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Keep up with the latest Charlotte Hornets Basketball News. The South East Division Hornets are led by a number of great players including Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball and also power forward P.J. Washington. Steve Clifford is the head coach of the team and he will expect his team to play hard each and every night. Will the team have the right chemistry this season to make another playoff run and win an NBA championship?

Charlotte Hornets Basketball News

Greensboro Swarm Hire DJ Bakker As Head Coach

The Charlotte Hornets have hired DJ Bakker as head coach of the Greensboro Swarm of the G League. Bakker was most recently an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks under [...]

Hornets Hire Ryan Lambert As Director of Amateur Scouting

The Charlotte Hornets hired Ryan Lambert as their new Director of Amateur Scouting, sources told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Lambert was previously a scout with the Thunder. [...]

Keyontae Johnson, Hornets Agree To Deal

Keyontae Johnson and the Charlotte Hornets have agreed to a contract, per Johnson's agency of Priority Sports. It's unclear what type of contract Johnson is signing with the Hornets at [...]

Nuggets Interested In Vasilije Micic

The Denver Nuggets reportedly have interested in Vasilije Micic of the Charlotte Hornets. Micic is close friends with Nuggets star Nikola Jokic. The two are teammates on the Serbian national [...]

RealGM Radio: Wes Goldberg, Mike Prada On The Southeast Division (Aug 2024)

Host Danny Leroux, Wes Goldberg of Locked On Heat and Mike Prada of The Athletic break down the NBA's Southeast Division. They discuss how the Heat, Magic, Wizards, Hornets and [...]

RaeQuan Battle, Hornets Agree To Camp Deal

The Charlotte Hornets are signing guard RaeQuan Battle to a non-guaranteed training camp contract. Battle is expected to land with the Greensboro Swarm of the G League as an affiliate [...]

Leaky Black Waived By Hornets From Two-Way Deal

The Charlotte Hornets have waived Leaky Black from his Two-Way contract. Black averaged 2.7 points and 1.8 rebounds over 26 games with the Hornets last season. [...]

Gordon Hayward Retires From NBA

Gordon Hayward is retiring from the NBA after a 14-year career. Hayward announced his retirement via posts on social media. Hayward played for the Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets [...]

Moussa Diabate, Hornets Agree To Two-Way Deal

Moussa Diabate has agreed to a Two-Way deal with the Charlotte Hornets. Diabate, who is represented by Nodirbek Talipov and Aaron Turner, played in 33 games for the LA Clippers [...]

Reggie Jackson To Join Sixers After Waiver From Hornets

The Charlotte Hornets are waiving guard Reggie Jackson. After clearing waivers, Jackson plans to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers. Jackson is represented by Aaron Mintz and Dave Spahn. The Hornets [...]

Miles Bridges Contract With Hornets Fully Guaranteed, Descends In Value

The contract Miles Bridges signed with the Charlotte Hornets is fully guaranteed for $75 million over three seasons, a source told Keith Smith of Spotrac. The deal contains no incentives [...]

Seth Curry, Hornets Agree To One-Year Deal

Seth Curry has agreed to re-sign with the Charlotte Hornets on a one-year deal. The Hornets acquired Curry from the Dallas Mavericks at the trade deadline as part of the [...]

Hornets, Taj Gibson Agree To One-Year Deal

The Charlotte Hornets have agreed to a one-year deal with Taj Gibson. Charlotte is adding Gibson to give first-time head coach Charles Lee a veteran presence on the roster. The [...]

Klay Thompson Trade To Mavs Officially Announced, Includes 6 Teams

The Dallas Mavericks' acquisition of Klay Thompson was officially announced on Saturday in a move that featured six teams. The Mavs, Warriors, Sixers, Nuggets, Hornets, and Wolves all were part [...]

Hornets Waive Aleksej Pokusevski

The Charlotte Hornets are waiving Aleksej Pokusevski, sources told Shams Charania of The Athletic. The team also waived Devonte' Graham and Davis Bertans. The Hornets re-signed Miles Bridges on a [...]

Miles Bridges, Hornets Agree To Three-Year, $75M Deal

Miles Bridges agreed to a three-year, $75 million contract to return to the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday. Bridges averaged 21.0 points and 7.3 rebounds last season. The Hornets also waived [...]

Hornets Waive Davis Bertans

The Charlotte Hornets are waiving Davis Bertans, sources told Shams Charania of The Athletic. Bertans appeared in 28 games for the Hornets last season. The Hornets also acquired and waived [...]

