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NBA Communications: Phoenix Suns head coach Jordan Ott and Charlotte Hornets head coach Charles Lee have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Coaches of the Month, respectively, for games played in January.
NBA insider Marc Stein reported on the latest episode of the ALL NBA Podcast that the Charlotte Hornets, Brooklyn Nets and Utah Jazz are among the teams actively exploring minor trades as the deadline nears. According to Stein, the focus for these franchises is roster flexibility rather than pursuing major names. “Charlotte, Brooklyn, and Utah. Those are three teams that are all very willing to take up and do the kinds of trades that you suggested,” Stein said. “The Nuggets have to make a move like that. If the Raptors don’t make a big move they still have to shed some salary to get under the tax. You've got a variety of teams that want to create roster room so they can convert two way players to standard contracts.”
NBA Communications: Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg and Charlotte Hornets guard-forward Kon Knueppel have been named the Kia NBA Western and Eastern Conference Rookies of the Month, respectively, for games played in January.
Sources say there has been some preliminary conversation between the Cavaliers and Hornets about Ball trade constructions that could furnish Charlotte with second-round draft capital and thus enable the Hornets to pair the elder Ball with his younger brother LaMelo. Charlotte, Brooklyn and Utah, according to league sources, are all teams that have been looking to facilitate multi-team trades or take on unwanted salary in exchange for draft pick compensation.
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Rod Boone: Charles Lee walked into the interview room and joked to keep it short because he had a headache. "Stupid ass coach," he said. Asked him what happened. He said it was his fault and credited LaMelo with trying to keep the ball in play:
Rod Boone: Final: #Hornets 102, Pelicans 95 LaMelo 24 pts, 8 rebs, 5 asts Kon Knueppel 17 pts, 9 rebs, 2 asts Brandon Miller 16 pts, 8 rebs, 4 asts Grant Williams 16 pts, 9 rebs That's now seven straight for first time since 2016. Up next: at Houston on Thursday
NBA Communications: Phoenix Suns guard-forward Dillon Brooks and Charlotte Hornets guard-forward Brandon Miller have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for Week 15 of the 2025-26 season (Jan. 26 – Feb. 1).
Rod Boone: LaMelo Ball collided with Charles Lee while going for a loose ball. But he got up and went to locker room
LaMelo Ball is down and holding his head after colliding with Charles Lee on the sideline. Spectrum Center fell completely silent while he was on the ground. He's currently getting checked out in the locker room. 🤕 pic.twitter.com/S6UM1tYApH
— r/CharlotteHornets (@HornetsReddit) February 2, 2026
Rod Boone: LaMelo Ball is back from the locker room and ready to go back into the game Official diagnosis is a laceration above his right eye.
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Charlotte Hornets PR: OFFICIAL: @hornets have recalled Tidjane Salaun from the @Greensboro Swarm following the conclusion of today's Swarm game. This ends his @nbagleague assignment.
The Heat might need to acquire another first-round pick to sweeten its offer. That can be achieved in several several ways. Among them: 1). Try to find a team that will trade a 2026 or 2027 first-round pick to Miami for Andrew Wiggins. 2). Amend the protections on the first-round pick due Charlotte. That first-rounder is lottery protected in 2027 and unprotected in 2028. If Heat waives the protections and Charlotte agrees to accept an unprotected Heat pick in 2026 or 2028, that would free up a third first-rounder to trade to the Bucks.
Josh Green on trade to Charlotte: I got another phone call at like 3:00 in the morning and then my agent told me he's like ‘you're going to Charlotte’. Boom. Whole phone starts blowing up and it starts going off and honestly like it just I wasn't really expecting it to be honest with you, and I think like for it to happen like it happened in the middle of the night, you're still tired, so you're like is this actually happening? Honestly it was just like that feeling of not being able to run it back with the guys. That was hard.