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According to NBA executives who spoke with HoopsHype, Nick Smith Jr. is a player they believe could be attainable on the trade market from Charlotte’s backcourt. Similar to Jock Landale who was recently waived by the Houston Rockets, the working assumption is Josh Okogie had his guarantee date pushed back to July 15th because the Hornets will look to include his salary in a potential trade and could waive him if nothing materializes. In addition, DaQuan Jeffries also has a non-guaranteed contract for the upcoming season, making him a candidate to be waived.

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Charlotte Hornets PR: INJURY UPDATE: Nick Smith (L Ankle) is now listed as questionable. Miles Bridges & Taj Gibson have been added to injury report and are both questionable (Illness).

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Rod Boone: Final: #Hornets 115, #Knicks 98 LaMelo 25 pts, 8 asts, 5 rebs Mark Williams 19 pts, 14 rebs Miles Bridges 15 pts, 10 rebs, 4 asts Nick Smith Jr. 13 pts, 4 rebs, 3 asts

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Rod Boone: LaMelo Ball (left ankle soreness) and Nick Smith Jr. (low back tightness) are now questionable for today's 1 pm tipoff in Detroit.

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Rod Boone: Final: #Hornets 117, Spurs 116 Miles Bridges 25 pts, 7 rebs, 2 asts LaMelo 24 pts, 10 asts, 4 rebs Nick Smith Jr. 19 pts, 6 rebs, 5 asts Victor Wembanyama 16 pts, 11 rebs Up next: at Detroit on Sunday

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Rod Boone: Final: Nuggets 107, #Hornets 104 Miles Bridges 24 pts, 12 rebs Mark Williams 20 pts, 15 rebs Nick Smith Jr. 19 pts Up next: vs. Washington on Monday

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Will Palaszczuk: It’s called a winning streak. @hornets win their third in a row, 110-105 over the Dallas Mavericks. 23 apiece from Miles Bridges and LaMelo Ball, 19 from Nick Smith, Jr. & a 13 point/13 rebound game from Mark Williams. Postgame next on @wfnz!

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Rival teams have also revealed Charlotte's willingness to discuss the availability of Nick Smith Jr., who was drafted No. 27 overall in 2023 in what was recorded as the last first-round pick made by the Hornets with Mitch Kupchak running basketball operations.

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Rod Boone: Along with recalling Nick Smith Jr. from the @greensboroswarm, #Hornets are also transferring KJ Simpson back from the Swarm, per league sources. With Miles Bridges out for at least a couple of games, beginning with tonight's contest in Milwaukee, and Tre Mann also out against

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Rod Boone: Nick Smith Jr. (illness) has been added to the injury report as questionable for tonight's game against Indiana.

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Charlotte Hornets President of Basketball Operations Jeff Peterson announced today the team has exercised its third-year team options on guards Brandon Miller and Nick Smith Jr., in addition to exercising its fourth-year team option on center Mark Williams.

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Michael Scotto: The Charlotte Hornets plan to exercise Nick Smith Jr’s third-year team option worth $2.71 million for the 2025-26 season, league sources told @hoopshype . The 20-year-old guard shot 43.2% from 3-point range last season, which led all rookies in his class.

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Rod Boone: And one more: Per #Hornets, Nick Smith Jr suffered a left groin strain at the end of training camp. He will miss tonight’s preseason opener and be reevaluated in a week.

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Charlotte Hornets PR: OFFICIAL: The @hornets have assigned forward Aleksej Pokusevski and guard Nick Smith Jr. to the @Greensboro Swarm.

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