r/CharlotteHornets • u/IamOlderthanMe • 6d ago

[Woj] ESPN Sources: The Charlotte Hornets are waiving guard Seth Curry but interest exists on both sides to keep talking on a new deal in July free agency. Team had a deadline today on guaranteeing Curry’s contract for the 2024-2025 season. Social Media

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u/Sammy4115 5d ago

No the last one didn’t play because he was way way worse than curry and whoever replaced curry after he got hurt. If curry’s not good enough to crack any other rotation what does that tell you about nsj. We watched nsj play plenty last year and it was very apparent that he wasn’t ready.

This isn’t 2k where more time spent on the court means a higher overall at the end of the season you aren’t going to always develop if you’re thrown into the fire, sometimes it’s better for guys to practice behind the scenes.

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u/butekoo 5d ago

We was not ready for what? He's a 19 year old that shot 40%+ from 3. What do you actually expected from a late first round pick? You set the bar so high for a rookie that's supposed to make mistakes and the bar very low for a veteran that don't have a place in a real rotation. Take a quick look at the Pistons, Blazers, Wizards, Raptors and Jazz rotation after the deadline. You're completely out of sink on what happens in the league.

Funnily enough that's not how 2k works. Again, you haven't pointed out what success case we've had of developing a player in the G-League, in fact, what player developed under Clifford at all. Bouknight, Kai Jones, McGowens and Thor we all failures. And what all of them have in common? All of them were coached by Clifford. Defending a coach that was fired and never developed real talent is beyond crazy.

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u/Sammy4115 5d ago

Yeah he shot a really good 42% from 3. But he only shot 39% from the field. The only player that shot worse than him (that qualified for enough shots) is scoot Henderson who has more than twice his attempts per game.

Mark williams developed pretty good in the g league the first half of his rookie year. That’s my only example because cliff doesn’t have a good track record of development whether they went to g league or not. Nsj played about the same or more minutes than multiple players drafted ahead of him.

I haven’t defended Clifford’s overall player development at all, I just don’t think throwing nsj into the fire when he clearly wasn’t ready would of been the right choice for him or the team let’s just agree to disagree about it.

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u/butekoo 5d ago

Mark Williams was already ready, he only played in the G-League because Clifford refuse to play him over either Plumlee or Richards due to seniority. It's literally the same case of Clifford sorting his rotation by age like for NSJ.