Ranked #7 in the Eastern Conference
Shayne, GM of the Denver Nuggets and Charles of the Sacramento Kings give their thoughts on the Hornets franchise.
Shayne / Denver Nuggets
Projected Lineup:
|
PG |
Derrick Rose |
SF |
LeBron James |
F/C |
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist |
|
SG |
Dwayne Wade |
PF |
Kristaps Porzingis |
C |
Joel Embiid |
|
G |
Tyreke Evans |
BN |
Tony Parker |
BN |
Dario Saric |
The Hornets are a puzzling team to me. They reassembled the Big 3 in Wade, Lebron, and Bosh, but maybe 3 or 4 years too late and Bosh may have to find another team or call it a career? Having Lebron on your team is always nice since he stuffs the stat sheets on a nightly basis. Saric is a nice addition and can maybe do something his 1st year in the league. The Hornets have some youth for the future in PorzinGod and Embiid along with MKG. This team may be too high or too low depending on the health of DRose, but they have a good chance at making the playoffs and maybe upsetting the higher seeds.
Charles / Sacramento Kings
Projected Starting line-up:
|
PG |
Derrick Rose |
SF |
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist |
F/C |
Kristaps Porzingis |
|
SG |
Dwayne Wade |
PF |
LeBron James |
C |
Gorgui Dieng |
|
G |
Tony Parker |
BN |
Tyreke Evans |
BN |
Joel Embiid |
King James, even at age 31 is still inside the top-10 but you have to expect that he will be conserving energy during regular season. Porzingod, the #2 best rookie is poised for a breakout season, last season he only played 28 mins/g, this year he is certainly to exceed that. Two more intriguing players CHA has are MKG & Embiid. MKG provides REB, STL, and BLK at the SF position. Embiid, the former pick #3 finally plays albeit limited, his ceiling can be very high.