<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hornets-news-kai-jones-hilariously-roasted-by-former-first-round-pick-over-bonkers-dance-video');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hornets center Kai Jones gets hilariously roasted by former first-round pick over bonkers dance video');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Kai-Jones-gets-hilariously-roasted-by-former-first-round-pick-over-bonkers-dance-video.jpg"></figure><h1>Hornets center Kai Jones gets hilariously roasted by former first-round pick over bonkers dance video</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-21T19:15:06-07:00">September 21st, 7:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-21T19:15:06-07:00">September 21st, 7:15pm</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Charlotte Hornets forward/center Kai Jones has been having an interesting week. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/not-on-drugs-or-intoxicated-hornets-kai-jones-shoots-down-rumors-after-wild-ig-live" rel="noopener">Jones has been called out</a> for a series of bizarre social media posts, including some odd videos on social media live and even stating that he is a better player than some of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-kai-jones-continues-bizarre-social-media-activity-with-goat-take" rel="noopener">his Hornets teammates</a> (whom he, objectively, is not better than).</p><p>The latest post features Kai Jones dancing in a parking garage, and <a href="https://twitter.com/dekker/status/1704912685828129080" rel="noopener">it is prompting</a> responses from former NBA players.</p><p>Sam Dekker, who made a name for himself during his time with the Houston Rockets, recently took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to address Jones’ behavior.</p><p>“Pat Bev and Ariza wouldn’t have let me in the arena if I did this,” wrote Dekker.</p><p>Patrick Beverley and Trevor Ariza were of course Dekker’s teammates with the Rockets, where he played from 2015-2017. Dekker now plays as a member of the London Lions of the British Basketball League. Beverley and Ariza were indeed both known as stern veterans who were highly respected by both their teammates and competitors.</p><p>Jones’ bizarre behavior is not helping matters in what has already been a less-than-productive offseason for the Hornets. While Lamelo Ball figures to continue to be the face of the franchise going forward, some fans were not thrilled with the team’s 2023 draft selection of Brandon Miller, and the Miles Bridges fiasco has continued to hang a cloud over the franchise.</p><p>Of course, odd social media posts are not going to spell the undoing of a franchise. However, as Jones looks to cement himself in the Hornets’ rotation, his online activity probably isn’t doing him any favors.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hornets center Kai Jones gets hilariously roasted by former first-round pick over bonkers dance video

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hornets-news-kai-jones-continues-bizarre-social-media-activity-with-goat-take');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kai Jones continues bizarre social media activity with wild GOAT take');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Hornets-news-Kai-Jones-continues-bizarre-social-media-activity-with-wild-GOAT-take.jpg"></figure><h1>Kai Jones continues bizarre social media activity with wild GOAT take</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-15T20:04:48-07:00">September 15th, 8:04pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-15T20:04:48-07:00">September 15th, 8:04pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is based in Los Angeles and currently covers basketball at every level from NBA/WNBA to men/women college and boys/girls high school.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Charlotte Hornets have been in the media recently more so for their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-miles-bridges-comments-year-long-absence-from-nba" rel="noopener">off the court news</a> than what they’ve done on the court. Their decision to re-sign Miles Bridges amid his domestic violence allegations drew sharp criticism from fans and media alike. The Hornets off the court drama continued recently with third-year big man Kai Jones drawing attention for his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/not-on-drugs-or-intoxicated-hornets-kai-jones-shoots-down-rumors-after-wild-ig-live" rel="noopener">bizarre behavior</a> on social media channels. Following an eccentric live recording, Jones has been seemingly critical of a few of his teammates, proclaimed he could beat LeBron James one-on-one, and Kai Jones’ most recent take was where <a href="https://twitter.com/242_jones/status/1702845349763670326" rel="noopener">he proclaimed</a> himself the GOAT.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I am the GOAT AND I CAME HERE TO FLOAT</p><p>— Kai Jones (@242_jones) <a href="https://twitter.com/242_jones/status/1702845349763670326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The 2023-24 season is going to be a big one for Kai Jones as the Hornets hold a team option on his contract for the 2024-25 season. Jones was originally drafted by the Hornets with the No. 16 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. In two seasons with the Hornets so far, Jones hasn’t been able to make much of an impact. His big career moment came during NBA Summer League when he threw down a dunk over San Antonio Spurs rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama.</p><p>This past season, Jones suited up in 46 games for the Hornets at only 12 minutes per game. He averaged 3.4 points per game and 2.7 rebounds with splits of 55.8 percent shooting from the field, 21.1 percent shooting from the three-point line and 73.1 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>He has seen plenty of playing time with the Greensboro Swarm, the Hornets G League affiliate, where he has shown flashes of being a capable NBA player. Kai Jones has a long way to go though if he wants to be in the GOAT conversation.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kai Jones continues bizarre social media activity with wild GOAT take

