Gordon Hayward, Charlotte: It warrants mentioning that Charlotte has two huge expiring contracts with veterans Hayward ($31.5 million) and Kyle Lowry ($29.7 million) that could theoretically be the keys to a big deal if the Hornets want to go swinging. Don’t bet on it, though, especially with Charlotte still down a future first from the disastrous Kai Jones trade.
As far as other teams trading assets to acquire Hayward or Lowry, their value isn’t what it once was. Hayward is marginally more attractive than Lowry, but neither is going to get attention at their salary unless a toxic contract goes back to Charlotte. As a result, those seem headed toward a late-February buyout.
Also, the hot rumor in league circles is that the Hornets’ new ownership will make a change in the front office after the trade deadline, so that’s worth keeping an eye on as well.
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Good
this is like black tar heroin for me
PLEASE make a move, fire Cliff, fire Mitch we need a change
PLEASE 🙏
Sucks that we still owe a first from the Kai Jones trade. I hadn’t looked up the details and figured it would turn into seconds eventually if we kept being bad enough.
Edit: Looks like we just have to be in the top 14 of the draft next year for it to turn into seconds. Seems likely.
Yeah the Knicks aren’t getting our first they better be happy with them 2 seconds we’ll be giving them
I can’t upvote this enough..
This should be done before Mitch can pull some bullshit with miles where we get fleeced.