The Hornets have traded 30-year old SG/SF Rasual Butler to the Clippers for a future 2nd round pick. Butler played in 82 games (74 starts) for the Hornets last season and he averaged 31.9 minutes, 11.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. Butler played 4 years for the Hornets appearing in 293 games (140 starts) in which he averaged 25.9 minutes, 9.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. This was not a good move for the Hornets but they do have a bunch of players able to compete for Butler’s minutes so I might be surprised here.