Even if the rebranded (can it be a rebranding if you’re just going back to an old brand? How can brands work? Someone get me a brand strategist on the phone) Charlotte Hornets aren’t anything close to title contenders, they’ll at least look great as they attempt to improve on the No. 7 seed that they caught as the Bobcats last year.
The new duds are slick, and Lance Stephenson will unveil the club with tons of”no, no, YES!” razzle-dazzle. Additionally, but rookie big man Noah Vonleh is fascinating, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist’s jumper looks more like a shooter than a contortionist routine gone horribly wrong.
There is reason to get fired up about those Hornets. Perhaps you will say there is a buzz in Charlotte. You wouldn’t say that, naturally, because that is about as hacky as it gets.
Suffice it to say the accession of Stephenson and more moments for Kidd-Gilchrist could assist the league’s sixth-ranked defense make even better this year. If the crime around focal point Al Jefferson also enhances (which it might with Kemba Walker heading into a contract year), the Bugs could certainly climb the playoff ladder.

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