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hornets-news-kai-jones-lebron-james-1v1-take');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hornets’ Kai Jones drops oblivious LeBron James 1v1 take after viral IG video');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Hornets-news-Kai-Jones-drops-oblivious-LeBron-James-1v1-take-after-viral-IG-video.jpg"></figure><h1>Hornets’ Kai Jones drops oblivious LeBron James 1v1 take after viral IG video</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-14T08:43:13-07:00">September 14th, 8:43am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-14T08:43:53-07:00">September 14th, 8:43am</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Kai Jones has gone from being a player many do not know on the end of the Charlotte Hornets bench to making headlines for all the wrong reasons. The former 2021 first-round pick was seen <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-kai-jones-instagram-live-trade" rel="noopener">live on Instagram</a> last week claiming that the team would not trade him and based on the way he was acting, NBA fans were wondering if he was mentally stable.</p><p>Since then, Jones has claimed that he was just “enjoying his night” and was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/not-on-drugs-or-intoxicated-hornets-kai-jones-shoots-down-rumors-after-wild-ig-live" rel="noopener">not on drugs or intoxicated</a>. However, the Hornets big man has remained on IG with wild takes and he recently even <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-kai-jones-caught-trashing-his-own-teammates-on-social-media" rel="noopener">talked down</a> on his own teammates.</p><p>Early Thursday morning, Jones once again took to social media and raised everyone’s eyebrows, as he claimed that he would beat NBA superstar LeBron James in a <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1702321798967373838?s=20" rel="noopener">one-on-one game</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kai Jones says he can beat LeBron James 1v1 👀 <a href="https://t.co/XgenhDGp8q">pic.twitter.com/XgenhDGp8q</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1702321798967373838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>In addition to saying that he would defeat LeBron, Jones also made a bold claim by stating that the “new version” of himself can compete for the NBA’s Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year award.</p><p>Who knows, maybe Jones can actually have a breakout third season in the league and become a star for the Hornets, but it is unlikely that this occurs. He has only averaged 9.1 minutes per game in 67 total games over the last two seasons and Charlotte seems to be more comfortable with Nick Richards and Mark Williams at the center position over him.</p><p>Through the years, Kai Jones has shown flashes of his full potential and he’s been an intriguing player to watch in the offseason during Summer League. In fact, he did not back down from anyone in Las Vegas this year, as he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-kai-jones-embarrasses-victor-wembanyama-with-epic-poster-dunk" rel="noopener">dunked over Victor Wembanyama</a>, the San Antonio Spurs first overall pick in this year’s draft.</p><p>Jones’ recent rants on social media are definitely a concern for the Hornets, an organization that cannot seem to get anything right at the moment. This franchise has had to deal with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-miles-bridges-comments-year-long-absence-from-nba" rel="noopener">multiple issues</a> pertaining to their players and off the court drama in recent years. What is happening with Jones is just the latest issue Charlotte has to deal with.</p><p>The Hornets will not play the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron until December 28, a game Jones most definitely has circled on his calendar now.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hornets’ Kai Jones drops oblivious LeBron James 1v1 take after viral IG video

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hornets-news-kai-jones-caught-trashing-his-own-teammates-on-social-media');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hornets forward Kai Jones caught trashing his own teammates on social media');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Kai-Jones-Hornets-Mark-Williams-Nick-Richards-Instagram.jpg"></figure><h1>Hornets forward Kai Jones caught trashing his own teammates on social media</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-13T06:22:04-07:00">September 13th, 6:22am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-13T06:22:04-07:00">September 13th, 6:22am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Loves Arsenal and the Los Angeles Clippers, so his loyalty can never be questioned. This guy has been through enough sports trauma for one lifetime -- so he writes about it instead as a form of therapy. (It hasn't worked though. Someday maybe it will -- especially when he's been working for ClutchPoints since August 2022.)