Stuck in the Middle with Melo: Are the Hornets in One of the Worst Roster Situations? originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
On a recent episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast, Bill and Ryen Russillo played their favorite offseason game: projecting the NBA’s worst long-term roster situations. Tucked between predictable entries like the Wizards and Nets was a more surprising inclusion—the Charlotte Hornets.
No, Charlotte isn’t the full-on disaster it was a year or two ago. But both Simmons and Russillo agreed: the direction still feels murky, and the franchise may be quietly teetering in dangerous territory.