Lance Stephenson signs with Hornets - 3 yrs / 27 m

Nice pick-up for the Hornets!

 

Sticking with Ariza and the cap space to chase Aldridge, Love, Millsap, West, Scola and/or Rondo, Dragic and Reggie Jackson next summer

 

They must be thanking Utah for matching that horrendous max deal for Hayward.

Kemba/Stephenson/MKG/Marvin Williams/Big Al

Bench: Gerald Henderson, CDR, Cody Zeller, Luke Ridnour

If they snag Boozer, they are a top 4 seed int he East

 

No to Reggie Jackson who is a 12 ppg player. Not in the same ballpark..

Scola has deteriorated

 

If he keeps his head straight, this is a steal for the Hornets.

I wonder if the Mavs would have offered the crazy contract that they offered Parons had they known that Stephenson or/and Ariza could be had for much cheaper.

Heck, add a little more to Parsons contract and they could have both instead of Parsons.

 

Stephenson is another Kirk Snyder, T-Will, or Royce White for Morey. I don't think he has the patience to deal with headcases.

Charlotte will be interesting. Does being starstruck by MJ keep him in check or does MJ's personality push him over the edge?

 

Morey should be fired!
He can choose to let Parsens go, but he should sign Lance at once

I can be sure D12 will be gone in 2016

 

If he wanted a contender, he would've taken 9 mil a year from the Pacers. He wants to put up stats.

 

Honest question: Won't we have something like 10-12 million max in capspace? With the salaries this offseason, who could we probably snag that is significantly better. Maybe I'm too shortsighted for what Morey can do (sign Euro players out of nowhere and include them in a trade, whatever?). But to me it looks like the only way we could get Aldridge, Love, Rondo, Dragic and probably even Millsap is by a trade (or s&t next offseason). For that we need outgoing salary and a reason for the other team to do it. If Stephenson becomes a vital part of the rotation, he might be that piece - or he might make Ariza expendable and turn him into that piece. The capspace alone won't be enough for a s&t.

 

U compare Lance to Kirk Snyder, T-Will, or Royce White,it's too curious.
Lance is only 23 years old, he will be an all star
Although he has some course problem, but he is a fighter to win

 

No Like, he's off contract, they brought in Brian Roberts as backup PG. CDR has not been resigned yet, but could be. Have Vonleh and Hairston from the draft and Biyombo as a defensive stopper on D, Neal as a spot up shooter. I think they're a top four now, ad in the possibility of Boozer and things get very interesting for the Hornets.

 

Not every guy averaging 14-15 ppg is going to become an allstar?

What are the odds?

 

Should read no Luke, not no Like.

 

PG Kemba Walker
SG Lance Stephenson
SF Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
PF Bismack Biyombo
C Al Jefferson

Still pretty impressive. That's gonna be a tough team to face this year, I can't wait to see them in the playoffs. No more easy wins in Charlotte anymore

 

Ah, my mistake. Here's their team outlook:

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Spoiler

 

Holy crap, their roster would kick our ass up and down the street and they're still under the cap. The eastern conference should be terrified

 

U can't only see stats, u should see his acting role.
Harden's stats is 17p/4r/4a in OKC, but he is 25p/5r/6a in Houston
Lance can score,can rebound,can assist, and he can defense!
He will be 22p/7r/6a

 

Oops. Coffee, must have coffee

 

That's a team that just got better defensively (Marvelous & Lance) and somewhat patched the ship regarding ball movement it lost with the exit of McRoberts (Lance). And it definitely upgraded at backup PG with Roberts over Ridnour. If they land Boozer in the amnesty sweepstakes, the EC got a player. I wonder if Atlanta makes a more significant bid on Boozer now just to try keep him out of CHarlotte.

 

Lol. Trevor isn't better than Parsons and Lance no matter how much you want to talk your self into believing it. Lance is a triple double waiting to happen. He's just a head case. Can't trust giving a guy like that a lot of money.

But Charlotte is looking good. Good draft good free agent picks.