With a potential Kemba Walker departure looming over the Charlotte Hornets franchise, now seems like a good time to look at what went wrong when constructing a team around him. Walker is by no means guaranteed to be leaving, but you can’t blame him if he does.
He will have a much better opportunity to win elsewhere, especially considering the Hornets really can’t do much at this point to improve the roster around him. They’re strapped for cash and want to avoid the luxury tax. Paying him is going to be difficult, and building around him will be even more difficult until some of the poor contracts they are stuck with expire.