Some Hornets fans are extremely interested in whether Charlotte trades Terry Rozier and/or Cody Zeller this season.
I get it. Rozier is second ($18.9 million) and Zeller is third ($15.4 million) on the Hornets’ payroll. Neither is sure to start this season. It makes sense there’d be curiosity about dealing one or the other.
Keep in mind that trades will be harder this NBA season. The pandemic gutted league-wide revenues, and there was no rise in the salary cap. Only a handful of teams, the Hornets among them, had any cap room when the league’s new fiscal year started.