A full season of development missed.
Maybe 1 1/2 seasons missed.
That is how Charlotte Hornets general manager Mitch Kupchak described the competitive disadvantage his team feels for not being part of the NBA’s restart and not allowed to practice as a group this summer.
The Hornets last played March 11. Next season won’t start before at least December, and the NBA could push that back all the way to March 2021. Meanwhile, the eight teams not part of the restart are restricted to individual player workouts.
“We’re trying to keep them, as best we can, interested,” Kupchak told The Observer.