Tag: Charlotte Hornets
NBA teams are reportedly considering Charlotte Hornets forward Gordon Hayward as a buyout possibility, according to Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports. Charlotte has made the 14-year veteran available for a trade as well. “Gordon Hayward is absolutely for the taking, that on an expiring contract has more likelihood than ever to get moved… A lot […]
Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier passed Ben Gordon and Kirk Hinrich for the 99th spot on the NBA’s all-time career 3-pointers list, during Tuesday night’s 111-104 win over the Sacramento Kings. Rozier recorded 34 points, three rebounds, six assists, one steal, and two blocks in 37 minutes of action. The nine-year veteran shot 13-of-24 (54.2%) […]
Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball (ankle) has been downgraded to out for tonight’s road game against the New York Knicks. Ball, 22, suffered the injury during the first half of Sunday’s 130-117 loss to the Orlando Magic. Last week, the 2022 All-Star became the second-fastest and third-youngest player in NBA history to record 500 career […]
Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball has officially become the second-fastest and third-youngest player in NBA history to record 500 career 3-pointers. Ball, 22, reached the mark in only 175 career NBA games. Duncan Robinson owns the fastest all-time record with just 152 games. Luka Doncic (187) ranks third, followed by Devonte’ Graham (189) and Anthony […]
It was a strange turn of events that brought Steve Clifford back on the bench for the Charlotte Hornets (he was the team’s head coach from 2013-18). Originally, it was supposed to be Kenny Atkinson who took over for James Borrego after he was dismissed at the end of the 2021-22 season. However, Atkinson eventually […]
The Charlotte Hornets are known by many fans as a small market team. And while that is true, they are also rapidly growing in value, at least according to Forbes’ yearly NBA team valuations. Rapid Growth In The Last Year In the Fall of 2022, Forbes valued the team at roughly 1.7 billion dollars (chump […]
Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier (left groin strain) is out at least the next two games, the team announced Tuesday. Rozier suffered the injury during the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 125-124 win over the Indiana Pacers. The 6-foot-1 guard went down in pain while moving the ball up the court and had to be helped […]
Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball became the eighth NBA player to record at least 10 triple-doubles before turning 23 years old in Sunday night’s 124-118 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. This was his first 30-point triple. Ball posted his 10th triple, trailing Luka Doncic (45), Oscar Robertson (38), Magic Johnson (31), Ben Simmons (22), LeBron […]
The Charlotte Hornets declined to pick up James Bouknight’s $6.1 million team option for the 2024-25 season, per sources. The 6-foot-4 guard will become an unrestricted free agent next summer. His $4.57 million club option for 2023-24 was exercised last October. This is part of the four-year, $19.15 million rookie-scale contract he signed in August […]
The Charlotte Hornets are bringing back 13-year veteran guard Ish Smith and waiving guard Edmond Sumner. Smith, 35, went undrafted in 2010 out of Wake Forest University. The North Carolina native is the only player in school history with at least 1,000 points (1,114) and 600 assists (612) in his college career. Furthermore, Smith has […]
