Steve Reed
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Sports Writer for The Associated Press in Charlotte, N.C., covering the Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Hornets, college hoops/football, golf and NASCAR.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Joined August 2009
Hornets acquire Connaughton, 2 second-round picks from Bucks for Micic, AP source says
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Hornets have found a stop-gap at center.
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And that's a wrap on CWC from Charlotte. Fluminense gets early goal from Germán Cano to knock out Inter Milan in Club World Cup Round of 16
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This is awful intriguing given that Charlotte desperately needs a center.
Breaking: Deandre Ayton is finalizing a contract buyout with the Portland Trail Blazers to become a free agent, sources tell ESPN.
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From earlier. Hornets acquire Collin Sexton from Jazz for Jusuf Nurkic, 2nd-round draft pick, AP source says
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Players finally returning to the field at Bank of America Stadium to complete this Club World Cup match. Chelsea leading 1-0.
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Covering the Round of 16 match at the Club World Cup where lightning in the area has delayed this 1-0 match. with 4 minutes left in regulation time! The delay has been more than one hour already. #SteveNotHappy.
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Jeff Peterson said he loves that all four players the Hornets drafted have high basketball IQs, which he says is needed in the playoffs. "Their most powerful tool is their mind," Peterson said.
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Jeff Peterson on comparisons between Kon Knueppel and Cooper Flagg: "I would say we got the better shooter.".
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Hornets VP of Basketball Operations Jeff Peterson said that players like Melo, Bridges and Miller all had input on the draft day decisions. They offered their input. Didn't always agree but he loved their input.
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Hornets coach Charles Lee said all of the players have different skillsets but all of them are competitive and know they will have to earn it.
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UConn's Liam McNeeley said playing against Creighton C Ryan Kalkbrenner in the Big East was like playing against a "7-foot-5 wall." Kalkbrenner was a 4-time Big East defensive player of the year.
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Kon Knueppel said Sion James is a player who is "willing to do anything it takes to win." James said Knueppel is a competitor who "wants the ball when the moment is the biggest.".
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RT @Buccaneers: The leaders of the most successful five-year stretch in Bucs history are staying in the Bay 💪
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4-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year. Hornets needed a rim protector and got one.
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Hornets get their center finally in Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner.
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