NBA Power Rankings: Cleveland Cavaliers ruin Christmas

Previous: . Charlotte Hornets. 11. team. 170. The Charlotte Hornets are just fine with flying under the radar this season. Kemba Walker has revived Cardiac Kemba and is now making the Hornets into his professional version of his National Championship UCONN Huskies team. Walker is doing it all for Charlotte offensively and thanks to the work of Steve Clifford and the skill of players like Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Nic Batum their defense is playing at an elite level. Michael Jordan’s reputation as an owner is slowly taking a jolt upwards as the sustained success in Charlotte is wiping away some of the years of ineptitude in the nation’s capital. Since I still have yet to do my due diligence and watch multiple Hornets games, I decided to recklessly project what changes the Hornets could make to improve their team and make them a true threat. During my thinking one name flashed to the forefront: Andrew Bogut. I’m not sure what assets they’ll need to ship to the Dallas Mavericks (first round picks? Jeremy Lamb? Cody Zeller?), but if they are able to get a rim protector like Bogut to man the middle of Clifford’s suffocating defense they could be a real hassle to score on going forward. I think now’s the time for Jordan and Rich Cho (who should probably get more credit for this turnaround than the GOAT) to make a move that helps them be more than just a playoff team both now and for the future.. 17-14