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Is Ryan Kalkbrenner in Danger of Losing His Role with the Charlotte Hornets?

Charlotte Hornets On SI·Schuyler Callihan·23 days ago
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For a second-round draft pick, Ryan Kalkbrenner had a pretty solid rookie campaign for the Charlotte Hornets. In 69 games (31 starts), he averaged 7.6 points, 5.5 rebounds (2.4 OREB), 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 75% from the field on an average of 4.2 attempts. Nothing he did jumped off the page or made you truly wonder how so many teams passed on him in last year's draft, but he helped shore up what looked to be a weakness for the Hornets on paper heading into the season. Once he was moved to the bench in favor of Moussa Diabaté, he excelled in the backup center role and gave Charlotte some rim protection and a true lob threat on the other end of the floor. The biggest problem for him, like many of the pieces in Charlotte's frontcourt, was the physicality. Even at 7'1", 256 lbs, opposing bigs played right through him, bullying their way to the basket. It didn't happen all the time and did not have nearly as much trouble handling physicality as Diabaté, but it was noticeable in certain matchups.…

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