Charlotte Hornets

Michael Jordan’s Charlotte Hornets, how weird does that sound to say, have been one of the laughing stocks of the NBA over the last decade. In the last 10 seasons, the Hornets organization has made the playoffs only two times and has had a losing season 8 of the last 10 years. After moving on from Kemba Walker last year and drafting some young players with a lot of potential, the Charlotte Hornets may actually be on to something.

This offseason, the Hornets made a lot of positive moves as they drafted one of the best prospects in the 2020 NBA Draft in LaMelo Ball #3 overall, but they signed Gordon Hayward to a four-year, $120M contract. Devonte’ Graham, Terry Rozier, Miles Bridges and P.J. Washington are all young, talented players who need a leader and bringing in Myles Turner can really go a long way for this young group. 

Turner himself is just only 24-years old, but was a leader at the University of Texas and has been the defensive leader of the Indiana Pacers. Both Hayward and Turner can be the two leaders of this new Hornets franchise and be the X-factors for them to finally break through and make it back to the playoffs in the Eastern Conference. 

If you add Myles Turner to this Charlotte Hornets roster, their starting lineup looks something like this: G LaMelo Ball, G Devonte’ Graham, F Gordon Hayward, F P.J. Washington and C Myles Turner with G Terry Rozier, G Malik Monk and F Miles Bridges coming off the bench. That is absolutely a playoff team in the Eastern Conference and a team that could wind up doing some damage to teams that overlook them.

Although they are a little undersized, bringing in Myles Turner bolsters their front-court and helps them defensively. It would be a great move for Charlotte to bring in Myles Turner and would finally give Hornets fans something to cheer about for the first time since changing their name from the Charlotte Bobcats.