Locked on Hornets

PLUS! Practice updates including injury news from Frank Kaminsky and Cody Zeller. NBA officials release what they'll be focusing on more this season and the Hornets have an impressive streak going.

The Charlotte Hornets shave their roster down to 15, who stays, who goes and why you should care. Plus we answer your social media questions and talk about a few questions we still have heading into the preseason.

The Hornets defeat a depleted Miami Heat to get their third straight preseason and debut a small second unit lineup with Michael Kidd-Gilchrist at the power forward spot. Andrew Andrews becomes the first victim of Hornets roster cuts. Richard Walker form the Gaston Gazette joins to discuss the storylines he’s keeping an eye on as we all get set for the regular season to finally…mercifully….begin.

We preview Thursday night's home preseason game against the Miami Heat, lot of injuries to discuss and what would our action figure pose be?

Who has the mantle of best and worst preseason to date as we head into the home stretch before the start of the regular season? PLUS! Who's the alpha dog for the Charlotte Hornets...Kemba Walker or Steve Clifford. And the Hornets organization does something very important for the city of Charlotte.

We recap the Hornets second straight preseason win. It was an ugly shooting night for most but Charlotte played physical and outlasted the Bulls in overtime thanks to some heroics from Andrew Andrews.

We preview tonight's matchup against the Chicago Bulls, give you a few injury updates, read some of your comments on the show and discuss replacing Al Jefferson and Jeremy Lin's ability to bail out the Hornets offense on nights when the shots weren't falling last season.

It's casual Friday on LOH so we're letting loose. We talk about Jeremy Lamb turning ANOTHER corner. It's a familiar story but will it stick this time? PLUS! Adi Joseph from Sporting News drops by with thoughts on the CBA and more. We discuss what NBA rules we think need to hit the road.

In a surprise to everyone outside of the team, Cody Zeller returned to practice and Steve Clifford isn't ready to name a starting center. Our analysis plus we go surfing on the internet to tell you what others are writing about the Charlotte Hornets.

The Charlotte Hornets finally got back on track with a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday but there are still plenty of concerns as this team tries to form a new identity. ESPN Charlotte's Justin Thomas joins us with his thoughts.

The Charlotte Hornets get their first victory of the preseason over the Minnesota Timberwolves in front of a small but vocal home crowd at the Spectrum Center. Kemba Walker was stellar off his minutes restriction. Frank Kaminsky wrestled his way out of his shooting slump. The team is starting to resemble what we saw last season as they head into a 6 day break from game action. PLUS! +We were in-arena for the first time last night, what improvements are in store for Hornets fans who sojourn to Spectrum Center? +As the Hornets head back to practice, what issues are likely to improve and what issues may linger throughout the rest of preseason.

The Hornets start the preseason 0-3 and generally do not look like the cohesive powerhouse deadeye three point shooting team that fans were used to watching night in and night out. We examine some of the reasons that may be happening and why there is room for hope. PLUS! A preview of tonight's game with Locked on Wolves host and radio play by play announcer for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Alan Horton.

Steve Clifford's thoughts on the Hornets 0-2 preseason start. What are the keys to getting a win in their rematch against the Boston Celtics? PLUS! We would like to give the NBA our money and attention, if they would only let us.

The Charlotte Hornets play their second game of the preseason in Greensboro and take their second straight loss. Kemba Walker make a return but plays limited minutes. What are the major takeaways?

Hornets SF Treveon Graham opens up to us about what's key for a player trying to make it out of camp and onto an NBA roster. What he's learned and how playing in the D-League is different from playing with an NBA club in training camp/preseason. PLUS! We preview tonight's preseason matchup against the Boston Celtics in Greensboro.