![]() ![]() ![]() And Belinelli, Frank Kaminsky and Traveon Graham are committed to next year's roster with team retaining contract options for Ramon Sessions, Johnny O'Bryant and Briante Weber.Ĭlearly, Cho and Hornets head coach Steve Clifford would like to add talent to the roster they already have.Īnd Cho repeated the common mantra of many in his profession these days. There might not be a lot of difference between, say, pick 27 and pick 41."Ĭharlotte last year traded away its first round pick for veteran sharpshooter Marco Belinelli.Īnd the Hornets are committed to longterm contracts for Nicolas Batum (through the 2020-21 season), Cody Zeller (2020-21), Marvin Williams (2019-20), Miles Plumlee (2019-20), Kemba Walker (2018-19), Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (2018-19) and Jeremy Lamb (2018-19). I think you’ll get a good player in the mid-second round. And then you’ve got some wing help also that the draft is deep in. If you look in the middle of the first, you look at a lot of bigs that could go in that area. I think it’s deep at a lot of different positions. I think it’s really deep at the top of the draft at the backcourt spot. "That’s why I think we’ll get a really good player at 11 and a guy who can help us at 41. "I think overall it’s a really deep draft," Cho said. The 41st pick affords an even greater variety of options and the three players has linked to Charlotte in its mock drafts all worked out for the Hornets - Colorado guard Derrick White, Clemson forward Jaron Blossomgame and Nevada forward Cameron Oliver. Mitchell, Kennard and Jackson are three of the 42 players who worked out for the team in its seven six-player workouts that began June 7 and ended on Sunday. ![]() We could use another wing (and) could use some more shooting."Ĭan those deficiencies be solved with two draft picks?īased on the mock drafts, Charlotte is expected to choose either a point guard (Louisville's Donovan Mitchell), a wing (Duke's Luke Kennard) or a post player (Arizona's Lauri Markkanen or Gonzaga's Zach Collins) and North Carolina wing player Justin Jackson also is considered a possibility with the No. In general, we want to improve the depth. "One thing we feel like was really lacking last year and took a step back was our bench. "We feel like we’ll be able to address some of our needs and overall depth. "We’re excited for the draft," Charlotte general manager Rich Cho said last Friday in the team's pre-draft news conference. Those staggering salary numbers indicate just how much pressure the franchise is under to use Thursday's NBA Draft to improve its team.īut can it happen when the Hornets are picking 11th and 41st overall and it seems unlikely that any rookie chosen in those slots could be certain of making an immediate impact? That's particularly true when you realize they had the NBA's 10th-highest team salary ($103.05 million) and are committed to $103.35 million next season, $96.02 million for the 2018-19 season and $80.44 million for the 2019-20 season. CHARLOTTE - After missing the playoffs by five games and finishing the 2016-17 NBA season with the league's 20th-best record, the Charlotte Hornets entered the offseason knowing they need to make changes. ![]()
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