September 29, 2025 • 12 mins
Live from Hornets Media Day, Wes & Walker sit down with Hornets Head Coach, Charles Lee, for a discussion about the upcoming season and where he feels like this team has improved the most.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's Western Walker live from Hornets Media Day hosted by
Queen's University, not Queenlan, not just yet, it's still Queens.
We're on the court taking a look ahead at the
Hornets season, and who better to talk more about it
than the head coach of the Hornets, mister Charles Lee coach,
Thanks so much for joining us.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
How are you doing, man, I'm doing phenomenal. Thank you
guys for having me. You might have to give me
a breakdown of this whole merger with Queens, and I.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Don't they don't know.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
We had Brant Leonard on okay, great, he talked about
we're gonna benefit financially.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
That's about all I got. That's about That's about it.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
We were joking because that we know they're gonna change
their name in a couple of years and now, so
we threw out Queenlan. It doesn't sound great, It sounds
like a little dangerous, but we did throw that out there.
I don't know what they're gonna change it to, but
we don't have information. They don't have information.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
It's no, it's crazy, but I can't wait to see,
like what happens with all the sports teams. What's the
main camp all that stuff.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
What what we did line was that nothing will happen
to the sports team.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
I mean for a couple of years. We we can't
get sidetracked.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Coach, you got a sidetrack right, Well, say one thing
about Queens, yes you can. They have been absolutely phenomenal
to the Hornets this whole all season. So I do
have to send a shout out to Queens and thank
them for letting us use their facilities for the whole
law season.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Little known fact, so I do color for Queens all
season long. Nos Man Trey Man's brother plays on this team.
Very cool. They look exactly like by the way. So anyways,
you gottas sop track. We need to focus. We need
to focus on the season, my bad. I want to
dive right into the roster construction. Really interesting to me,
Like you guys signed all the guards man, and then
when you signed all the guards, you found more to sign.
(01:33):
And I do think it's a very rare build of
a roster compared to all the other teams in the NBA.
Can you take us through the process you're talking with
Jeff Peterson. You guys are trying to figure out how
you want to build your roster. I know you guys
have talked about speed, speed, speed, you were towards the
bottom of the NBA and a bunch of different transition metrics.
Do you guys come together at the end of the
season and say, this is how we're gonna get faster
by signing all of these ball handlers that move the
(01:55):
ball real quickly. Like, what's the mindset when constructing the
roster the way you set it up with all of
these back cour players.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, I would say the biggest thing that we look
at first and foremost is do they embody what we
want in a Hornet in terms of their work ethic,
their character, how they go about their daily business. And
then the second pieces, how does it fit to our
playing style? And so you know, you hit on a
bunch of things in terms of wanting to play faster,
wanting to be able to get more playmakers. I think
(02:21):
that last year we just felt like there was a void,
especially when we had injuries, in terms of guys that
can touch the pain and create some open shots for
us and make sure our shot quality is good. And
if they can't, for the rest of the guys, can
they also create for themselves? And so I think that
we really did that in terms of going out and
either signing guys or acquiring guys in trades, or even
identifying the right type of guards in the draft too,
(02:43):
that I think are going to help either stretch the
floor for us, or they're also going to be creators
and playmakers and help us play a little bit faster,
which we're really excited about.
Speaker 4 (02:50):
Coach, What has excited you most about this particular offseason?
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Yeah, I would just say the work ethic of this group.
You know, when I came in last year coming off
of a fire with the Celtics, I was kind of
in and out. I feel like the players were a
little in and out. There was just like, oh, coaches,
still in the playoffs, what do we do?
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Who's leading us? We didn't have spectrum this year.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
I thought there was just more clarity and there was
more consistency and like a higher level of commitment to
the work. And Jeff touched on it during media day.
We had a ton of guys in market the whole
off season, which I think just helps you, number one,
on the court, get better from your skills and your craft,
but also off the court. These guys, they would sit
in the gym after workouts and they're chopping it up
(03:31):
talking about I think basketball or life or whatever is
going on, or expectations of the season. And so it
was a joy to see. And so I would say
the thing that excites me the most is just the
commitment to the work that I've seen from these guys.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
Coach lots of off season chatter about mellow. We've played
several sound bites this off season, and a lot of
them talking about negative aspects of his game, et cetera.
But what has been this coaching staffs message to LaMelo
this offseason?
