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.
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.
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.
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.
With the NBA season heating up, the San Antonio Spurs are looking to keep their momentum going against the Charlotte Hornets in an early game showdown.
The Charlotte Hornets are back home for a quick two-game homestand, starting this afternoon against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs. The game has been moved up from 3 p.m.
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.
As former Charlotte Hornets player Amari Bailey is currently out of the league, the guard is looking to regain college eligibility and head back to that level.
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.
LaMelo Ball is one of the most gifted players in the NBA, although there's a significant portion of folks either in the industry or who watch the game that don't really care for his flash and the risk that's involved in his style of play.
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.