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Dan Weiss: Victor Wembanyama ties Dwight Howard with 8 first half playoff blocks for the most in the play-by-play era. Howard had 8 in the first half in Game 1 on April 18, 2010 vs. the Charlotte Bobcats.
Charlotte Hornets forward Moussa Diabaté has been named the winner of the 2025-26 Kia NBA Hustle Award, the league announced on Thursday. The Kia NBA Hustle Award honors players who make effort plays that do not often appear in the traditional box score but impact winning on a nightly basis. The award is based on a statistical formula rather than a media vote, utilizing a variety of hustle stats.
Knueppel helped the Hornets (44-38) finish with a winning record for just the second time in the past decade. Cooper Flagg’s Mavericks (26-56) finished in 12th place in the Western Conference. The Mavericks entered the season with high hopes but had to adjust their expectations after star big man Anthony Davis dealt with calf and hand injuries and was traded to the Washington Wizards in February. “Coming into this year, we all had different expectations in how we thought the year would go,” Flagg said. “But all of that is in the past. I think it’s time to move forward. Continue to grow, continue to get better and have a high outlook on how next year can go. We are just going to put in the work all summer long. I think we’re all excited for it.”
NBA Communications: The voting panel for the 2025-26 NBA Basketball Executive of the Year Award consisted of basketball executives from NBA teams. Complete voting results ⬇️
The voting panel for the 2025-26 NBA Basketball Executive of the Year Award consisted of basketball executives from NBA teams.
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) April 28, 2026
Complete voting results ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/uPIrI0Uzvn
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NBA Communications: The 2025-26 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year Award winner will be revealed tonight at 7 PM ET on Peacock and NBCSN. The three finalists: ▪️VJ Edgecombe, @sixers ▪️Cooper Flagg, @dallasmavs ▪️Kon Knueppel, @hornets
Vlade Divac when he was traded for Kobe Bryant: I was in Europe and my agent called me and told me that I was traded. I felt like somebody was behind me with the baseball bat and hit me so hard here in the head. I couldn't move and I wasn't happy obviously, I love LA, I love the Lakers organization. It was really a family to me. But time goes by, and I would trade myself for Kobe and I’d trade the entire team for Kobe.
Law Murray: Rockets had 17 steals tonight vs Lakers - T-most by Rockets all season (Feb 5. loss to Hornets) - most by a Lakers opponent all season
Tuesday’s Rockets-Lakers Game 2 averaged a combined 5.2 million on NBC across Nielsen and Adobe, the highest for a Game 2 in the first round since 2011 — when Hornets-Lakers drew 5.4 million on TNT. The Lakers’ win, which peaked with 5.8 million viewers, increased 27% from a Nielsen-only 4.1 million for Timberwolves-Lakers on TNT and truTV in the same window last year.
South Carolina has hired David Duquette from the Charlotte Hornets in an executive capacity to advise on a variety of men’s basketball topics, GamecockCentral.com has learned. For the past 14 years, Duquette has worked in various roles for the NBA franchise, most recently serving as the team’s Senior Director of Salary Cap Strategy.
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James Plowright: Jeff Peterson on Coby White "When we traded for Coby we envisioned him as someone to be with the Hornets for a long time...He's done an unbelievable job with that... I'm excited to see what this off-season looks like, he gets a full off-season with us." Sounds like the Hornets are already planning on life with Coby White on the roster
James Plowright: Jeff Peterson on the use of future draft picks "We can't skip steps, I've seen it too many times. It ends up not going the way you think it goes. We've made a ton of progress internally and I know we will continue to this off-season"
James Plowright: Jeff Peterson on LaMelo Ball's season "I'm so proud of him, playing 72 games... It is because of him, he put the work in. Of course our medical team/coaching staff helped, but this past summer he put the work in... it's not by accident, he put the work in... Defensively I thought his effort on that side of the floor was more intense and sustained. Offensively, there's not much he can't do... He's still relatively young in the league, he's an enormous talent."