The Charlotte Hornets have made significant off-season changes: Trading for center Dwight Howard, drafting Kentucky shooting guard Malik Monk and signing backup point guard Michael Carter-Williams.
However, coach Steve Clifford said following a 36-46 season that much of the improvement must come internally, with core players upping their games in the off-season.
The starting wing positions last season were filled by shooting guard Nic Batum and small forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. Neither had a stellar season. A Hornets fan asked how well, or not, those two fit together.
Answers to your summer Hornets questions:
Q. Do you think Kidd-Gilchrist and Batum on the court at the same time hurt the Hornets?