Willy Hernangomez has a second chance to grow
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After a promising rookie year that saw him earn First-Team All-Rookie honors, Willy Hernangomez was traded from the New York Knicks to the Charlotte Hornets amid frustrations about playing time from the 23-year-old big man. At the end of the 2016-17 NBA seasoWilly Hernangomez has a second chance to grow
After a promising rookie year that saw him earn First-Team All-Rookie honors, Willy Hernangomez was traded from the New York Knicks to the Charlotte Hornets amid frustrations about playing time from the 23-year-old big man. At the end of the 2016-17 NBA season, Hernangomez was seen as a potential cornerstone to grow with Kristaps Porzingis and shape a new future for the Knicks; instead, the Spanish center has lived at the end of the bench, playing in about half of the team’s games and only nine minutes per contest when he did see the floor.The demotion to the bench isn’t entirely on Hernangomez. The Knicks moved Carmelo Anthony in the offseason and brought in Enes Kanter, another young, talented center with much more experience at the NBA level and much more polish on the offensive end of the floor. The roster construct just didn’t work in Hernangomez’s favor, especially once the Knicks started off much better than anyone expected. They were playing .500 basketball through the first 36 games and had an outsid Read more