Hornets Waive Josh Okogie | Hoops Rumors

The Hornets have waived Josh Okogie, Rod Boone of the Charlotte Observer reviews. Okogie’s $7.7MM wage for subsequent season would have been assured if he had remained on the roster past Tuesday.

Charlotte had seemed to commerce the wing however couldn’t discover a companion. The 2 sides agreed to push again Okogie’s assure date previous June 30 to present the entrance workplace extra time to hunt a commerce involving the 27-year-old wing.

He appeared in a complete of 40 video games final season (15.6 minutes per contest), averaging 7.1 factors, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals on .448/.348/.741 capturing. Okogie was acquired by the Hornets, together with three second-round picks, from Phoenix for Nick Richards in January. He appeared in 16 video games (six begins) with Charlotte, averaging 8.9 factors and a couple of.7 rebounds.

Charlotte has to make a number of extra strikes to ease its roster crunch. The Hornets nonetheless have 18 gamers on commonplace contracts and all three of their two-way spots are crammed.

DaQuan Jeffries, who additionally doesn’t have a assured contract, and Nick Smith Jr. are among the many gamers who may lose their spots if the Hornets don’t make extra trades.