LaMelo Ball’s future in Charlotte is no longer a quiet league rumor—it’s playing out in real time. Coming off the bench for the first time since 2021, Ball delivered 33 points and 12 assists in just 27 minutes, a performance that only sharpened questions about why the Hornets appear to be distancing themselves from their most talented player.
It's been over a year since Charlotte Hornets forward Grant Williams suited up for an NBA game, but tonight, that drought will come to an end. Earlier this afternoon, the team officially announced that he has been upgraded from probable to available, where he will almost certainly come off the bench in a limited role.
For whatever reason, it seems like the entire NBA industry wants to see LaMelo Ball out of Charlotte. At the same time, there's this inaccurate narrative that they've also created that he doesn't take basketball seriously.
After winning two games on a three-game road trip, the Charlotte Hornets dropped a pair of heartbreakers at home to Toronto and Washington. So maybe getting away from Spectrum Center will be a good thing for this team as they open their West Coast swing with the Utah Jazz Saturday night.
The Hornets have made several late tweaks to their injury report ahead of Saturday night's matchup against the Utah Jazz, and the updates skew positive for a team that's been juggling availability issues for much of the season.
Part of what makes the NBA, or any pro sports league, so compelling to watch is the narratives, especially those centered on rivalries. Throughout the decades, the NBA has fostered a number of rivalries, some long-lasting and others short but sweet.
For the first time in over a calendar year, Grant Williams may be finally on the cusp of returning to NBA action. On Friday evening, the Charlotte Hornets officially listed Williams as probable for Saturday's matchup against the Utah Jazz, a meaningful milestone for the forward who last appeared in a game on Nov.
It's amazing the difference that just a couple of games can make. Before Wednesday night, Hornets fans were riding high on a resounding two-game road trip—a win in Chicago followed by a commanding blowout of the defending champion Thunder in Oklahoma City.
Grant Williams is expected to make his season debut tomorrow at Utah, according to the Hornets (Twitter link), who have officially listed the 27-year-old as probable to suit up against the Jazz.
The Charlotte Hornets are a young team in pretty much every meaningful way. This roster hasn't played a ton together, and it's a young roster overall. They're the seventh-youngest team in the NBA, and that includes Mason Plumlee dragging the average up.
On Thursday, Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball recorded 33 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, shot 50% from the floor, and hit 7 threes. Despite the Hornets losing by just two points, the star played 27 minutes, finishing as a +19.
The Charlotte Hornets suffered their second last second loss in as many nights, this time at the hands of the Pacers. Charles Lee and his staff decided to experiment with the lineup and put Collin Sexton in the lineup in place of LaMelo Ball.
LaMelo Ball came off the bench for the Charlotte Hornets against the Indiana Pacers at Spectrum Center on Thursday, and it almost paid dividends. The Hornets fell short against the Pacers, 114-112, despite Ball’s productive evening.
Just one night after one disappointing losses of the season behind a buzzer-beating Immanuel Quickley three, the Charlotte Hornets were back in action against an Indiana Pacers team who were losers of a franchise-record 13 straight.
The Charlotte Hornets came into their game against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday looking to add to their current win streak. However, to get a win, the Hornets were going to have to do so without Brandon Miller as he was ejected after picking up two technical fouls.
Hornets wing Kon Knueppel has been one of the league’s more productive rookies this season. He’s not satisfied. The 20-year-old told Roderick Boone of The Charlotte Observer that he’s focused on raising his impact, particularly on the defensive end.
Neither the Indiana Pacers nor the host Charlotte Hornets are feeling good going into their meeting Thursday night. But the teams have different levels of anguish.
The Charlotte Hornets are starting to show signs of life with a 13-23 record this season. On the surface, that isn't impressive, but they're just three games out of the Play-In Tournament and boast a plethora of young talent starting to blossom into a talented core.
Feeling refreshed and revived from their recent travels, the Charlotte Hornets return home to face the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday. Charlotte is 6-5 in its last 11 games, with no victory bigger than the one they pulled off over the defending champions Monday.
With the 30-6 Oklahoma City Thunder hosting the Charlotte Hornets, you might have expected a blowout. Just not one with the Hornets on the winning side.
Mason Plumlee will be reevaluated in six weeks, according to the Hornets, who announced today in a press release that the veteran center has undergone surgery to address a right groin injury.