Find out if the Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball is playing against the Los Angeles Lakers for their Wednesday matchup.

Mark Williams, who was initially traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, was sent back to Charlotte after the trade was rescinded and hasn't appeared in a game since. However, that could change on Wednesday night versus the Lakers as Williams has been upgraded to probable with a designation on the injury report as "return to play reconditioning.

Hornets star guard LaMelo Ball received an important injury update ahead of Friday night's game against the Spurs.

In another serving of NBA irony, Mark Williams is expected to make his Charlotte Hornets return after a failed trade to the Los Angeles Lakers against the Lakers.

After the blockbuster trade sending Luka Dončić to the Lakers for Anthony Davis, the possibilities for future trade deadlines seem limitless. As the Charlotte H

It has been a wild calendar month of February for Mark Williams thus far. Williams, at one point, was headed to the Los Angeles Lakers, with the Charlotte Hornets trading away their young budding center for a package headlined by Dalton Knecht and a 2031 first-round pick.

Yet there has been no tangible dismay from the Luka Doncic camp about his new team walking away from the Mark Williams deal. Sources told The Stein Line that Dončić, in his first discussion about roster construction with Lakers vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka,