Month: August 2021

After looking a bit vulnerable in spots in the group stage, the USA women’s basketball team has hit its stride in the knockout rounds. After cruising past Australia in the quarterfinals, the Americans met Serbia in the semifinals and never gave them much hope in what became a 79-59 win to advance to a seventh straight gold medal game (in search of their seventh straight gold medal).

Team USA jumped out to a 25-12 lead after one quarter and it looked like they were set to steamroll Serbia, smothering them on defense and working the ball beautifully on offense to create great looks. The offense stalled for much of the second quarter, as Serbia got within nine, but the defense never let up as even a poor shooting quarter saw Team USA extend its lead to 18 at the half. Leading the way in the first half was Sue Bird with eight points and some slick passing, as she and Diana Taurasi provided their steady, veteran hands to help Team USA jump on top early.

The second half was more of the same from the Americans, as Britney Griner imposed her will inside to lead Team USA with 15 points and 12 rebounds, Chelsea Gray relieved Bird to score 14, and Breanna Stewart was her usual dominant self with 12 points and 10 boards. It wasn’t the typical USA offensive performance we’ve come to know in this tournament, as they shot just 48 percent from the field and 28 percent from three, but they more than made up for it with their best defensive effort so far.

Serbia simply could not get anything going on the offensive end, as their three-point shot wouldn’t fall (21 percent for the game) and they had nothing for the size of the Americans inside, struggling to get anything going to the basket consistently, ultimately shooting 30 percent from the field for the game. Yvonne Anderson tried her best to carry the offense with 15 points, but needed 16 shots to get there and it was evident from the jump that the Serbians just weren’t going to have the firepower needed in this matchup.

Up next for Team USA will be a rematch of some form from the group stage, as Japan and France will play later on Friday for the right to try and overcome the Americans in the gold medal game.

The streaming game’s blockbuster-like nature reaches new heights this weekend as our home-theater situations will get a real workout. Do you want to know where you’ll find the best bang for your buck among the streaming services? This week, there’s really not much of a contest, given that James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad relaunch will make its late arrival not only in theaters but on HBO Max. With the Delta variant running wild out there, this movie couldn’t be more welcome in living rooms. HBO Max has multiple other fresh offerings onboard as well, so time there will be invested well, especially since the Leto Joker won’t rain on anyone’s “damaged” parade.

However, rest assured that supervillains aren’t the only thing on the menu. Apple TV+ has an endearing new series starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt with more Ted Lasso on tap, too. Netflix has some brand new docuseries and an animated movie featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Disney+ has some new series episodes and (in case you missed it) the Jungle Cruise movie. Amazon Prime has A24’s Val Kilmer documentary, and Peacock has a new Kevin Hart show. Don’t count out Paramount+ or AMC+’s newest options, either. This weekend is stuffed full of streaming content for everyone.

HBO Max

The Suicide Squad (Warner Bros. film on HBO Max) — David Ayer’s 2016 Suicide Squad confined itself to a PG-13 rating, but no one expected James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad to stay with PG-13, and in fact, this R-rated (and quite good) extravaganza is releasing simultaneously on streaming and in theaters. Enjoy the “horribly beautiful” assortment of supervillains as they undertake their latest Task Force X mission, and the cast is an enormous, eclectic, and electric. Not only do we have the returning Margot Robbie (as Harley Quinn), Joel Kinnaman (as Rick Flag), Viola Davis (as Amanda Waller), and Jai Courtney (as Boomerang), but John Cena, Idris Elba, Pete Davidson, and more joined the cast. Also: Sylvester Stallone as King Shark. Sold!

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage (HBO film on HBO Max) — All was not what it seems for this three-day music festival that was meant to revive the countercultural idealism of its 1969 predecessor. Well, things weren’t “peace and love” in 1999, but rather, a total disaster by most standards. Mosh pits, blazing heat, a distinct lack of sanitation, and an absence of free water led to riots and looting, all of which were not deterred by the scant security measures. Decades later, this documentary looks back upon a pivotal moment when rose-tinted nostalgia evaporated under the hard truths exposed by this mismanaged festival. All pre-Fyre Festival!

