If you were Charlotte Hornets management, what would you need to justify trading All-Star point guard Kemba Walker?
Just as importantly, what would one of the other 29 NBA teams justify giving up to acquire Walker?
Those assessments are far more complicated than just Walker’s statistics. It’s about fit, age and size. It’s about contracts, salary caps and collective bargaining agreements. It’s about Walker being a year away from free agency. It’s about how much or little new Hornets general manager Mitch Kupchak believes this roster must be taken apart to be improved.
I’m asked Kemba Walker trade questions more than about any other Hornets topic.