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2016 NBA Offseason Grades For All 30 Teams

By Gerald Bourguet

May 30, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) is congratulated by Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) after game seven of the Western conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Thunder 96-88. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
May 30, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) is congratulated by Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) after game seven of the Western conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Thunder 96-88. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 19, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Charlotte Hornets forward Marvin Williams (2) is congratulated by guard Nicolas Batum (5) after scoring during the fourth quarter against the Milwaukee Bucks at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Charlotte won 98-95. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports /

Charlotte Hornets

“The Charlotte Hornets found replacements for their departing free agents, but we can’t ignore that they downgraded with each one of them. Ramon Sessions is no Jeremy Lin, Roy Hibbert is a completely different player from Al Jefferson who still has something to prove and even with Michael Kidd-Gilchrist returning, replacing Courtney Lee with Marco Belinelli hurts.

Again, the Hornets did about as well as could be expected with finding their replacements, and retaining Nicolas Batum and Marvin Williams ensures the Hornets will still (likely) be a playoff team in 2016-17.

Charlotte took care of its two most important free agents, and with five players hitting the market, they chose wisely on that end. But it’s the unfortunate nature of the beast that there wasn’t enough cap room for everyone, and because of this, the Hornets may be a worse team next season through no fault of their own.”

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Grade: B-

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