Tig Notaro: Drawn (HBO special on HBO Max) — On the heels of the “hot Tig” role in Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead, quadruple threat (comedian, writer, actor and director) Tig Notaro pulls off an innovative first. That feat would be the first-ever entirely animated stand-up comedy special, in which you’ll witness an hour of pure genius. Several artistic styles will mesh with Notaro’s voice and storytelling style, and expect anecdotes about Dolly Parton and Jenny Slate, along with other fearless touches.

Gossip Girl: Season 1 premiere (HBO Max series) — The original CW series helped to launch the careers of Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Sebastian Stan, and Penn Badgley (and the latter is now portraying an amped-up version of the same character on Netflix’s You). HBO Max is now ready to welcome another crop of mostly unknown faces playing wealthy, privileged teens who find themselves socially surveilled and at the mercy of the “Gossip Girl” narrator, who’s still voiced by Kristen Bell.

FBoy Island: Season 1 (HBO Max series) — Hoo boy this show looks like one hot mess, and that might be exactly what you need during this slightly disastrous summer. Escape to a land where a dozen self-proclaimed “FBoys” compete against a dozen self-proclaimed “Nice Guys” for the affections of three ladies. Nikki Glaser hosts, and the show aims to answer the ultimate social experiment’s question, according to the synopsis: “Can FBoys truly reform or do Nice Guys always finish last?” (Well, one of the FBoys crushes a mango with his bicep in the show’s trailer, so this is entertainment.)

Apple TV+

Mr. Corman: Season 1 (Apple TV+ series) — Joseph Gordon-Levitt has proven himself to choose his roles carefully after stepping away from blockbuster-land, and that makes his choice, in general, worth watching. In this series, he plays a public-school high school teaser who’s in the midst of an existential crisis. Granted, the word “existential” might make some eyes glaze over with assumptions that this show will contain a lot of naval gazing. However, Gordon-Levitt’s character is fueled by “a sinking suspicion that he sucks as a person.” That’s not only darkly funny but shows that there’s plenty of juice to mine from seemingly mundane life concerns and the fear, which many of us share, that we’ll all feel like impostors while pretending to grow up.

Ted Lasso: Season 2 (Apple TV+ series) — First thing’s first: Everyone who’s caught a glimpse of this Bill Lawrence co-created and developed series loves it. That’s a notable feat, considering that star Jason Sudeikis first portrayed the title character way back in 2013 for NBC Sports’ promos for Premier League coverage. Fast forward to the fresh hell that was 2020, and the show surfaced as one of the year’s lone bright spots. Ted Lasso is somehow both relentlessly and charmingly cheery, although the last season finale showed the team losing against Manchester City, which spelled bad news, since the team can no longer hang in English Premier League games. We’ll see how they can turn themselves around, and while considering that possibility, it’s best to remember that Ted Lasso (and Walt Whitman) once said, “Be curious, not judgmental.”

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson: Season 1 (Apple TV+ series) — The legendary producer and DJ pulls back the curtain on stories of music creation, which can be good, bad, and ugly regarding how far creators will go to nail the perfect sound. In addition, Ronson shines a light on artistry and technology’s intersection, and expect guests.

Disney+

Jungle Cruise: (Disney film on Disney+) — Emily Blunt might be the star of the summer (after A Quiet Place 2‘s success) if this long-awaited potential blockbuster’s a hit, and the excellent news is that you can watch it in theaters or your living room. She punches The Rock in this movie, and he plays the shipper who’s attempting to guide her down the river through life-threatening obstacles. This movie’s based upon a Disney theme park ride, so expect plenty of ridiculousness including Jesse Plemons firing a torpedo at the duo after brandishing a German accent and Paul Giamatti with a pretty bird.

Short Circuit: Season 2 (Disney+ series) — Nope, this show still has nothing to do with that 1980s movie starring Steve Guttenberg. Rather, this show follows Walt Disney Animation Studios employees who can pitch and create their own original short films. The series aims to highlight risk-taking approaches and stories that might otherwise never see a greenlight.

