The Charlotte Hornets are beginning the season anew. One of them is that it will be Naz Reid’s first season in Charlotte after being traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for LaMelo Ball.
Slowly but surely, the Charlotte Hornets have cleared the runway for Brandon Miller. Since he was drafted in 2023, the team has made several high-profile trades.
"The Way You Move" by Outkast is my favorite song of all-time. There isn't a single tune recorded in the history of this great green earth that gets my head bobbing quite like it.
Following the pre-game press conferences of Hornets head coach Charles Lee and Bucks head coach Taylor Jenkins, I was minding my own business, going courtside to watch the final few player warm-ups before team intros and tip-off.
The Hornets suddenly have a lot more offensive talent. What they may not have is someone who organizes all of it. ESPN identified Charlotte’s biggest roster hole as a pass-first playmaker after the team traded LaMelo Ball to Minnesota over the summer.
Who is the X factor for every NBA player this season? We’re not talking about the go-to guy, like Nikola Jokic or Steph Curry. It could be a big-name player, an all-star, or a bench player, but they are the pivot point for their team.
The Charlotte Hornets drafted Liam McNeeley late in the first round last year after trading Mark Williams. He joined three other rookies in a highly touted class for the Hornets, and he is the only one who failed to crack the rotation.
Brandon Miller, the second-overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, is now eligible for a rookie-scale contract extension with the Charlotte Hornets. And with the 23-year-old cemented as part of the team’s core alongside Kon Knueppel, he is projected to land a five-year max contract.
After seven years with the Minnesota Timberwolves, forward Naz Reid was traded this offseason to the Charlotte Hornets. He was part of the famed trade that brought LaMelo Ball to the Wolves. An undrafted player out of LSU, Reid has seen players come up the ladder to become bona fide stars in the NBA.
Moussa “Moose” Diabaté earned his status as a celebrated fan favorite (MOOOSE!!!) with his shockingly energetic and effective play. A Clippers’ reject,
There are a lot of variables with the Charlotte Hornets this year. How will Brandon Miller fare as the number one option? Can Kon Knueppel shoot as well without as many open looks and with more defensive attention?
Typically, the path to the NBA for most players is to spend at least a season in college to get high-level basketball and important development under their belts.
Hannes Steinbach is one of the more intriguing players on the Charlotte Hornets' preseason roster. Who wouldn't be interested in seeing how the team's lone lottery pick performs in his first taste of NBA action?
The Charlotte Hornets were coming off a 21 win season. It was the franchise's fewest wins in a season since the 2012-13 season, where they wore orange and called themselves the Bobcats.
The Charlotte Hornets knew they were taking a big risk by trading LaMelo Ball. They knew it could backfire, and most importantly, they knew it would make life more difficult in the immediate interim.
The Charlotte Hornets have suffered yet another setback on the injury front just as their 2026–27 preseason campaign gets underway with a revamped roster.
Rob Dillingham has been enduring a rough stretch, with the former number eight overall pick being waived by the Charlotte Hornets and then becoming the subject of a viral social media post involving influencer Tatiana Chanel.
Last season went about as well as possible for the Charlotte Hornets. After finishing 19-63 the year prior, expectations were low. When Charlotte started 4-14 last season, it looked like 2025-26 would be more of the same.
The Charlotte Hornets made one of the strangest roster decisions of the NBA offseason. They decided to waive Rob Dillingham after acquiring the former No.
The Charlotte Hornets have a lot of new faces entering the 2026-27 season, but 2024 first-round pick Rob Dillingham won’t be around to meet them. On Monday, the Hornets decided to waive Dillingham just two years after he was selected in the top-10.
The list of destinations for NBA superstars has rarely included the Charlotte Hornets. After their best season in a decade, Hornets management is making moves like they're ready to join that list.
Last summer, Finney-Smith signed with the Houston Rockets, in part because he wanted to return to Texas. Now he's buried on the Atlanta Hawks depth chart after being traded for the second time this summer.
The Heat have claimed Bez Mbeng off waivers and will sign him to an Exhibit 10 contract, according to Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald. Mbeng is expected to take part in training camp practices with the Heat next week.