pigeonwithsixasses | Heat

492 | 8 hours ago

11 years of no playoffs in the NBA is crazy

LegitimateMoney00 | Knicks

264 | 8 hours ago

Try 22 seasons without winning a single playoff series.

Just as a reference, the Pistons won two championships in 1989 and 90, rebuild their entire organization from the ground up than won it again in 2004. That’s only 14 seasons.

pigeonwithsixasses | Heat

92 | 8 hours ago

I’m a Miami Dolphins fan, my friend. Different sport but I know the feeling very well lol

LegitimateMoney00 | Knicks

70 | 8 hours ago

I’m a Jets fan dude…

Gavin1453 | Raptors

26 | 8 hours ago

Well at least you aren’t a Browns fan

yeartwelve | Bulls

14 | 6 hours ago

At least yall had hope. Look at the AZ Cardinals

korn_cakes33 | Celtics

25 | 5 hours ago

White Sox is still the funniest one to me. In their history, they have won 3 playoff series. All three came in 2005 when they won the World Series. So outside of the one year they won it all, they never won a playoff series in existence. Fucking insane.

dotcaIm | Nets

7 | 5 hours ago

That’s crazy. Don’t let them into the dance

AlterWanabee | Lakers

1 | 5 minutes ago

You joke, but maybe with the power of the Pope in their side, maybe they can win…

IWantToPlayGame | Warriors

0 | 5 hours ago

Hah, you must have forgotten about the Las Vegas Raiders.

Yhendrix49 | 76ers

3 | 5 hours ago

Being a fan of any Cleveland team is brutal, the Browns haven’t won a championship in 62 years (1964 nfl championship), it’s been 37 years since they’ve been to the AFC championship game, and they’ve never been to the Superbowl.

The Guardians haven’t won a World Series since 1948 and have on been to the World Series once in 30 years.

The Cavs have atleast won a championship this century but it took them 37 years to make their first Finals appearance and 46 years for them to win one.

Johnny_From_The_Bay

1 | 4 hours ago

Guardians made the World Series in 2016 as well as ¹⁹⁹⁵⁄₁₉₉₇

skeenerbug | Cavaliers

2 | 5 hours ago

Again, different sport but the Reds haven’t won a playoff series since 1995

Then-Bad1939

2 | 6 hours ago

how about that young prospect Geno Smith! not like he will get punched in the face by a teammate like jordan poole!

Playful_Letter_2632

1 | 3 hours ago

At least you are not a Patriots fan. The horror their fans go through should be a crime

BoppinPotatoes

3 | 7 hours ago

Try being a fan of the hornets and the dolphins lol i question why I even watch sports most of the time.

mashem | Hornets

3 | 7 hours ago

Bro if you’re in NC, there’s no reason to go so far out of state to feel that pain 🤣

BoppinPotatoes

2 | 3 hours ago

It’s worse I’m from Maine lol so I grew up around the Pats and Celtics fans. I’m in NC now. I don’t know how I did this to myself but it’s been that way since I was a kid

I am a Braves though so I did see a WS recently.

mashem | Hornets

1 | 3 hours ago

Probably easier now that you’re out of that region lol.

No Maine, no pain. Also, potatoes are for mashin bro. Check my credentials. Tf you boppin em fer?

seKer82 | Grizzlies

2 | 8 hours ago

You’ll always have the Jets to pitty.

gator9515

2 | 7 hours ago

You bet we do.

trojan_man16 | Hornets

13 | 5 hours ago

The current Hornets are the NBA’s last expansion team, which had two straight terrible owners.
Small market that has a hard time keeping its stars, partly due to bad ownership. It goes back to Zo, who didn’t want to play in Charlotte, Glen Rice (who we got for Zo), Eddie Jones (who we got for Rice) etc….even Kobe who didn’t even play a single game with the Hornets. then the second iteration of the franchise, or as I like to call them, the Zombie Bobcats, went close to two decades without drafting a single franchise altering guy (sorry Kemba), so we didn’t even have guys worth keeping. Finally with Lamello and Miller it seems we have the building blocks for a team that can compete.
The stink of expansion lingers - Just ask the T-Wolves or Grizzlies. It took those franchises a long while to even be competitive, and neither of those has been a real championship level contender and have capped out as conference finalists. In the end this team is just the sorry ass zombie bobcats that are wearing a purple and teal Hugo suit.

MariusMaximus88

1 | 2 hours ago

The stink of expansion lingers - Just ask the T-Wolves or Grizzlies. It took those franchises a long while to even be competitive, and neither of those has been a real championship level contender and have capped out as conference finalists. In the end this team is just the sorry ass zombie bobcats that are wearing a purple and teal Hugo suit.

