The Hornets will exercise their option for next season on head coach James Borrego, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic.
When Charlotte hired Borrego in 2018, he was given a contract with three guaranteed years, along with an option for the fourth. Although his record is just 95-124 with the Hornets, he has spent most of that time overseeing a rebuilding project.
With the offseason addition of Gordon Hayward in free agency and the performance of Rookie of the Year candidate LaMelo Ball, Charlotte appears to be headed in the right direction. Charania notes that the Hornets were in the race for home-court advantage before Hayward and Ball were injured (Twitter link). The team wound up making the play-in tournament, but was eliminated in the first game.
Borrego, 43, was an assistant coach for eight years with New Orleans, Orlando and San Antonio before becoming a head coach. He served as an interim head coach with the Magic for 30 games during the 2014/15 season.
Smart move. He is a good coach and everything seemingly was moving in the right direction before the Lamelo and Hayward injuries. Give him at least next season (before the inevitable Hayward injury) to see how much further he can bring the team
Horrible move. Kupchak needs to reach back to his days of Lakers yore and hire a Kurt Rambis or Jim Cleamons. Bring some Phil magic to the Hive baby.
Hornets should acquire Richaun Holmes in the off season. That is if Holmes wants to be in the playoffs rather than a suck team…