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Should Hornets waive Nic Batum? Is blowing up roster the answer? Here’s what I think. | Charlotte Observer

Some of you would accept just about any means to move on from Nic Batum’s contract.

I appreciate the frustration that Batum, the Charlotte Hornets’ starting shooting guard, appears overpaid after signing a five-year, $120 million contract in the summer of 2016. Batum isn’t performing up to that deal, but that doesn’t translate to useless.

I’ve had some fans tell me they’d be for waiving Batum, which would serve no constructive purpose; Batum’s salary would continue counting on the Hornets’ cap and they’d walk away from a 6-foot-8 guard with a wide skill set.

Batum tops this week’s Hornets mailbag:

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