Is that really fair, though? Both Orlando and Miami became contenders relatively quickly, with Orlando appearing in the Finals a few years after their debut. Both of those franchises came in around the time Minnesota did. I don’t think it’s a stink of expansion but rather just bad ownership. Going back to Minny, a huge reason why they struggled so damn much to even field a competitive team was because of the crap they tried to do with Joe Smith, which ended up with the NBA punishing them pretty bad and that is due to bad ownership.

mashem | Hornets

-1 | 5 hours ago

Bro, LaMelo speeds inside of city limits sometimes and tripped a guy a couple of times. All within an incredibly short timespan of SIX years. That’s ONLY 0.6% of a millennia. 0.6%!! The guy never takes a break. His career is o-v-e-r. Just a really bad person. America has spoken and they hate him.

He should shoot for something way lower with bottom barrel standards, like the White House.

harrowing-gale-2606 | Warriors

8 | 6 hours ago

Different era but the Celtics also won in 1976 and 1981 with a totally different 15 men roster and different head coach. I don’t think we can see such a quick rebuild again in the current era

EcstaticAd8179

2 | 5 hours ago

also won in ‘69 and then again in ‘74 with a nearly completely different team

mashem | Hornets

1 | 7 hours ago

True. These same statlines were the reason so many were rooting for them up until a few days ago lol. Sucks to suck.

PlayInChampions | Timberwolves

24 | 7 hours ago

Minnesota missed 13 in a row… at least Hornets are close to competing. They remind me of Suns in the bubble. Probably need one more quality starter and young guys progressing.

DerGovernator

10 | 4 hours ago

The Timberwolves have only won 6 playoff series in their entire history … 4 of which have been in the last 2 years.

Amusingly this also means they’re the only team to have never lost a Conference Semi-finals I think.

PlayInChampions | Timberwolves

3 | 4 hours ago

2-0 in game 7

SJCitizen | 76ers

21 | 7 hours ago

That 2023 Kings beam team random-ass division title is the only thing separating them from having a streak of 20 years.

RaidersFTW81 | Kings

8 | 6 hours ago

Being a Raiders and Kings fan is so much fun :| (I miss the early 2000s, on a completely unrelated note)

OptimusGrime707 | Kings

2 | 6 hours ago

What he say fuck me for

BlueCity8

5 | 5 hours ago

Can’t blame Jordan anymore!

thrownaway22_ | Kings

1 | 4 hours ago

Rookie numbers

Ilikesporks_ | Lakers

137 | 8 hours ago

the hornets have never made a conference final appearance

mashem | Hornets

58 | 7 hours ago

Yeah well neither has….New Orleans! And before you say anything, the Hornets relocating to that city for 10 years before coming back is COMPLETELY unrelated!! /s

MahomesMccaffrey | Slovenia

8 | 7 hours ago

I think they came back after 2 years correct?

Are the Bobcats not considered part of hornets history?

mashem | Hornets

4 | 7 hours ago

I’m just referring to the Hornets branding lol, in New Orleans for 11 seasons (even while Bobcats were playing) before switching to the Pelicans and Charlotte reacquired the branding/history. But the actual franchise remained in NO.

It was all really confusing and still is.

CutLonzosHair2017 | LAL

60 | 8 hours ago

The most memorable playoff moment for the team is purple shirt guy. Not a player. But a random dude.

canti- | Heat

22 | 8 hours ago

Jeremy Lin a Hornets legend

A-Moron-Explains | Hornets

15 | 7 hours ago

Come on, Muggsy was in space jam lol he was a monstar.

CutLonzosHair2017 | LAL

7 | 7 hours ago

playoff moment

A-Moron-Explains | Hornets

13 | 7 hours ago

Toon Squad vs Monstars felt like a playoff series.

Portmanteau_that | Hornets

7 | 7 hours ago

Bro that playoff game was for the whole galaxy tho

A-Moron-Explains | Hornets

4 | 6 hours ago

My man doesn’t know his ball history.

Portmanteau_that | Hornets

3 | 6 hours ago

Doesn’t know ball

No_Body905 | Hornets

3 | 6 hours ago

So was LJ.

handgredave | Hornets

9 | 6 hours ago

This is just a lie, zo jumper to beat the Celtics is the greatest hornets playoff moment

CutLonzosHair2017 | LAL

2 | 6 hours ago

zo jumper to beat the Celtics

Nah you’re right, my bad.

trojan_man16 | Hornets

5 | 5 hours ago

It’s been a hot minute, but Zo hitting a buzzer beater to put the final nail on the coffin of the Boston Celtics of the Bird/McHale/Parish era has to count for something. God I’m old.

