The Charlotte Hornets are reportedly a team to monitor as a potential facilitator in a possible trade that would send Jimmy Butler to the Phoenix Suns.

With Thursday marking what could go down as one of the worst trades in the Miami Heat’s 37 seasons, it also stands as a time to consider what the franchise has done in its

A team like the Charlotte Hornets loom large over the next month as they await to help facilitate other trades for future draft capital.

The Phoenix Suns have made a trade. No, not that trade. Jimmy Butler remains a member of the Miami Heat for the time being, but even as the Suns continue to try to pry him away, they have managed to make a deal of another sort by acquiring Charlotte Hornets center Nick Richards along with a 2025 Denver Nuggets second-round pick for Josh Okogie and three second-round picks: two from the Nuggets (2026 and 2031) along with a Suns original (2031).

With Wednesday’s matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena (10 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network Sun) marking the end of the Heat’s six-game West Coast trip and Butler’s seven-game team-issued suspension, Butler is eligible to come back when the Heat returns to Miami to host the Denver Nuggets on Friday.

Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns just got deeper after the latest roster change of the season, In a breaking report by ESPN's Shams Charania, he revealed that the Charlotte Hornets have just agreed to a deal to send Nick Richards and a second-round pick to the Suns for Josh Okogie and three second-round picks.

Would adding Jimmy Butler make the Nuggets good enough to win another ... the only players that could imaginably be available via trade soon would be Ball and Garland. Would the Charlotte Hornets or Cleveland Cavaliers seriously consider an offer for ...

The Phoenix Suns, who have been linked to Jimmy Butler, do not have a lot of trade assets in the form of draft picks moving forward. ESPN's Shams

Chicago visits the Portland Trail Blazers after Nikola Vucevic scored 40 points in the Bulls' 125-123 loss to the Charlotte Hornets.

Zion Williamson highlighted a 24-point, 14-rebound performance with an array of thunderous dunks during a dominant fourth-quarter stint, and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Utah Jazz 136-123 on Friday night to open a two-game set.

NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Edwards had 36 points, a season-high 13 rebounds and seven assists, leading the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 116-99 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night.