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Everything NBA. A lot of Hornets. Stats, insights, jokes, heaps of quote-retweets. Theoretically switchable.

[Div B @statcenter]

For Lillard to match Steph in both 3PT and 3P%, he'd have to hit another 1,206 threes... at a 62% clip!

Harden could hit his next 800 threes IN A ROW - and he'd still be behind Steph in both volume and efficiency!

[Tommy Beer @TommyBeer]

Insane combination of volume and efficiency from Steph - via @bball_ref

[Div B @statcenter]

Wizards and it won't be bc of the #1 pick

[𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒆 🌩 @Three_Cone]

Way too early but who do yall think is the jump team next season (Pacers don’t count)

[Div B @statcenter]

It's factoring in Sheed getting thrown out of 14 games

[Josh Eberley 🇨🇦 @JoshEberley]

68-14?? Nahhh

[Div B @statcenter]

@0wenwatterson 100% agree. I think MKG hit the perfect trifecta of unfair perception on the wrong team at the wrong time.

[Michael Redd @MichaelRedd_]

Earlier today I saw the Rich Paul clip about $200M not being, to paraphrase, a lot of money. Some are laughing at it. Other folks see a nuanced reality. I get both reactions.

Forget what he said, though. I'm only bringing it up because it made me want to talk about NBA money, and more timely, WNBA money.

A lot of us reached the NBA with humble roots and suddenly a lot of earning potential, if not immediate $. Some had good advisors they actually listened to, some didn't, and some were just figuring it out on the fly. But we all knew the $ was coming (and going to stop coming) eventually. We had time to get ready, even if some of us didn't use it as well as we should've.

The WNBA situation right now is diffferent, though. The CBA got done fast, free agency moved fast, and a generation of hoopers who spent their careers underpaid, grinding on modest salaries, suddenly became top 5 to 10% earners in this country almost overnight. Their incomes are public. People, from friends to fam to foes, are in their personal business in ways they probably weren't prepared for.

And I'm beginning to hear about it in my hoops network. Talks of anxiety, some real stressful situations, struggles that I think are starting to even manifest for some players on court.

Some of my dearest friends are OG W players. I like this league (a lot) and I'm glad the women finally got what they deserved. More pro$ than con$ to where things are right now, no question about that. But champagne problems are still problems.

I hope agents, financial advisors, and the W union are putting legit hours into this right now, sitting down with these women, answering their questions, making sure they have the tools to navigate their new reality, and are advocates for them, financially but also emotionally.

The women of the W earned their prize. Now let's make sure they're in a position to keep it.

[Hornets Historian @HornetsHistory]

June 2nd, 2026

Spotlight Player OTD: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

Anybody that knows me in person knows I love Kidd-Gilchrist.

Because, truly, MKG sits near the top of my rankings for most misunderstood players in NBA history. All because of a jump-shot and a really bad viral picture.

MKG is a perfect example of how one label or a misconception league-wide for fans and teams can affect someone’s NBA perception.

He worked his entire career to improve it, and never got much credit because of how it looked as a rookie.

2014-2015, his 3rd year, MKG was really figuring it out. This was about a year or more after Charlotte notoriously hired Mark Price to help work strictly with MKG on his jumper.

By March 28th of ‘14-‘15, MKG badly sprained his ankle and missed the last 11 games of the year. He had previously missed 14 of the team’s first 20 games.

He only played 55 games in the middle chunk of that year, but wound up finishing 9th in DPOY voting.

The Hornets even started a campaign with a website called https://t.co/z6AjcFrV9m to help promo.

His mid-range game had also been night and day thanks to Mark Price. Charlotte was 27-28 in the 55 games with MKG…

They were 6-21 without him.

Steve Clifford was quoted by the AP saying he had never seen a shooter change his shooting mechanics as much as MKG managed to do.

This is the kind of thing I’m getting at when I said, “one of the most misunderstood players ever.”

In preparation for 2015-2016, MKG tore his labrum *and* dislocated his right shooting shoulder, and missed the first 46 games after surgery.

Then, he returns in late January of their playoff year, and after 7 games played, MKG went down again and tore the same Labrum. Again.

Charlotte still managed to go 7 in the first round without him. The Hornets absolutely go to the second round that year if Kidd-Glichrist was fully healthy all season, IMO.

Those two shoulder injuries changed his entire career. He finally had a shot going, and the shoulder really derailed all of the upward momentum he was gaining in his offensive game.

Ironically MKG played 81 games in 2016-2017, and the 74 in 2017-2018. But by then he was the player he was always going to be, and the surgeries really plateaued his potential it felt like.

Charlotte would waive MKG in 2020, and after a brief stint with Dallas, MKG would call it a career in basketball.

His Player’s Tribune letter to Charlotte made me super sad the first time I read it in 2020. He’s one of us:

“Any time I was down — whether it was after the passing of my grandmother, or while fighting through injuries — this city was right there to lift me up.

And I’ll never forget that, Charlotte.

It means the world to me, and it speaks volumes about how special this place is.

This will always be home for me.

I am Charlotte for life.”

Highlights from MKG’s 2014-2015 season, and some newspapers are below:

[Royce Morgan @PTSportsFix]

Who was the starting center that last time your favorite NBA team won a championship?

[Div B @statcenter]

As someone who's worked in marketing most of my career, I honestly feel PR people are so far behind in understanding new media. They don't get that podcasters + Substack + YouTube + Reddit are your friends. Work with their passion instead of being suspicious of it.

[Scott Agness @ScottAgness]

An update for subscribers and Fever fans:

https://t.co/Gbn5tqtLpS

[Div B @statcenter]

@shwinnypooh LeFraud could never

[Div B @statcenter]

@Verts You gotta turn in your fan membership when you say something like that

[Div B @statcenter]

Just had someone tell me Stephon Castle has already hit a higher peak than Tony Parker ever did. Summer can't get here soon enough smh

[Div B @statcenter]

@JamCristopher Not to be controversial, but I'm gonna take the squad with 5 HOFers lmao

[Div B @statcenter]

Dang, Spurs STOLE Game 5

[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

THE PREDICTION WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR 🔮

Air Corgi shares her pick to win the 2026 NBA Finals 🏀🏆

[Tommy Beer @TommyBeer]

fascinating detailed description of the work former lottery pick Joe Alexander put into his game as a teenager

[Div B @statcenter]

@KyleAMadson I'm sorry, you called it a WHAT

Nah, I'm Team Wife on this one 😂

[Div B @statcenter]

@treykerby Chet for Caleb Wilson?

[Div B @statcenter]

If you want to understand what Rick Adelman was about + why he was unique in NBA coaching, check out this gem from @kevinarnovitz

https://t.co/rShRvLmLbp

[Div B @statcenter]

@BenjaminSolak Won't believe it until you give a 10K word justification

[Div B @statcenter]

@PaulHeadleyNBA She's not. She was listed at 6'3" when she played. People forgetting that high heels are a thing lol

[Div B @statcenter]

@JoshEberley This is a great list. I'd say Bird was unquestioned Best In The World at the end of '86 - 3 straight MVPs, dominant team season, and Magic was being questioned a bit again