Charlotte Hornets: 3 takeaways from the 2018 offseason

The Charlotte Hornets made moves on and off the court this offseason. Are the changes enough to get the team back to the playoffs?

This might have been one of the worst offseasons to be cash-strapped in the NBA. The Charlotte Hornets were one of those teams, but the addition of new general manager Mitch Kupchak gave the organization some hope for a team that needed a refresh.

One big speculation was that the Hornets may try to ship off star Kemba Walker and completely rebuild the team without him. That didn’t happen, and there is little indication it will happen anytime soon.

Kupchak’s first change was off the court with a new head coach. Steve Clifford coached the franchise for five seasons, one of the longest tenures in Charlotte’s history (Allen Bristow coached for five seasons as well), but had a 46.6 winning percentage over the last four seasons.

The new GM replaced Clifford with James Borrego. This will be Borrego’s first official head coaching position, but he was the interim coach in Orlando for 30 games in the 2014-15 season. He had been an assistant with the San Antonio Spurs for the last few seasons before taking this job.

Kupchak and company gave Borrego some new chips to play with and integrate around Kemba Walker, so let’s get to three takeaways from the Charlotte Hornets’ offseason so far.