Charlotte Hornets Free Agency Moves

[OldNorthPowell]

5 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Well… didn’t realize that Simons was back with the Blazers and that Lavine just signed a max.

So I’m down to Ayton, Schroder, Warren, and Nurkic..

Also, can’t wait until we inevitably bring back Kemba as a way to distract everyone from the Bridges poo.

Yeah, not going to work though. Fans are pissed at how lack luster everything has been. Trading away that 1st round pick looked dumb before the Bridges news and now it looks even worse. This is why 90% of the Carolinas ignores the Hornets, in what is clearly a starving basketball market. Nobody got time for them if they do not have time to make the team better.

[MillionDollarCam]

1 minute ago, OldNorthPowell said:

Yeah, not going to work though. Fans are pissed at how lack luster everything has been. Trading away that 1st round pick looked dumb before the Bridges news and now it looks even worse. This is why 90% of the Carolinas ignores the Hornets, in what is clearly a starving basketball market. Nobody got time for them if they do not have time to make the team better.

At the very least they need to make a decision on Bridges and own it to the public.

[frankw]

Not going to to convince any big name free agents to sign here unless we overpay big time. Even then they are not going to be inclined to choose us because of the cloud hanging over the franchise now thanks to the actions of Miles Bridges.

[MillionDollarCam]

And Nurkic is back to the Blazers… it’s Ayton or bust.

[Wanderlai]

This is a yard sale type of franchise sadly. 

[Shocker]

Seriously starting to think we should trade Lamelo for a haul of draft picks.  Sounds crazy but he isn’t resigning with this shitty franchise 

[MechaZain]

Reddit claiming we don’t have the cap to get Ayton without a sign and trade. 

7 minutes ago, Shocker said:

Seriously starting to think we should trade Lamelo for a haul of draft picks.  Sounds crazy but he isn’t resigning with this shitty franchise 

Nah they’d lose the fans completely. Worse attendance than the Bobcats.  

[Chaos]

The promise of this offseason evaporated in one week.  Freaking pitiful, the franchise is clearly cursed.  Such is the life of a Hornets fan.

[MillionDollarCam]

2 minutes ago, Chaos said:

The promise of this offseason evaporated in one week.  Freaking pitiful, the franchise is clearly cursed.  Such is the life of a Hornets fan.

Not only that but they don’t seem to have a clue as to how to react.

[t96]

Hornets should cut ties with Bridges entirely and just move on, no point waiting around at this point honestly. Will just be a distraction, even if he does wind up being "innocent." I'd go after Ayton in a sign and trade and just give him the max. Try to get rid of Hayward and/or Oubre along with picks. Build around a young core of LaMelo, PJ, Ayton, Williams, maybe Bouknight/Kai if they can step up this year. Keep Cody around, sign Kemba to backup and mentor Melo.

 

PG: LaMelo, Kemba

SG: Rozier, Bouknight, Cody

SF: PJ, Hayward/Oubre/other

PF: Ayton, Kai

C : Williams, Plumlee/Richards

 

A lot would be dependent on the young guys' development but I could see that being a playoff team. 

[Shocker]

Man the money bring thrown around is insane…

Jokic and the Denver Nuggets agreed Thursday to a $264 supermax extension, according to a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither the player nor team announced the agreement. 

It begins with the 2023-24 season and continues through 2027-28 - when, should Jokic exercise his option for that season, he could make roughly $60 million.

[MillionDollarCam]

Wanted to see where we were cap wise with our current roster, taking Bridges off and assuming we rescind his offer for obvious reasons.

G - Ball

G - Rozier, Martin, Bouknight

F - Hayward, Oubre

F - Washington, McDaniels, Thor, Jones

C - Plumlee, Williams, Richards

Two Way - McGowens (won’t count against the cap)

RFA’s (expecting back) - Martin

RFA’s (not expecting back) - Bridges, Lewis, Kubolka

UFA’s (expecting back) - None

UFA’s (not expecting back) - Harrell, Thomas

 

This leaves two roster spots (and one two way spot - does not count against the cap) with around $7M in cap space. Unfortunately, the only way to add a big piece is going to be through a sign and trade. Additionally, I’m expecting us to use the MLE on Kemba when he becomes available. If the Hornets don’t do a sign and trade then they’d have all of $2M in cap space to fill out their roster. The Hornets can open up around an additional $3M in cap space by waving McDaniels and Richards but it’s unlikely that would happen. They have to make a decision on Richards by next weekend and McDaniels by early August.

 

[Shocker]

Sure would be nice have Jalen Duren to develop but Mitch fugged that completely up

[MillionDollarCam]

Sure would have been nice to have A.J. Griffin right now instead of those four second rounders.