The Charlotte Hornets have made two roster moves.
The Charlotte Hornets made two notable roster moves on Monday.
Charlotte waived Malaki Branham and re-signed Pat Connaughton.
Charlotte acquired Connaughton from the Milwaukee Bucks last season.
Connaughton has appeared in 22 games this season. He's averaging 2.9 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game while shooting 48.9% from the field, 40.7% from beyond the arc and 61.5% from the free-throw line.
The Hornets are the hottest team in the NBA. They have won nine games in a row.
As of this writing, Charlotte is in 10th place in the Eastern Conference standings. Seeds 7-10 make the NBA play-in tournament.
The Hornets, led by second-year head coach Charles Lee, are 14th in the NBA in points per game, 11th in points per game allowed, seventh in offensive rating, 18th in defensive rating and 13th in net rating.
"What goes through my mind is consistency of habits, consistency of defensive and offensive competitiveness and togetherness," Lee said about the Hornets' nine-game winning streak. "It's really just the Hornets' DNA. Through and through, we've found different ways to win games, but I think that the group is just growing in a lot of ways.
The Hornets haven't made the playoffs since 2016. With Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller and Kon Knueppel leading the way, it appears Charlotte will make a lot of noise in the second half of the season.
"Now we're playing meaningful basketball, meaningful games," Knueppel said after the Hornets beat the Atlanta Hawks. "And so every game, it's going to be kind of looking at the standings and all that, and we're battling for playoff position as we hit the home stretch of the season after the All-Star break."
Miller leads the Hornets in scoring. The talented swingman is averaging 20.3 points per game.
Ball is averaging 19.1 points per game, Knueppel is putting up 18.9 points per game and shooting 42.8% from beyond the arc and Bridges is averaging 18.4 points per game.
Charlotte will look to make it 10 wins in a row when Lee and Co. host the Detroit Pistons on Monday.
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