</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It wasn’t that long ago when young Charlotte Hornets big man Kai Jones was caught acting weirdly on his Instagram live, with many fans believing that the 22-year old was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-kai-jones-instagram-live-trade" rel="noopener">on some sort of hallucinogens</a>. Thus, one would believe that Jones would be on his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/not-on-drugs-or-intoxicated-hornets-kai-jones-shoots-down-rumors-after-wild-ig-live" rel="noopener">best behavior moving forward</a>. But those who believed that thought wrong, as the Hornets forward is, once again, going off the deep end with his latest social media comments that now involve his teammates.</p><p>Replying to Instagram comments that pointed out how his Hornets frontcourt mates Mark Williams and Nick Richards are better than him, Jones <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1701819371977371993" rel="noopener">refused to back down</a>, defending his honor by pointing out facets of his game that are better. It seems like Jones forgot to switch to his burner account, as the comments he made won’t exactly bode well for team chemistry.</p><p>Kai Jones wrote that he’s a much more versatile offensive weapon than Williams is by virtue of having a pull-up game. (He <a href="https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1630539/shots-dash" rel="noopener">shot just 21.4 percent</a> on pull-ups last season, per NBA.com, so it’s not like he’s that much better than Williams in that regard.)</p><p>“show me a video of mark pulling up going left and hitting it. Anywhere main in college some where show me one,” Jones wrote.</p><p>Meanwhile, Nick Richards drew the ire of Jones by virtue of his lack of assertion.</p><p>“I’m more assertive with the ball than him I can read myself,” Jones said of Richards.</p><p>Mark Williams responded to Kai Jones’ comments by posting an Instagram story of the meme where 50 Cent <a href="https://twitter.com/HaterReport_/status/1701851985022996797" rel="noopener">memorably asked</a>: “What he say f**k me for?”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mark Williams responded to Kai Jones. 💀 <a href="https://t.co/qBkGsFXUeC">pic.twitter.com/qBkGsFXUeC</a></p><p>— Hater Report (@HaterReport_) <a href="https://twitter.com/HaterReport_/status/1701851985022996797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It’s hard to imagine Kai Jones lasting on the Hornets roster for long following this string of eccentricity. It’s not like Jones is a crucial member of the young core the Hornets is building, so he won’t be a difficult cut by any means for general manager Mitch Kupchak and company.</p><p>Jones may be right in that he won’t be traded by the Hornets anytime soon, which was perhaps the only intelligible sentence he said during his initial Instagram live outburst. But the Hornets, more likely than not, will cut him outright in the coming weeks, if not days.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hornets forward Kai Jones caught trashing his own teammates on social media

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/not-on-drugs-or-intoxicated-hornets-kai-jones-shoots-down-rumors-after-wild-ig-live');   ga('set', 'title', '‘Not on drugs or intoxicated’: Hornets’ Kai Jones shoots down rumors after wild IG Live');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Not_on_drugs_or_intoxicated__Hornets__Kai_Jones_shoots_down_rumors_after_wild_IG_Live.jpg"></figure><h1>‘Not on drugs or intoxicated’: Hornets’ Kai Jones shoots down rumors after wild IG Live</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-11T14:53:43-07:00">September 11th, 2:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-11T14:53:43-07:00">September 11th, 2:53pm</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Charlotte Hornets forward <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-kai-jones-instagram-live-trade" rel="noopener">Kai Jones caught the attention</a> of many when he was on Instagram live a couple of nights ago saying he was confident that the team would not trade him, sparking some speculation that he was under the influence of something that night, but he took to Twitter to <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1701333062867456177" rel="noopener">address those suspicions</a> and deny them.</p><p>“I was not on drugs or intoxicated I was enjoying my night in my crib y’all bugging💯💕🦋🐐 #GOATLIFE” Kai Jones wrote on Twitter.</p><p>Kai Jones is entering his third season in the NBA after being selected No. 19 overall in the 2021 NBA Draft, but he has not played very much in each of his first two seasons with the Hornets.</p><p>In Jones’ rookie year, he <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/joneska01.html" rel="noopener">averaged</a> 1 point per game with 0.5 rebounds and 0.2 assists in 21 games, averaging three minutes played, according to Basketball Reference.</p><p>In Jones’ second year with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-pj-washington-breaks-silence-miles-bridges-return" rel="noopener">Hornets</a>, he saw a jump in playing time, playing 12 minutes per game in 46 games. He averaged 3.4 points with 2.7 rebounds, according to Basketball Reference.</p><p>The Hornets are in an interesting spot. They are trying to make it back to the playoffs with a core of players that includes LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, PJ Washington, Gordon Hayward and others.</p><p>It will be intriguing to see where the Hornets go from here, the have some pieces that could make them competitive enough to make the play-in tournament, and Brandon Miller does have a lot of potential to be a very good player.</p><p>For now, it depends a lot on the development of LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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