Charlotte Hornets coach Steve Clifford puts a major emphasis on one-on-one work with the players throughout the NBA season.
By that measure, Clifford says guard-forward Jeremy Lamb has applied himself this summer as much as any Hornet.
“I’m really excited about what he’s done and where he’s at,” Clifford told the Observer of Lamb, who will enter his third NBA season with the Hornets when training camp opens at Spectrum Center Sept. 26.
The Hornets acquired Lamb, a 6-foot-5 college star at Connecticut, from the Oklahoma City Thunder in June of 2015. Hornets general manager Rich Cho, who had pursued a trade for Lamb for more than a year, signed Lamb to a contract extension weeks into Lamb’s first season in Charlotte.