What's the next level for Nick Smith Jr. look like? Clues abound with shift in roles The second-year guard recorded his 18th consecutive start in Charlotte’s 130-88 loss to the Sacramento Kings ...

Bright spots have been hard to find in the morass that has been the Charlotte Hornets' 2024-25 season. A drab gloominess has overtaken a once promising campaign that was supposed to feature LaMelo ...

Locating Nick Smith Jr. isn’t all that hard these days. Just scan the court for the guy in the fluorescent-colored sneakers. No, not the bright orange ones radiating like sun flares. That’s LaMelo ...

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Nick Smith Jr. both earn ejections in the final seconds of the first half of the Hornets-Magic game. Skip to main content Skip to navigation ESPN ...

Thanks to a bevy of injuries, Nick Smith Jr. has been pressed not only into the Charlotte Hornets' rotation but into the starting lineup. The guard was a late first-round pick in the 2023 NBA Draft.

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