This is truly dependent on a laundry list of factors. Will the Hornets sniff the playoffs by then? Will Ball shed the injury-prone label? Will he have a competent roster around him? Those all ...

Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball averaged a career-high 25.2 points in the 2024-25 season but failed to guide his team to the playoffs. As has been the case for most of his career, Ball’s ...

That brings us to LaMelo Ball. Even after another injury-riddled, loss-heavy season, the Hornets maintain that Ball is not on the trade block. And Ball, for his part, hasn’t expressed a desire ...

The Charlotte Hornets probably aren't trading LaMelo Ball. They remain committed to him publicly despite calls from the media and fans to move on from the superstar point guard. They maintain that ...

Hornets star LaMelo Ball has been the heartbeat keeping the team competitive night in and night out over the past 5 seasons. During that time, Ball and the Hornets fans have been riding out ...

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Head coach Charles Lee left no doubt about his offseason expectations from Charlotte Hornets cornerstone point guard LaMelo Ball. “He’s got to get stronger ...

Ball would be eligible for a much bigger contract with the Hornets, so he has every financial incentive to stick it out and re-sign after this current deal ends. The onus, then, is on the team.

Even as the Hornets struggled to win, Lee was figuring out how to push Ball. He benched his star in crunchtime in a one-point loss to the Nets on Nov. 19. While Lee explained his decision by ...

the Hornets’ brass led by president of basketball operations Jeff Peterson has a huge question to answer. Are the team’s “Core Four” players, headlined by star guard LaMelo Ball and ...

The spotlight was on LaMelo Ball once again heading into the Charlotte Hornets’ 2024-25 season, with the hope being that the dynamic point guard could put together another All-Star-worthy campaign.

According to Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report, LaMelo Ball will likely request a trade from the Charlotte Hornets this offseason. "LaMelo Ball isn't publicly pushing for a ticket out of Buzz City.

But there are two things about Ball that bother me greatly now that he has completed his first five years with the Charlotte Hornets: 1. He has missed 57% of the Hornets’ games over the past ...