Turning The Tables With Robin Roberts: Season 1 (Disney+ series) — The host jokingly described this as a “tea party,” but really, it’s a gathering of groundbreaking women throughout the entertainment industry. Those ladies include Jamie Lee Curtis and Tig Notaro, along with several other guests who present their own incredible journeys and reveal how they found true purpose. The series aims for authenticity and vulnerability as these women reveal what led them to evolve and expand their careers.

The Wonderful World Of Mickey Mouse: Batch 2 (Disney+ series) — The Sensational Six (Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, and Pluto) return for more adventures that traverse locations and time periods with special guests, so tuck in and relax with some retro entertainment.

Netflix

Vivo (Netflix film) — Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation paired up with a dream-team of filmmakers for a musical adventure that would be amiss if it didn’t star and feature new songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda. He portrays a one-of-kind kinkajou (a “honey bear” of the rainforest), who dreams of delivering a heart-shattering song to the long-lost love of his owner. Oscar nominee Kirk DeMicco (The Croods) is in the director’s seat with a co-directing assist from Brandon Jeffords (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2). The film also features the voices of Zoe Saldana, Michael Rooker, Brian Tyree Henry, Nicole Byer, and more. Ultimately, it’s a story about the universal languages of love and music and finding family in unexpected places.

Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami: Season 1 (Netflix series) — There’s so much blow in this trailer, which gives the documentary treatment to the excess-filled life of two childhood pals who transformed into powerful Miami drug kingpins over the course of decades. There’s a tiger and bullfighting and speedboats and money flying everywhere, it’s no wonder why “Los Muchachos” were so darn popular. They were also slippery fellows, due to their world-champ powerboat-racing status. A $2 billion empire eventually came crumbling down, but not without a valiant fight from the duo and the prosecutors.

Top Secret UFO Projects: Declassified: Season 1 (Netflix docuseries) — UFOs are so hot right now, and Netflix is taking a crack at a docuseries ahead of J.J. Abrams’ Showtime series. Things might be coming to a head (as far as public interest goes) after the U.S. government’s so-called comprehensive report on Unidentified Flying Objects revealed zilch. This Netflix original series promises a “factual” approach to dig into the latest information and possible proof that would expose government projects that may have covered up extraterrestrial visits to Earth. The trailer looks fascinating, so here’s to hoping that the show delivers some fresh insight.

Cooking With Paris: Season 1 (Netflix series) — If you wanted to watch a cooking show with not-so-wonderful cooking, then you’re in luck. Paris Hilton can’t cook too well, and she doesn’t pretend otherwise, but she has friends who can cook, so she’s aiming to brave the kitchen to screw everything up. Also, she’ll go grocery shopping, so hmm.

Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord (Netflix film) — You’ve probably heard of Netflix’s German series, How To Sell Drugs Online (Fast), and here’s a documentary that delivers the inspiration. A German teenager, Maximilian Schmidt (who went by the “Shiny Flakes” nickhame) got busted in 2015 running several million euros worth of illicit substances out of his family home. This turned out to be an international drug empire, and most of the money’s still missing.

Outer Banks: Season 2 (Netflix series) — This is not your typical teen drama. Last season delivered loads of intrigue and flat-out woo-woo revelations following a hurricane and buried treasure and class warfare between different factions in an overall well-to-do community. There are Kooks and Pogues, and the power’s gone for the entirety of the summer, which sounds miserable, but the mysteries won’t stop, including the whereabouts of John B.’s dad. And oh yes, there’s so much soapiness to the characters’ dynamics that you might lose your footing while slipping towards that sunken treasure.

Amazon Prime

Val (A24 movie on Amazon Prime) — Yep, a Val Kilmer documentary surfaced from the indie studio behind Uncut Gems, Midsommar, Ladybird, and The VVitch. That’s news in and of itself, but now, the atypical doc has arrived to celebrate the Top Gun and Batman actor. The mercurial man’s life and craft will take center stage, since he recorded hours of home-footage (like Soleil Moon Frye did, only with more aviator sunglasses) while filming his most iconic roles and being, you know, Val.

Peacock

Hart to Heart: Season 1 (Peacock series) — Kevin Hart’s doing celebrity interviews with a twist, and that twist is wine. The result, hopefully, will be unfiltered conversation with actors, musicians, and other such influential people. Will things get a little bit messy, perhaps? With any luck, yes, as we hear about these A-listers’ journey to to their current statures, along with an obligatory discussion about obstacles with a dash of humor.

