Here’s hoping Caleb either falls to the Hornets if they make the lottery or far enough that the Hornets can package picks outside of the lottery to move up and get him. He may be the perfect addition to the roster.
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That would be a dream scenario. I think we all can agree a 4 or 5 with our first pick makes sense right? Unless we don’t end up bringing Coby back somehow, then a backup point guard becomes a real priority.
I would love a big that can defend the post and have some outside shooting ability to pair with Moussa ideally. Maybe that is the future 4 man for us, who knows…
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What about Cenac?
I’ve seen enough of Caleb Wilson to see he would be a perfect fit for this roster. But that’s unlikely. Haven’t looked much at the prospects yet but am intrigued by Yaxel Lendeborg. He seems to fit everything we need even though he’s “old” and is in the range of where both picks will probably land.
When I have thought about “all-in moves”, cashing in our stockpile of picks for a missing piece I’ve always assumed that in the context of a proven player. But now that you throw out someone like Caleb Wilson, who I agree would be perfect on this roster, I wonder what type of package would it take to get you in that position. On the one hand it’s not like you’re trying to trade up to #1. More likely #4. If you have a package competitive enough for a proven all time great like Giannis it stands to reason you should have a package viable for an unproven #4 pick. Though unproven in the league i have little doubt that Wilson is going to be a stud. And a team with that pick is going to have different priority values in a trade so I guess it’s unlikely anyone is coming off that pick but I’d be willing to give up anything we’d give for Giannis pick wise as long as we keep our core of Melo, Miller and Kon intact.
I found a pick value calculator that has picks 13 and 20 (current picks) being just over pick 4 value. 
Go ahead and send that to whatever GM has #4. I am thinking it moves you up to 8ish if he were to fall due to the thumb
I don’t think teams are trading back in this draft, right? I mean unless you are maybe Brooklyn….
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Man that’s what I was saying. I totally agree with you. I doubt he falls, but who knows. I do wonder if this is the draft to unload draft picks and players to trade up for the high end talent available.
The flip side of that, is that I doubt other teams would be willing to trade away their draft picks. It would have to be a crazy offer.
NBA GM Reportedly Says Darryn Peterson, Cameron Boozer Not Top 3 in 2026 Draft Class NBA GM Reportedly Says Darryn Peterson, Cameron Boozer Not Top 3 in 2026 Draft Class
I wonder which GM that was putting that out there. Man, it feels too early for the smokescreen, chess match games of draft time to be starting.
I get cooling off on Peterson a bit. I don’t understand the cooling off on boozer. My only critique of boozer is that I don’t see him having great lateral quickness or the super top end athletic burst, but I feel like I’m nitpicking. His feet certainly aren’t cement shoes and he’s still a great athlete. I could imagine Booker struggling to match up with quick NBA SGs. But no one is drafting him with the expectation that he’s going to guard all five positions
Edit: I don’t think we have a 2nd round pick this year. But two 1sts.
There’s a couple names that I’m looking at to target in the early 2nd round. I’ll do some write ups over the next few weeks when I have more time. If the hornets can nail another pick in the high second round, that would be incredibly important to the teams salary cap outlook moving forward.
Moussa, Sion, Kalk are all locked in at 2.6m. Moussa for 2 more years and the rookies for 3 more years. If we add another cap controlled rotation player at 2.5-3m, holy shit that’s huge.
You trying to say the Charlotte Hornets do not have a 2nd round pick?!! Given our history, I feel that statement would be cause for panic… However I do think we have a 2nd. I know we got robbed of one of our seconds by Miami recently but if I remember right we had multiple in 2026 as well as the extra first rounder.
Keeping track of picks nowadays is even more difficult than it used to be. My understanding is that we don’t have a 2nd rounder in 2026. We have one to the Heat and we owe one to Sacramento. I don’t remember who we owe that 2nd round pick to but it’s being rerouted to SAC. I’m confused. Per realgm:
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I might be wrong, but the pick going to SAC is one of the Kai Jones seconds that’s been traded multiple times. The pick going to MIA is from GS, I think. We still have a plethora of seconds if we want to get back in for someone we like
I don’t think we need the 2nds this year with two firsts. We may actually, believe it or not, have a problem with too much depth!
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If they don’t end up with a top 4 lottery ball, this may be the time to try and get giannis but keep the melo/kon/miller/moose/kaulk/coby/scion roster. That would be something like miles, josh green, tijuane, mcneely and all the picks for giannis. That’s assuming giannis is ok being less ball centric as he ages. Anthony Davis would be the perfect fit if he was healthier for more than 10% of a season.
I don’t see how the bucks trade Giannis without getting a guy like Brandon miller back. Also, how are we supposed to absorb that crazy Giannis contract with miller on the team who is about to get a base 45-50m deal in this following 2027/28 season?
With miller and Melo that’s 90m. Giannis is eligible for a four year 275m contract. Minimum.
So with that, it’s 170m for Melo, Miller, Giannis in 2027/28. Giannis will sign a 4 year deal, so we’re on the hook for 70m in salary just for one player for a few more years.
Oh, and Coby white is supposedly going to be in Charlotte for a while. There’s no way that Coby white does less than 25-30m a season. I don’t want to a negative Debbie downer, but there’s no way that Giannis fits in this roster with Coby white, Brandon miller, and Melo.
Edit: I love you chef but the math there just doesn’t math.
Yeah definitely isn’t mathing. I guess the only economical way to do it is to draft bigs late lotto or early 20’s and pray they hit
Nba cap is turrible
I’m a weird person on several accounts, but I’m weird because I like the CBA second apron/hard cap. It appropriately penalizes rich teams and poor salary cap management. It’s not perfect and I actually think there’s a few easy tweaks to remedy it.
But from a cap perspective, I just don’t think it’s possible to get Giannis without trading away Miller. Also, I think the bucks would balk at a trade that didn’t include miller or Melo. But maybe not at this juncture in time??
Bridges, Salaun/Grant, Tre Mann and four 1sts?