As things stand about a week-and-a-half before the Feb. 9 trade deadline, there are few teams with more names floating around in the rumor mill than the Charlotte Hornets.
It’s understandable, given the veteran status of most of the team’s premier rotation players and the fact that Jalen McDaniels, Kelly Oubre Jr., Mason Plumlee and PJ Washington are all due for a contract extension this summer. After a turbulent, tumultuous, rigamarole of a season that’s culminated in a 15-36 record through the end of January, the Hornets are best-suited as sellers in this season’s trade market.