The Charlotte Hornets opened the 2016-17 NBA season in impressive fashion — a 3-1 starting, including road wins over the Bucks and Heat. This means it’s time for celebration, right? Maybe not just yet, but if the playoffs started tomorrow, the Hornets would host a first round series. Let us have this! In this… Read more »
Author: Brian Geisinger
Captain Insano: The Russell Westbrook Story
The biggest development early on in this young NBA season hasn’t come as much of a surprise. Following Kevin Durant’s departure for the Bay Area, everyone knew that Russell Westbrook would be in Super Eff You Mode to for the 2016-17 season. He’s done just that, and so much more. Westbrook is currently leading the… Read more »
Lessons Learned From the NBA’s Opening Night
We would like to welcome you to the debut story from our newest contributor Brenden Whitted, who will be helping with with NBA content in 2016-17. You can, of course, also refer to him as Research, and catch him all season long on the SportsChannel8 NBA Podcast with Stat Boi. (Ed. note: This story was actually… Read more »
SportsChannel8 Charlotte Hornets Podcast: Episode 3 NBA Opening Night!
It’s glorious to have NBA back on our televisions. Fire up the League Pass subscriptions you forgot renew until just this very second. It’s been a long offseason, but we’re back. The Charlotte Hornets start the schedule Wednesday night against Jabari Parker and the Milwaukee Bucks. In this week’s episode, Brian and Brenden preview the… Read more »
Stat Boi’s NBA Title Contenders: The Elite 8
Hello, and welcome into the second annual SportsChannel8 Eight NBA title contenders! The NBA returns tonight in all of it’s glory. I intended to get this out a week ago, but *insert bad excuse* happened, and I had to push things back. You know how these things go, am I right? Last season, seven… Read more »
Desert Storm 2016: Tony Buckets preps for his third trip around the Sun
It isn’t bold to say that last season the Phoenix Suns were a bit of a disaster. They won just 23 games, the fourth-worst record in the NBA, injuries to guards Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight (sup, Kentucky?) robbed the team of two of their best players, and the firing of coach Jeff Hornacek — a… Read more »
SportsChannel8 Charlotte Hornets Podcast: Episode 2 Preseason Panic Counseling
There was a hurricane and college football madness this weekend in North Carolina, which means it’s the ideal time record yet another NBA podcast. Basketball season is back — the Charlotte Hornets open their 2016-17 season at Milwaukee in 16 days — and Stat Boi and Research couldn’t be more excited. Unfortunately, the Charlotte Hornets… Read more »
SportsChannel8 Charlotte Hornets Podcast: Episode 1 Offseason Moves, A Return Trip to the Playoffs?
It may seem hard to believe, but there was actually a legitimate basketball game over the weekend. Well, it was a preseason game in Vancouver. (To the surprise of literally no one, #NBATwitter loved Vancouver.) But still! Basketball! The Toronto Raptors politely defeated the Golden State Warriors (overrated!), and when there’s preseason ball, that means the start… Read more »