The Chicago Bulls and Charlotte Hornets have embraced the time off before their next game, with plenty to fix in advance of Friday night's meeting at Charlotte.
LaMelo Ball's trade value continues to attract headlines as the most buzz-worthy narrative attached to the Charlotte Hornets these days, outside of the electric rookie season that Kon Knueppel's having.
In 2012, the Charlotte Hornets were absolutely robbed of a chance to draft Anthony Davis. Now, all these years later, he's still a superstar, and he's potentially available in a trade.
Sitting on a two-way contract, earning a rotation spot in the NBA is an uphill battle for KJ Simpson. He was selected with the 42nd overall pick in 2024 by the Charlotte Hornets, set to sit behind a guard rotation manned by LaMelo Ball, Tre Mann, Nick Smith Jr, and Seth Curry.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
The Charlotte Hornets have a few trade pieces, but according to Bleacher Report's Grant Hughes, LaMelo Ball is the most likely candidate to be moved. The flashy point guard has struggled and been banged up all season long, and trade rumors have already swirled.
Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball's signature PUMA basketball shoes are always some of the most popular sneakers for young NBA fans. The PUMA MB.05 has continued that trend with a handful of exciting drops.
For the majority of NBA teams, it is far too early to be discussing ping pong balls and lottery prospects. For the Charlotte Hornets, it seems as if it is never too early, and this year is no exception.
Let's take stock of the Charlotte Hornets' season as the quarter(ish) mark. The Hornets have played 24 games in 2025-26 and the results have varied. For the most part, the team has struggled to consistently win games due to a swath of injuries to their star players LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller.
The Charlotte Hornets should call the Golden State Warriors. For the second straight year, Jonathan Kuminga is falling out of favor. His RFA stint lasted forever and ended unsatisfyingly for him, and he just played zero minutes in a loss.
His success didn't come as quickly as it did for the rest of the Charlotte Hornets' 2025 draft class, but don't be mistaken; Liam McNeeley is right on schedule.
Comparison might be the thief of joy, but fans and analysts can't stop comparing Charlotte Hornets rookie Kon Knueppel to other NBA greats these days. Knueppel has been likened to Klay Thompson and even Devin Booker recently.
With picks four, 29, 33, and 34 (thanks to a draft-day trade with the Phoenix Suns), the Charlotte Hornets were able to select Kon Knueppel, Liam McNeeley, Sion James, and Ryan Kalkbrenner, all of whom look like key pieces of the future.
The depleted Charlotte Hornets battled, but they couldn’t quite keep pace with the Denver Nuggets. The Hornets went toe to toe with the Nuggets from the outset.
The Charlotte Hornets finally got back in the win column for the first time in a long time, the other night, taking down the Toronto Raptors on the road.
The Hornets (7-16) return home on Sunday, this time hosting Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets (16-6) for an intraconference clash. The Nuggets dominated the recent matchups between these teams with seven straight wins.
The Charlotte Hornets blew out the Raptors in Toronto on Friday, and the night belonged to 20-year-old NBA sophomore Tidjane Salaun. Salaun, the No. 6 overall pick in the 2024 NBA draft, finished with a career-high 21 points in Toronto on a ridiculous 5-of-6 from three-point range.
The Charlotte Hornets were desperate to break free from the losing column, and Tidjane Salaun rose as the unlikely hero by erupting for a career-high that completely reshaped the night.
When the Charlotte Hornets hired Charles Lee, expectations were sky-high. Fresh off a championship run as an assistant with the Boston Celtics, Lee’s blend of offensive creativity and defensive discipline was billed as the perfect fit for a franchise desperate for direction.
As is the case most seasons for the Charlotte Hornets, it's been a disappointing start to the year. Charlotte will enter Wednesday's NBA Cup contest against the New York Knicks at 4-13 and slowly falling further back from the No. 10 seed in the Eastern Conference.