Charlotte Hornets: A midseason look at the Terry Rozier Experience

How we got here

On the 6th of July, 2019, Terry Rozier joined the Charlotte Hornets in a sign-and-trade that looked like this:

In a trade where both teams exchanged point guards, we saw the end of the Kemba Walker era in Charlotte and the beginning of a new era, an era where Terry Rozier was finally the main man.

It was sad seeing Kemba Walker departing Charlotte to Boston on a new contract. But our man of the hour, Terry Rozier, signed a three-year contract worth $56.7 million. It’s a massive deal for Rozier and in a bizarre twist is worth almost as much as the $58.7 million Walker made in his eight years in Charlotte.

Of course with Walker on his way out, you could do worse than replacing him with a playoff-tested guard like Terry Rozier. What could go wrong?

Well, nothing has gone wrong, not yet of course. Although, we saw this season that it could’ve all gone wrong along the way.

Besides, Hornets coach James Borrego had some big expectations. So did we, even if it was based on a small sample size like Rozier’s brief playoff run.