NBA Free Agency 2018: 5 offseason targets for the Charlotte Hornets

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What players can the Charlotte Hornets add in NBA Free Agency to a roster that doesn’t have much wiggle room?

With the Steve Clifford and Rich Cho eras coming to an end in Charlotte, the Charlotte Hornets’ cap sheet for the 2018 offseason is in a bind. The roster itself has some major holes in it, playing Frank Kaminsky out of position as the primary back-up power forward and giving extensive minutes at point guard to a struggling Michael Carter-Williams on a team that missed the playoffs by a noticeable margin. The starters at those two positions are either aging — Marvin Williams — or a potential trade candidate — Kemba Walker. As a result, the Hornets desperately need to add talent at the 1 and the 4.

They also have very little room to do it in. With eleven players under guaranteed contracts for next season, the cap hold that stems from the eleventh overall draft pick, and ownership that is unlikely to pay the tax, the Hornets have only $1.7 million for three roster spots. Given the amounts of the minimum contract, this means that they can either sign one veteran or two rookies, and they can never sign a full roster without making some kind of trade or going into the tax. So while there is a strong chance that the Hornets don’t participate much at all in free agency this offseason, here is a fairly unattractive list of guys they could look at as potential ways to fill out the roster:

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