If the NBA season ended today, the Charlotte Hornets would have the third-worst record in the league. That would give them, just like the two teams below them,

LaMelo Ball and the Charlotte Hornets appear to be drifting apart, but that could change if the NBA Draft hands them Duke superstar Cooper Flagg.

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We've got some Friday night action as the Charlotte Hornets square off with the Toronto Raptors, who have been playing much better of late. But for all intents and purposes, this game is a throwaway between two teams who will end up picking fairly high in the 2025 NBA Draft.

This week's groundbreaking for the Charlotte Hornets’ $150 million practice center and team headquarters marked the end of a long beginning for the project. The Hornets originally reached a deal with the city in 2022 for a much smaller — and cheaper — practice site but changed course when the NBA franchise was sold in 2023.

Decisions regarding the roster reconstruction and any player movement are still weeks away, fully tabled until the regular-season finale in Boston on April 13. In the meantime, it’s on the Hornets to make the appropriate use of these remaining two-plus weeks until they clean out their lockers and go their separate directions.

It's draft season, folks, and I'm not talking about the Carolina Panthers. With the Charlotte Hornets on track to owning a potential top-four selection in the u