Xsy | Jazz

53 | 7 hours ago

This post made me check out the Hornets playoff history, and like, I knew it was bad, but holy shit.

23 total playoff wins. In franchise history.

My Jazz, a team known for famously choking early in the playoffs, and more recently, being dirty tankers for the past four years, have won 21 playoff games in the past 10 years, lol.

MG_MN | Timberwolves

13 | 5 hours ago

They somehow make the Wolves history look decent in comparison lol

ConsumptionofClocks

1 | 9 minutes ago

You could not say this 3 years ago

Fire_Demon-215

50 | 8 hours ago

They need to trade for Kawhi. He would complete them.

SloshaPacana

75 | 8 hours ago

Hell yeah a player who hates being outside LA is exactly what they need

Fire_Demon-215

-2 | 8 hours ago

Kawhi is leaving the clippers this summer and if he wants to win another ring charlotte would be a good place to go surrounded by young guys doing the dirty work.

SloshaPacana

47 | 7 hours ago

Kawhi gives zero fucks about rings, he wants to be in California

He left a stacked Spurs team, he left a stacked Toronto team to go home, he does not care about rings he wants $$ and California

DaRandomBro | Kings

7 | 6 hours ago

He’ll fit right in with Russ Deebo Zach and Domas 🙌🏼 (kill me)

LardHop | Lakers

2 | 6 hours ago

Yeah lol, don’t know what that guy’s smoking. Kawhi’s a competitor but like at most, 4th or 5th priority.

onionnurve

10 | 7 hours ago

There’s 3 other Cali teams that would also welcome him there. If he cared about getting another ring, he would’ve left the clippers already

Scrypto | Hornets

9 | 8 hours ago

Giannis. Miller and all the extra first round picks we can offer is a very competitive bid

IconicNova | Celtics

27 | 8 hours ago

Bro you are smoking actual crack

CHALegendTonyParker | Hornets

17 | 7 hours ago

how else are fans supposed to cope after this game?

Scrypto | Hornets

-7 | 8 hours ago

No. Miller is very underwhelming at everything that isn’t spot up shooting. Better to sell high before a max contract ruins us. Even his 5/10FG statline tonight masks just how ineffective he was

syp2207

6 | 7 hours ago

i think hes saying you’re not getting giannis with that package

Scrypto | Hornets

-4 | 7 hours ago

I think it’s at least similar to the level of player that will headline any package. Bam/Jdub/Mobley. We also do have genuinely good draft assets compared to those teams. Yeah he doesn’t have the accolades of those guys but he’s also younger and just getting his first extension. Tatum if he asks out would obviously blow that out of the water though

syp2207

7 | 7 hours ago

respectfully, i think all of the guys you named are a level above miller. he does have age on his side so maybe the value is there, but otherwise i dont see it. also are there any rumors of tatum possibly asking out? this is the first im hearing it

Fire_Demon-215

2 | 8 hours ago

Yea Giannis would also be great. Helps with the front court rebounding and interior defense along with adding a true 1A player

29671 | Hornets

44 | 7 hours ago

Yeah but we just won the Summer League title so it all evens out if you ask me.

Iontrapper

8 | 6 hours ago

Also soon the g League championship

iron_atmosphere | Hornets

7 | 5 hours ago

We won the G league 8 days ago lol

Portmanteau_that | Hornets

3 | 7 hours ago

Same thing as the Larry O really

Overall_Laugh_3421 | Heat

27 | 8 hours ago

Although this is a crazy stat, they would’ve have to beat the Pistons anyway to accomplish that feat

A-Moron-Explains | Hornets

9 | 7 hours ago

Yeah, we know that wasn’t going to happen, I think most of us are just really happy to be here at this point today. If you told me we would be in playoff contention at the end of 2025 I would have called you nuts. The turn around we’ve done is crazy.

Now, as a lifelong Hornets fan in his late 30s I know well enough not to get too hopeful, this team has let me down my entire life. This is the most hope about this team I have ever felt though.

IlikePogz

2 | 5 hours ago

If there was any time to make the playoffs itd be the year where most of the east battled major injuries while lamelo actually played most of the season. Gonna be harder next season

A-Moron-Explains | Hornets

1 | 5 hours ago

Eh we will see, our team wasn’t healthy until mid January.

Portmanteau_that | Hornets

3 | 7 hours ago

I actually thought we had a shot before the first play in game. After how close is was even without Bam I knew we were screwed.

