Those are the players on the Hornets’ roster that qualify as “veterans” in my eyes, and all but Batum and Zeller have expiring contracts in the $13M-$18M per year range that come off the books this July. Zeller is a valuable piece to the Hornets and the city of Charlotte as a whole, while Batum just kinda stinks, and why would a team take on a contract with two years and over $50M left on it without Mitch Kupchak giving up draft assets? They wouldn’t, and Kupchak won’t be trading away picks.
What if... the Hornets don’t make any trades?
