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

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 Charlotte Hornets are not sitting idly after the Los Angeles Lakers nixed the deadline deal between the two teams. The Lakers and Hornets initially agreed to a trade to send center Mark Williams to Los Angeles.

“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,” Shams Charania said in a post. “The Williams/Dalton Knecht trade was nixed Saturday, and now Hornets weigh avenues to challenge.”

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trade sending Mark Williams to the Los Angeles Lakers for Knecht, Cam Reddish and draft pick compensation has been rescinded due to failure to satisfy a condition of the trade.

The Los Angeles Lakers rescinded their trade to acquire Mark Williams from Charlotte after the center failed his physical, a person with knowledge of the circumstances tells The Associated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

The Los Angeles Lakers have found a new starting center in Mark Williams after Anthony Davis' departure. Here's how we graded the move.

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

Following the canceled Mark Williams trade, the Lakers still have enough room under the second-apron hard cap to add a player or two in the buyout market.