It's been a rough week for the Charlotte Hornets. Earlier this week, the team discovered that star Brandon Miller has no timetable to return from his shoulder injury.
Here, in just a few minutes, the Charlotte Hornets will throw the ball up in the air against the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves. Both teams have turned in their starting lineups, so let's take a look at the first group on the floor.
Moments ago, the Charlotte Hornets announced that point guard LaMelo Ball (ankle impingement) has been upgraded from probable to available and will start tonight's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Charlotte Hornets are back in action tonight against the Minnesota Timberwolves, marking the first night of a back-to-back. Can the Bugs snap their current two-game slide and get back in the win column?
Does it ever end? That's the question Charlotte Hornets fans constantly ask themselves. The injuries are non-stop with this franchise over the last handful of years, and it all began this year, with Brandon Miller leaving in the first half of game two.
The all-time list of NBA All-Stars is obviously long, and notably distinguished. However, there are some players — for various reasons — who the casual, or even most-dedicated, NBA fans can't recall having earned All-Star nods.
The Charlotte Hornets have been one of the worst defensive teams in the NBA so far this season. In five games, they haven't given up fewer than 113 in any of them, and gave up a whopping 144 to the Miami Heat earlier this week.
The Charlotte Hornets (2-3) have lost their last two games by 15+ points, but look to rebound versus a 2-3 Minnesota Timberwolves team, who are without their star player in Anthony Edwards.
The Charlotte Hornets picked up the options of Brandon Miller and Tidjane Salaun, the team announced today. While it is not surprising that the Hornets chose to keep the pair in the fold, they did wait until the last day to make the decision.
The Hornets locked in two young pieces for the long haul, exercising rookie-scale team options on Brandon Miller and Tidjane Salaun, per a team release.
It hasn't been a great week so far for the Minnesota Timberwolves or the Charlotte Hornets. So while there have been glitches, there are enough slivers of hope shining through for both teams in advance of Saturday night's meeting in Charlotte.
After three games, I was almost ready to say the Charlotte Hornets might genuinely be a playoff team. Two big wins over the Brooklyn Nets and Washington Wizards showcased the elite offense they have, and the loss to the Philadelphia 76ers suggested they could be competitive and steal games against "better" teams.
The Charlotte Hornets were off to a pretty good start, but two consecutive losses by double digits have quickly soured things. They went from being a few seconds away from 3-0 to 2-3, with a whole lot of questions.
Jeff Peterson still has a lot of work to do before he gets the Charlotte Hornets to a point where they can be taken seriously in the Eastern Conference and around the NBA, but this past summer's draft may have helped accelerate the rebuild to some degree.
For the first time in franchise history, the Charlotte Hornets started three rookies. Although the final result was ugly for the Buzz, the future remains bright with these three in tow.
The No. 4 pick is starting — and thriving — as Charlotte’s sharpest new weapon Four games into the NBA season, Kon Knueppel isn’t easing into anything.
Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball has been fined $35K by the NBA for making an obscene gesture during the team’s loss to the Heat in Miami on Tuesday, the league announced today in a press release (Twitter link).
Kon Knueppel has kicked off his NBA career with immediate responsibility. The Charlotte Hornets have called upon their fourth overall pick to fill key minutes at the wing as they have gotten off to a two-win start through their first four games.
The Miami Heat traded a first-round pick to the Charlotte Hornets for Terry Rozier in 2024. Now that he's been arrested, the team may be looking for a refund.
Charlotte Hornets wing Brandon Miller has been diagnosed with a left shoulder subluxation — a partially dislocated shoulder — the team announced on Monday.