Charlotte Hornets Want to Trade Kemba Walker

Charlotte Hornets are entering rebuild mode full steam ahead.

Kemba Walker with Charlotte Hornets in 2017
Kemba Walker with Charlotte Hornets in 2017. Photo by Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstock (8411824d)

Having a point guard like Kemba Walker would be great for any team except Charlotte Hornets, as it turns out. According to multiple reports from around the league, the Hornets are making Kemba Walker available for trades. The team had much bigger expectations before the season and sitting at 11th spot in the Eastern Conference has forced them to think about the different approach. The Hornets’ goal is to attach Kemba Walker to one of their bad contracts and hit the reset button.

Walker is a desirable player for most of the league, considering that his 21.7 points, 5.8 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.2 steals come with a $12 million salary hit, which is something you can’t find today in the league. He has two years left on his contract which makes him even more valuable asset. The sources are saying that the Hornets are hoping to get a good young player or a first-round draft pick as well as getting rid of bad contracts if they include Kemba Walker in the deal.

I’ve been here for the last seven years, and I’m going to do what I’ve got to do to help my team win games,” – Walker commented on these reports. “That’s all I can. I don’t have control over that kind of things.

according to ESPN, besides Walker, the Hornets are hoping to trade the following players: Nicolas Batum (four years, $100 million), Dwight Howard (two years, $47 million), Marvin Williams (three years, $42 million) and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (three years, $39 million). One or more of these contracts would have to be taken by the teams wanting to get the productive point guard, so some potential suitors might be scared away.

The Charlotte Hornets currently have an 18-25 record, with four games behind the Philadelphia 76ers who sit as the number eight seed in the Eastern Conference.

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