Sion James
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Sep 20, 2026
Tayvon BestHOST
But there's only so much you can do as a rookie, even if you played all 82 games.
Tayvon BestHOST
When you're Grant Williams, you may not be as athletic or strong in sheer nature as Sion James.
Tayvon BestHOST
What William does more than Sion James has, he has a sane amount of reps that you can buy a basketball IQ that nothing but experience will pay for.
Tayvon BestHOST
Grant isn't close to athletic than James is, but you know James knows that Kevin Durant is going to do his hesitation in and out dribble inside the arc with his right hand to get to the basket.
Tayvon BestHOST
Grant knows that is going to happen 90% of the time in this scenario.
James PlowrightGUEST
So again, just another player that they know, just to reinforce my last point.
James PlowrightGUEST
And I would say backup point guard was the single biggest glaring need that everyone was worried about on this team, especially after Summer League when Sion James and Christian Anderson didn't look ready.
James PlowrightGUEST
I think, look, I'm sure a lot of teams have talked themselves into Dennis Schroeder.
James PlowrightGUEST
I know they have.
Zach LoweHOST
I can always maneuver, you know, to get more room if I wanna not bring back TiJaun Selasif I wanna not re-sign Moussa Diabate, who I think they should re-sign.
Zach LoweHOST
If for some reason I don't want Sion James down the line, uh, I can cut Finney-Smith and j- all that stuff.
Zach LoweHOST
Like, I got just a ton of flexibility.
Zach LoweHOST
Um, and I got a pretty good team that's pretty exciting right now.
Tayvon BestHOST
Coltbranner is still gonna play plenty, but it's difficult to envision him carrying the same nightly role that he did for the majority of last season.
Tayvon BestHOST
Next up is Sion James.
Tayvon BestHOST
They put Sion James has the fourth or sec...
Tayvon BestHOST
I think it's the fourth, right? No.
Tayvon BestHOST
Third option to see less minutes.
Tayvon BestHOST
Sion James says, or Evan Compost says in this one, he said, "This one is a little trickier because Charlotte is going to lean heavily on James, just as they did in 2025, 2026." James ranked sixth in the Hornets in total regular season minutes, and he played 1,843 minutes from that point on.
Tayvon BestHOST
He was also sixth in minutes per game and 22.5 minutes per game.
Tayvon BestHOST
And arguably, his skill set is more indispensable for the Hornets' current roster, has the Charlotte lone true premier defense- defensive stopper, if anything.
Dan FavaleHOST
... youngsters.
Dan FavaleHOST
So moving on from Steinbach, uh, of Christian Anderson, Sion James, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Liam McNeilly, T.J.
Dan FavaleHOST
Salon.
Dan FavaleHOST
Don't think I left anybody off there.
Konata EdwardsGUEST
It would not surprise me, and it shouldn't surprise you either.
Dan FavaleHOST
I fave that.
Dan FavaleHOST
I think I will pick then Sion James as my selection.
Konata EdwardsGUEST
Mm-hmm.
James PlowrightHOST
It's one of the ones I'm going to be keeping an eye on.
James PlowrightHOST
The name you maybe think, well, why didn't James say Royce O'Neal here? Because I've got him in another camp battle and that's with Sion James.
James PlowrightHOST
And you're like, wait, but these guys, you know, Sion's a 2-1, whereas O'Neal is more of a 3-4.
James PlowrightHOST
How are they in a camp battle? Well, This is how I see the second unit breaking out.
James PlowrightHOST
Then I think you have one of those other names I just mentioned, Salon, Steinbecker, Williams.
James PlowrightHOST
And then you have Grayson Allen, who can play the two or the three.
James PlowrightHOST
So my question is, well, do you play someone like Sion James at the two, you bump up Grayson Allen to the three, and if that's the case, then I think you're playing Grant Williams or Steinbeck at the four, probably ahead of O'Neal.
James PlowrightHOST
O'Neal played both the three and the four last year.
Corey CampinaHOST
And probably Brandon Miller won't ever be as great a player as Clay Thompson.
Corey CampinaHOST
But I'm just saying the way they're building this team on these rookie contracts, the way they're going to have all this cap flexibility, if they are a good team and there's a free agent who also would want to come, I mean, it sounds crazy to say to come to Charlotte, but say they're contending and have a young core, why wouldn't a free agent want to go to that team where they would potentially have the flexibility to bring in one or two more stars under the current cap situation with how cheap those contracts are for the young players that the Hornets were able to draft in Sion James, Moussa Diabate, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Ryan Kalkbrenner, I cannot talk today, Brandon Miller, going down the line, there's even more players they drafted, I can't think right now, and then again, Tijon Salon is just chilling down there, who was their sixth pick in like 2023 or 2024, they have So much potential as a team, and the Hornets are one of my favorite teams in the East going forward.
Corey CampinaHOST
So moving on to the Chicago Bulls, their win total is set at 30 for the regular season.
Corey CampinaHOST
I think they go over 34 and 48.
Drew DinkmeyerHOST
Like, you can sort of replicate, like, 80% of what Khan does with Grayson Allen if you need to.
Drew DinkmeyerHOST
I think with Brandon Miller, it's gonna be, like, Sion James is gonna be asked to replicate a lot of what Brandon Miller does, and that's just a big drop off.
Drew DinkmeyerHOST
Which would make it, in terms of, like, self-creators, the Coby White show.
Mike GallagherHOST
Mm-hmm.
James PlowrightGUEST
He's got a very similar skill set in some ways to Khan and Grayson, so will he be able to usurp either of them this year? I probably don't think so.
James PlowrightGUEST
And we've not mentioned Sion James, who started 19 games last year.
James PlowrightGUEST
The coaching staff love Sion James, and like you said earlier, he's the one guy who brings point-of-attack defence.
James PlowrightGUEST
You can put him on a guy.
James PlowrightGUEST
He had a game against OKC last year on Shea Gildress Alexander when the Hornets beat them pretty comfortably in OKC where, you know, he was as good as anyone you've seen guarding Shea in that particular matchup.
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James PlowrightGUEST
I mean, I think they go basically too deep and sometimes three deep at every position you're going to have.
James PlowrightGUEST
You know, a guy like Grant Williams or Royce O'Neal may be outside of the rotation.
James PlowrightGUEST
Sion James may be outside of the rotation to start the season if everyone is healthy.
Wes DavenportHOST
It's just after that...
Wes DavenportHOST
You know, how many minutes of Ryan Kalkbrenner are we going to get? How many minutes of Grant Williams are we going to really get? They've got Sion James or Dennis Schroeder as the backup point guard.
Wes DavenportHOST
I really like Grayson Allen.
Wes DavenportHOST
I do.
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