No matter how sweet even a single win in the NBA playoffs might be (something that hasn't happened in Charlotte since 2002), not making the postseason this year wouldn't be a tragedy. The franchise has made long-term commitments to Kemba Walker, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Jeremy Lamb who will respectively be 26, 23 and 24 at the start of the next season. All of them are signed to good deals from the club's perspective.
Frank Kaminsky will turn 23 in April and thus will already be 26 when his rookie deal expires.