Following the LaMelo Ball trade, the Charlotte Hornets have entered a period of uncertainty. Without a star or any clear direction for the future, nobody knows what to expect from this Hornets team or what moves they might make to elevate their position in the Eastern Conference.
The Charlotte Hornets have made a ton of moves this offseason, but Jeff Peterson still has a little more work to do ahead of the 2026-27 season. They have 17 players under contract, so two will have to be moved/let go of two more players before things get underway.
Here soon, we are going to get our first look at the new-look Charlotte Hornets. It's easy to assume that without LaMelo Ball, this team is going to have its fair share of struggles.
Earlier this week, the 2026-27 schedule was released, and the Charlotte Hornets will open up on the road against the Brooklyn Nets before returning to Uptown for a pair of home games against the Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat.
Jeff Peterson isn't done wheeling and dealing. On Friday, he sent Tre Mann to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for veteran journeyman point guard Dennis Schröder, finally addressing the Charlotte Hornets' need for a backup to Coby White.
The regular season is important, but NBA legends are made in the playoffs. More specifically, it's the Finals where the all-time greats have built their otherworldly reputations.
The Cavaliers had obvious financial reasons for trading Dennis Schroder to Charlotte. Turns out the Hornets had some basketball reasons for taking him.
In a full story for ESPN.com, Shams Charania reports that the Cavaliers, Hornets, and Dennis Schröder‘s agent, Mark Bartelstein, have been working together for the “past couple months” on the trade that will send the veteran point guard to Charlotte.
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.
The Cavaliers and Hornets have reached an agreement on a trade that will send veteran point guard Dennis Schröder and cash to Charlotte in exchange for point guard Tre Mann, reports ESPN’s Shams Charania (Twitter link).
The Cavaliers are trading Dennis Schröder and cash to the Hornets for Tre Mann, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Friday. According to Charania, Charlotte lands an established veteran point guard with ties to Hornets president Jeff Peterson and coach Charles Lee from Schroder’s early years in Atlanta.
Schedule release day is the Super Bowl for creative marketing teams, and the Charlotte Hornets' staff rose to the occasion. In conjunction with Chess.com, the Hornets announced their 2026-27 schedule over a not-so-casual, life-sized game of chess.
One day after the Charlotte Hornets announced a partnership with Cox Media that would broadcast their non-nationally televised games on local TV, the NBA released the full regular season schedule.
Remember the days when the Charlotte Hornets were lucky to get just one nationally televised game? Well, things have certainly changed, as the Hornets will have six such games this season.
A new season of Charlotte Hornets basketball is just around the corner, and the next time they take the floor, it will be the first look at Jeff Peterson's vision for the future of the organization without LaMelo Ball.
The Charlotte Hornets traded LaMelo Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a shocking move that seemingly came out of nowhere. It could be argued that it's the most surprising move in franchise history.
On Wednesday, the Charlotte Hornets announced that they would be broadcasting all non-nationally televised games on local stations. In the Charlotte area, the games are going to be broadcast across WSOC Channel 9 and TV64.
The NBA landscape changes in the blink of an eye. Just a couple of months ago, LaMelo Ball was the clear leader of the Charlotte Hornets. He was drafted third overall in 2020, immediately earned Rookie of the Year honors, and he became an All-Star by 2022.
The Charlotte Hornets already made their huge change at point guard this offseason, so nobody should expect them to panic after some bad games. Still, if the first months of the season show that something is missing, they could eventually have to admit that replacing LaMelo Ball is harder than just putting another scorer in his spot.
The Charlotte Hornets are entering a new era. LaMelo Ball is gone. Naz Reid is in. Coby White is locked up and expected to take over at point guard, and he believes the franchise can make noise next season.
The Hornets traded LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges this offseason, but Coby White doesn’t sound like someone expecting a rebuilding year in Charlotte. “I think we’ve got a really, really good team,” White said, via Roderick Boone of The Charlotte Observer.
The Hornets traded away two starters this summer in LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges, but Coby White is confident the team can rise up the Eastern Conference standings in 2026/27, according to Roderick Boone of The Charlotte Observer.
After a spectacular run to close out the 2025-26 season, the Charlotte Hornets ensured that they would be a team to keep an eye on moving forward. Now, after making some dramatic changes to their roster this summer, there is even more reason to believe that the Hornets are must-watch basketball.
Thursday night marked the first game of the NBA Summer League for the Charlotte Hornets, meaning the debuts of their two first-round picks, Christian Anderson and Hannes Steinbach.