Mark Williams
Biggest takeaway: Draft pick Mark Williams
The Charlotte Hornets are a young team, and while they still failed to make it to the playoffs last season, the team is on the right track. The Hornets picked up a number of outstanding players in the draft, including Ramello Ball and Bridges. At the same time, they also sent Kemba Walker through a first-and-later trade-first-served basis to get Rochelle from the Celtics. Although Rochelle did not become a cornerstone player, he still performed well as a supplement to the core players.
Ramello Bauer
For the Hornets, their vacancy in the center position was awkward. On the one hand, centers are already a scarce resource, so they have never been able to get a midfielder in the free agent market or the trading market. Although the team had received Howard, Howard at that time did not meet the league's demand for center players. On the other hand, the Hornets' center players are not on the same timeline as the team's core players in terms of age, which also makes the lineup combination slightly awkward. Of course, Mark Williams of Duke University, whom they won with the No. 15 pick in the draft, could be the player to make up for that shortcoming.
Plumlee
Mark M Williams' main significance for the Hornets is the interior defense. He has a 7-foot-7 arm span, which makes it easy to associate him with Robert Williams III. If Mark Williams can live up to the Hornets' expectations for him on the defensive end, he will soon replace Plumlee as the team's starting center. Once he gains confidence on the defensive end, his athleticism combined with Lamelo Ball's organizational skills, Mark Williams has the opportunity to surprise Hornets fans on the offensive end.
Walker and Clifford
Biggest loss: Hiring Steve Clifford as head coach
Clifford coached the Hornets for five seasons from 2013 to 2018, leading the team to the playoffs twice, and in 2016 he led the team to the best record in team history - 48 wins and 34 losses. Clifford was a member of Nets coach Steve Nash's assistant coaching team last season.
Wasp boss Jordan
According to Clifford's past resume, he should be a good head coach, and he has coached the Hornets. However, the more embarrassing problem is that the Hornets originally hired the head coach was former Warriors assistant coach Atkinson, and the two sides reached a verbal agreement for 4 years, but the latter eventually reneged on the agreement and stayed with the Warriors. So, Clifford is one of the team's alternate coaches, will this make Clifford unhappy?
Kupcek
In addition, since Clifford had a good relationship with Jordan and Kupchek, why did the Hornets change in the first place? I think these issues need to be observed. Clifford is a strict head coach who is good at coaching defense, and the Hornets have ranked at the bottom 10 of the league for the past two seasons, but there are more young players in this Hornets team at the moment, and I think Clifford, who is in his 60s, with a tough attitude and a dull attitude, is not suitable for coaching such a young team.