Paramount+

Behind The Music: Season 1 (Paramount+ series) — This revival brings back the Emmy-nominated docuseries that was once so popular on VH1 and will not be updated for a new generation. Of course, one should expect the older generations of music to be showcased here because, let’s face it, music can be considered ageless. The profiled artists this season include Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, LL Cool J, and Huey Lewis, and one can expect plenty of “vault” episodes that have bene remastered and updated with fresh interviews. MTV Entertainment co-produces this series, which only streams here.

AMC+

The Walking Dead: Origins (AMC+ limited series) — This batch of episodes will bridge the gap between zombie-apocalypse-laden seasons with the origin stories of Daryl, Carol, Maggie, and Negan. Expect a lot of interwoven clips (along with cast interviews and narration) to remind everyone of these characters’ most pivotal moments as their stories head into the final season.

Ultra City Smiths: Season 1 (AMC+ series) — Fans of Robot Chicken will undoubtedly want to check out this stop-motion animated selection from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and showrunner Steve Conrad. Expect very adult-oriented humor and the voices of Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Alia Shawkat, Tim Meadows, John C. Reilly, Bebe Neuwirth, Jason Mantzoukas, and Damon Herriman.

The Beast Must Die: (AMC series on AMC+) — Jared Harris and Cush Jumbo star in this revenge-thriller series that has already been renewed for a second season. The story’s based on Nicholas Blake’s 1938 novel and revolves around a mother who’s hell-bent upon avenging her son’s death, all while a PTSD-afflicted detective’s working the case. It’s an enormously chaotic show, but it’s so crushingly executed that you’d be gripping your seat arms if you watched it in a theater.

After a flurry of signings to open free agency, things have slowed to a crawl in the NBA as there are just a few significant names still on the market and cap space has mostly dried up around the league.

Among the few teams still with space on Thursday was the Charlotte Hornets, who were reportedly interested in two of the most interesting buy-low candidates remaining in Kelly Oubre and Lauri Markkanen. The latter is a restricted free agent, with an offer sheet not being able to be signed until Friday, but Oubre presented a young player who has yet to reach his full potential that fits snugly with the timeline in Charlotte.

Late Thursday night, word emerged from Shams Charania of The Athletic that a deal was done and Oubre would indeed be headed to North Carolina on a two-year, $26 million deal.

It’s a solid contract for Oubre, who averaged 15.4 points and 6.0 rebounds per game last season with the Warriors, but struggled shooting the ball from distance at 31.6 percent, unable to back up a 35 percent season in Phoenix the year prior. The Hornets will hope Oubre can find that shooting form he showed with the Suns for a year, because it would unlock a whole new level of play for him on offense as not just a slasher but a spot-up threat and secondary creator.

Charlotte is a team that is in a position to take chances on young talents like Oubre that may not be fully formed, and they add him to a wing rotation alongside Gordon Hayward, Miles Bridges, and PJ Washington that now is a very deep, even if somewhat unproven group aside from Hayward.

At the end of May, Rico Nasty teased a possible project that fans could get their hands on by the end of the summer. In a post to Instagram, she shared an image of two glow-in-the-dark prescription bottles with the caption, “Rx . This summer.” Since Rico Nasty hasn’t shared much about the upcoming project, but she has given her supporters an ample supply of music to enjoy, a streak she extends with her latest single, “Buss.” The animated banger sees the rapper in an extremely confident state where she brags about the support of her team, her jewelry, and the inability of the competition to bring her down.

Rico Nasty’s new song comes more than a month after she delivered “Magic,” a track that stands on the opposite side of the spectrum from “Buss.” The June single found the rapper showing off her versatility with a more pop-friendly record that celebrates the success of romance. This year has also seen a string of guest appearances from the DMV rapper. Some of the efforts include Love Ghost’s “Wolfsbane,” Juicy J’s “Take It,” and Jasiah’s “Art Of War” which also features Denzel Curry.

Hit play on the video above to hear “Buss.”