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0 | 7 hours ago

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Portmanteau_that | Hornets

6 | 7 hours ago

We were talking about the Pistons dumbfuck

aceknighthigh

9 | 7 hours ago

The legend of purple shirt guys lives on…even after they beat the Heat. The franchise just has been mismanaged at every level for 20+ years. Lamelo is the only real star pick they’ve hit on until this year, and Lamelo is terribly overrated.

No_Body905 | Hornets

9 | 6 hours ago

Also the only NBA city that has to endure being an expansion team twice.

iron_atmosphere | Hornets

1 | 5 hours ago

I’d be curious to know if we’re the only expansion team to lead the league in attendance for multiple years. Genuinely, I don’t know how to fact check that. NC loves basketball though. Duke, UNC, Hornets, etc.

Bearbarn

8 | 7 hours ago

They are an expansion team technically until the rebrand in 2014 where they reclaimed their old hornets records. Is it worse or better if we only looked at the their history from Bobcats to hornets? So like 22 years of history. Probably doesn’t change anything because they haven’t accomplished anything.

Portmanteau_that | Hornets

1 | 7 hours ago

Yes

JayMerlyn | Hornets

5 | 7 hours ago

To quote Monty Python:

“Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go commit suicide.”

No_Caramel_1782 | Wizards

5 | 7 hours ago

Next year is their year. If healthy.

merckx3697 | Hornets

5 | 7 hours ago

We know

playfreeze

4 | 7 hours ago

That Baron Davis game winner should’ve counted

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1 | 7 hours ago

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playfreeze

1 | 6 hours ago

Fire shot tho lol

motherseffinjones | Raptors

3 | 5 hours ago

People throw around poverty franchise a lot these days but I actually feel bad for hornets fans. At least the future looks bright for now at least.

ghouleye | Warriors

2 | 5 hours ago

that’s crazy maybe next year, espn is probably going to steal this

ObiOneKenobae | Knicks

1 | 7 hours ago

Wow

ZeroMomentum | Raptors

1 | 6 hours ago

The leafs of the nba. I am so sorry

Zoidburger_ | Hornets

2 | 4 hours ago

More like the Blue Jackets but without any form of joy such as sweeping the most dominant regular season team in history (at the time) in round 1

Appropriate-Mud-6985 | Hornets

1 | 5 hours ago

This is gonna be a long offseason

JackDellaCumalena

1 | 5 hours ago

Bums

LiteTHATKUSH

1 | 5 hours ago

And yet people hate us suddenly like we have history and are big bads of the league lol

slickhomieblackboy

1 | 3 hours ago

What about cp3 hornets

Expert_Layer_7710

1 | 3 hours ago

Ima die on the hill that the hornets are the bobcats and started in 2004. The pelicans are the team from the 80’s

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cashappmebitch | Wizards

3 | 8 hours ago

Hawks last championship occurred when Khrushchev ran the Soviet Union 😭

ComprehensiveList769 | Hawks

1 | 7 hours ago

Went against wilt and russel. Just have to respect it man

Zeeron1 | Thunder

-5 | 5 hours ago

They need to start cracking down on some of these franchises. Force sales, force moves, I dont care lol just do SOMETHING. The Wizards also come to mind, I saw they haven’t won 50 games in like 50 years or something crazy like that

LiteTHATKUSH

3 | 5 hours ago

We finally have competent ownership and coaching, and we are in an upward trajectory. Now is not the time to be talking about punishing a city for mismanagement.

Zeeron1 | Thunder

-2 | 5 hours ago

I agree when talking solely about the second half of this one singular season (in which you didn’t make the playoffs anyways), but there have been MANY times for it in your entire history

LiteTHATKUSH

2 | 5 hours ago

No one should judge a new coaching staff or ownership off of one season, and if in the second season they showed growth, that means it’s an upward trajectory. Year three and four would be the time to decide if the plan is working. I mean the fact that Lee turned it around halfway through this season shows that he had some plan and influence. That microwave mentality never works.

WatchOutIGotYou | San Francisco Warriors

1 | an hour ago

Your franchise has had Sam Presti since relocating from Seattle. If your team didn’t have the best GM in the NBA, this could easily have been your team. Have some humility.

GeorgeRusseIl | Heat

-9 | 8 hours ago

Beautiful hatewatching

iron_atmosphere | Hornets

2 | 4 hours ago

Haha, soak it up. We loved eliminating y’all from the postseason.

tcguy71 | Pistons

-10 | 7 hours ago

But they talked like they were relevant franchise

LiteTHATKUSH

2 | 5 hours ago

Because for the first time in years, we were. Not a hard concept lol. Anybody competing for playoff/play in spots is objectively relevant come April.

The Charlotte Hornets remain the only team in the NBA to have never won a best-of-seven playoff series