The Charlotte Hornets continue to play good basketball late in the season. Charlotte went 9-7 in the month of March, and ripped off recent comeback victories over Toronto and Denver. The starting five continues to be among the NBA’s best lineups. However, FiveThirtyEight gives the Hornets a mere five percent chance of making the… Read more »
Author: Brian Geisinger
Breaking Buzz: John Wall and the Wizards
The Charlotte Hornets have shown some verve recently — winning three straight games, including two against Eastern Conference playoff teams. The Hornets are just three games back of the eighth seed in the East, which entails no lottery pick, and a first round beatdown courtesy of LeBron and the Cavs (although Boston is just one game back)…. Read more »
Kemba Walker: The Crossover, six years later
The SportChannel8 crew is up in Brooklyn for the 2017 ACC Tournament. This is, of course, the first time the league has held this event in the Big Apple. New York is also hosting the new Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden, while the ACC occupies the Barclays Center. March 10 marks the… Read more »
Top 8 NBA in the ACC Prospects, Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of our look at the top eight NBA prospects in the ACC; if you missed Part 1, make sure to check it out. Now, here’s 5-8 on our list — starting with Donovan Mitchell. 5. Donovan Mitchell, Louisville Justin Jackson isn’t the only player that returned to school and drastically… Read more »
Top 8 NBA Prospects in the ACC, Part 1
As the college basketball season heads into tournament mode, it’s inevitable to have the NBA Draft discussion, too: Which players will go pro? And if so, when and where will they be drafted? How do they translate as prospects? The ACC is, unsurprisingly, loaded with talent. Here’s a look at the league’s eight best… Read more »
Is there Batum for improvement in Charlotte?
We are only six weeks into the 2017 half of the NBA calendar for this season. However, for the Charlotte Hornets, it has felt a lot closer to six years. The Hornets have struggled in recent weeks, especially without Cody Zeller in the lineup, which I detailed two weeks ago. Unfortunately, this team’s problems run deeper than just one… Read more »
The Procrastin8ors Charlotte Hornets Podcast 14: The Return of Plumlee, All-Star Break on the Horizon
The Charlotte Hornets snapped a seven-game losing streak at home against the Brooklyn Nets; this meant it was time for another episode of The Procrastin8ors, emergency edition style. Brian and Brenden returned to the SportsChannel8 studios to chat about the current events surrounding the Buzz: – Bench woes – Cody Zeller’s injury, and –… Read more »
NBA Big Tymers: Still Vie with the game’s elite
Our beloved Brenden Whitted — aka Research — is back for another rambling of whatever’s on his mind. Today’s sports soup du jour is the topic of the NBA All-Star game and centers — THE BIG FELLAS. (I just hope he realizes that if Joel Embiid got a roster spot this season it would’ve… Read more »