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Terry Rozier is set to play a big role for the Charlotte Hornets this season. After publicly saying that he has long been ready to lead his own team, the pressure is on him to walk the talk. While most people are pessimistic about his ability to be a star, head coach James Borrego has […]

The Charlotte Hornets are in Boston on Sunday for their first exhibition of the 2019 preseason, which will also mark the return of former Celtics guard Terry Rozier to the TD Garden. Rozier told reporters that he is excited to compete against some of his former teammates, and that he still considers Boston as his […]

Charlotte Hornets new point guard Terry Rozier is going into the 2019-20 season with a mindset to kill, wanting to prove himself after being mostly shelved during his fourth season with the Boston Celtics. Rozier will be replacing longtime floor general Kemba Walker, as the two traded places in the offseason after the Hornets executed […]

Charlotte Hornets head coach James Borrego says point guard Terry Rozier will probably play around 34 minutes per game this upcoming season. The Hornets are essentially handing the keys to the offense to Rozier, who is replacing All-Star point guard Kemba Walker. Rozier and Walker were traded for each other this summer. Rozier signed a three-year, […]

The Charlotte Hornets will surely arrive at a reset point in this 2019-20 season after eight years of Kemba Walker donning the uniform, this time bringing Terry Rozier, who they acquired in a sign-and-trade for Walker during free agency. Head coach James Borrego, fresh off his first year at the helm of an NBA team […]

The Charlotte Hornets are coming off of a 2018-19 NBA campaign in which they won 39 games and just missed the playoffs, and now, heading into 2019-20, they would probably be lucky of they win 30 games. The Hornets lost Kemba Walker this summer, as the All-Star point guard walked to the Boston Celtics in […]

The Charlotte Hornets finished the 2018-2019 season with a 39-43 record, missing the playoffs for the third straight season. After an offseason that saw them lose star point guard Kemba Walker, reshaping their roster in lieu of that loss, here are five bold predictions for their 2019-2020 season. The Hornets will have the worst record […]

Before anything else, let’s make one thing clear: not much is really expected of the Charlotte Hornets in the coming year following the departure of now former cornerstone superstar Kemba Walker. As a matter of fact, many are predicting that the Hornets will be one of the worst teams in the league next season. For […]

Former Boston Celtics guard Terry Rozier has nothing but praises for former teammate Isaiah Thomas. In an interview with Jonathan Abrams of Bleacher Report, Rozier said that he has high level of respect for Thomas. He said that Thomas is a “true Celtic” because of the way he handled himself during his three-season stint in […]

The Boston Celtics’ rollercoaster season brought a whole lot of turnover, including the loss of backup point guard Terry Rozier, who now finds himself as the promised starter of the Charlotte Hornets after being signed and traded to take the reins for Michael Jordan’s franchise. Yet the 6-foot-1 dynamo hopes things would’ve been handled differently […]

Terry Rozier will suit up as a new member of the Charlotte Hornets a couple of months from now, knowing these are some big shoes to fill when it comes to replacing All-NBA point guard Kemba Walker, now of the Boston Celtics. However he’s welcoming the pressure that comes with his surge in the league […]

Charlotte Hornets point guard Terry Rozier found himself celebrating soon before the start of free agency, waking up to a call about from his agent saying the New York Knicks had made a substantial offer, soon celebrating the possibility of making The Big Apple his new home. But that feeling wouldn’t last long, as the […]

New Charlotte Hornets point guard Terry Rozier dispelled the myth that there is any animosity between him and former Boston Celtics teammate Kyrie Irving. The man known as “Scary Terry” told Jonathan Abrams of Bleacher Report that he doesn’t hate Irving, and that he has been rather cool with him through free agency: “A lot […]

The Charlotte Hornets will be swimming in unfamiliar waters next season, as they enter the new campaign without their former cornerstone superstar Kemba Walker leading the way. Incoming sophomore swingman Miles Bridges acknowledged this fact, saying that it will be “weird” without Walker, but at the same time, he sees this as a tremendous opportunity […]

