The Hornets Roundtable Podcast Discusses a Tough Week for the Hornets and what the Future May Hold for Lamelo Ball.

Josh Graham and Will Dalton co-hosts the Hornets Roundtable podcast, which will release new episodes every week on the site. Here were the topics discussed on this week’s pod:

• Not a great week. Between giving the Zion-less Pelicans their first win of the year, the Miami Heat scoring a franchise record 53 points in the first quarter, or collapsing in the second half at home against the Lakers, the Hornets have been on a bit of a tough stretch.
• Injury updates. The Hornets about another week to wait until Brandon Miller is reevaluated and Lamelo Ball has now missed four straight games due to his ankle impingement. How concerned should we be about Lamelo?
• Lamelo on the way out? With the conversation around Lamelo Ball's health already becoming a thing this year, now you start wondering if Lamelo Ball's days could be numbered in Charlotte. The only problem with that is, with Lamelo's injury history he may not have the greatest value out on the open market.
• Hornets need help. Even though losing a lot of these games, the Hornets clearly have a foundation in place with what you're seeing from guys like Miles Bridges, Kon Knueppel, Colin Sexton, and even Ryan Kalkbrenner. The problem is, it's just not enough. The Hornets either need to get Brandon Miller and Lamelo healthy, or they need to continue to build in what will be yet another deep draft next year.
• The week ahead. The Hornets host the Milwaukee Bucks, tonight, then go to the Bucks in an NBA Cup matchup, and then this weekend Charlotte will host the NBA Champion Oklahoma City Thunder. If Lamelo Ball is not back by the weekend's games.

In addition to the Hornets Roundtable Podcast, Graham and Dalton also host weekly podcasts — and produce written content — for other local teams in the state of North Carolina.

Elsewhere in the Queen City, they cover the Carolina Panthers for Roundtable. And then in the collegiate ranks, they will have coverage for both the North Carolina Tar Heels and and Duke Blue Devils.

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