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Yeah, want him number one, to focus on the off
the court in terms of like the weight room. I
think that was a big emphasis for him. How do
we keep you a little bit healthier. Some of healthier
has to deal with his routines and his habits on
a professional level, but also us taking advantage of like
at a time in the weight room, and I think
(04:15):
that he's put on some lean muscle mass. I think
those guys have done a really good job of laying
out a more detailed plan for him, and then on
top of it, offensively, how can he continue to be
mellow but also recognize these moments during the game of like, Okay,
we've had turnover, bad shot, turnover, the other team's gone
six to Oh, how do we now kind of like
(04:36):
rectify that situation or how do we like learn from
it and then move forward. And I think that if
he can get better in those moments, he's phenomenal, Like
he can create for himself and for his teammates. And
that's what we're excited about having him back and having
him healthy this year.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Despite Brandon Miller giving us the wrap up signal like,
we still have a few questions Brandon for a second,
We're gonna talk to Brandon.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
She's taking this whole paced thing a little bit too fast. Yeah,
exactly right.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Coach working, It's working, coach.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
I've watched the Bucks film room session that you did
with them a couple of years ago quite a bit.
Just found it interesting to see what you wanted to
work on with those specific players. I do want to
talk about the process you have here. Even as high
up as an associate head coach with Milwaukee, you still
had individual player responsibilities. Do you have a similar setup
Working with Mike Budenholzer for almost ten years, do you
apply that here in Charlotte in a lot of the
(05:23):
same ways.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
What's that process look like.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Yeah, when it comes to player development, I definitely have
a little bit of the mindset of Bud in terms
of how important it is to an organization, to your
whole life cycle. I think that, especially where the financial
constraints are nowadays, if you can hit on some guys
and you can help them get better, you got to
be able to. And then the other part is I
also I think took from Bud nobody's done growing. I
(05:46):
would say that we are all lifelong learners and we
can all improve. I got to see in Atlanta Kyle
Korver at that point of his career and Al Horford
and Paul Miller, like they all got better, and so like,
I don't want to hear this guy stuck in his
ways and he can't get any bit.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
No, he can.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
There's something in his game that we can kind of
dissect and figure out how you can get better in
that regard. But then the next piece is I actually
hand over a lot of trust and responsibility to Zach Peterson,
who's our director of player Development, and he does a
great job of kind of connecting all the groups making
this a holistic plan for these guys to get better.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
He's getting a sidetracked again because you know we're sick
os here. We love playing memory lane basketball. I want
to talk about Pero antich style badly with the Hawks
because of that five out, we got to focus though. Okay,
you brought up you were responsible for Grayson Allen in
a lot of ways at Milwaukee. Like I heard a
lot of what you were talking about, working with him,
expanding his game, looking to improve P and R, working
(06:42):
on those res, increasing volume and field goal percentage at
the rim. I hear a lot of that, and I
think a lot of that applies to Brandon and you
guys have discussed about the discussed Brandon Miller being a
pillar of this organization. No secret tacond overall, pick all
the ability in the world. Am I right on some
of the things that he needs to continue to work at.
With the comparisons with Grayson Allen, how are you looking
to expand Brandon's game overall as he enters his third year.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Yeah, It's gonna be fun to watch him in year
three this year because I do think that Number one's
he's put on some muscle mass as well. He understands
the importance of getting to the basket getting fouled a
little bit more. I think having a little bit more
variety in terms of how he finishes dude, Like, you
can't just dunk on everybody, or you're not just gonna
(07:24):
be able to right hand finish on everybody. And so
I think this whole offseason him and Josh Swongsa have
done a great job of adding more variety to his
paint finishing and then also just being able to play
through contact. I think that last year it was a
great learning lesson for him and Mellow in terms of
we had so many out at certain points of the
year that I know they're usually the focal point, but
(07:45):
now they're even more the focal point, and it's like
we're putting the toughest, most physical guy. We're just gonna
take these guys out of the game. And that helped
him grow and helped him recognize the importance of being
able to play through contact without foul calls. And also
he got to see a lot of different coverages. So
I think from a pick and roll standpoint, now he's
got more of like an experience of how do I
go against the blitz or how do I go against
(08:07):
center field and what's my shot profile look like? Because
I do think the shot profile stuff is stuff that
he addressed last season, and so I think this year,
with another year of player development and added awareness, he'll
be even better coach.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
A lot of people talk about the guards that were
bought in, but everybody wants to know about the center position.
