Matt Alquiza

Check out Weds live edition of "The Desmond Johnson Show" with @malquiza.bsky.social from @sportsillustrated.bsky.social discussing the moves in the NBA this week!

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The best thing about this sequence was NSJ looking comfortable that close to the basket.

He needs to develop some sort of scoring touch in the paint to take another step forward.

How the Charlotte Hornets are positioned to be key trade facilitator in potential Suns-Heat Jimmy Butler deal How can Charlotte help Jimmy Butler land in Phoenix?

The Charlotte #Hornets have a $6.5 million disabled player exception, tradable salaries, and a President of Basketball Operations who is truly in on every deal.

If a Jimmy Butler trade happens, Charlotte is positioned perfectly to facilitate the deal and benefit from it.

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Panthers GM Dan Morgan should borrow from the Philadelphia Eagles NFL Draft playbook Carolina should steal Philadelphia's draft strategy.

The Philadelphia Eagles have a fearsome defense.

If the #Panthers want to replicate part of their model, they have a chance to do so with the eighth overall pick.

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What makes the back court duo of LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller so potent? The Charlotte Hornets backcourt is cooking - here's why.

What makes the #Hornets back court duo of LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller so potent?

I took a look.

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I have never in my life seen an announcers jinx like the one that was just cast on Brandon Aubrey

Absolutely on my list. I think he’d be a great culture/scheme fit

5 options to replace axed Biff Poggi as the Charlotte 49ers head football coach » Agent 49 The Charlotte 49ers took a massive swing when they hired Biff Poggi in 2022. Jim Harbaugh’s right hand man was endorsed by some of the sport’s most

If anyone who follows me on here cares about the Charlotte 49ers - my quick thoughts on some options to replace Biff Poggi as Charlotte’s head football coach:

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De’Aaron Fox is super cool.

Patrick did a wonderful job writing about his game.

Moussa Diabaté's rebounding exploits have Charles Lee and Miles Bridges singing his praises Moussa Diabaté's impact on the Charlotte Hornets can not be overstated.

Moussa Diabaté's rebounding exploits have Charles Lee and Miles Bridges singing his praises
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The players on the Charlotte Hornets have combined to play 3145 minutes of basketball.

Only 137 of those have been played by somebody 7’0” or taller.

They are fifth in the league in rebounding.

Charles Lee has these guys playing some really inspired ball.

Is it time to worry about Brandon Miller's slow start? Some context to Miller's disappointing start to his sophomore season.

A quick write up on why it’s not time to panic even though #Hornets sophomore Brandon Miller has started 2024 slowly:

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Herbert has been a legit dual threat QB in the last two weeks. If he’s making plays with his legs he’s unguardable.

Mahomes
Allen
Jackson
Burrow
Herbert

In some order and I don’t think there’s any debating that

Herbert is bananas - my goodness

Justin Herbert is on one right now.

Nothing Cincinnati can do

Cleveland has the ability to bury opposing teams quickly. This one might get ugly for the Hornets.

Brandon Miller’s inefficiency is definitely concerning. He’s getting to his spots, Charles Lee is scheming up looks for him, but they’re not falling…it’s odd.

In a different timeline we’d talk about Donovan Mitchell like we talk about Ant Edwards

Stephon Castle has it. Great guards control games with changes of speed/direction. Steph does it to stretch the defense horizontally and vertically, Castle does it like Ja to get downhill.

Fun player would have been a perfect fit in between Ball and Miller on the Hornets

Mahomes is very much in that category for me. Great comp

Wemby is firmly in Steph Curry territory for me.

What that means is that I just giggle incessantly when I watch him play basketball because what he can do is so stupid.

What a player

I watch a lot of basketball.

I think a lot of things about basketball.

I’m going to post them here instead of on X for now to see how that goes.

Bama vs Purdue, Lakers vs Spurs on the docket tonight

There are three factors in my mind.

1. Bryce’s play (which has been much better)
2. The quarterback talent in the draft (which isn’t great)
3. Canales faith in Young (which we can’t gauge at all)

Will make for some interesting discussions between now and the draft.

Should Panthers select Bryce Young’s replacement in first round of 2025 NFL Draft? The Carolina Panthers will face a franchise altering decision in just a few months.

Should the Panthers select Bryce Young’s replacement in the 2025 NFL Draft? I say no.

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Patience is key with the rookie. He is a developmental piece that is doing some things well right now, but with a ton of room to grow.

From the end of this piece: “Enjoy the ride. Pick out small improvements from Salaün nightly, and invest in the development of his game.”

Comparing Tidjane Salaün's start to Hornets 2024 NBA Draft targets Castle, Knecht, and Clingan An early statistical comparison between Salaün, Castle, Clingan, and Knecht.

Comparing Tidjane Salaün’s start to other #Hornets draft targets Stephon Castle, Dalton Knecht, and Donovan Clingan

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Panthers coach Dave Canales deserves immense credit for Bryce Young's upward trajectory Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales played his quarterback hand masterfully.

Dave Canales was brought to Carolina to revive Bryce Young.

After two weeks, that project looked like a complete failure.

After 10? Canales looks like the QB guru the #Panthers hired him to be.

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Going to be posting about the Charlotte #Hornets and Carolina #Panthers over here! Come join