MasterIchiro wrote:Entertainment value is a thing for a small market team that isn't a premiere destination for free agents, so that limits trade possibilities for established players who sell tickets. The risk is that they bolt at the end of their contract.
Hornets secured LaMelo 5 years on a rookie supermax. He was leading vote getter for guards in the conference.
He was starting PG for a 43 win team early in his rookie scale contract. So where is the question? Do you not follow the team and just throw **** at the wall hoping people don't smell BS?
These past 3 years have seen a roster continuously decimated by injury, including our All-Star PG who is a highlight reel.
So, sure, all the medical doctors in the building will want to price him like damaged goods showcased at a pawn shop.
But he's well beyond that value to the Hornets so we are definitely not listening to that ****.
Nurkic + J. Green = Charlotte's next wave of contracts on the move. Nobody wants them? No ****. They do want draft capital though. And we have a surplus including a top-2 protected Mavs pick in 2027 with Irving stale on the shelf and Luka back in shape in LA. Plus a 2027 lotto-protected Heat 1st that could be unprotected 2028. Those are your 10 seeds and that is the asset value we are listening on because we would be selling high, not dumping questionable merchandise low.
Get real people.
Nobody is feeling sorry for themselves.
As a lapsed Browns fan, I feel the pain, but trading those firsts to acquire a discount star, which is probably the most they're worth, is a really bad idea.
The Hornets need to use those picks and get multiple bites at the apple which is something they've failed to do during multiple rebuilds. If you don't trust the front office to draft well, get a new front office.
The reality is that the Hornets ceiling with a healthy Miles and Ball is the play-in. A short-sighted win-now move bumps them up to first-round out.
