The Charlotte Hornets head into the All-Star break with three straight losses, mounting injuries, and a disputed trade. They sent Mark Williams to the Los Angel

The Charlotte Hornets have been in contact with the NBA as they explore options to dispute the Los Angeles Lakers' failed physical assessment of Mark Williams, sources tell ESPN. The Williams/Dalton Knecht trade was nixed Saturday, and now Hornets weigh avenues to challenge.

The Charlotte Hornets are expected to dispute the Los Angeles Lakers' claim that Mark Williams failed a physical assessment.

The Lakers had agreed to trade Dalton Knecht, Cam Reddish, a 2031 first-round pick and a 2030 pick swap in exchange for Williams on Feb. 5.

On Monday, an already fuzzy would-be NBA trade got even murkier. Days ago, the Los Angeles Lakers and Charlotte Hornets agreed to a deal surrounding rookie Dalt

The Charlotte Hornets have a long and checkered basketball history. The Mark Williams trade, which was supposed to bring sharpshooter Dalton Knecht and a future first-round draft choice to the Hornets,

The Lakers’ attempt to land Mark Williams fell apart after a failed physical, leaving both teams scrambling. Now, the Hornets are pushing back, and the NBA could get involved.

The Charlotte Hornets have been in the NBA spotlight in their attempted trade with the Los Angeles Lakers that hasn’t quite gone as expected.

In a stunning turn of events, the Charlotte Hornets’ agreed-upon trade sending Mark Williams to the Los Angeles Lakers for Knecht, Cam Reddish and draft pick compensation has been rescinded due to failure to satisfy a condition of the trade.

I n a sign of how weird things have gotten, the Lakers blew out the Utah Jazz Monday night — a game with more than six minutes of garbage time — but Los Angeles didn't play ro

The Los Angeles Lakers rescinded their trade to acquire Mark Williams from Charlotte because the center failed his physical, a person with knowledge of the circumstances told The Associated Press on Saturday night.