A former basketball star from Gastonia was waived by the Charlotte Hornets this week.
Mitch Kupchak, President of Basketball Operations and General Manager for the Charlotte Hornets, announced that forward Isaiah Whaley was waived from the team on Thursday.
Whaley, who played for the Evelyn Mack Academy, went to UCONN and earned Big East Defensive Player of the Year during his senior year. He originally signed with the Hornets as a free agent on September 12, under an Exhibit 10 contract.
An Exhibit 10 contract is a one-year, non-guaranteed, minimum salary deal, introduced to the NBA in 2017.