Calm.
Tony Parker has already provided so many things the Charlotte Hornets need: talent, precision, poise, leadership, guts.
Calm tops the list. What he represents is the diametric opposite of what Hornets point guards have been the past two seasons, and that’s among the top reasons the Hornets are 4-4 following a 125-113 home victory over the Miami Heat.
There was no bigger hole in the Hornets’ rotation than Kemba Walker’s backup. Whether it was Ramon Sessions, Brian Roberts or Michael Carter-Williams, they were too old or too hurt or too psychically damaged. So when Parker reached out to his former San Antonio Spurs assistant coach, James Borrego, about playing for the Hornets, it was the best day of the off-season.