Charlotte isn’t a destination market …

Charlotte isn’t a destination market and, unlike a lot of other teams on this list, could be targeting young-ish bigs — Poeltl and Harrell would be interesting names here. One item to file away is that the Hornets also signed Hayward to a max offer sheet back in 2014 before Utah matched it. However, Hayward’s max is the significantly higher $34.5M one for players with six to nine years experience — Charlotte would have to stretch Batum (or perhaps Zeller) to get within range.