In February, Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan told the Observer he wouldn’t consider trading Kemba Walker for anyone short of a major All-Star, like a Kawhi Leonard.
So, how about Leonard, the San Antonio Spurs small forward whose injury is causing a lot of drama for his team, currently down 2-0 to the Golden State Warriors in the playoffs?
I think it would be a sad thing for the Hornets to trade Walker, a two-time All-Star point guard. I wrote that before the trade deadline and I’ve repeated it frequently on Charlotte radio. The question, though, is whether keeping Walker, who becomes an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2019, will be realistic.