I hope the city of Charlotte can rally around our team. I hope you don’t miss out because you weren’t paying attention. The Hornets are playing some of the best basketball in the NBA since the All-Star break, Kemba Walker is one of the very best players in the game, and I believe we’re witnessing the beginning of the next Charlotte Hornets dynasty. I strongly encourage you to pay attention and go to a game (or two or more) or watch at home. If you need to drive to Uptown, parking lots can easily be found for $10 a night as long as you don’t get within a block or so of the arena, where prices can be way higher. If you live in south Charlotte or Union County area, you can take the light rail right to the door of Time Warner Cable Arena. Getting to the games is also easier than you might think. Come playoff time, that will probably change, but Hornets playoff tickets will still be relatively cheaper than other sports playoff tickets. It’s usually way cheaper to go see the Hornets than it is to see the Panthers or the Tar Heels. That’s cheaper than going to the movies.įor now, tickets to the games are still surprisingly inexpensive. If that’s more than you’d like to spend, you can watch individual games for $6.99. If you don’t, you can pay $29.99 to see all their remaining games through NBA League Pass. If you have cable or satellite, you can find them on Fox Sports South. That doesn’t mean you can’t find them, though. Part of the problem with Charlotte not knowing how well the Hornets are doing is that they’re not as easy to find on TV as other sports. Hornets fans were really upset and really feel for him because of the hard work he’s put in, but I think that says even more about what they’ve been able to accomplish without one of their best players. One of our brightest up-and-coming stars, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was only able to play a handful of games this year before getting injured again. I encourage you to watch before it’s too late and he’s gone. His game is so similar to Kemba’s that it can be hard for him to shine, and there’s the probability that he won’t be back with the Hornets next year, but he hustles so hard and he’s so exciting to watch. Jeremy Lin, yeah that Jeremy Lin, has been nothing short of an A+ acquisition for the Hornets. Nobody even knows how well they’re playing right now, and they’re playing out of their minds. Why isn’t Steve Clifford in the same conversation as Ron Rivera? Why weren’t Kemba Walker or Nic Batum voted in as All-Stars? I think the answer is that people have been so used to the Charlotte NBA team being so bad for so long that they’ve completely fallen out of the conversation. So why isn’t Charlotte flushed with support for the Hornets like they were a few months ago for the Carolina Panthers? Why aren’t we on the covers of magazines and facing big interviews and why aren’t we doing the Hornets-equivalent of the Dab? That’s right folks, we’re talking about the Larry Johnson, Muggsy Bogues, Alonzo Mourning, Dell Curry and Glen Rice Hornets. That makes it the fourth best season in Hornets history. The team right now is 47-34 with the final game tonight at home. Their head coach, Steve Clifford, who has been integral in turning the team around, is signed through the 2018-19 season. The front office has been making great free-agency decisions. The team chemistry is the best I’ve seen since I’ve been following them. The good news is, the Hornets are finally looking play a real playoff team. I’ve been going to Bobcats and Hornets games since 2008 and some of these games were pretty brutal to watch. Out of the last 11 seasons, the Hornets have had a winning record for only two of them, making the playoffs both times but getting swept in the first round. That they’ve made the playoffs and should get their first playoff win in 13 seasons? That Kemba Walker is the best player in the NBA that nobody’s talking about?Īfter the Hornets left in 2002, NBA basketball in Charlotte has been underwhelming at best. Everyone knows the Panthers went to the Super Bowl and that Carolina made the Final Four, but did you know the Charlotte Hornets are having their best season since they were, well, the Hornets the first time? There’s something exciting happening in Charlotte that is flying under the radar and you might be missing it.
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