Adding more ‘Bacon’ in the Hornets lineup could prove useful

The Charlotte Hornets folded during this year’s trade deadline. They were the only eastern conference team that didn’t make any transaction before the February 7th, 3 pm cutoff point. There are many reasons to believe why Mitch Kupchak and company didn’t pull the trigger, but I’ll only be getting to one today. That was the fact that the team’s “tradeable” pieces didn’t have the same market value as the Hornets would’ve hoped for. As a result, teams were, in my eyes, reluctant to bring in some of the heavier and longer-term contracts on that the Charlotte has on their roster.

But, there is a silver lining in all of this. That is the young assets that the Hornets were able to keep on their…