Spurs Trade Devonte' Graham, Second-Round Pick To Hornets; Hornets To Waive Graham

The San Antonio Spurs traded Devonte' Graham and a second-round pick to the Charlotte Hornets, sources told Adrian Wojnarowksi of ESPN. The Hornets will waive Graham. The Spurs are also [...]

Cavaliers Could Pursue Sign-And-Trade For Miles Bridges

The Cleveland Cavaliers are a team to monitor in a potential sign-and-trade scenario for Miles Bridges, sources tell Marc Stein. The Charlotte Hornets have interest in retaining Bridges. Bridges played [...]

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- Jason Ounpraseuth

The Mavericks are set to take on the Celtics in the NBA Finals, and fans couldn’t help but think of Grant Williams. Dallas completed its gentlemen’s sweep of the Minnesota [...]

- Jason Ounpraseuth

The Charlotte Hornets on Thursday named Boston Celtics assistant Charles Lee the franchise’s 12th head coach. The first-time head coach will receive a four-year deal, and he’ll begin his new [...]

- Gio Rivera
Grant Williams Expected Celtics Tribute Video: ‘I Don’t Get No Love’

Grant Williams was one of several Celtics offseason departees who made their returns to Boston throughout the regular season, embraced with open arms by the TD Garden crowd. The 25-year-old, [...]

- Jason Ounpraseuth

The Hornets reportedly are moving quickly to name their next head coach, and the Celtics could lose a top assistant on Joe Mazzulla’s staff. Steve Clifford will step down as [...]

- Adam London

In wake of significant NBA news, Joe Mazzulla reportedly is in jeopardy of losing a key member of his Celtics coaching staff. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Steve Clifford will [...]

- Greg Dudek
Grant Williams Responds To Criticism Of Being ‘Annoying’ With Celtics

Former Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams already addressed the criticism of him made by NBC Sports Boston’s play-by-play announcer Mike Gorman. But with Williams and the Charlotte Hornets taking on [...]

- Gio Rivera

Grant Williams has undergone two scenery changes in the past year, moving from the Celtics to the Mavericks to now the Hornets, which has painted an ongoing negative portrayal of [...]

- Greg Dudek

Grant Williams will get more of an opportunity with the lowly Charlotte Hornets than he did with the Dallas Mavericks this season. Williams’ tenure with the Mavericks ended surprisingly quick [...]

- Adam London

After missing out on the playoffs in each of the last three seasons, Gordon Hayward now has an opportunity to win the first NBA championship of his career. The Charlotte [...]

- Sean T. McGuire

Terry Rozier reportedly is being dealt to an Eastern Conference contender. The Charlotte Hornets are trading Rozier to the Miami Heat, as first reported Tuesday morning by The Athletic’s Shams [...]

- Gio Rivera

The Boston Celtics fumbled a chance at remaining undefeated through seven games, failing to put away the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night to mark the team’s most inexcusable loss of [...]

- Jason Ounpraseuth

The Celtics struggled on the second night of a back-to-back, and Jaylen Brown ensured Boston didn’t sneak by with another win. Charlotte took the fight to the C’s at Spectrum [...]

- Tim Crowley

In the final tilt of a four-game road trip, the Boston Celtics lost to the Charlotte Hornets 121-118 in overtime at Spectrum Center on Monday night. With the loss, Boston [...]

- Gio Rivera

R.J. Hunter lasted 37 games through two separate stints with the Celtics after Boston drafted the Georgia State product 28th overall in 2015, battling for the last four years to [...]

- Gio Rivera

It’s been a while since R.J. Hunter stepped foot on an NBA court, four years in fact. But, after taking a brief leave of absence to play overseas, the now-29-year-old [...]

- Greg Dudek

Three days into NBA free agency and Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams hasn’t inked a new contract yet. But one Eastern Conference team might be getting into position to lure [...]

- Adam London

Sunday was a rough day at the office for Kyrie Irving. First and foremost, the Mavericks suffered a road loss to the Hornets, who are one of only four teams [...]

- Lauren Campbell

He doesn’t play for the Celtics anymore but Gordon Hayward still is rooting for his former team. Hayward’s Charlotte Hornets visited Boston on Friday night and were handed a loss [...]

- Greg Dudek

The Boston Celtics easily dispatched the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night by cruising to a 127-116 win at TD Garden. The Celtics improved their NBA-best record to 40-16 while the [...]

- Christopher Rusk

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- ESPN

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