Charlotte’s loss to Orlando ended one of the most fun NBA seasons for the franchise since the days of Alonzo Mourning, Larry Johnson, and Muggsy Bogues.
Kon Knueppel was responsible for a lot of the cultural change that the Hornets saw this year, and he smashed the rookie record for three-point shots with 273, which also led the entire NBA. No rookie had ever done this before.
It would have been fun to see Knueppel and his Duke teammate Sion James continue the lovefest, but Orlando knocked them out
of the NBA’s play-in tournament, 121-90.
However, while Knueppel and James and the Hornets are out, Paolo Banchero and Wendell Carter will move on to play Trajan Langdon’s Detroit Pistons.
And in the other play-in game, the Phoenix Suns, featuring Grayson Allen, Mark Williams, and Khaman Maluach, knocked out Mike Dunleavy’s Golden State Warriors, 111-96.
So now the playoffs begin, and the Brotherhood is well represented. How well represented?
In the East, five teams have former Blue Devils, and in the West, there are five as well, so with 16 teams in, the odds are reasonably good that a member (or members) of the Brotherhood will get a ring this June.
The odds get a bit better when you see that San Antonio, Oklahoma City, and Boston are included in the list below:
- Orlando: Paolo Banchero/Wendell Carter
- Phoenix: Grayson Allen/Mark Williams/Khaman Maluach
- Oklahoma City: Jared McCain
- Los Angeles Lakers: Luke Kennard/Coach JJ Redick
- Denver: Tyus Jones
- San Antonio: Mason Plumlee
- Detroit – GM Trajan Langdon
- Cleveland – Tyrese Proctor
- Toronto- RJ Barrett/Brendan Ingram
- Atlanta – Jalen Johnson
- Boston – Jayson Tatum
- Philadelphia: GM Elton Brand
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