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Gina Mizell: Unsurprisingly, Joel Embiid and LeBron James are listed as OUT for tonight’s game in Charlotte. Jaylen Brown (knee) is questionable after missing last night’s win over New York. Jabari Walker and Tacko Fall also are questionable, which would provide a needed frontcourt lift.
Josh Robbins: AJ Dybantsa will remain out for the Wizards' game Monday in Charlotte because of his left ankle sprain, per the team’s injury report. The No. 1 pick missed Washington's first three games of the regular season.
Miami Heat falls to 0-3 after 115-110 loss to a banged-up Charlotte team, as Giannis Antetokounmpo scores just 14 points, fouling out in 25 minutes. Bam Adebayo had 20 points and eight rebounds. Brandon Miller led the way for Charlotte with 34 points on 29 shot attempts.
Ira Winderman: Pelle Larsson listed as probable for Heat tonight in Charlotte with a left finger sprain. He is the only player on the team’s injury report.
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Marc Stein: Charlotte is finally waiving Ryan Nembhard as expected after agreeing earlier today to its Buddy Hield-for-Rob Dillingham swap, league sources say. As we’ve reported previously: Denver is prime among multiple teams hoping to sign Nembhard to a two-way deal IF he clears waivers.
Krishna Narsu: I'm super excited to be joining the Charlotte Hornets as an Analytics Researcher. It has been a life long dream of mine to work in the NBA and I'm super excited about joining the team in Charlotte. Can't wait to get to work. Go Hornets!
NBA Trade Machine: On HoopsMatic over the past 24 hours, Jrue Holiday showed up in 5.4% of all trades built. Among those, he was most often sent to Oklahoma City (9.8%), Charlotte (9.8%), and Golden State (7.3%), and the return pieces that came up most often were Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (8.5%), Royce O'Neale (8.5%), and Duncan Robinson (7.3%).
Jake Fischer: Cleveland, to my understanding, has been orchestrating all the separate pieces of this trade. It’s slated to end up as a five-team concept, sources say, that combines the Cavaliers landing Peyton Watson with trading out Dennis Schroeder to Charlotte into one large transaction.
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After agreeing Friday to trade Schröder to Charlotte, Cleveland remains in active search of a trade to send out Max Strus as Strus enters the final year of his current contract at $16.7 million, league sources say.
Shams Charania: Charlotte picks up an established veteran at point guard who has history with Hornets president Jeff Peterson and coach Charles Lee from his tenure in Atlanta at the start of his career. The Hornets, Cavaliers and Schroder's rep Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports worked for the last couple months on the deal -- which also provides Cleveland with flexibility to continue pursuing roster moves and tax savings to keep them well under the second apron.
LaMelo Ball is allegedly leaving Charlotte with some unpaid debts. Court records viewed by The California Post on Tuesday show Ball was sued Monday — just weeks after he was traded from the Hornets to the Timberwolves — over accusations he owes a North Carolina landlord more than $100,000 in missed rent checks. According to a copy of the lawsuit, Ball and Agape Property Management Group entered into an agreement in December 2020 for the NBA player to rent two swanky units in a fancy uptown Charlotte condominium complex.
But in Lee’s first interview since the official completion of all of the Hornets’ offseason moves, he laughed off the suggestion he wasn’t aware of the wheeling and dealing of Jeff Peterson, Charlotte’s president of basketball operations. “Yeah, I would say I was not caught off guard by it,” Lee told The Charlotte Observer. “I think one of the great things about our organization is that there’s always really good communication amongst all departments and groups. And I think that’s what Jeff does so well, is that he wants to communicate and collaborate with people. “And ultimately, he has to make some tough decisions to help our basketball team and our organization be in the best place to flourish and try to be the premier sports franchise.”