Talent is a must when building a winning fantasy basketball roster. But what good is athletic aptitude if it’s riding the bench? Truth be told, opportunity is what puts points on the scoreboard in fantasy basketball.
For those of us who are fans of multiple sports, today is a pretty exciting day. It’s the first round of the NFL Draft, which is always a huge deal even if the decision making process of that league seems to be a couple decades behind that of the NBA.
The Charlotte Hornets had a good season. If nothing else, it was extremely valuable to finally see what this roster looks like when mostly healthy. To that end, it helped reveal who is and is not a part of the core and who will or will not be around for very long.
The Charlotte Hornets have been primarily built through the draft. They drafted LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel (as well as Miles Bridges eons ago), and that's where most of their success has come from.
How many of the NBA players with at least 30 games with 30 points in the postseason can you name in five minutes?
The Charlotte Hornets had a really delightful year, a crushing Play-In loss notwithstanding. They answered every major question about the roster core and have set themselves up incredibly well for the future.
In the NBA, it's all about showing up and showing out in the posteason. With that in mind, here are the 25 greatest NBA playoff games of all time.
It didn't take Coby White long to etch his name into Charlotte Hornets lore. In his first postseason game as a member of his hometown team, White knocked down one of the most memorable shots in franchise history -- a fadeaway three-pointer from the corner that forced overtime in the Play-In Tournament against the Miami Heat.
While the NBA prepares to announce its official Rookie of the Year winner, Knueppel already claimed one major honor.
There was something in the air heading into a Friday night matchup between the Charlotte Hornets and Orlando Magic. That something was different for both teams.
The Charlotte Hornets and Bam Adebayo don't have bad blood, per se, but it's certainly not the most friendly relationship. The longtime Miami Heat star, though, would make an excellent addition to Charlotte's roster as they continue ascending the East.
Moussa Diabaté was a real revelation for the Charlotte Hornets this year, even if his traditional stats aren't gaudy. The Hornets took off when he was inserted into the starting lineup, and his advanced metrics are incredible.
Although the Hornets were blown out by Orlando in last Friday’s do-or-die play-in game, there are plenty of reasons for optimism in Charlotte entering the 2026 offseason.
LeBron's career can't go on forever, can it? If it were to end tomorrow, it would be the greatest run of sustained excellence the league has ever seen.
The Charlotte Hornets are now shifting their full attention to the 2026 NBA Draft, free agency, and their development plans for the players who will be on the roster next season.
Charlotte Hornets fans -- let me be one of the first to welcome you to mock draft season. The sun is shining, the world is blossoming with shades of green, and your favorite accountants from Ernst & Young are preparing for their annual pilgrammage to the NBA Draft lottery Chicago in a few short weeks.
The Charlotte Hornets had the NBA's best net rating in the calendar year of 2026, and yet they're not in the playoffs. It's difficult to reconcile that last fact with what we saw for over three full months.
The Charlotte Hornets' season came to an underwhelming and, quite frankly, shocking end last week in the Play-In Tournament. The Orlando Magic blew them out and sent them back to the lottery for the 10th straight year.
For years, the Charlotte Hornets had a young and promising roster, but they just couldn’t seem to develop winning habits. The team finally took a few steps forward this season, even winning a play-in tournament game before ultimately being eliminated from the preliminary postseason event.
Grant Williams summarized the Charlotte Hornets' late-season loss to the Detroit Pistons in three simple words. "...they punked us." That result, plus the drubbing Charlotte received at the hands of the Orlando Magic in the Play-In Tournament, should make their offseason plans pretty clear.
The Charlotte Hornets’ 2025-26 season is officially over following their play-in loss against the Orlando Magic this past week. But one of the bright spots of the Hornets’ impressive season was the emergence of rookie wing Kon Knueppel.
Just when much of the national media was starting to realize that LaMelo Ball is indeed a winning player who cares about basketball, the final week of his season had some pundits going back to their initial thoughts about him.
LaVar Ball is back after the Charlotte Hornets’ elimination from the NBA Play-In Tournament, and he has an idea to help the team realize its ambitions.
The Hornets were a pleasant surprise this season despite falling short in the play-in tournament. With a solid young core, here are five move the team needs to make to take the next step.
Since the start of 2026, the Charlotte Hornets have had the best offense in the NBA. Against the Orlando Magic, that offense looked like the league's worst.
There are 45 players in NBA history that have averaged at least 2.0 made three-pointers-per-game in their career. How many of those players can you name in six minutes?
LaVar Ball is respawning this week to defend his youngest son LaMelo Ball. The Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo drew widespread backlash with a dirty takedown of Miami Heat counterpart Bam Adebayo during Tuesday’s play-in tournament game (see the video here).
Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo is firing back at LaMelo Ball over Ball’s controversial move in the NBA Play-In Tournament.
In NBA history, 38 players have made 200 or more three-point field goals in more than one season. How many can you name in five minutes?
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