For years, LaMelo Ball was everything for the Charlotte Hornets. As their only star and last source of hope, it was tough to imagine a world where they willingly moved on from the star point guard.
Well, folks, it's that time of year. It's time to unleash our record predictions for the Charlotte Hornets' new season. Here is what a handful of members of our staff expect from the Bugs this season.
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 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.
"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.
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 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.
That's more like it. The Charlotte Hornets bounced back from a preseason opener that, at times, looked more like a mud wrestling contest than a basketball game, with a solid two-way performance against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Okay. So, they lost; I get it. What I don’t — and will likely never — get, though? Is the massive overreactions that are boundless on Hornets Twitter the past couple of days.
It won't take much for the Charlotte Hornets to improve on their preseason debut. A couple of days after getting thrashed by the Brooklyn Nets' first, second, and third teams, the Hornets are set to welcome the new-look Milwaukee Bucks to the Spectrum Center for another preseason contest.
The Charlotte Hornets will play their second and final home game of the preseason against the Milwaukee Bucks today at Spectrum Center, with tipoff scheduled for 7 p.m.
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.
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.
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?
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.
The Charlotte Hornets opened their preseason account with a loss against Michael Porter Jr., Julius Randle, and the Brooklyn Nets. This is not a space that particularly cares about the results of the preseason, so let's focus on some of the processes that led to them.
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.