The Charlotte Hornets are trying hard to unload Lance Stephenson after signing him to a three-year deal this summer. Stephenson has been linked to the Brooklyn Nets for weeks now — with sources saying a deal is unlikely before the deadline.
Stephenson is doing his part to make a trade happen — going on record as saying “it would be a blessing to play in Brooklyn.”
Returning home and playing for the Nets would be a ‘blessing’ for Lance Stephenson. But for now, the leading high school scorer in NYC history is getting back to his roots, hoping to rediscover his game with the Hornets.
‘I’m just trying to get my mind off of basketball, go to my neighborhood and get my hunger back,’ Stephenson told the Daily News at an event Saturday in Brooklyn to pay tribute to Brooklyn Streetball, sponsored by And1 and Slam Magazine. ‘With me, it’s all mental. I feel like once I get mentally into it, coming back to get that hunger.
Cause sometimes you lose your hunger. You’ve been doing it for so long you forget all the hard work that got you here. So I’m just getting back on that, getting focused.’
The Nets could use an athletic wing player — I’m just not sure Stephenson should be home in Brooklyn. The brash wing-guard claims he’d only focus on “playing ball” if he came home.