Hello! I hope you’re having a nice day today, something new I will try to do each week is tried to go over news that isn't all that important in my opinion from the Charlotte Hornets and Carolina Panthers! Let’s start with the Charlotte Hornets, Wednesday the Hornets signed point guard Julyan Stone to an undisclosed contract. Stone appeared in 47 career NBA games (2 starts) over three seasons with Denver (2011-2013) and Toronto (2013-2014), average 1.3 points, 1.1 assists and 1 rebounds in seven minutes of play time. Julyan Stone played overseas in Italy last season, should be a good third point guard behind Kemba Walker and Michael Carter-Williams. Marvin Williams was named Charlotte best teammate, second year in a row that Marvin has taken home that honor. NBA 2K release their all-time Charlotte Hornets NBA roster, starters are 1) Kemba Walker 2) Eddie Jones 3) Glen Rice 4) Larry Johnson 5) Alonzo Mourning. The reserves are, Point Guards- Muggsy Bogues, Baron Davis and Raymond Felton; Shooting Guards- Dell Curry and Kendall Gill; Small Forwards- Stephen Jackson; Power Forwards- P.J. Brown and Kenny Gattison; Centers- Al Jefferson and Derrick Coleman. I do have to say where’s Gerald Wallace? He went from an expansion-draft castoff in Sacramento to an All-Star in Charlotte. He should be on this list. Coleman over Vlade Divac or Elden Campbell strikes me as odd. Coleman replaced Divac in 1999, and it was a clear downgrade. How could Felton make this group and David Wesley not? At worst, Wesley is the same statistically, and he had far more impact here. No Anthony Mason? No Jamal Mashburn? No Marvin Williams? I think it’s an easy argument each of those players was better in Charlotte than Brown or Gattison. I’m not saying P.J. and Gatt didn’t contribute, but they weren’t Mase, Mash or Marvin. Finally, the Hornets G-League team Greensboro Swarm released their schedule Thursday night ( http://greensboro.gleague.nba.com/schedule/ ) I went to a few games last year, was really fun and cheap, if you haven’t gone to a game yet and want to you should totally should!
Now let’s talk about the Carolina Panthers news of the week! The Panthers went to Jacksonville Thursday night and defeated the Jaguars 24-23 in their third pre-season game. It was Cam Newton first game back since having shoulder surgery in March. The 2015 NFL MVP led the Panthers on a 10-play, 75-yard touchdown drive, capped off by a 9-yard scoring pass to Kelvin Benjamin over the middle on the first series of the game. Newton was 2-for-2 for 21 yards. Cam Newton and Panthers offense looked strong in the opening drive, while Cameron Artis-Payne had yet another great game (37 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns). The two big standouts were that second year pro Daryl Worley needs to improve because right now he’s the weak link in the secondary while Joe Webb might move ahead of Derek Anderson as the back quarterback with Anderson having a bad pre-season and Webb is not.
If I missed anything tell me in the comment section below! Make sure to check back here next Friday for another weekly roundup for the Hornets and Panthers! Have a great day!
