Charlotte Exchanged Jason Hart for Sacramento’s 2006 Second
The Bobcats sent reserve point guard Jason Hart to the Sacramento Kings on August 2, 2005, receiving a second-round choice in the following summer’s draft. Charlotte used the pick at No. 50 in 2006 to select UCLA center Ryan Hollins. The franchise needed inexpensive opportunities to develop a frontcourt while spending its second NBA season assembling a roster. Hart had started 27 Charlotte games in 2004-05 and averaged 9.5 points and 5.0 assists, giving Sacramento an experienced ball handler after the Kings adjusted their guard rotation. The draft pick was genuine and ultimately exercised, not a nonconveyed condition. The teams’ dated transaction ledgers show the two-sided player-for-pick bargain without cash or other players.
Hart Became a Sacramento Backup Instead of a Starter
Hart made 66 regular-season appearances for the 2005-06 Kings with no starts. He logged 818 minutes, totaling 218 points and 70 assists, or 3.3 points and 1.1 assists per game. Sacramento had other primary guards, so Hart no longer needed to carry the starting responsibilities he briefly held in Charlotte. He appeared in five games during the Kings first-round playoff series against San Antonio, adding some postseason ball-handling minutes. His return was useful roster insurance but not the creation of a new lead scorer or a long-term starter. The inherited Sacramento C grade reflects modest rotation depth acquired from a future second-round selection, not Hart’s earlier Charlotte statistics.
Hollins Took a Slower Development Path in Charlotte
Hollins played 27 games for the Bobcats as a rookie in 2006-07 and averaged 2.4 points in 6.9 minutes. He appeared in 60 more Charlotte games in 2007-08, with one start and 2.5 points a night, then started one of his 18 Bobcats games in 2008-09 before moving to Dallas. That gave Charlotte multiple seasons of low-minute center development, but the immediate NBA value was limited. His eventual ten-year NBA career included several other franchises and should not be mistaken for ten Charlotte seasons. Both inherited grades are C, although the canonical wording selects a slight Kings edge on the veteran Hart’s prompt backup-guard contribution. The pick produced a real NBA player rather than an unused right.
Final Verdict
Slight Kings Edge under the inherited verdict, with C grades for both sides. Sacramento received 66 regular-season games and five playoff appearances from Jason Hart in 2005-06. Charlotte drafted Ryan Hollins at No. 50 in 2006 and gave him 105 Bobcats games across three seasons, mostly as a reserve.