Final Chapter Young Talents

In the 2014 NBA draft, the Charlotte Hornets selected potential forward Noah Vonleh from Indiana University with the ninth pick in the first round, Vonleh is 208 cm tall, weighs 109 kg, and is not strong in carrying baskets, but has excellent ability to face the frame, has a long arm span and is good at grabbing rebounds, and is recognized as the most potential interior player in this class of rookies, the No. 24 pick in the first round, the Bobcats selected MOP Shabazz Napier, who led the University of Connecticut to win the NCAA championship last year, It is worth mentioning that Napier is the same as the current Hornets' starting point guard Kemba Walker, and when Napier was a freshman, he was Walker's substitute, which can be said to be an old acquaintance, but Napier has not yet put on the Hornets jersey, he was traded to the Heat, because the Heat were trying to keep LeBron James, who has become a free agent, and James has good praise for Napier.

In the deal for Napier, the Hornets were given three draft picks: first-round pick PJ Hairston, the No. 26 pick that year, a No. 55 pick and a future second-round pick. Hairston is 198 cm tall and serves as a scoring guard, and the scouting report of the year reads: Hairston has NBA-level physical confrontation, stable free thrower, steady mid-range shooting, trustworthy defense, and great impact on the basket, but lacks a little strength to push up to the No. 3 position, the enthusiasm of training needs to be improved, the passing ability needs to be observed, and the body is easy to lose shape if he likes sweets.

In addition to the above two first-round players, the Hornets also selected Dwight Powell, a high school forward from Stanford University, with the 15th pick in the second round of this year's draft, and like Napier, Powell did not wear the Hornets jersey, but became a bargaining chip for the team to clean up the garbage contract, on July 13, 2014, Powell was reimbursed as last season, and Brandon Haywood, who did not play a game, was sent to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for guard Scottie Hopson and cash. Speaking of this Hopson is quite interesting, on July 13, Hopson was traded to the Hornets by the Cavaliers, and the next day, on July 14, the Hornets sent Hopson to the New Orleans Pelicans, which is not over, on the same day, the Pelicans, Rockets, and Wizards reached a three-way deal, and Hopson was sent to the Houston Rockets again, two months later, on September 18, Hopson became a bargaining chip for the Rockets to trade Jason Terry, and Hopson landed in the Kings again, saying that the king is still more benevolent, and did not trade Hopson again, Instead, he was cut directly, and now, Scottie Hopson has become a big foreign aid in China's CBA, playing for the Guangdong Foshan team.

The Bobcats signed tall projection forward Marvin Williams to a two-year, $14 million contract in the offseason. At the same time, he signed Lance Stephenson, who played for the Pacers last year with a three-year, $27.5 million contract, expecting him to become the team's third offensive point in addition to Big Al and Little Walker, but looking at the later developments, it can be said that it backfired with the team management.

Although the team made two major signings in the 2014-2015 season, the team still failed to return to the playoffs, injuries were the main factor, and Kemba Walker only played 62 games. averaged 17.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game, and the shooting percentage was still less than 40%, Big Eyre only played 65 games, averaging only 16.6 points and 8.4 rebounds per game, Gerald Henderson averaged 12.1 points and 3.4 rebounds per game is still a decent performance, McKigie only played 55 games, averaging 10.9 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, Cody Zeller, Marvin Williams have become the team's most consistent players, the former 7.6 points and 5.8 rebounds, the latter 7.4 points and 4.9 rebounds, Biyombo played 64 games, 21 starts, and averaged 4 per game.8 points and 6.4 assists, Lance-Stephenson's performance after the change of team is a big surprise, compared to last season, Stephenson averaged 10.6 minutes less per game, it stands to reason that playing less games helps physical recovery, thereby improving the shooting rate, but Stephenson is not, this season Stephenson's shooting rate has plummeted by 11.5% compared to last year, and the three-point shot has only hit 18 of 105 shots throughout the season, Successfully became the player with the fewest three-point attempts of more than 100 in a single season in NBA history, and his 17.1% three-point shooting percentage decreased by 18.1% from the previous year! You must know that in the offseason, in order to keep the younger brother, the Pacers offered a five-year fat contract of 44 million, but the junior brother refused without hesitation, and was finally obtained by the Hornets for 3 years and 27.5 million US dollars.

