This is a different version of boxing out.
Screenshots, story links and anything else trending on online involving NBA trade rumors about at least one member or the Charlotte Hornets haven’t made their way in his direction yet.
“Nah,” center Nick Richards said, “my friends know better.”
Still, it has to be difficult to ignore the noise that’s growing louder by the day — the NBA trade deadline is Thursday — and certainly isn’t slowing down after the Hornets dropped their eighth straight game, falling to the Los Angeles Lakers 124-118 at Spectrum Center on Monday night.