Diabate (illness) is available for Friday's game against the Bulls. Diabate will play through an illness for the Hornets on Friday, and he's in line to make his first appearance in the NBA since a Dec.

Phoenix Suns (16-18, 12th in the Western Conference) vs ... averaging 45.9 boards. Moussa Diabate paces the Hornets with 6.8 rebounds. The Suns are 6-10 in road games. Phoenix has a 4-2 record ...

Phoenix Suns (16-18, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Charlotte Hornets (7-27 ... Charlotte leads the Eastern Conference in rebounding, averaging 45.9 boards. Moussa Diabate paces the Hornets with 6.8 rebounds. The Suns are 6-10 in road games.

The Phoenix Suns have made a trade. No, not that trade. Jimmy Butler remains a member of the Miami Heat for the time being, but even as the Suns continue to try to pry him away, they have managed to make a deal of another sort by acquiring Charlotte Hornets center Nick Richards along with a 2025 Denver Nuggets second-round pick for Josh Okogie and three second-round picks: two from the Nuggets (2026 and 2031) along with a Suns original (2031).

Charlotte Hornets (8-27, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Phoenix Suns (18-19, 11th in the Western Conference) Phoenix; Sunday, 9 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Suns -7; over/under is 224 BOTTOM LINE: Charlotte travels to Phoenix looking to stop its six-game road skid.

Nick Richards walking out the door opens up a world of possibilities for Moussa Diabate. The center on a two-way deal made waves with his early season output as he tormented opposing big men on the boards with relentless energy and inch perfect positioning on long rebounds.

The Charlotte Hornets are back in action tonight at 9:30 pm EST. They have one more road game before returning home, and it's against the Chicago Bulls. This game will cap a very eventful trip away from home,

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The Canucks are willing to consider trades within the Western Conference, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported on Hockey Night in Canada's Saturday Headlines segment. As rumours surrounding big ...

The Vancouver Canucks are leaving all options on the table as they explore potential trades for Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller, even if that means helping a fellow Western Conference organization.

New Orleans Pelicans (8-32, 15th in the Western Conference) vs. Chicago Bulls (18-21, 10th in the Eastern Conference) Chicago; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Nikola Vucevic and the Chicago Bulls ...