Man I am excited for Charlotte this year. Everything has been handled so well over 12 months or so. The Jefferson signing was great and the rebranding was pretty flawless. It's cool seeing everybody excited over the NBA again. Walker Stephenson/Henderson MKG/Marvin Williams Williams/Zeller Jefferson That's a pretty solid rotation with a lot more depth excluded (Vonleh, PJ Hairston, Jeff Taylor, Brian Roberts, even Biyombo) Charlotte's defense already ranked 6th in the NBA in PPP allowed. It'll be exciting to see the defense with another year under Clifford, Lance and MKG on the wings and an defensive upgrade from McRoberts to Williams at PF. Offensively, Charlotte absolutely needs Lance's ball-handling and playmaking to help Kemba (especially after the loss of McRoberts). It will be absolutely necessary for Lance and/or MKG to improve their jumpshooting or else the spacing around Jefferson could be brutal. All in all, I really don't know where to set my expectations for this team this year. As a homer, I'm not sure that a top-4 seed in the East is absolutely impossible, but I know it's unlikely. Even just going to the playoffs 2 years in a row would be great. Hopefully we could win a game this time around.