The Kon Knueppel Charlotte Hornets Era with Matt Alquiza - Charlotte adds Knueppel, Collin Sexton, Liam McNeeley, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Sion James to help establish pace-pass-shoot team identity

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Learning Basketball

Ryan Kaminski @BeyondTheRK

93 episodes

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Learn about NBA basketball and NBA Draft prospects from experts, scouts, analysts, writers, reporters, coaches, players, front office execs, and fans! Every episode of Learning Basketball has the goal of teaching listeners something new about hoops as Host Ryan Kaminski @BeyondTheRK takes listeners behind the scenes to study teambuilding strategy, concepts on the floor, scouting draft prospects on the rise, covering teams around the NBA, and evaluating player development in the gym. A podcast from Swish Theory. Follow @BeyondTheRK on YouTube + Twitter & Subscribe for FREE Substack Newsletter

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The Kon Knueppel Charlotte Hornets Era with Matt Alquiza - Charlotte adds Knueppel, Collin Sexton, Liam McNeeley, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Sion James to help establish pace-pass-shoot team identity

Learning Basketball

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3 months ago

The Kon Knueppel Charlotte Hornets Era with Matt Alquiza - Charlotte adds Knueppel, Collin Sexton, Liam McNeeley, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Sion James to help establish pace-pass-shoot team identity

Ep. 75 Learning Basketball with Matt Alquiza @malquiza8

Matt Alquiza covers the Charlotte Hornets with Sports Illustrated @SI_Hornets and as co-host of the @BuzzBeatPod.

Today we learn about the Charlotte Hornets identity-shifting summer of 2025, the draft strategy and clean fit of all four rookies (#4 - Kon Knueppel , #29 - Liam McNeeley, #33 - Sion James, #34 - Ryan Kalkbrenner) around its two stars LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller, the opportunity and pathways for those draft prospects to develop together in well-fitting roles, Charlotte doubling down on playmaking and 3pt shooting to help establish a team identity no matter which player combinations are on the floor by adding these rookies along with bringing back Tre Mann and bringing in Collin Sexton and Spencer Dinwiddie, projecting next season and beyond.

Timeline:

00:00 Introduction + 2025 Offseason Winners - Charlotte Hornets

01:00 Young Core of the Hornets and clean fit of 2025 NBA Draft Haul - Knueppel, McNeeley, Sion James, Kalkbrenner

26:00 Complementary Guard Depth after adding Sexton, how will Charlotte’s 2025-26 rotation look?

32:00 Longterm Charlotte Hornets Franchise Outlook - Establish Fast-Pace Pass and Shoot Identity First