Reinis Lacis's Basketball Blog

Hornets Week 6: Interesting Defensive Wrinkles

A write-up on what was a particularly long “week” with two 4-day breaks in between… Aggressive Help vs. Chicago Following a break during which we reportedly paid more attention to … Continue reading

December 11, 2014 · 5 Comments

Hornets Week 5: The Marreese Speights Game

I had expected to do this week’s write-up after Wednesday’s game against Chicago, but I have accumulated too many thoughts to hold out on this column any longer. Double Teaming … Continue reading

December 2, 2014 · 15 Comments

Hornets Week 4: Corner Threes and Lance’s Bounce Passes

Ugh… some random thoughts after a horrible 0-4 week: The Third Worst Defense… … would be the equivalent to the defensive rating of 110.4 we had during the last four … Continue reading

November 27, 2014 · 6 Comments

The Channing Frye Effect: Explaining the Orlando Loss

A full day has passed since our Charlotte Hornets surrendered a 23-point lead to the Orlando Magic and lost. Enough time has gone by for everybody to calm down and … Continue reading

November 23, 2014 · 3 Comments

Hornets Week 3: One Like and Many Dislikes

A bit late this week considering that we started the season on a Wednesday, but I guess there is no harm, no foul since we only play the first game … Continue reading

November 21, 2014 · 2 Comments

Analyzing Film: Maxiell vs. Biyombo

The 3-5 Charlotte Hornets start has formed a lot of possible topics for debate. Ones that concern the gelling process of our roster and the overall chemistry of it, some … Continue reading

November 13, 2014 · 5 Comments

Hornets Week 1: Growing Pains on Offense

The legendary first post of a recurring blog that hopefully will survive throughout the season. Right now I’m figuring it could be things I did like and things I didn’t … Continue reading

November 5, 2014 · 1 Comment