FILE - Basketball legend Michael Jordan speaks during a press conference ahead of an NBA basketball game between the Charlotte Hornets and Milwaukee Bucks in Paris, Jan. 24, 2020. Jordan is considering selling the Charlotte Hornets. The six-time NBA champion is in negotiations to sell at least a portion of the franchise to a group that includes Hornets minority owner Gabe Plotkin. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets aren’t expected to be big spenders in free agency this summer even if Michael Jordan sells the team.
The Hornets are a projected $39 million under the NBA salary cap for next season — which ranks in the top 10 in the league in terms of available spending money — but the team plans to focus on re-signing their own players and adding others through the draft and “savvy trades,” according to general manager Mitch Kupchak.