The Hornets won’t extend a qualifying offer to Treveon Graham, who had been eligible for restricted free agency, reports Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link). As a result, Graham will become an unrestricted free agent on Sunday.
Graham, 24, appeared in 63 games in his second season in Charlotte, playing a part-time role for the club. He averaged a modest 4.3 PPG, 1.9 RPG, and 0.9 APG in 16.7 minutes per contest.
A qualifying offer for Graham would have been worth just shy of $1.7MM. While the Hornets no longer project to be over the tax – due to their Dwight Howard/Timofey Mozgov trade agreement – the club would still probably rather fill Graham’s roster spot with a minimum-salary player. It’s possible Graham himself could be re-signed, though Charlotte’s level of interest is unclear.
The Hornets are a mess — this is a decent young player they could have kept rights to, the only risk being paying him less than a million more than a minimum deal if he took his QO. Jordan is a cheapskate!
Should’ve given him a QO. Graham is one of those guys who’ll play any role you want him to. One of those glue guys for sure.
Calling his numbers modest is very generous, right?
Anybody can be replaced. Get rid of the dead wood, for once and for all. Trade away, do something. Spend some $$$$ your making $$$$. Pay the tax. Money makes money. Losing interest more and more every so called another re-build year. Bad enough I pay to watch the Hornets going nowhere, every year.