Nicolas Batum

Offensive aid is on the way for the Charlotte Hornets. Defensive help, too. Nicolas Batum has yet to play this season while recovering from a torn ligament in his left elbow, and the Hornets have struggled without him. Jeremy Lamb has stepped up as a scorer, defender and even passer, but the team is still [...]

Hornets forward and human Swiss Army Knife Nicolas Batum missed a few games this past week with what we now know were “excruciating” migraine headaches. [tweet https://twitter.com/bobcatspress/status/844252046190497792] Batum underwent a CT scan on his brain last week after reporting suffering multiple extreme migraine headaches. They apparently started the morning of March 12, after the Hornets [...]

Nicolas Batum’s foray into free agency this past summer was beyond brief. It seemed like he agreed to re-sign with the Charlotte Hornets almost as soon as the clock struck midnight eastern time on July 1. But that doesn’t mean other teams didn’t try wooing him. At least two did, according to The Vertical’s Shams [...]

Nicolas Batum has sounded like a guy who wants to remain in Charlotte Hornets teal and purple for a while. And, as it turns out, the Hornets organization shares that desire: [tweet https://twitter.com/HornetsPR/status/727877604590637057] Whenever both sides want to get a deal done, it’s typically inevitable that a deal gets done. The Hornets can offer Batum [...]

Nicolas Batum isn’t yet ready to leave the Charlotte Hornets. Though the 27-year-old will be among the most sought-after commodities once he reaches free agency in July, his first preference remains sticking with the Hornets, per The Charlotte Observer‘s Rick Bonnell: So is he predisposed to remaining a Hornet? “Why not? I don’t know (what [...]

The Charlotte Hornets now trail the Miami Heat 2-0 in their first-round playoff series. Things shouldn’t be able to get much worse. And yet, they did. Nicolas Batum suffered an ankle injury midway through the fourth quarter of Wednesday night’s loss and was unable to return. Afterward, per ESPN.com’s Justin Verrier, it sounded like he [...]

Dwyane Wade’s trip down Free Agency Lane manifested into an unanticipated issue last summer. That’s not going to happen this summer. Wade himself won’t let it, per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald: Wade told me this week that he does not want to even test the free agent market and instead wants to wrap [...]

Nicolas Batum seems pretty excited about hitting the NBA’s free agent market this summer. This is not to say he’s plotting his escape from the Charlotte Hornets, who acquired him from the Portland Trail Blazers over the summer, presumably with every intention of investing in him long term. But that investment is going to cost [...]

Still waiting for that first NBA blockbuster trade of the 2015-16 NBA season? Well, keep waiting. It’ll come eventually, just not now. In the meantime, get your rumor-mill fix with Sporting News’ Mitch Lawrence, who claims that the Charlotte Hornets are interested in dealing for Bojan Bogdanovic of the Brooklyn Nets: GM Billy King is [...]

Chris Kaman’s continued presence on the Portland Trail Blazers’ sideline is weird. It’s been weird. Never once has it not seemed weird. General manager Neil Olshey tore down an NBA contender after last season, trading Nicolas Batum, willingly bidding farewell to Robin Lopez and Wesley Matthews and constructing the roster around LaMarcus Aldridge’s departure before [...]