Dwight Howard has 23.5M Cap on an expiring deal.

To trade him, the Hornets will need to look at teams also needing to dump a 15M plus player- and try not to add any more years, as they are in a rebuilding mode, maybe to a team trying to get out of salaryhell.

So lets go team by team and see if any team can be a landing spot

Hawks– Bazemore fits the first criteria at 16.9M, but has 2 years left. Again, I almost would consider if post-Kemba, but no.

Heat: Whiteside might be interesting, at 23.8M, depending on how much of a stink he raises, and the Hornets might still balk at the extra year, but still. Dragic might be the more interesting piece if the Heat can move Whiteside in another direction. Adding in Justice Winslow matches the Salary, but this is a serious no Whiteside/Kemba thought process.

Add those two to the trade Plus Jeremy Lamb? It matches Salary, but neither team comes out, but this time its the Hornets that hang up first.

Magic: Fournier is at 17M, but the 3 years remaining kills it, and Biyombo- well, lets move on before I start throwing things.

Wizards: Porter, Beal, Wall all nos, and Mahinmi adds another year, and still no.

Boston– Hayward and Horford make more- but the Celtics are not giving up Hayward, and Horford is another year and older than dirt. Irving is at 18.9M, but no.

Nyets: Allen Crabbie is at 19.3M but 2 years to go, and Mozgov is at 15.3, also at 3 years. No desire for either in Charlotte.

Knicks: Kanter and Noah are both over 17M, plus Haraways is at 16M. I don’t think even dumping Howard for Kanters extra year is worth any of them.

76ers: Their top 3 paid players all have an ending contracts, and they are not adding Howard to that environment.

Raptors: Lowry is a nogo, or DeRozan. Ibaka- now he’s a thinker. Ibaka makes 20M, and the salaries match. I’m not sure the Raptors don’t think long and hard about this one to shake up the team.

Bulls: no one over 15M

Pistons: Andre Drummond? No.

Pacers: Oladipo? Pacers are still laughing.

Bucks: Giannis? No.

LeBronites: LeBron and Love are not getting traded, and George Hill makes 20M but adds another year. But-

George Hill makes 20M. True, there isn’t much upside, and he does add another year as well, so no.

Tristan Thomason? Well, he’s at 16.4, and it’s 2 more years, but lets look at who else to throw in- Ante Zizic and Larry Nance Jr would make the salaries match, but I’m not sure Thompson is worth it.

So do we have any choices to send Dwight? The Raptors and Cavs are really the only two options I can see in the East, will they have better luck out West? Find out soon!