There is some new blood in the NBA Finals. For the first time in five years, the championship round of the playoffs will not include the Cleveland Cavaliers or LeBron James. With James in Los […]
CHARLOTTE — There’s a part of Kemba Walker that wants to play his entire career with the Charlotte Hornets. There’s another part that wants to compete for an NBA championship before he’s too old. With […]
The Charlotte Hornets missed the postseason for the third straight season, which is tied for the fifth-longest current playoff drought in the NBA, behind Sacramento, Phoenix, New York and the Lakers. The team made some […]
The Charlotte Hornets are on the outside looking in of the Eastern Conference playoff race with a week remaining in the NBA regular season. Their 111-102 defeat at Utah on Monday — the Hornets’ third […]
Charlotte hosted the NBA’s All-Star Weekend festivities in mid-February, and it appears that no one told the hometown Hornets that the league has resumed play. The Hornets were three games below .500 at the break […]
Former Duke Blue Devil Jayson Tatum hit a half-court shot to come from behind in the NBA All-Star Skills Competition, part of the festivities held last weekend in Charlotte. Tatum beat Memphis’ Mike Conley Jr. […]
It’s a couple years later than expected, but the NBA All-Star Weekend will take place in Charlotte this weekend. The Hornets were originally supposed to host the rest of the league two years ago, but […]
CHARLOTTE — Hornets point guard Kemba Walker can’t imagine what the atmosphere will be like when he’s introduced as an NBA All-Star Game starter next month on his home court. “I haven’t given it any […]
The Charlotte Hornets faced a midseason test this week, and they passed with flying colors. It was the end of a tough West Coast road swing, and the Hornets were a disappointing 1-4 with losses […]
Nine minutes were enough to provide a microcosm of the Charlotte Hornets’ season. Ninety seconds into the second half of a November game, Kemba Walker rolls toward the basket, runs baseline and takes a bounce […]
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