Reinis Lacis's Basketball Blog

Season in Review: Jeffery Taylor

If certain wings can be called “3-and-D” specialists then Jeff Taylor strives to be one, yet ends up being a “D-and-no-3” player. His career path certainly is a strange one. … Continue reading

April 15, 2015 · 1 Comment

Season in Review: Gerald Henderson

Besides the obvious recipient of this imaginary award, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Gerald Henderson might be our season’s Most Valuable Player solely based on the way he filled the three year, 27 … Continue reading

April 15, 2015 · 2 Comments

Season in Review: PJ Hairston

Samuel Peter Hairston Jr. is a one trick pony if I ever saw one. The troubled rookie was drafted as potential help for our long-range shooting woes and Peter Jr. … Continue reading

April 15, 2015 · 6 Comments

Hornets Playoff Push: MKG Keeping Point Guards in Check

Last night’s game against the Chicago Bulls was the second time in four games that coach Steve Clifford started the second half with Kidd-Gilchrist on the opposing point guard. Reggie … Continue reading

March 15, 2015 · 2 Comments

Hornets Playoff Push: The Mo & Kemba Duo

With us getting closer and closer to the post-season and there being less opportunities for me to present new material regarding the team as a whole, I’ve made an executive … Continue reading

March 12, 2015 · Leave a comment

Hornets Week 15 & 16: Shooting Slumps

The return of the “Hornets Week…” blog post following a three week hiatus during which we finally were able to take one off due to the All-Star break (thus one … Continue reading

February 27, 2015 · Leave a comment

Breaking Down the Mo Williams-Gary Neal Trade

An emergency column on our latest roster shake-up, the trade of Gary Neal and Miami’s 2019 second round pick (acquired in the P.J. Hairston – Shabazz Napier draft day trade) … Continue reading

February 12, 2015 · 2 Comments

Hornets Week 13 & 14: Kemba’s Replacements

With Kemba out until at least March due to a surgery on his left meniscus, it’s time to look at relevant topics concerning the guys who are now filling his … Continue reading

February 4, 2015 · 2 Comments

Hornets Week 11 & 12: Defense Remains Stingy

A few topics from the last two weeks that I want to get to… Defensive Numbers Stay Put The state of the Al-less Hornets was pretty much covered two weeks … Continue reading

January 21, 2015 · 3 Comments

Hornets Week 10: OffRtg Without Kemba – 73.7

It’s been a fascinating week of games to watch for Hornets fans as this feels like our first real stint without Al Jefferson on the court ever since the big … Continue reading

January 7, 2015 · 9 Comments