"LaMelo Ball is for once an aptonym, Brandon Miller is playing like Paul George (laudatory) instead of playing like Paul George (derogatory), and Kon Knueppel is going nuts from three. It's all working, for what feels like the first time in a decade. So this week on Nothing But Respect, we invited on Mother Jones editor Jacob Rosenberg, because he's a smart, hilarious person and also a Hornets fan."
"We of course began with a Dan McQuade tribute, as he is in all of our thoughts this week and as the Sixers just honored him in more ways than one. The three of us planned to talk about way more than the psychic geograpjhy of Charlotte and the bizarre, mostly awful history of the Hornets, but Jacob did so much research that the only non-Charlotte thing we got to was itself actually something that took place in Charlotte, as it involved Steph Curry."
The Charlotte Hornets are playing exceptionally well, driven by LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller's elevated scoring and three-point excellence from Kon Knueppel. The recent surge feels unprecedented in the past decade for the franchise. Mother Jones editor Jacob Rosenberg, a Hornets fan, contributed extensive research and highlighted a Charlotte-related Steph Curry anecdote. A Dan McQuade tribute was included, noting that the Sixers honored him in multiple ways. Plans to address the psychic geography of Charlotte and the Hornets' bizarre, mostly awful history gave way to research-driven local stories.
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