Kelly Oubre knows all too well about that empty feeling the Charlotte Hornets went through a year ago.
Prior to arriving as a free agent this past offseason, Oubre spent a year with Golden State and the Warriors were among the eight teams featured in the inaugural play-in tournament in May. Golden State entered the tournament as the eighth seed and needed to win at least one game to solidify a spot in the main playoff field. It never happened.
Not only did the Warriors lose to the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State couldn’t beat ninth-seeded Memphis, either.