Kemba Walker

Fresh off his first career All-Star appearance, Kemba Walker needed to undergo a “minor” procedure on his left knee—code for surgery of some sort. Here’s the announcement the Charlotte Hornets dropped on Wednesday: The Charlotte Hornets announced today that guard Kemba Walker underwent a successful minor arthroscopic procedure on his left knee. Typical recovery time [...]

The Charlotte Hornets are 21-21, which is currently good enough for 7th in the Eastern Conference. The bulk of the credit for any success they’ve had this year is thanks to Kemba Walker, who is having a solid season. Kemba is averaging 23ppg and has emerged as the franchise player in Charlotte. His year so [...]

Kemba Walker was sad to see Jeremy Lin leave the Charlotte Hornets for the Brooklyn Nets. But he’s also happy for the opportunity bestowed upon his former teammate. As Walker told the Charlotte Observer‘s Rick Bonnell: Walker has very mixed emotions about Lin signing with the Brooklyn Nets. “I hate to see him go, but [...]

As we all know election season is upon us, that means campaign signs, heated social media debates, and lots of kissing babies. The Charlotte Hornets and Kemba Walker decided to exhibit their campaign spirit and have launched a faux campaign for Walker to win the NBA Most Improved Player Award for the 2015-16 season. A [...]

While everybody else has focused on the Warriors historical pursuit, potential drama in “The Land” and the shortcomings of the Thunder, Clippers and Rockets, the Hornets have quietly been playing really good basketball. On January 30, the Hornets were 22-25 and sitting in 9th place in the Eastern Conference. Today they are 41-30 and a [...]

Initially thought to be on the hot seat entering the 2015-16 regular season, Charlotte Hornets coach Steve Clifford is now sitting pretty. Through 2018-19. According to the Charlotte Observer‘s Rick Bonnell, the Hornets and Clifford, who was slated to be a coaching free agent, have come to terms on a contract extension that will keep [...]

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is worth more than Kemba Walker. Sort of. The Charlotte Hornets took care of their impending restricted free agent point guard ahead of last season, electing to lock him up on a four-year, $48 million extension rather than allowing him to test the semi-open waters. Walker remains one of the most inefficient floor [...]

With Al Jefferson still sidelined and recovering from his injury, the Charlotte Hornets are left to depend on their point guard Kemba Walker, who has certainly matured to become one of the elite players in the league today. On Wednesday night, Walker showed us once again why he’s such a formidable player by making another [...]

In a few short years, Under Armour has tremendously impacted the basketball sneaker landscape with features in their kicks that have been present since inception now prominently seen on other sportswear company’s shoes. Most obvious of them all is the sky-high ankle collar. First seen on the Under Armour Charge BB, this extra ankle protection [...]

Lance Stephenson may have overstayed his welcome in Charlotte. Yes, it is only his first season with the Hornets. And yes, said season isn’t even 25 percent done. But the Hornets look like the Bobcats, and it’s forced them to scour the trade market for reinforcements, according to Grantland’s Zach Lowe: The Hornets have been [...]