Could the Hornets make a move for North Carolina native Brandon Ingram?
season. One path, the more likely of the two, is the path of selling as February's trade deadline nears. Charlotte owes a lottery protected first round pick to the San Antonio Spurs, and a couple of extra losses down the stretch would allow the Hornets to add one more high-end piece to their core of LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Tidjane Salaün, and Mark Williams.believes that in that scenario, Charlotte would take a swing at trading for a former NBA All-Star: Brandon Ingram.
Miles Bridges, Nick Richards, a 2027 first-round pick , a 2029 second-round pick and a 2030 second-round pick hould the Hornets show some early signs of life—the above trade couldn't happen before Dec. 15—they might consider forking over a few assets to bring the North Carolina native and former Duke star back home.
Ingram, the No. 2 pick of the 2016 draft, checks those boxes about as well as anyone on the trade market can. He hasn't lingered on the trade market for a lack of talent; he's one of only 13 players to average at least 20 points and four assists in each of the last five seasons. His issues as a trade target stem from his upcoming free agency and a laundry list of injury issues behind him.
The proposed price is steep. Trading Nick Richards and not receiving another big man in return would leave Charlotte's front court with a massive hole, but that's business when you trade for a scorer like Ingram. The improvement over Miles Bridges would be massive. Ingram's three-level scoring ability would be a perfect release valve for Ball and Miller on offense.
This move is a bold one, and one that is antithetical to the slow building process that Jeff Peterson and Charles Lee have committed to thus far. A trade for Ingram would accelerate the Hornets timeline tenfold, and for a team that hasn't made the playoffs in nearly a decade...why not take the home run swing?
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