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When Jalen Suggs tossed his mouthpiece off the court after he was bumped by LaMelo Ball roughly halfway through the first quarter of Thursday’s game at Charlotte, the Magic guard was quickly assessed a technical fine from official Scott Foster. What Suggs didn’t know at the time was that his wallet would take a hit, too. Suggs was fined $25,000 for “throwing his mouthpiece in the direction of the spectator stands,” the NBA announced Saturday afternoon.

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In his recent appearance on WSOC-TV, the Golden State Warriors guard addressed this revelation that was confessed by his father and offered an interesting answer about the possibility of joining the Hornets. “You always keep your options open," Curry said. "I know what that means when you get your jersey retired, it’s immortalized. "Nobody should be able to touch it, but yeah. I’m sure he’d be able to make a special exception if that was the case.”

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Scott Agness: Pacers’ final scheduled national TV appearance of the season has been dropped. NBC/Peacock will now air Hornets at Celtics on April 7 instead of Timberwolves-Pacers (which will now tip at 7 ET)

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MrBuckBuck: Dell Curry jersey gets hung in the rafters

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Beyond his accomplishments in Charlotte as a player, Dell Curry is a television analyst with the Hornets and Amazon Prime, and he has been an ambassador and special adviser for the franchise. “It means the world because the Hornets’ No. 30, pinstripes, Charlotte and Dell Curry are pretty synonymous in terms of what he did as the original Hornet,” Stephen Curry told Andscape. “Ten years playing there, what he’s done as a broadcaster, in the community and all that. Charlotte is our home. I was there in 2016 and they honored him. And then 10 years later, he was going into rafters. “It’s special for our whole family. We call him the originator. And me and Seth are able to do this because of him. He set the foundation. So, one, to have it happen and, two, to be able to be there and see it in person, I’m so excited.”

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Said Seth Curry, Warriors and former Hornets guard, to Andscape: “It’s a big deal. He and the Hornets and the city of Charlotte are kind of synonymous when it comes to basketball. Obviously, with him being the first Hornet, it just represents all he has done for that organization being a part of it for so long. And then obviously, this even makes it even cool that I was actually the last person to wear No. 30 for the Hornets [2024-25 season]. So, it’s huge for that to live up in the rafters forever.”

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Will Eudy: Just left from Hornets shootaround. Hornets are retiring Dell Curry’s jersey tonight, and I asked Miles Bridges about being part of an organization that honors their legends. “I love being here, and I see why guys like being here in Charlotte … For them to honor the legends like that, it’s a good thing, and this man gone be next (points at Kemba Walker).”

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“I had no idea. No idea,” Dell Curry told Andscape. “Eric and I spend so much time together. We had talked about it when he got here [in 2015]. He’s like, ‘Your number is not retired?’ I was like, ‘Nah, man.’ So, we had talked about it. I’m like, ‘Just let it go. It’s whatever. I’m going to do what I do.’ That’s not going to change who I am or what I mean to franchise because my number is not up there. “So, we had that conversation, and then for him to go through this elaborate scheme … the way they just totally hid it from me. He still had been working on it for over a month. The look I must have gave him when he said it was like, ‘Dude, we talked about this, man.’ So, he was like, ‘No, no, I’m not kidding.’ And I had no idea. All the raw emotions came out.”

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The Hornets social team asked LaMelo Ball how many shamrocks were in the cup. He dumped them all out and said zero

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Rod Boone: Final: #Hornets 136, Heat 106 LaMelo 30 pts, 13 asts, 6 rebs Kon Knueppel 22 pts, 2 rebs, 2 asts Coby White 22 pts, 3 rebs, 2 asts Brandon Miller 16 pts, 2 rebs, 2 asts Up next: vs. Orlando on Thursday (Dell Curry jersey retirement)

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Anthony Chiang: Bam Adebayo (calf tightness) is out tonight vs. Hornets.

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The Thunder, however, do not hang any banners for the SuperSonics in Oklahoma City, and in their media guide they don't highlight any Seattle stats -- listing, for example, Russell Westbrook as the team's all-time assists leader, rather than Payton. Sources said if a team was to return to Seattle, the Thunder would cede the Seattle history back to the SuperSonics -- just as the NBA's Charlotte Hornets reclaimed the Charlotte-era history of the New Orleans Pelicans when Charlotte regained the Hornets name in 2014.

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NBA Courtside: Cooper Flagg on facing former teammate Kon Knueppel: “It’s incredible. Like, I know Kon better than a lot of people. I know what his work ethic is like. I know his drive and how much of a competitor he is. That was probably one of, if not the most fun game of the season for me. He had an incredible game. We were going back and forth. It came down to the wire. Obviously would have loved to win it, but it was still a really fun game.” (Via @ESPNNBA)

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Ira Winderman: Andrew Wiggins (toe) out again for Heat on Tuesday in Charlotte. Nikola Jovic (back) upgraded to probable.

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