Charlotte Hornets Best and Worst Case Scenarios for the Draft

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Worst Case Scenario #2: Trading Up from #3

I DONT CARE WHO THE PROSPECT IS THAT THEY WANT. IT IS NOT WORTH IT, NO PLAYER IS THAT MUCH BETTER THAN THE OTHERS TO SACRIFICE FUTURE ASSETS TO MOVE UP. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE A TRADE UP.

In the midst of a rebuild you move up for one of three reasons:

You have an abundance of assets and can afford to trade some to go and get your guy.
Your guy is MUCH better than whoever would fall to you.
You’re VERY close to getting out of the rebuild stage and are getting ready to consistently compete for the playoffs soon.

How many of those criterion can the Hornets mark off? Bingo, Zero. No player is that much better than the others where it is worth giving up other assets to move up and select whichever player the FO wants.

Why give up Miles, PJ, Devonte’, Monk, future first rounders, or other future assets for a slight improvement over whoever they would select if they would stay put? We’re still at the stage of the rebuild where we should be collecting these assets and not shipping them off for small improvements. Shipping them out’s the opposite of what they should be doing. Frankly, it just does not make much sense at all really. Stay there, and then take the best prospect available.