The two-game “maybe we’re turning a corner” stretch didn’t last long in Charlotte. After beating the Bulls and Raptors over the weekend, the Hornets slipped right back into bad habits Monday night, falling by double digits to a Nets team that entered the night at 3-16.
Heading into Saturday night, the Toronto Raptors had the NBA's second-longest winning streak at nine games.
The Utah Jazz, through their bundle of moves to ship off multiple tenured veterans from this summer, sent away one of their prominent pieces in the backcourt, Collin Sexton, to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Jusuf Nurkic, ending Sexton's tenure in Salt Lake City after three years, and shaking up the backcourt rotation for this season.
How many of the active NBA players to average at least 20 points-per-game can you name in five minutes?
Collin “Young Bull” Sexton has embarked on a new phase of his NBA career with the Charlotte Hornets, embracing a fresh, different role that requires him to step up as a crucial veteran presence for the young team.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
The Charlotte Hornets have been a little disappointing this year. Fans had all hoped they'd be healthier and that the offseason work would pay off. Well, the latter has been true, but they have not at all been healthy, making it very hard to get a read on this unit.
. They were sent packing with a 125-121 loss at the hands of the Philadelphia 76ers, but the final score may not have been the biggest loss of the night for Charlotte.
The Charlotte Hornets will ultimately set their first starting five tomorrow against the Brooklyn Nets. Whatever they choose is likely to be the main starting lineup until something goes wrong.
Collin Sexton wasted no time becoming a tone-setter in Charlotte. As Roderick Boone of The Charlotte Observer wrote, the 26-year-old guard has emerged as one of the Hornets’ most vocal leaders, something coach Charles Lee has fully embraced.
The NBA appears to be cracking down on inflated height listings, at least regarding the Charlotte Hornets. Multiple of Charlotte’s players are now listed at shorter heights than they were in 2024-25.
Collin Sexton is a culture-changer. Since he was traded to the Charlotte Hornets in late June, his teammates and coaches have raved about the level of intensity that Sexton has brought to the building.
Collin Sexton was brought in this offseason by the Charlotte Hornets. While he could end up being a starter, that final spot on the wing seems destined for Kon Knueppel sooner or later.
The Charlotte Hornets fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder in preseason action on Thursday night, running their scrimmage record to 0-2 against the defending champs.
The Charlotte Hornets enter the new season with something they sorely lacked last year: reliable depth. Injuries and inconsistency from key players led to one of the franchise’s most forgettable campaigns in recent memory.
The Charlotte Hornets are in desperate need of turning things around. After all, the Charlotte Hornets currently have the longest playoff drought in the entire NBA, as they last reached the postseason in 2016.
Collin Sexton hasn’t played a game yet for the Charlotte Hornets, but Sexton has already made quite the impression on his teammates and on Hornets head coach Charles Lee.
The Charlotte Hornets absolutely fleeced the Utah Jazz on June 29 when they acquired Collin Sexton and a second-round pick in exchange for Jusuf Nurkić.
Here are three guards who could fill the Rockets' hole in the backcourt once their trade options open up.
The Hornets are looking for more than highlights from LaMelo Ball this season. They want leadership. Ball, the face of the franchise and its highest-paid player, has been challenged to take the next step in guiding the locker room.
The Charlotte Hornets have historically been on the wrong side of plenty of trades, especially those that occur on or right after draft night. As one of the NBA's most maligned franchises, they're usually the losers of whatever trade they find themselves involved in.
Collin Sexton had spent the previous three years playing for the Utah Jazz before getting traded to the Charlotte Hornets over the offseason. The former Alabama star finished the 2024-25 season with averages of 18.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists per contest while shooting 48.0% from the field 40.6% from the three-point range in 63 games.
Collin Sexton has been with the Utah Jazz for each of the previous three seasons. The former Alabama star finished this past year with averages of 18.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists per contest while shooting 48.0% from the field and 40.6% from the three-point range in 63 games.
On the eve of free agency, the Utah Jazz and Charlotte Hornets struck common ground on a deal that sent starting guard Collin Sexton and a future second-round pick to the Hornets in exchange for journeyman center Jusuf Nurkic.
The Charlotte Hornets must be planning on playing more small ball next season.
It seems like with each passing offseason and every February trade deadline, Utah Jazz guard Collin Sexton always finds his way into some lingering trade buzz and rumors that eventually subside, keeping him on the roster as one of the most fun and exciting pieces to watch on the floor on a nightly basis.
The Utah Jazz had to endure a good bit of rough patches and turbulence through their 2024-25 campaign, one that inevitably ended with the team sinking to the bottom of the Western Conference with 17 total wins, putting together their worst regular season showing in franchise history.
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