Before the February trade deadline, the team was offering a trade, the Bobcats sent Gary Neal, who had been lost all season, and a 2019 second-round draft pick to the Timberwolves, and got Mo Williams and Troy Daniels, Mo Williams is a point guard familiar to the majority of Chinese fans, and once worked with Yi Jianlian in the Milwaukee Bucks. Coming to the Hornets without the slightest unfamiliarity with teammates, to play low-key feelings, played 27 games, averaging 15.3 shots per game, second only to Kemba Walker's 15.8, Big Al's 15.5, averaging 17.2 points and 6.0 assists per game, another player in this deal, Troy Daniels is also a more familiar player for the majority of Rockets fans, two years ago, Daniels once played in the Rockets, once saved the Rockets with a key three-point shot, and was given a " Elixir". Daniels has not been heavily used for the Hornets, averaging just 12 minutes per game and averaging just 7.0 points per game.

Before the start of the new season, the Hornets made a deal with the Trail Blazers, and the Hornets sent Gerard Henderson and Noah Vonleh to get all-round forward Nicolas Batum, Batum is known as the "French Pippen", whose outside projection ability, passing ability, especially defensive ability are higher than the league average, and the psychological quality is also relatively strong.

The new season had just ended, and before the rookie conference began, the Hornets immediately cleared Lance Stephenson out of the team, who seemed to be as strong as Jordan, and couldn't cure his brother's comic disease, the younger brother went to the Clippers, and the Bobcats got two bench bandits, Matt Barnes and Spencer Hawes. Hawes is 216 cm tall, plays as a center, has poor back-to-back singles, but has a good basket, shoots far beyond the three-point line, can defend inside, and passes well, last year he was extended by the Clippers for 4 years and $22.65 million, and was traded to the Bobcats this season, and the other player in this deal, Matt Barnes, has not played a game for the Bobcats, and nine days later, he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, and the Bobcats got old point guard Luke Ridno, the next day, Redno was also traded by the Bobcats to the Thunder in exchange for Jeremy Lamb and a 2016 second-round pick.

Speaking of this Luke Ridnow, it is an attribute of Scottie Hopson that I said before, with his own tradable attribute, on June 24, 2015, Rednow was traded from the Magic to the Grizzlies, on the 25th, he was sent to the Hornets, on the 26th, he went to the Thunder, and on the 30th, he was traded to the Raptors, and was finally cut by Toronto......

In the 2015 rookie conference, the Hornets selected Frank Kaminsky, a high school forward from the University of Wisconsin, with the 9th pick in the first round, this guy is a senior player, but the potential for development is not great, but the book is acceptable, he once single-handedly brought the University of Wisconsin to the NCAA Finals, and in his senior year, his court efficiency value ranked first in the NCAA, with a height of 213 cm, and his physical fitness is relatively average, but the skills under the basket are very comprehensive, The draft template is former all-around center Brad Miller.

On July 7, 2015, the Cavaliers poached Mo, who had become a free agent, with a two-year, $4.3 million contract, and two days later, on July 9, Jeremy Lin joined the Hornets for two years and $4 million to fill the vacancy of Mo's departure, and on July 22, the Hornets signed Tyler Hansbrough on a one-year $1.19 million contract. PsychoT" means "Crazy Taylor" spent four years in North Carolina in college, was the scoring champion in North Carolina in his freshman year, and became the first freshman in NCAA history to be selected to the ACC All-Star team, Hansbrough scored 40 points against Georgia Technical College to set a new ACA freshman scoring record, and accidentally set a junior player total scoring record in his junior year, and also broke the 51-year-old free throw shooting record in North Carolina history. The senior season broke the NCAA's 64-year-old free throw shooting, the sixth in NCAA total scoring, the first in Atlantic Coast Conference all-time scoring, and the senior season led North Carolina to win the NCAA championship.

The biggest surprise of the new season came from Kemba Walker, as of March 18, 2016, he averaged 21.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game in 67 games, and the shooting rate that had been criticized by fans before has also increased to 43.5% this year, and the three-point shooting rate has reached 38.3%, Batum has become the second firepower of the Hornets. He averaged 14.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game, Big Al was trapped by injuries, averaging only 12 points and 6.1 rebounds per game, Jeremy Lin, as the team's first bench, averaged 11.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game, shooting 40.2% from the field and 31.3% from three-point range. The Hornets have been fond of making whistle-blowing trades in recent years, and this year is no exception, on February 17, 2016, the Hornets sent PJ Hairston to the Grizzlies in two second-round picks, Brian Roberts to the Heat, and then they got excellent role player Courtney Lee, who played a huge role in the Hornets' system. Averaging 9.1 points and 3.1 rebounds per game, the Hornets are in sixth place in the East with 39 wins and 29 losses in 68 games so far, five more than the Detroit Pistons in eighth place in the East, and could make the playoffs for the third time in franchise history this season.

It can be seen that everyone is not very interested in such a young, but not much historical team, okay, I will do what I like, this afternoon, let's talk about a giant team in the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers