“Do you know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world. To not know why you’re here... That’s... That’s just an awful feeling.” - Mr. Glass, Unbreakable
The Charlotte Hornets returned from the All-Star break on February 23rd in a state of abject uncertainty. Winners of only 5 out of their previous 23 games, they had played the worst basketball of any team in the league not named the Brooklyn Nets. Perhaps not coincidentally, two of their five wins came against those very Nets, the permanent nadir of the NBA standings all year.