What's the update on that? How do you feel about
that as we sit here today.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
I love it. I think that we have a good
group of versatile bigs. I think that we also got
the elder statesman in Plumbley. We got the kind of
middle of the road in terms of Musa and where
he is in his development, and then we also got
the young, kind of old guy in Calbrenner, who's obviously
done some time in college. But each one brings something
different to our team. I think overall, though they're all
(08:51):
three like really physical, really competitive, I think that Musa
allows us to switch a little bit more, while the
other two are probably more center field bigs, but they're
basket ball like you. Their fearlessness to want to just
go block shots and be active around the rim is
really going to help us, and I think that all
three biggs also bring an element of offense to us too.
Mooses right now is offensive, rebounding, and I think being
(09:12):
a great connector plumbly the bid I've seen and always
followed of his career. I think that he can finish
around the basketball. Also, he's a really good passer, and
so how can he help kind of facilitate and connect
our team? And then caulk Brenner, I think eventually gets
to this place where he's all of a sudden stretching
us to three. So I'm excited about that group of
bigs because I think that each one is going to
bring as something a little bit different to our group.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
Coach, lots of buzz building for Kanka Nipple with seeing
people saying that he's going to be an Olympian in
twenty twenty eight. All kinds of stuff, coach, But what
are realistic expectations for con in this rookie year.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Well, I would say realistic is he could be an Olympian.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
The dude is he is such a competitor, he's such
a winner, He's willing to do whatever it takes for
the team to be successful. We got to watch him
lead our group to a Summer League championship this year
after getting his head banged on the floor and stitches
over his eye, Like most guys would be like, Okay,
I'm done in summer League, and he's like, no, I
want to be out there. I want to win, I
want to compete. So I love everything that he brings
(10:09):
to our team from that standpoint, and then also like
just the skill set too offensively high basketball IQ. He
was telling me during the pre draft process or dinner
he just started playing pick and roll really like last year,
and so to know that he's still in the beginning
phases of that, but he's still making good passes and
reads and him and come on, mala walk, we're throwing
(10:31):
lobs the whole time. It's just so exciting to see
this guy play, and I look forward to his continued growth.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Coach, you bring up Colin Sexton all the time. Anytime
we asked you to specifically name a player that's impressed you,
it's always him. I want to go back to the
process because I remember when we did the show when
we acquired him. We're throwing a parade. Oh there was
a second round pick. Cool, we had to give up
a second round pick. That's fine. Oh wait, no, we
got one and we got Colin Sexton. This makes a
ton of sense. What was that like when you were
(10:58):
let in on the information that there was a chance
to land him, Like, were you a part of that, Like, Hey,
that's a guy, like we've played against him before, I
want him on the team. How did the process of
landing Collin sextn all take place when you were in
on it or maybe when you were let known about
that process?
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Yeah, I would say most things around here are usually
some type of like partnership between Jeff and I, and
the lines of communication are always kind of going back
and forth. So once I heard that was a possibility,
I definitely raved about the player, the person from Afar.
I thought that he could just really help elevate our group.
And that's what we need. We need somebody who's going
(11:33):
to take I think we set a foundation or a
baseline last year, and now we got to take it
up a step, take it up a notch. And he
does that every time he comes into the gym. He
elevates it. The competitiveness, the skill set, everything about him
just is like this dog and like we all know
and in the game of in the game of basketball,
the game of anybody, the person's got a little bit
more dog, a little bit more crazy to him, it's
(11:55):
going to help the whole group. And so it's exciting
to have that guy in the trenches with you.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
Last thing for me before we get you here, what's
your philosophy on a starting five, Because at Steve Clifford,
for example, would always say, put out your best five
defensive five as your starting unit. Do you have a
philosophy like that? Is it fluid? What would you say
your philosophy is, yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
I would say I definitely try to just put the
best five that fit together. I think that we understand
who who pay the guys in the starting lineup are
that are like consistent and who you want to play through,
and then it's just finding the right pieces around that.
You know, how does it help you defensively? Is there
somebody out there that can guard better or something like that?
And then offensively are they going to help the ball
(12:34):
move or do we have too many ball stoppers on
the floor. So I really try to think about who
are the guys that are definitely the starters, and then
after that, what are the great complimentary pieces around it?
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Charlotte Hornets head coach Charles leet here at Queen's for
Hornets Media Day, helping us break down the upcoming season ahead.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Good luck.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
We're excited to see everything unfold, and we appreciate your time.
