My son dragged me to two Charlotte Hornet's games in the last couple of weeks, one just last night, and it definitely is not the same game I used to watch. The highlight last night was Kon Kneuppel (sp?), who spent last year at Duke, who set the Hornets single season record for three's in the game against Phoenix. (Where was Barkley?) As is evident in this post, I generally have not kept up with the sport. The last college game I saw live was Dell Curry's freshman year, and basketball was still very much a work-it-into the paint first game. Dale Solomon and Wayne Robinson come to mind. Now all they do is bomb away with pushing it inside an after thought. Keep it on the edge. Shoot long! Sometimes they drive to the middle and look for who is open on the outside to toss it to for the long bomb. One big man goes to the middle and if he gets the rebound good. If he doesn't, well, they'll hit get the three the next time down the court. I've seen the Jokic highlights and I like it. He does something that reminds me of the old even though he's apparently got his modern touch to it. He does twists and turns, fades and hooks and sometimes the long bomb. And despite not being able to jump over a dollar bill seems to get the job done. But where is the mid-range in the game these days? Has it gone extinct? Has defense so improved it has been abandoned? I don't know. Clue me in! Where's the game going to go from here? ** Edited by likehokies at 4/3/2026, 6:39:55 PM