Rico Nasty is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

After meeting at the Robin Hood Foundation Gala in 2011, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett joined forces three years later for their first joint album, Cheek To Cheek. The project was released in 2014 and later debuted at No. 1 for what was Gaga’s third consecutive chart-topper and the second overall for Bennett. Almost seven years later, the duo is reuniting for their second joint album, Love For Sale, which arrives later this fall. In order to prepare fans for its arrival, Gaga and Bennett unveil the first single for the upcoming project with a rendition of Cole Porter’s “I Get A Kick Out Of You.”

Their latest release is a cheery track that sees the duo singing about their love and appreciation for each other. It begins with the light taps of piano chords as Gaga and Bennett sing a few lines back and forth to each other. Soon, the song’s full production, filled with drums, trumpets, and a bass guitar, arrives with Gaga and Bennett picking up the pace on the song through its end.

Gaga and Bennett second joint album, Love For Sale, is confirmed to arrive on October 1. The official artwork for the project was also shared and it depicts a stylized image of Gaga adjusting a bow tie on Bennett who holds a sketch of his collaborator. The album, which celebrates the songs by Cole Porter, will be released with “raw footage” of the duo’s recording sessions. It also comes after an AARP profile revealed Bennett was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2016.

More than 25 years after releasing his classic debut album, Illmatic, Nas finally earned his first Grammy award with a win in the Best Rap Album category at the 2021 award show. The honor was given to his twelfth album, King’s Disease in what ended a streak of 13 consecutive nominations without a win at the Grammys. Less than a year after he released that project, Nas is looking to extend the momentum towards his thirteenth album, King Disease II, which has officially arrived and is once again supported by executive production from Hit-Boy.

An immediate eye-catcher from King’s Disease is “EPMD 2” as it features Nas and Eminem rapping together for the first time in the over 20 years they’ve stood out as hip-hop notables. The track also comes with a feature from rap duo EPMD, who let their bars fly for the track’s first verse. Nas steps to the mic for the second, leaving Eminem to close things out with a lengthy collection of bars that ends with him positioning himself with a number of successful rappers like Jay-Z, Kanye West, Drake, and many more.

While this marks the first time Nas and Eminem have rapped together on the same track, the latter produced and co-wrote Nas’ 2002 track, “The Cross.” As for the remainder of King Disease II, the album presents 15 songs and additional guest appearances from A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, YG, Lauryn Hill, Charlie Wilson, Blxst, and Hit-Boy.

You can listen to “EPMD 2” in the video above.

King Disease II is out now via Mass Appeal. Get it here.

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

The Weeknd has been hitting fans with a wave of hints towards new music for the past few months. The teases include a tweet he shared last spring where he wrote, “made so much magic in the small quarantined room.” In addition to that, during an award acceptance speech at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, the singer said, “The After Hours are done and the dawn is coming.” His messages remained vague to fans until he announced a new single earlier this week, thus launching a new era in his career.

Titled “Take My Breath,” the track is an electric and full-spirited release that sounds like a blend of The Weeknd’s Starboy and After Hours albums. The song also arrives with a video that sees the singer wandering through a dimly lit party. He soon lands upon a woman that draws him in and ends up being the person he spends the night with. Unfortunately, things take a turn for the worst when she quite literally takes his breath away to end the visual.

The new song was announced in a two-minute trailer earlier this week. Shortly after he shared the video, an ad for the 2020 Olympics was released which featured a new, yet short portion of “Take My Breath.” The visual for The Weeknd’s latest release was initially slated to premiere prior to screenings of The Suicide Squad in IMAX theaters this week, but the visual was pulled after health concerns for epilepsy were raised as the video features scenes with intense strobe lighting.

You can watch a video for “Take My Breath” above.

>The debate about LeBron James or Michael Jordan is a seemingly never-ending one that sports talk shows bring up at seemingly any point when they need to fill some time in the offseason.

That was the case on the most recent episode of Back On The Record with Bob Costas on HBO, as the legendary sports broadcaster sat down with Charles Barkley and the inevitable Jordan or LeBron question was brought up. Barkley explained that he still has LeBron not just behind Jordan but Kobe — something he’s said in the past — and said he dings James (and Durant and others) for stacking their teams rather than pushing through the struggle to win a championship in the place they started.

