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[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

We gon take over the league.

[Darian 🇺🇸🇧🇷🇨🇻 @truzzbuzz]

The Hornets are going to continue taking on contracts with valuable assets attached. I don't think they're going after the likes of Jaylen Brown or other big names that could hit the market.

They're going to take their chances finding a cornerstone player in the draft , which looks different now with the new lottery odds. That's why you need Coby White. That's why you need Naz Reid.

This lets the younger players keep developing without bottoming out, and gives them a chance to experience meaningful games early in their careers.

If they can't find that player in the next year or two, they'll still have the assets to trade up in the draft or make a move for a cornerstone level talent.

You get that player alongside Kon, Brandon, Hannes, and Christian, then you're in a good place with your core.

And with so many assets, you'll still be able to build out the roster outside of your core without giving up your key pieces.

In a lot of ways, this is exactly what OKC did transitioning out of the KD/Westbrook/Harden era. Not everyone is lucky to get a Shai level player and win a championship but they want more than just one. Now that their team is getting expensive, they have picks to trade for rotational pieces or use to build out the roster.

To be clear, I'm coming from an objective standpoint, not as a fan. I still don't like the trade. I would've rather lived and died with LaMelo and gone down swinging. That could be due to just being so bad in Charlotte for so long.

But with a front office that has no ties to Charlotte and is trying to build a brand new culture, I'm not surprised by this move. The NBA is a business, and businesses would rather succeed or fail with their own systems and people in place.

The last thing this FO wanted was to build off what's already heree (a structure they clearly didn't believe in ) just to appease the fans. Because if it didn't work, they would've been run out of town. If they're going down, they want to go down with their plan, not someone else's.

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@databallr Decent analysis. They want to be a perpetual play-in team with these new draft rules

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@Jawad8Sud @YaHateTwoSeeIt

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@HornetsLead AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@YaHateTwoSeeIt My fault demon

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@Jawad8Sud @YaHateTwoSeeIt Deleting

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@Jawad8Sud @YaHateTwoSeeIt I’ll send you 1000 if he gets traded

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@YaHateTwoSeeIt Annual melo “trade talks.” you haven’t gotten any smarter

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@HornetsReddit @hornets Liam taller?

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@HoopSector Yay

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@ImAHater100 @PrimeKnueppel Niggas are slow and wanted the pick they had in their mind and are dooming

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@PrimeKnueppel Why do yall think these rookies are gonna replace anyone?

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@Cleondonson Take me there

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@HornetsSufferer “Brandon millers or is almost perfect”

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@MIK3MCDANIEL Corey dirty macking CRAZY

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@BarstoolKU You’re fishing for a poorly aged tweet

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@ReVLiTHoUSe Never touch a FO

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@SleeperHornets @KevinOConnor 😍😍

[Dee🐝 @helpsideDee]

@FREETHEHORNETS Good player

[😐 @00selm]

KC exploring tierra isn’t enough