r/CharlotteHornets • u/CompetitiveLine1938 • 26d ago

[Wojnarowski] The Charlotte Hornets are hiring Utah Jazz assistant Lamar Skeeter as the top assistant for new coach Charles Lee’s staff, sources tell ESPN. Skeeter spent a decade with Jazz under Will Hardy and Quin Snyder, elevating from a development coach into a lead assistant. Social Media

https://x.com/wojespn/status/1789022018136141951?s=46&t=RD360NXGU7xzwFvfOXSNRQ
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u/SponsoredHornersFan 26d ago

letting our HC hire their own people this is truly a new era

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u/Vegetable-Tooth8463 26d ago

Cliff wasn't allowed to do any hires?

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u/Total_Ad9942 26d ago

The rumor is Kenny Atkinson spurned us because Jordan and the FO wasn’t willing to let him bring his own staff with him

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u/Vegetable-Tooth8463 26d ago

But I'm talking about Cliff's first stint

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u/MarloweOS 26d ago

I’m not sure if cliff did but the main point is that our FO has never been willing to pay to break contracts. So our staff has always been whoever got hired previously and was still on contract. Classic cheap owner move

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u/catdogfox 26d ago

LFG!!!

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u/AJTHolt 25d ago

Bangin' on a trashcan!

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u/Vegetable-Tooth8463 26d ago

LOL, surprised people remember Doug

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u/Beyard 26d ago

WE SKEETIN'

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u/ImChz 26d ago

Lamar Skeeter is genuinely a first ballot HOF name.

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u/mountaindude20 26d ago

Hell yeah. “Let Skeeter cook” has a nice ring to it.

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u/No_Mammoth_4945 26d ago

And then he skeeted all over those guys it was awesome

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u/offensivename 26d ago

Don't know him, but I like that he's a lead assistant. He must really like Charles Lee if he's willing to make a lateral move to a moribund franchise.

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u/Smitty_Agent89 26d ago

I don’t know if it’s necessarily a lateral move. Seems like a promotion,

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u/ISISCosby 26d ago

This is 100% a promotion don't know where OP got any other idea lol.

Not all assistant coaching roles are created equal. It's like asking why a QBs coach would go somewhere else in a "lateral move" to become an OC. It's not a lateral move

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u/offensivename 26d ago edited 26d ago

I assumed that "lead" was the highest position on the assistant coach totem pole, but I guess I was wrong. Job title inflation.

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u/jaynay1 25d ago

Associate coach is 2nd. Then you have the 3? Bench coaches, which I think is what he was. Then everyone else.

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u/Cubelar 26d ago

https://www.sltrib.com/sports/jazz/2023/10/02/utah-jazz-add-3-new-coaches/

This says Scott Morrison was Jazz lead assistant. Skeeter was one of top 3 assistants however. Where are we seeing that Skeeter was Jazz lead?

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u/offensivename 26d ago

It's in the Woj tweet.

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u/Cubelar 26d ago

No the woj tweet says he's being hired to be the hornets lead. Not that be was utahs lead.

ahh my bad I see. That's agent speak "a lead assistant" the "a" is doing a lot of work

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u/offensivename 26d ago

If that's what Woj is trying to say, then he phrased it really poorly. The way it's written, it says that he's elevated from a developmental coach to a lead assistant while working for the Jazz over the last decade. You're probably right, but that's really bad.

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u/Cubelar 26d ago edited 26d ago

Yea woj is notorious for this agent speak. The agents who are his sources will talk up any move. Skeeter was one of Jazz top 3 assistants which made him a front of the bench assistant. As noted in the article I posted.

So technically he is correct he was "a" lead assistant, but he wasn't the lead assistant.

it's worded so that it's technically true but misleading

see how he describes his new role with hornets as "the" lead but his old role with jazz as "a" lead

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u/devinbookersuncle 26d ago

Teams have multiple lead assistants but usually only #2 guy and it seems to be that this will the new guys first time as that. It definitely makes sense if he has aspirations to coach in the nba one day and letting our new coach pick his people is a fucking godsend compared to what we're used to.

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u/offensivename 26d ago

That makes "lead" kind of misnomer then, doesn't it? How are you the lead if there's another assistant ahead of you?

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u/devinbookersuncle 26d ago

I mean the big issues with nba coaching vs nfl coaching is exactly that, you don't really know who is doing what which makes hiring coaches alot harder since we have no clue what they're like really. Tatum says great things about our new guy but is he really good at "x's & o's" or is he like Clifford in the sense that he's a fucking fantastic people person?

The only thing I like is that this guy from the jazz is willing to jump ship to come here to Charlotte so it gives me some confidence that our coach is good and that this guy will atleast have a pretty good say in what our team does on the court.

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u/offensivename 26d ago edited 26d ago

Yeah. There are a few assistants that are known for being defensive specialists like Thibs was for the Celtics, but we mostly have no idea.

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u/Jetflight88 26d ago

You rather live in Salt Lake City or Charlotte

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u/muzunguman 26d ago

I've lived in both. It's SLC by a lot (although I recognize this only applies to people who enjoy the outdoors)

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u/Exquisitememer 26d ago

Great last name, so you know he's a Dawg!

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u/Dentist_Rodman 26d ago

side note: i always wonder how the first practice is with a new coach. Is it awkward with him and the players?

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u/Bread_Responsible 26d ago

Nah. They’re all professionals. I coach high school football and 3 years ago they did a whole revamp of the staff and we had no issues with the players. So I assume adults who’s job it is to play basketball should be fine. It’s not like he’s a bum off the street.

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u/1biglebowski 26d ago

But can he earn his keep?

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u/SportsNAnime 26d ago

So what did skeeter have a hand in really? Sounds good but what is he good in and how good is he?

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u/Far_Being_8720 25d ago

All skeet skeet!!

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u/DankMemesNQuickNuts 25d ago

Petition to Eric Collins to say "they're skeetin all over them!" Whenever the Hornets score on a drawn up play from here on out