Reinis Lacis's Basketball Blog

Season in Review: Bismack Biyombo

Regular boxscore metrics don’t paint the picture of any kind of improvement by Bismack Biyombo this past season. His averages and thus his impact look the same to the naked … Continue reading

April 21, 2015 · 1 Comment

Season in Review: Kemba Walker

Kemba Walker is a hard worker and a feisty player which helps building the narrative that he’s a very good defender. That isn’t though necessarily the case and there are certain shortcomings … Continue reading

April 20, 2015 · 1 Comment

Season in Review: Noah Vonleh

Due to reasons I’ve already covered in the Jason Maxiell and Steve Clifford columns we only saw 25 games of Noah Vonleh this season. Much of his minutes came in … Continue reading

April 19, 2015 · 2 Comments

Season in Review: Troy Daniels

Troy Daniels might end up having played only 11 games for the Charlotte Hornets organization in his career. Yet he has already left his mark on the franchise, albeit in … Continue reading

April 19, 2015 · 2 Comments

Season in Review: Marvin Williams

There’s a flaw in the way Hornets play basketball which I didn’t dare to point out as a fault of coach Steve Clifford’s in the column specifically dedicated to his … Continue reading

April 19, 2015 · 3 Comments

Season in Review: Brian Roberts

To be honest, Brian Roberts is the player whom I find the hardest to write about. He’s just okay if the explanation you’re looking for in the dictionary has “okay” … Continue reading

April 19, 2015 · 1 Comment

Season in Review: The Team, Rich Cho and Coach Clifford

To piggy-back on something I said during the season when Al Jefferson went down, we’ve now seen how do we look like as a team when the all of the … Continue reading

April 18, 2015 · 6 Comments

Season in Review: Jason Maxiell

It was easy to hate on Jason Maxiell this season. He was supposed to be the 15th man, veteran leader, towel waver, locker room leadership, unguaranteed contract guy. Instead we … Continue reading

April 17, 2015 · 1 Comment

Charlotte Hornets Season in Review, Part 1

Welcome to an in-depth breakdown of the 2014-15 Charlotte Hornets season! Each section contains a look back at the player’s season. You’ll see relevant stats and data, interesting video examples … Continue reading

April 17, 2015 · 3 Comments

Season in Review: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

Kidd-Gilchrist was our best player this season, no matter what’s the measurement of your preference. Our defense, which is built on limiting drives and wings (mainly, MKG and Henderson) who … Continue reading

April 17, 2015 · 1 Comment