NLL Insider - Team by Team: Charlotte Hornetsby laddas, updated on Wednesday, October 19 2016, 10:19 pm EST
The Charlotte Hornets
send Alec Burks to the LA Clippers. The Charlotte Hornets
send a 1st-Rounder (Pho) to the LA Clippers. The LA Clippers send a 1st-Rounder
(LAC) and 1st-Rounder (LAC) to the Charlotte Hornets. Now, it’s not a
horrible trade considering Burks ability, but he played just 25 games last
season, and only 17 the year before. The Hornets landed Brandon Ingram with the
LAC pick and have another pick coming in 2018. At the time, if Burks played the
majority of the season, you can’t really fault the Clippers on this one, but in
hindsight, Brandon Ingram has legit 2-way star potential and he lands with the
Hornets instead of the Clips, Good deal for the Hornets.
The San Antonio Spurs
send a 2nd-Rounder (Hou) and 2nd-Rounder (SA) to the Charlotte Hornets. I don’t think this is
even that bad, but it’s the worst of the bunch imo. Henderson is a solid baller
but has always been hindered by the lack range on his jump shot and his
inconsistency with his play, he kind of has an old school game, but surely he’s
worth more than an over the hill vet and 2 2nds? I get why the deal was made,
Gary Harris is this teams Sg and they still have Shumpert and Hezonja just
drafted, just maybe could’ve got a bit better value. Again, not terrible, but
not great either.
The Golden
State Warriors send a 2nd-Rounder (GS) and 2nd-Rounder (LAL) to the Charlotte
Hornets. The Charlotte
Hornets receive 6 GM points. The Golden State Warriors trade -6 GM points. A healthy
Nene is the best player in this deal, then throw in 2 2nd rounders
on top as well and this is not a bad deal. The negative is Nene is likely to
leave in free agency and koufas is signed up for the next 3 years potentially.
Still, not a bad deal for a team that needed some salary and landed 2 future
assets as well.
The
Charlotte Hornets send Eric Gordon to the Utah Jazz. The Memphis Grizzlies send
Jonas Jerebko to the Charlotte Hornets. The Utah Jazz send Tarik Black to the
Boston Celtics. The Utah Jazz send Mike Dunleavy and Gerald Henderson to the
Charlotte Hornets. Rights to
Washington's 1st rounder 2016 going to the Charlotte Hornets. So the
Hornets landed 3 players and a potential top 5 pick for Eric Gordon? Great
work. Gordon is a good scorer and decent enough defender when he’s healthy, but
that is exactly it, when healthy. Digeze gave up on relying on his fitness even
though he was producing over 30ppg when he played. Gordon was the best player
in this deal but you can’t be mad at Digeze for selling on him. The pick turned
out to be Jamal Murray after a complete draft day mess up and let’s be honest,
Murray looks to be almost a clone of Eric Gordon. Nice job Charlotte.
The Hornets
had a lot of little minor signings along the way and did actually get Cory
Joseph to commit to a contract but only for the Nets to match. Koufas ended up
turning into Nene so he gets the best signing by default. Koufas is a solid big
and gets the job done. I guess Burks resigning could be viewed as the best as
it landed Brandon Ingram, but returning FA’s don’t really count now. Lance Thomas
Zinger had
a great rookie season, only just being pipped by Russell for roty honours, an
argument could’ve been made for either to win. Now not normally a rookie would
be seen as the star player on a team, but when you drop 17 and 10 with 1.6bpg
and shooting 37% from three, it goes along way, even for a veteran. He
struggled with efficiency to start the season, but once he settled he was a
wrecking ball and dropped some big games along the way. Porzingis is the pillar
of this team and has already made a mark on the NLL. Can’t wait to see what he
produces over the next few seasons. Wait, what? Ok now
hear me out, Elfrid isn’t know as much of a scorer, but he dropped 15.6ppg,
improving on his rookie season stat of 10.3ppg. Me personally, I thought he’d
take a step back, but he picked up in assists, rebounds and steals as well,
albeit with an uptick in minutes. He could’ve got star of the season, but I
think Porzingis impact was greater. Being a surprise isn’t a knock on Payton’s
talent, but more of personal opinion of how I thought his season would go. Shumpert
was close to this honor and would’ve been Gordon if he wasn’t moved.
Carl Landry When you’re the 2nd
highest paid player on a team, you probably should be doing a bit better than
3.3ppg and 3.6rpg. Yeah, he only averaged 11mpg, but to be honest the Hornets
didn’t to many terrible players, even the rooks and second year guys were
better.
Brandon Bass (FA) –
Same as Nene really, solid big, not quite as good, but solid. Again he’s an F
loyalty and it will take a big amount of GM’s to get him to return. He’s gone. Willie Reed (RFA) –
Willie is a decent rim protector and a hustle and energy guy, he will be
restricted and it wouldn’t be a bad idea for the Hornets to match an offer.
He’s not going to win you championships, but he’s good to provide a bit of
energy in a smaller role. Christian Wood (RFA) –
Another restricted player. Wood is actually a solid talent and most in the know
around the league are surprised he hasn’t latched on somewhere. His ceiling is
higher than Reed’s and I expect the Hornets to match any offer and bring him
back, should be a nice rotation player when it’s all said and done, just needs
that chance. Xavier Munford (FA) –
Doesn’t have a team in the NBA and is likely not going to be in the league come
free agent time. Expect him gone. |
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