Barkley pointed to Giannis and the Bucks this summer as well as Dirk Nowitzki as other examples of players who went through those struggles with one team to emerge with a championship on the other side, as Jordan did on the Bulls after years of losing to the Celtics and Pistons. It is not a surprising argument from Barkley, as the way James left for Miami remains a thorn in his legacy for so many. However, to say James didn’t go through struggles and persevere seems to conveniently forget the 2016 title in Cleveland, as they toppled the team that beat them in 2015 and battled from a 3-1 deficit to do so.

That one of Jordan’s contemporaries views him as the best is not a surprise, and for many the “struggle” point from Barkley is one they’ll agree with. James has undoubtedly worked to get himself on teams with the best possible chance to win a title, but at the same token, what he did in Cleveland, even after a stint in Miami, would be hard to quantify as anything but pushing through the grind that Barkley speaks of.

Movies are a team effort. Take a script. There may be only a handful of credited writers — and sometimes only one — but there’s a ton of fingers in that pie: script doctors, various people uncredited for whatever reason, nosy execs. And sometimes the actors themselves help out. Robert Downey Jr., for one, is famous for doing 11th-hour rewrites before cameras roll on each day. And then there’s Ryan Reynolds, who says not only does he do some writing on his movies, but that his wife, Blake Lively, sometimes helps out, too. (Though presumably not the, by his admission, so-so Green Lantern, where they met.)

In an appearance on SiriusXM’s Town Hall (as caught by Entertainment Weekly), host Jess Cagle asked Reynolds a fan question, namely what is the “best part about being married” to his fellow actor “that people wouldn’t expect.”

“I write on a lot of my movies,” Reynolds replied. “It’s been a survival mechanism for me for a long time. Sometimes I’m credited, sometimes I’m not… There’s a lot of A++ writing that I’ve done that was actually Blake — that Blake would jump in, grab the keyboard, and ‘What about this?’ And I’d be like, ‘That’s incredible.’”

But sometimes people refuse to give her credit where it’s due. “Maybe it’s ’cause there’s inherent sexism in the business,” he added. “I will say that a lot of times, ‘She wrote that — Blake like, wrote that not me. That was was her.’ And it’s like, they still, later on, repeat the story as I wrote it.”

Reynolds didn’t go into specifics, simply saying she’s had a hand in the scripts for “all kinds of movies that have been big successes.” But he did mention one by name: Deadpool. So when you’re watching Free Guy, see if you can catch the bits that may — or may not — have come from Blake Lively.

(Via EW)

The Charlotte Hornets are reportedly eyeing two of the bigger name free agents left on the market.

First, per The Athletic’s David Aldridge, the Hornets are discussing a deal with free agent forward Kelly Oubre. No deal is imminent, per Aldridge, but “talks are ongoing.” Oubre spent last season with the Warriors, averaging 15.4 points per game, having previously played for the Suns and Warriors.

Second, per The Athletic’s Shams Charania. the Hornets are also looking into working out an offer sheet with Bulls restricted free agent forward Lauri Markkanen.

Both moves could have upside for Charlotte. Neither player is a star caliber player, but both have upside that might be worth a look at. With Oubre, his three-point shooting (he’s a career 32.6% shooter) is the big question mark that he has to unlock to take the next step, having shot 35 percent two seasons ago in Phoenix. However, he’s a strong, versatile wing defender that Charlotte could use, and he would add to an interesting forward rotation that includes Gordon Hayward, Miles Bridges and P.J. Washington.

As for Markkanen, he could be an interesting second contract player to roll the dice on. He’s shown offensive upside his career — particularly as a shooter — but struggles to rebound and isn’t bulky enough inside to punish teams that put smaller wings on him.However, a change of scenery could do him some good as Chicago hasn’t been a consistent environment for his development. It’s also unclear if the Bulls would match an offer sheet, as they traded Thad Young in the DeMar DeRozan sign-and-trade that thinned out their power forward rotation.

Overall, if Charlotte adds one or both, it adds to an interesting team that features the aforementioned wings, Rookie of the Year LaMelo Ball, Terry Rozier, and rookie James Bouknight. How all of that fits together would be the task for James Borrego, but it would be a fascinating talent pool for the Hornets.