With the NBA season heating up and the playoffs months away, bettors could win cash prizes with the Charlotte Hornets hosting the New Orleans Pelicans.
If you told any Charlotte Hornets fans before the season that they'd win six in a row right before the deadline and have a legit chance at trading for Anthony Davis, they would've jumped for joy.
A lot has happened in the world in the past few weeks… But once you digest the truly important stuff, you might find that the most shocking development of all is that the Charlotte Hornets are the hottest team in the NBA.
The Hornets are on a historic win streak after beating the Spurs on Saturday. They currently sit at six consecutive victories — the longest active streak in the NBA and the Hornets' longest since March 2016.
Most NBA players, no matter how successful, are out of the league before the end of their 30s, or even their 20s. That leaves a lot of life left to live, and a good handful of players have made the most of their professional lives after leaving the court.
The Charlotte Hornets are likely always going to be linked to Lonzo Ball whenever possible. The perennial (it seems) trade candidate would be a good fit and would probably love to play alongside his brother, LaMelo Ball.
The Charlotte Hornets will try to keep the best stretch of basketball the franchise has seen in nearly a decade alive on Monday, hosting the New Orleans Pelicans in an unusual 3 p.m.
Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki recently explained Charlotte Hornets rookie Kon Knueppel’s German last name to the general public. Nowitzki, 47, played his entire 21-year NBA career with the Mavericks.
The Charlotte Hornets will try to add to their hottest stretch in a decade when the New Orleans Pelicans visit on Monday night. The Hornets have been on the rise and are having sustained success, winning seven of their past eight games.
For years, everyone around the NBA has poked at the Charlotte Hornets for not being a serious organization, and LaMelo Ball in particular, as someone who doesn't care about winning.
Let’s not mince words about it: The 2025 Charlotte Hornets draft class, headlined by guards Kon Knueppel and Sion James, C Ryan Kalkbrenner, and G Liam McNeeley, is the single-best draft class Charlotte has ever had.
The Charlotte Hornets are putting together one of the most impressive runs in franchise history. After a dominant January, Charlotte finishes the month with an 11–6 record, the No.
In his first season as head coach, the Charlotte Hornets’ six-game winning streak Charles Lee hype after a 111-106 win against the San Antonio Spurs. In jubilation with the Hornets players, coach Lee did a cartwheel in the locker room.
Kon Knueppel looks to be the biggest competitor for the Rookie of the Year award alongside the Dallas Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg. And that was on full display in the Charlotte Hornets’ recent victory over the Mavs, which came after both players registered career-highs.
For years, optimism around the Charlotte Hornets has felt fragile – brief flashes of promise followed by long stretches of uncertainty. Injuries stalled momentum, development timelines drifted, and hope was something fans talked themselves into rather than something they could see nightly on the floor.
Charlotte Hornets’ Kon Knueppel got a chance to catch up with his former Duke teammate and Rookie of the Year candidate in Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg. Knueppel strengthened his case for ROY against Flagg in their 123-121 Hornets win.
The weather outside is frightful, but the Charlotte Hornets are so delightful. In front of a national audience on Amazon Prime Video, the Hornets squared up with Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs, and landed just enough punches to knock out the number two seed in the Western Conference.
On a Saturday where a rare six-inch snowstorm paralyzed the city and forced an early tip-off, the Charlotte Hornets defied both the elements and their own history.
Brandon Miller combined a strong start and key late-game offense for 26 points as the Charlotte Hornets defeated the visiting San Antonio Spurs, 111-106, on Saturday afternoon for their sixth consecutive victory.
Amari Bailey, who was selected 41st overall in the 2023 draft and appeared in 10 games on a two-way contract with the Hornets in 2023-24, is trying to become the first player to return to college after playing in NBA games.
The thrills keep stacking up for the Charlotte Hornets, and they'll aim for more when the San Antonio Spurs visit Saturday afternoon. It's the first meeting of the season between clubs that have been making nice recent climbs.
It's very rare that a team with a record of 21-28 and two-and-a-half games out of a playoff spot is mentioned as a sneaky contender in the NBA. There feels like an exception this season, though, as the Charlotte Hornets have seemed to quickly grab the attention of the NBA world.
Furthering his consistent play throughout the season, Brandon Miller was at his best on Monday night as the Charlotte Hornets earned their third win in a row.
Miles Bridges has heard this song before. Every year. Every deadline. Same rumors. Same noise. Same routine. And once again, he is tuning it out. “Just focus on winning, focus on controlling what I can control,” Bridges told Roderick Boone of the Charlotte Observer.