This Kings-Hornets Trade Sends Gordon Hayward To Sacramento

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Every team in the NBA has needs. Some are more desperate than others. The Charlotte Hornets desperately need a center. The Sacramento Kings desperately need to make the playoffs.

Hornets fans should be optimistic about their team’s future. They’ve got a clear franchise player in LaMelo Ball and strong supporting players around him. However, they’re unlikely to take the next step until they find a starting-caliber big man.

Meanwhile, Kings fans could be forgiven if optimism is hard to conjure. They haven’t made the playoffs in 16 years. It’s the longest streak in NBA history.

They may be poised to make a run in 2022-23. The team traded promising young point guard Tyrese Haliburton at this year’s trade deadline in exchange for Domantas Sabonis.

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They’re hoping it was the type of win-now move that’ll earn them a ticket to the postseason.

It was also a deal that made big man Richaun Holmes expendable. The Hornets could use him. Here’s a deal that sends him to Buzz City.

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