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But the Hornets' offseason acquisition with the biggest upside, and with the greatest opportunity to assert himself in MKG's potentially season-long absence, is Lamb. If he wins the starting two-guard job -- and, if Batum is playing the three (it's difficult to imagine how he won't) -- then Lamb either has to make considerably more jumpers or develop his drive game and get to the paint.
"They love Lamb," said a league source plugged into the dynamics in Charlotte. "He's really the only long, athletic shooting guard they have now that Batum will be back at the three. He has a chance to be really good."
This has been the opinion in the Charlotte front office for some time. Sources say the Hornets tried to trade for Lamb long before he finally became available -- for pennies on the dollar when Oklahoma City no longer had any use or luxury-tax dollars for him.
After three years spent shuttling back and forth between Oklahoma City and its D-League affiliate, Lamb finally will have a consistent opportunity and familiar surroundings. Not for nothing, Walker was his backcourt mate at Connecticut when the Huskies won the 2011 national championship. It's a reunion that could pay big dividends for Lamb.
But the Hornets' offseason acquisition with the biggest upside, and with the greatest opportunity to assert himself in MKG's potentially season-long absence, is Lamb. If he wins the starting two-guard job -- and, if Batum is playing the three (it's difficult to imagine how he won't) -- then Lamb either has to make considerably more jumpers or develop his drive game and get to the paint.
"They love Lamb," said a league source plugged into the dynamics in Charlotte. "He's really the only long, athletic shooting guard they have now that Batum will be back at the three. He has a chance to be really good."
This has been the opinion in the Charlotte front office for some time. Sources say the Hornets tried to trade for Lamb long before he finally became available -- for pennies on the dollar when Oklahoma City no longer had any use or luxury-tax dollars for him.
After three years spent shuttling back and forth between Oklahoma City and its D-League affiliate, Lamb finally will have a consistent opportunity and familiar surroundings. Not for nothing, Walker was his backcourt mate at Connecticut when the Huskies won the 2011 national championship. It's a reunion that could pay big dividends for Lamb.
