Charlotte Hornets Offseason Moves

[HardcoreHokie]

53 minutes ago, HeelsPanthersCanes said:

I know it's in the past, and he's a really good player, but am I the only one who thinks Miles' trade value is pretty low given the type of person he is?

I guess a different way to think about it is if we had Curry or we had Giannis, and they wanted out of Charlotte, would you be OK with Bridges being the center piece of what you got back from the other team?

The centerpieces will have to be picks.  GSW apparently offered four unprotected first round picks and the Bucks declined.  But those picks were in ‘26, ‘27, ‘28, and ‘29.  And the Warriors would be picking very late every year with Giannis onboard.

But the Hornets have two Top-20 picks this year.  And apparently we have FOUR firsts next year (can anyone confirm this?).

As for Bridges, he’s on a team-friendly contract and is important to this current lineup.  That’s why I proposed above keeping Miles to make our bench even more lethal.

[jfra78]

The problem would be making the salaries work so we would have to involve another team 

[carpanfan96]

2 hours ago, HardcoreHokie said:

The centerpieces will have to be picks.  GSW apparently offered four unprotected first round picks and the Bucks declined.  But those picks were in ‘26, ‘27, ‘28, and ‘29.  And the Warriors would be picking very late every year with Giannis onboard.

But the Hornets have two Top-20 picks this year.  And apparently we have FOUR firsts next year (can anyone confirm this?).

As for Bridges, he’s on a team-friendly contract and is important to this current lineup.  That’s why I proposed above keeping Miles to make our bench even more lethal.

They have their own pick, they have Dallas's pick (1-2 protection), and Miami's pick (1-14 protection) 

Miami's pick converts to an unprotected 2028 pick if they are in the lottery for 2027 draft. 

Edited March 26 by carpanfan96

[HardcoreHokie]

26 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

The problem would be making the salaries work so we would have to involve another team 

You can make the salaries work with Josh Green, Grant, Salaum, Tre Mann.  Then throw in some/all of those firsts.

[HardcoreHokie]

Seen so many Mock Drafts and this year it’s insane beyond picks 6-20.

I’d still take any of the Michigan bigs but I think Morez Johnson is the guy at 14.

Don’t overthink it, take the best player and best fit before he’s gone.  

[PanthersNCSU]

At 14 Yaxel scares me a little, but he seems to be the name I see most mocked to us. He'll be a good bench player at worst, but the immaturity and age seem to have some worried. Maybe Mara will fall to 14, but I really doubt it. Trade up might be the only way there. 

18 is more interesting IMO if we keep it with the number of guys in that range. Quaitance, Morez, Veesaar would all help. Some decent guards in that range. Just wonder if we'll keep both picks as is. 

 

[jfra78]

Bleacher Report trade and mock has us trading to 9 and picking SG Brayden Burries

Charlotte Hornets recieve: Kyrie Irving and No. 9 pick

Dallas Mavericks receive: LaMelo Ball, No. 14 pick and No. 18 pick

The Hornets just finished their sixth season with Ball. It was only their second with a winning record, their sixth without a playoff trip and the sixth in which someone else paced them in win shares (Kon Knueppel this time around). While they'd surely like to keep building on their second-half momentum, maybe they're just unconvinced that Ball can lead a winning team. Maybe they credit that stretch run less to him and more to the addition of Knueppel, the ascension of Brandon Miller and some out-of-nowhere gains on the defensive end.

 

Charlotte should be dreaming big right now, and perhaps it believes a steadier hand at point guard is needed to realize that. Or maybe it feels it needs a little more time to bring everything together and thinks that task would be simpler without Ball's money on the books and with a top-10 pick in a loaded draft instead of two selections in the mid-teens.

 

Either way, this shakeup works. Short-term, a healthy Irving should be far easier to follow than Ball. You may not always know if Irving is playing, but you know what you'll get if he does: elite shotmaking, all-time handles, offensive ingenuity and the ability to work both on and off the ball. He could show this young roster what's required to win for a year or two (he has a $42.4 million player option for 2027-28) or even stick around longer if the partnership proves especially fruitful.

 

The Hornets also add a building block in Burries, who offers both plug-and-play polish and flashes of shot-creation that hint at star potential. In short, they could better their chances of winning both now and in the future while collecting both the best player in the trade and the highest draft pic

[frankw]

I've been critical of LaMelo but no way in hell would I swap him for Kyrie. This man actually thinks the Earth is flat and he's washed. There will be a number of options for us but that would be among the dumbest imaginable. Hard pass.