Oh yeah, man, thank you guys, appreciate it. Coach, thanks
the time.
It's Western Walker live from Hornets Media Day hosted by
Queen's University, not Queenlan, not just yet, it's still Queens.
We're on the court taking a look ahead at the
Hornets season, and who better to talk more about it
than the head coach of the Hornets, mister Charles Lee coach,
Thanks so much for joining us.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
How are you doing, man, I'm doing phenomenal. Thank you
guys for having me. You might have to give me
a breakdown of this whole merger with Queens, and I.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Don't they don't know.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
We had Brant Leonard on okay, great, he talked about
we're gonna benefit financially.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
That's about all I got. That's about That's about it.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
We were joking because that we know they're gonna change
their name in a couple of years and now, so
we threw out Queenlan. It doesn't sound great, It sounds
like a little dangerous, but we did throw that out there.
I don't know what they're gonna change it to, but
we don't have information. They don't have information.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
It's no, it's crazy, but I can't wait to see,
like what happens with all the sports teams. What's the
main camp all that stuff.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
What what we did line was that nothing will happen
to the sports team.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
I mean for a couple of years. We we can't
get sidetracked.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Coach, you got a sidetrack right, Well, say one thing
about Queens, yes you can. They have been absolutely phenomenal
to the Hornets this whole all season. So I do
have to send a shout out to Queens and thank
them for letting us use their facilities for the whole
law season.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Little known fact, so I do color for Queens all
season long. Nos Man Trey Man's brother plays on this team.
Very cool. They look exactly like by the way. So anyways,
you gottas sop track. We need to focus. We need
to focus on the season, my bad. I want to
dive right into the roster construction. Really interesting to me,
Like you guys signed all the guards man, and then
when you signed all the guards, you found more to sign.
(01:33):
And I do think it's a very rare build of
a roster compared to all the other teams in the NBA.
Can you take us through the process you're talking with
Jeff Peterson. You guys are trying to figure out how
you want to build your roster. I know you guys
have talked about speed, speed, speed, you were towards the
bottom of the NBA and a bunch of different transition metrics.
Do you guys come together at the end of the
season and say, this is how we're gonna get faster
by signing all of these ball handlers that move the
(01:55):
ball real quickly. Like, what's the mindset when constructing the
roster the way you set it up with all of
these back cour players.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, I would say the biggest thing that we look
at first and foremost is do they embody what we
want in a Hornet in terms of their work ethic,
their character, how they go about their daily business. And
then the second pieces, how does it fit to our
playing style? And so you know, you hit on a
bunch of things in terms of wanting to play faster,
wanting to be able to get more playmakers. I think
(02:21):
that last year we just felt like there was a void,
especially when we had injuries, in terms of guys that
can touch the pain and create some open shots for
us and make sure our shot quality is good. And
if they can't, for the rest of the guys, can
they also create for themselves? And so I think that
we really did that in terms of going out and
either signing guys or acquiring guys in trades, or even
identifying the right type of guards in the draft too,
(02:43):
that I think are going to help either stretch the
floor for us, or they're also going to be creators
and playmakers and help us play a little bit faster,
which we're really excited about.
Speaker 4 (02:50):
Coach, What has excited you most about this particular offseason?
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Yeah, I would just say the work ethic of this group.
You know, when I came in last year coming off
of a fire with the Celtics, I was kind of
in and out. I feel like the players were a
little in and out. There was just like, oh, coaches,
still in the playoffs, what do we do?
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Who's leading us? We didn't have spectrum this year.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
I thought there was just more clarity and there was
more consistency and like a higher level of commitment to
the work. And Jeff touched on it during media day.
We had a ton of guys in market the whole
off season, which I think just helps you, number one,
on the court, get better from your skills and your craft,
but also off the court. These guys, they would sit
in the gym after workouts and they're chopping it up
(03:31):
talking about I think basketball or life or whatever is
going on, or expectations of the season. And so it
was a joy to see. And so I would say
the thing that excites me the most is just the
commitment to the work that I've seen from these guys.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
Coach lots of off season chatter about mellow. We've played
several sound bites this off season, and a lot of
them talking about negative aspects of his game, et cetera.
But what has been this coaching staffs message to LaMelo
this offseason?
