2 biggest Hornets trade targets in 2024 NBA offseason

It’s a difficult task to address the needs of a team sitting at the bottom of its respective conference.

More often than not, the team is either young, hampered, or confused. The San Antonio Spurs have the former issue, the Washington Wizards have the latter issue, and the Charlotte Hornets sit somewhere in between.

They have LaMelo Ball — one of the league’s still-budding stars — but they’re also extremely young, and with Ball missing a substantial amount of games, it was understandably difficult to find success. Now, even with Ball, Charlotte isn’t in any position to be competitive in the East, but that’s not to say it isn’t attainable in a few seasons.

In order to get there, however, the Hornets will likely need to make some offseason additions via free agency or test the trade market. In regards to the latter, there are a few names that Steve Clifford’s squad could consider ahead of next season.

Here are two of them.

Bulls SG Ayo Dosunmu 

Ayo Dosunmu’s name has been thrown around many a time when it comes to trade season.

The Chicago Bulls shooting guard has only been in the league for three seasons, but he’s shown steady improvement with every passing year. He’s averaged more points on more shots as well as scratched the 4o-percent mark from beyond the arc to make him a true deep threat.

On defense, he’s held his own, averaging a career-best 1.4 stocks per game to make him a two-way player capable of boosting a team’s offense and defense. For the Bulls, that was helpful amidst all of their injuries, but for the Hornets, it’d be slightly different. And better.