Live Game Thread: Brooklyn Nets at Charlotte Hornets, 7:00 PM EST

Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty ImagesStill no Kyrie Irving (shoulder) for the Brooklyn Nets as they take on the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. Still no problem?

Spencer Dinwiddie has been great - maybe an All-Star? Shhh... - and the Nets are back over .500 after a win over the Hawks on Wednesday. Not ready to call this one a cakewalk, however, but the Hornets are in a weird limbo that in unenviable. They are in between being a good team and being a bad one; they’re just a team.

As the Hornets go about their rebuild, it’s essential that they find good young players. Charlotte was able to grab Washington at the tail end of the lottery in the 2019 Draft and he’s been good so far. The former…