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Yeah, want him number one, to focus on the off
the court in terms of like the weight room. I
think that was a big emphasis for him. How do
we keep you a little bit healthier. Some of healthier
has to deal with his routines and his habits on
a professional level, but also us taking advantage of like
at a time in the weight room, and I think
(04:15):
that he's put on some lean muscle mass. I think
those guys have done a really good job of laying
out a more detailed plan for him, and then on
top of it, offensively, how can he continue to be
mellow but also recognize these moments during the game of like, Okay,
we've had turnover, bad shot, turnover, the other team's gone
six to Oh, how do we now kind of like
(04:36):
rectify that situation or how do we like learn from
it and then move forward. And I think that if
he can get better in those moments, he's phenomenal, Like
he can create for himself and for his teammates. And
that's what we're excited about having him back and having
him healthy this year.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Despite Brandon Miller giving us the wrap up signal like,
we still have a few questions Brandon for a second,
We're gonna talk to Brandon.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
She's taking this whole paced thing a little bit too fast. Yeah,
exactly right.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Coach working, It's working, coach.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
I've watched the Bucks film room session that you did
with them a couple of years ago quite a bit.
Just found it interesting to see what you wanted to
work on with those specific players. I do want to
talk about the process you have here. Even as high
up as an associate head coach with Milwaukee, you still
had individual player responsibilities. Do you have a similar setup
Working with Mike Budenholzer for almost ten years, do you
apply that here in Charlotte in a lot of the
(05:23):
same ways.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
What's that process look like.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Yeah, when it comes to player development, I definitely have
a little bit of the mindset of Bud in terms
of how important it is to an organization, to your
whole life cycle. I think that, especially where the financial
constraints are nowadays, if you can hit on some guys
and you can help them get better, you got to
be able to. And then the other part is I
also I think took from Bud nobody's done growing. I
(05:46):
would say that we are all lifelong learners and we
can all improve. I got to see in Atlanta Kyle
Korver at that point of his career and Al Horford
and Paul Miller, like they all got better, and so like,
I don't want to hear this guy stuck in his
ways and he can't get any bit.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
No, he can.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
There's something in his game that we can kind of
dissect and figure out how you can get better in
that regard. But then the next piece is I actually
hand over a lot of trust and responsibility to Zach Peterson,
who's our director of player Development, and he does a
great job of kind of connecting all the groups making
this a holistic plan for these guys to get better.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
He's getting a sidetracked again because you know we're sick
os here. We love playing memory lane basketball. I want
to talk about Pero antich style badly with the Hawks
because of that five out, we got to focus though. Okay,
you brought up you were responsible for Grayson Allen in
a lot of ways at Milwaukee. Like I heard a
lot of what you were talking about, working with him,
expanding his game, looking to improve P and R, working
(06:42):
on those res, increasing volume and field goal percentage at
the rim. I hear a lot of that, and I
think a lot of that applies to Brandon and you
guys have discussed about the discussed Brandon Miller being a
pillar of this organization. No secret tacond overall, pick all
the ability in the world. Am I right on some
of the things that he needs to continue to work at.
With the comparisons with Grayson Allen, how are you looking
to expand Brandon's game overall as he enters his third year.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Yeah, It's gonna be fun to watch him in year
three this year because I do think that Number one's
he's put on some muscle mass as well. He understands
the importance of getting to the basket getting fouled a
little bit more. I think having a little bit more
variety in terms of how he finishes dude, Like, you
can't just dunk on everybody, or you're not just gonna
(07:24):
be able to right hand finish on everybody. And so
I think this whole offseason him and Josh Swongsa have
done a great job of adding more variety to his
paint finishing and then also just being able to play
through contact. I think that last year it was a
great learning lesson for him and Mellow in terms of
we had so many out at certain points of the
year that I know they're usually the focal point, but
(07:45):
now they're even more the focal point, and it's like
we're putting the toughest, most physical guy. We're just gonna
take these guys out of the game. And that helped
him grow and helped him recognize the importance of being
able to play through contact without foul calls. And also
he got to see a lot of different coverages. So
I think from a pick and roll standpoint, now he's
got more of like an experience of how do I
go against the blitz or how do I go against
(08:07):
center field and what's my shot profile look like? Because
I do think the shot profile stuff is stuff that
he addressed last season, and so I think this year,
with another year of player development and added awareness, he'll
be even better coach.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
A lot of people talk about the guards that were
bought in, but everybody wants to know about the center position.
