NBA Trade Rumors: 4 Scoring Wings That Could Help Charlotte Hornets
By Max Seng
The Charlotte Hornets are in the midst of a terrible slide down the standings. What swingmen are available to give them the scoring punch they lack?
The Charlotte Hornets are a pedestrian 14th in offensive rating, per NBA Stats, relying heavily on the playmaking abilities of Kemba Walker and Nicolas Batum.
Walker especially doubles as the roster’s best one-on-one player, the place the team looks when they need a basket in crunch time and in late clock situations.
Remaining so one-dimensional offensively will catch up to any team and it’s seemed to do so in Charlotte, with Walker’s field goal percentage returning to earth at about 44 percent the past two months after shooting a career-best 48 percent in November.
Veteran forward Marvin Williams has returned to earth this season after shooting a career-best percentage from 3-point range last season and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist remains an absolute liability offensively without a semblance of a jumper.
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The Hornets attempt to alleviate some of the pressure offensively with Marco Belinelli and Frank Kaminsky playing 24 minutes a night, each with herky jerky moves that can con the defense into biting on their array of dips and stutters.
The Hornets’ playoff chances are officially in jeopardy after this most recent slide. They made a move for Miles Plumlee last week, possibly a sign of things to come. Who else could be on Charlotte’s radar to shore up their squad?