{"podcast":{"title":"Hardwood Knocks: An NBA Podcast","slug":"hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033","podcast_index_feed_id":47033,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2916956/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://nbamath.com/hardwood-knocks/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0e35e4bb65b157c6a017ae3c940d3204.jpg","author":"HardwoodKnocks: An NBA Podcast","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Hardwood Knocks is a totally, completely, thoroughly fun AF NBA podcast in which Bleacher Report's Dan Favale and Grant Hughes analyze the ins, outs, ups, downs and, heck, even diagonals of The Association. FOLLOW US EVERYWHERE⬇️ Apple: http://apple.co/2iIw0IJ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Xnq1yKgX8uJCllz1fOQfP YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HardwoodKnocksNBA TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hardwoodknocks Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwoodKnocks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hardwood_knocks/ SUPPORT THE SHOW BY PURCHASING HARDWOOD KNOCKS MERCH⬇️ https://hardwood-knocks-shop.fourthwall.com/?","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T18:17:13.268667+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033"},"episode":{"title":"Charlotte Hornets 2026-27 NBA Season Lookahead","slug":"charlotte-hornets-2026-27-nba-season-lookahead","published_at":"2026-09-08T09:01:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033/charlotte-hornets-2026-27-nba-season-lookahead","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/charlotte-hornets-2026-27-nba-season-lookahead--74976622","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74976622/hornets.mp3","summary":"Dan is joined by Konata Edwards ( @natathescribe ) to break down the 2026-27 Charlotte Hornets! They begin by tackling the team's direction following the LaMelo Ball trade and whether that was the right decision. From there, they get into the pressure and continued development on Brandon Miller and Kon Knueppel and Naz Reid's fit before digging into other prospect breakdowns, rotation questions, predictions and more! TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 0:56 - The LaMelo Ball trade 14:00 - Who are the Hornets betting on? 16:15 - Can Kon Knueppel do more on-ball? 19:26 - The complicated development of Brandon Miller 24:57 - Can Coby White run the offense? 27:00 - Do the Hornets have enough playmakers? 30:02 - Naz Reid’s role 33:35 - Early impressions of Hannes Steinbach 36:27 - Charles Lee has decisions to make in the frontcourt 38:17 - Importance of Liam McNeeley and Sion James 41:27 - Cutting down the roster 43:28 - Stylistic changes on offense 45:12 - The future of Moussa Diabate 46:15 - Biggest needs 49:50 - Playmaking concerns are overrated? 50:42 - Top-10 rotation 52:24 - Go-to closing lineup 53:34 - Weirdo lineups we want to see 55:13 - Is Charles Lee underappreciated? 56:20 - PREDICTIONS SUPPORT US ON PATREON 🫶 SUPPORT THE SHOW BY PURCHASING HARDWOOD KNOCKS MERCH SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL⬇️ TikTok: @hardwoodknocks Twitter @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Dan's Bluesky: @danfavale Dan's Twitter: @danfavale Dan's IG: @danfavale Grant's Bluesky: @granthughes BUSINESS INQUIRES⬇️ hardwoodknocks@gmail.com","meta_description":"Dan is joined by Konata Edwards ( @natathescribe ) to break down the 2026-27 Charlotte Hornets! They begin by tackling the team's direction following the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4167,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033/episodes/charlotte-hornets-2026-27-nba-season-lookahead/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033/charlotte-hornets-2026-27-nba-season-lookahead.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}