Here are the top highlights from Brian Windhorst's "The Hoop Collective" podcast, from breaking news to the latest intel and reaction from around the NBA.

Any concerns that the new lottery odds and the ever-present fear of overspending in the apron era would make for a dull 2026 ...

In what is essentially a salary dump for Houston — of a player they spent to get just a year ago — the Rockets are sending Dorian Finney-Smith and three second-round picks to the Charlotte Hornets, ...

The move will create tax savings and apron flexibility for the Rockets, who signed Dorian Finney-Smith in 2025.

A look at the four-game schedule for the Charlotte Hornets.

We're just a few days into free agency, but when you consider the draft and re-signings, it's time to assign grades.

LaMelo Ball is not a Charlotte Hornet. Even now that some time has passed, this statement feels wrong. It doesn't roll off the tongue. It elicits a weird feelin ...

NBA free agency 2026 updates, news, speculation, rumors, targets, trades for Phoenix Suns ahead of NBA free-agent signing ...

Bridges, the Charlotte Hornets’ longest-tenured player, was durable, explosive, never made the playoffs and had serious ...

On Monday afternoon, in the middle of a string of posts about innocuous option decisions and pre-free agency salary dumps, ESPN's Shams Charania reported that the Memphis Grizzlies, at long last, ...

Over the weekend the Hornets traded Bridges for two players and draft picks. This on the heels of the LaMelo Ball trade, and ...