Orel Dizon

Orel Dizon

Orel Dizon is the site expert for Swarm and Sting and a contributor for The Smoking Cuban. He used to be a fixture on the basketball court during high school before completing an engineering degree later on. Orel then shifted careers years after a stint in the corporate world to put his passion for writing and the NBA to good use. He has followed the league since watching Michael Jordan's second three-peat and has been writing about it since 2019, covering just about any subject, including the latest news, interesting anecdotes, old school topics, and more.

Charlotte Hornets, Mason Plumlee

Charles Lee thoroughly destroys criticism about Hornets' center rotation

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Charlotte Hornets, Charles Lee

Hornets pulled biggest heist of offseason — and Charles Lee validated it further

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Charlotte Hornets, Moussa Diabate

Moussa Diabate's risky decision could be massive boost for Hornets

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Charlotte Hornets

Charlotte Hornets could play free agency spoiler next summer

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Charlotte Hornets, Brandon Miller

Brandon Miller has growing burden to prevent Hornets from regretting draft snub

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Charlotte Hornets, Seth Curry

Hornets fans may have bittersweet reason to mark New Year's Eve on the calendar

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Charlotte Hornets, Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball

Hornets slowly getting the national respect they have rightfully earned

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Charlotte Hornets

Late-season schedule favor could help Hornets fight for postseason spot

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Charlotte Hornets, LaMelo Ball

NBA writer says the quiet part out loud about LaMelo Ball's forgotten specialty

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Charlotte Hornets, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller

Hornets fans might not be ready for what this NBA Cup schedule just opened up

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Charlotte Hornets, Steve Clifford

Hornets fans will crack up laughing when they hear who Suns recently added

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Charlotte Hornets

Hornets absolutely dominated offseason — but expectations must be tempered

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Bam Adebayo

Targeting Bam Adebayo could have major snag for Hornets

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Danny Ainge

Hornets pulled off amazing fleece job against Danny Ainge in Jusuf Nurkic deal

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Charlotte Hornets, Liam McNeeley

It took 1 decision for Liam McNeeley to endear himself further to Hornets fans

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Charlotte Hornets, LaMelo Ball

Hornets' agony unsurprisingly extends with latest schedule announcement

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