his Linkedin profile pic.

The reduced roster works in our favor as for the second game in a row the Hornets are playing a team with only one real big man, NO Kyle Anderson doesn’t count as a big man and NO Gorgui Deng doesn’t count as a player in general. This should allow the Hornets to play their game and win this one to get back to .500 on the season. The Hornets got smacked by the Grizzlies early as hell in the season but those were different times, we only had half a big man at the time and he(Bismack) started. That said, I do not look forward to watching Kyle Anderson euro step past shotty defense at a clip of 4 inches per hour. Anyone else ever notice how slow and methodical Anderson moves? It’s very frustrating to watch him because it feels like everything he does is either a travel or delay of game or something, but it’s not. I’m not scared of this matchup at all because Zeller is back, LaMelo is feeling himself, and moist Monk is wet. the Hornets should beat the Grizzlies ass. Devonte’ is out this game, so Borrego will not have any difficult decisions to make, which also plays in our favor.

Charlotte Keys

Gangerr – Monk has been a consistent bucket off the bench, and Miles hasn’t been too far behind. If LaMelo and his gang(err) are on tonight the Grizzlies don’t have any shot. “my youngin quick to shoot, he gotta stupid jumper”-LaMelo Balls most recent instagram – Rio Da yung OG.

Big runs – This feels like a game where a long ass run could demoralize the Grizzlies.

Memphis Keys

Ja – Hornets fans should remember Ja hitting the game winner against us in Charlotte last year, he’ll need to do something similar in this one.

Xavier Tillman – Xavier who? Exactly my point, it’s been a few games since we let a random ass player drag his nuts all over us.

Prop Bets HugoCLT’s overall record(16-9)

Gordon Hayward OVER4.5assists (+102)

Cody Zeller OVER21.5points+rebounds+assists (-119)

Jonas Valanciunas OVER2.5assists (+127)

Rockets-94 Hornets-119 [wrap-up]

Published on February 9, 2021 by hugocltLeave a comment

ONE MORE WIN TO .500! LaMelo and the Hornets came out last night and took care of business and beat a team they should have. That’s not snarky or anything we need to win these types of games and not play down to our competition like we have so many times this year. LaMelo led the Hornets tonight, both statistically and on the court. If this game is not a signal to Borrego to keep him starting then idk what the hell it will take. Everybody saw LaMelo draining threes all over the Rockets but it also felt like the Hornets energy level was sooooo much higher when he was on the court. His +29 proves out that theory, especially because the next highest Hornets player was +16…

“ganggerr” aka LaMelo’s crew(Miles, Biz, Monk, more to be added at a later date) had another great performance off the bench, especially Monk who seems to have forced Borrego’s ass to play him consistent minutes. Monk is playing over 25 minutes per game for the month of February and is averaging 16 points per game. If he were to keep it up it would be double his career average. Miles had 19 points of his own including the first 7 points to start of the slaughter of the Rockets in the fourth, in which the Hornets outscored the Rockets 29-7.

-Unless your talking about his shoes, STFU with the Caleb Martin hate. A steal and a charge to start the fourth is exactly why he’s a positive minutes eater for us.

-LaMelo is the future and we better treat him that way. No need to piss him or Lavar off by not starting him, he’s the truth.

-I did not realize Wall was out, that really made this game a lot easier