#2 Charlotte Hornets
The Charlotte Hornets are one of several teams watching James Bouknight throughout the pre-draft process and they even hosted him for a workout on July 2. The Hornets as a whole had a breakout season and now, they will be looking for ways to surround LaMelo Ball and Gordon Hayward with more production on the offensive-end of the floor.
With Devonte’ Graham and Malik Monk being free agents this offseason and the possibility of Charlotte still looking to trade Terry Rozier, they could easily wind up with an immediate hole to fill in their backcourt. Adding James Bouknight would solve a lot of these issues and give the Hornets a valuable young scorer.
Creating a backcourt duo of Ball and Bouknight could be really beneficial to the Hornets not only because they are both athletic and versatile guards, but because they could play with one another for at least the next decade.
Charlotte needs guys who can create on their own and guys who are able to create second-chance opportunities and that is exactly the kind of player James Bouknight is. One of his “specialities” in college was his ability to attack the offensive glass and in Charlotte, he would absolutely be a factor with guys like Miles Bridges and P.J. Washington to help control the glass.
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This 11th overall pick is definitely in play to be traded, or the Hornets could potentially look to replace Cody Zeller at the center positions, but if James Bouknight is available, he will be hard for them to pass up on.