What's the update on that? How do you feel about
that as we sit here today.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
I love it. I think that we have a good
group of versatile bigs. I think that we also got
the elder statesman in Plumbley. We got the kind of
middle of the road in terms of Musa and where
he is in his development, and then we also got
the young, kind of old guy in Calbrenner, who's obviously
done some time in college. But each one brings something
different to our team. I think overall, though they're all
(08:51):
three like really physical, really competitive, I think that Musa
allows us to switch a little bit more, while the
other two are probably more center field bigs, but they're
basket ball like you. Their fearlessness to want to just
go block shots and be active around the rim is
really going to help us, and I think that all
three biggs also bring an element of offense to us too.
Mooses right now is offensive, rebounding, and I think being
(09:12):
a great connector plumbly the bid I've seen and always
followed of his career. I think that he can finish
around the basketball. Also, he's a really good passer, and
so how can he help kind of facilitate and connect
our team? And then caulk Brenner, I think eventually gets
to this place where he's all of a sudden stretching
us to three. So I'm excited about that group of
bigs because I think that each one is going to
bring as something a little bit different to our group.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
Coach, lots of buzz building for Kanka Nipple with seeing
people saying that he's going to be an Olympian in
twenty twenty eight. All kinds of stuff, coach, But what
are realistic expectations for con in this rookie year.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Well, I would say realistic is he could be an Olympian.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
The dude is he is such a competitor, he's such
a winner, He's willing to do whatever it takes for
the team to be successful. We got to watch him
lead our group to a Summer League championship this year
after getting his head banged on the floor and stitches
over his eye, Like most guys would be like, Okay,
I'm done in summer League, and he's like, no, I
want to be out there. I want to win, I
want to compete. So I love everything that he brings
(10:09):
to our team from that standpoint, and then also like
just the skill set too offensively high basketball IQ. He
was telling me during the pre draft process or dinner
he just started playing pick and roll really like last year,
and so to know that he's still in the beginning
phases of that, but he's still making good passes and
reads and him and come on, mala walk, we're throwing
(10:31):
lobs the whole time. It's just so exciting to see
this guy play, and I look forward to his continued growth.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Coach, you bring up Colin Sexton all the time. Anytime
we asked you to specifically name a player that's impressed you,
it's always him. I want to go back to the
process because I remember when we did the show when
we acquired him. We're throwing a parade. Oh there was
a second round pick. Cool, we had to give up
a second round pick. That's fine. Oh wait, no, we
got one and we got Colin Sexton. This makes a
ton of sense. What was that like when you were
(10:58):
let in on the information that there was a chance
to land him, Like, were you a part of that, Like, Hey,
that's a guy, like we've played against him before, I
want him on the team. How did the process of
landing Collin sextn all take place when you were in
on it or maybe when you were let known about
that process?
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Yeah, I would say most things around here are usually
some type of like partnership between Jeff and I, and
the lines of communication are always kind of going back
and forth. So once I heard that was a possibility,
I definitely raved about the player, the person from Afar.
I thought that he could just really help elevate our group.
And that's what we need. We need somebody who's going
(11:33):
to take I think we set a foundation or a
baseline last year, and now we got to take it
up a step, take it up a notch. And he
does that every time he comes into the gym. He
elevates it. The competitiveness, the skill set, everything about him
just is like this dog and like we all know
and in the game of in the game of basketball,
the game of anybody, the person's got a little bit
more dog, a little bit more crazy to him, it's
(11:55):
going to help the whole group. And so it's exciting
to have that guy in the trenches with you.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
Last thing for me before we get you here, what's
your philosophy on a starting five, Because at Steve Clifford,
for example, would always say, put out your best five
defensive five as your starting unit. Do you have a
philosophy like that? Is it fluid? What would you say
your philosophy is, yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
I would say I definitely try to just put the
best five that fit together. I think that we understand
who who pay the guys in the starting lineup are
that are like consistent and who you want to play through,
and then it's just finding the right pieces around that.
You know, how does it help you defensively? Is there
somebody out there that can guard better or something like that?
And then offensively are they going to help the ball
(12:34):
move or do we have too many ball stoppers on
the floor. So I really try to think about who
are the guys that are definitely the starters, and then
after that, what are the great complimentary pieces around it?
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Charlotte Hornets head coach Charles leet here at Queen's for
Hornets Media Day, helping us break down the upcoming season ahead.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Good luck.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
We're excited to see everything unfold, and we appreciate your time.
Oh yeah, man, thank you guys, appreciate it. Coach, thanks
the time.
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