The last 72 hours have been a whirlwind for the Charlotte Hornets. Around 12:30 A.M. on Thursday morning, the franchise swung a deal to send their starting center Mark Williams west to join Luka Donu010diu0107 and LeBron James as members of the Los Angeles Lakers. Later that afternoon, they filled the 7'2" size hole in their front court with Phoenix's Jusuf Nurkic, trading Cody Martin and Vasilije Micic for the embattled big man and a future first-round pick.
Charlotte's President of Basketball Operations Jeff Peterson was widely panned for the pair of deals. The Hornets had flipped their starting center and a pair of bench contributors into an intriguing prospect in Dalton Knecht, a new starting center in Nurkic, and a wealth of future draft capital that created gobs of future flexibility for the franchise.