Rick Bonnell: Why the Hornets not making a deadline trade was the biggest investment in their rebuild

With the NBA trade deadline passing Thursday without a move by the Charlotte Hornets, here’s what counts most the next few months:— The rotation coach James Borrego used in Houston on Tuesday — four high-priced veterans outside the playing group — figures to be the norm going forward.— The Hornets will have an abundance of salary cap room next summer — $25 million or more — once contracts for Bismack Biyombo, Marvin Williams and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist expire July 1.Hornets management doesn’t use the word “rebuild,” but to call this process anything else is silly. This was the only sensible pat…

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