The Minnesota Timberwolves are reportedly adding a veteran forward to their roster for next season.After the acquisition of LaMelo Ball from the Charlotte Hornets, the Timberwolves are lacking depth in the power forward department. Julius Randle is going to the Brooklyn Nets, while Naz Reid is heading to the Queen City.The Timberwolves have been linked […]
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Celtics talked to several teams for Jaylen Brown, until the 76ers were the last ones left.
The Boston Celtics sent out a few trade offers to various teams about Jaylen Brown before sending him to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George and draft picks. One team that had a big decision to make involving Brown was the Charlotte Hornets. After their shocking move trading away LaMelo Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolves, […]
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Here’s a trade. The Charlotte Hornets are reportedly acquiring Dorian Finney-Smith and three second round picks from the Houston Rockets in exchange for nothing. It seems as though all the Rockets are getting out of the deal is a trade exception worth the amount of Finney-Smith’s contract, which would mean the Hornets aren’t sending anything […]
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The Rockets have traded Dorian Finney-Smith to the Charlotte Hornets for…nothing. (As NVP points out below, this does create a trade exception for the Rockets of 13.3 million-ish. I will not dignify Rafael Stone’s Lawyerly BS about how this was his intention all along with anything more than a derisive snort.) In fact the Rockets […]
Tim Connelly and the Minnesota Timberwolves have already made their summer splash, and it was not exactly a toe-dip into the pool. Acquiring LaMelo Ball from Charlotte was the kind of move that immediately changes the way everyone has to think about this roster. The direct cost was steep: Naz Reid, the 2033 first-round pick, […]
Dorian Finney-Smith is coming off his first season with the Houston Rockets.He finished the year with averages of 3.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.0 assists per contest while shooting 33.3% from the field and 27.0% from three-point range in 37 games.On Friday, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported the news that Finney-Smith is being traded to the […]
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The Charlotte Hornets have agreed to acquire veteran forward Dorian Finney-Smith from the Houston Rockets in exchange for three second-round picks, according to ESPN. The deal gives Charlotte another experienced wing while adding to its growing collection of draft assets. Following the trade, the Hornets now own 20 second-round picks over the next seven years, […]
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Hornets The Rockets have agreed to trade veteran forward Dorian Finney-Smith and three future second-round picks to the Hornets, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The deal sends Memphis’ 2027 second-round pick, along with Houston’s own second-rounders in 2028 and 2033, to Charlotte. Finney-Smith signed a four-year contract with the Rockets last summer but never found […]
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The Rockets and Hornets have agreed to a trade that will send forward Dorian Finney-Smith and three future second-round picks to Charlotte, reports ESPN’s Shams Charania (Twitter link). According to ESPN’s Bobby Marks (Twitter link), the three second-rounders headed to the Hornets in the deal are Memphis’ 2027 pick and Houston’s own picks in 2028 […]
The Minnesota Timberwolves have acquired star point guard LaMelo Ball from the Charlotte Hornets. This was a move envisioned to maximize Anthony Edwards for a title push.According to HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto, this may not be the end of Minnesota’s offseason engagements. “Following the blockbuster LaMelo Ball trade, NBA executives around the league believe the Minnesota Timberwolves […]
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The Charlotte Hornets have not done much in the free agency or trade market since the league year opened on Tuesday afternoon. However, they have been busy getting their roster set for the summer league in Las Vegas that starts next week. Here’s the team by position. Expected starters (by me) are in bold. Guards […]
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The 2026 offseason has felt like a turning point for the Minnesota Timberwolves, who are fresh off a valiant playoff run. Minnesota cracked open the summer floodgates by striking a blockbuster trade with the Charlotte Hornets for ascending star guard LaMelo Ball. The move for Ball came just days after the Wolves sent Julius Randle — […]
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Veteran NBA guard Lonzo Ball expressed his belief this week that his younger brother, LaMelo Ball, has found the ideal landing spot with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
On Wednesday, news came out that Collin Sexton is signing a deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.The former Alabama star is coming off a year where he averaged 15.4 points per contest while shooting 48.5% from the field and 40.1% from three-point range in 68 games for the Charlotte Hornets and Chicago Bulls.ESPN’s Shams Charania […]
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The Wizards have waived 6’6″ guard/forward Leaky Black, Michael Scotto reports for HoopsHype (via Twitter). Black has played two seasons in the NBA, first for the Hornets and last season for the Wizards. He appeared in 12 games in Washington, averaging 7.1 points and 5.0 rebounds on .388/.345/.875 shooting splits in 28.9 minutes per night, […]
With the acquisition of Miles Bridges, the Phoenix Suns opened one roster spot. After sending both Grayson Allen and Royce O’Neale to Charlotte, the organization needed to replace the shooting it lost. That became the priority, and the Suns addressed it by signing veteran sniper Luke Kennard to a two-year, $13 million contract with a […]
The Celtics will compete with the Hawks, Hornets, Bulls, and Wizards in the East's Group C this year in the NBA Cup.
The NBA did a very Major League Baseball thing and took a piece of semi-interesting news and buried it at a time when absolutely no one would pay attention to it. Marketing 101 right there. They dropped the NBA Cup groups at almost 10:00pm Eastern time on the first night of free agency when everyone […]
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The Washington Wizards are in East Group C for next season’s NBA Cup, the NBA announced Tuesday. They’ll play the following opponents during group play: @ Atlanta Hawks@ Chicago Bullsvs. Boston Celticsvs. Charlotte Hornets Washington is 1-11 across the first three seasons of the NBA Cup. Their lone win came last November in a 132-113 […]
The Charlotte Hornets agreed to send LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Timberwolves for Naz Reid, an unprotected 2033 first-round pick, three first-round pick swaps, and three second-round picks. On the surface, that’s just Minnesota cashing in for another star. But for Warriors fans, it reopens one of the most painful draft-night decisions in […]
Late last week, we got the news that former North Carolina men’s basketball player Coby White had agreed to a new deal with the Charlotte Hornets, who he had been acquired by in a trade last season. On Monday, we got more news that another Tar Heel had come to an agreement on a new […]
NBA Free Agency began at 6 PM ET last night, but we were already starting to hear news beforehand. For some players, they could technically make tentative deals with teams before the official window opened, and Coby White was one of the guys that took advantage. It was announced that White plans to a sign […]
The Minnesota Timberwolves took a massive swing by acquiring LaMelo Ball from the Charlotte Hornets to pair up with Anthony Edwards and his promising supporting cast. A week after being traded to the team, LaMelo Ball received a short but telling welcome message from Timberwolves guard Ayo Dosunmu, who is fresh from signing a five-year, […]
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So today is technically the start of free agency, but stuff has already happened en masse, both for the Charlotte Hornets and the league as a whole. Let’s hit the highlights: Charlotte Hornets We’ve spent a lot of time talking about the LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges trades, and surely we’ll continue to hash that […]
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