It’s a new era for the Charlotte Hornets, as the franchise is handing the keys to the offense to Terry Rozier, who is replacing All-Star point guard Kemba Walker. Rozier and Walker were traded for each other this summer. Rozier signed a three-year, $56.7 million contract with the Hornets as part of a sign-and-trade with […]

There have been more than a few people who have called out the Charlotte Hornets for what they consider to be an overestimation of newly-acquired point guard Terry Rozier. Charlotte made the most out of a terrible situation in losing Kemba Walker by striking a sign-and-trade deal with the Boston Celtics, which is what brought […]

The Charlotte Hornets recently made waves by adding former Boston Celtics point guard Terry Rozier in what ended up as a sign-and-trade deal involving Kemba Walker. While the Hornets may have found their new point guard of the future in Rozier, one anonymous Eastern Conference team executive believes that things just went from bad to […]

The Charlotte Hornets had a rough offseason. They lost All-Star Kemba Walker, as well as their second-best playmaker in Jeremy Lamb. To replace the production lost, the team signed Terry Rozier to three-year, $58 million deal. Now that Rozier has been paid, Hornets head coach James Borrego explained what he expects the point guard to […]

The Charlotte Hornets are coming off yet another pedestrian season in which they won 39 games and missed the playoffs, marking their third straight year without a playoff appearance. The Hornets then went into the offseason with a huge decision to make on Kemba Walker, who was set to be a free agent. Charlotte ended […]

Acquiring Terry Rozier, in a vacuum, made sense for the Charlotte Hornets. With a major hole at point guard due to the departure of Kemba Walker and finally committing to a long-awaited rebuilding process, the Hornets have both the time and opportunity to take a chance on a mostly unproven young veteran like Rozier. What […]

The Charlotte Hornets will be a new-look team next season with the departure of All-Star point guard Kemba Walker. They found a new starting point guard in Terry Rozier, and head coach James Borrego is already looking forward to running the show with his new playmaker. During an interview on NBA TV, Borrego said that […]

The Charlotte Hornets acquired Terry Rozier in a sign-and-trade that sent franchise guard Kemba Walker to the Boston Celtics, marking the dawn of a new era in Charlotte. Walker entered the league in 2011 and had spent his entire career with the Hornets organization. But when it became clear Charlotte was not willing to offer […]

Shortly after he became an official member of the Charlotte Hornets, Terry Rozier made a bold statement, saying that he has long been ready to take his game to the next level. He’s set to fill the shoes left by All-Star guard Kemba Walker, who joined his former team, the Boston Celtics. Rozier only averaged […]

After the departure of star guard Kemba Walker to the Boston Celtics, the Charlotte Hornets have entered full rebuild mode. One player that they are depending on to lead their young roster is point guard Terry Rozier, who arrives in Charlotte with a chip on his shoulder and a lot to prove. Rozier already has […]

Terry Rozier is officially a member of the Charlotte Hornets, and he’s already expecting himself to play a massive role for the team moving forward. In a recent interview with reporters after his deal with the Hornets was made official, Rozier said that he’s ready to fill the shoes that Kemba Walker left and that […]

Terry Rozier says the level of interest the Charlotte Hornets showed him when free agency opened factored into his decision to sign with them. The Hornets are giving Rozier the opportunity to start, something he’s been looking for for quite some time. The guard signed a three-year, $58 million contract with Charlotte. The Boston Celtics […]

Charlotte Hornets’ newest point guard Terry Rozier is going to be with the team for the next three years and will be paid $58 million in that duration. This has once again been questioned by a lot of fans, as the team has been known to overpay players that have failed to live up to […]

The Charlotte Hornets may have lost Kemba Walker to the Boston Celtics, but they got a decent player in return in young point guard Terry Rozier. General manager Mitch Kupchak is excited to see what’s in store for the 25-year-old, whom he believes would’ve become a lottery pick if he was drafted this year instead […]

With NBA free agency season upon us (and really almost passed us), it’s time to do what we all do every year and examine which contracts are the best, and which are the worst. Naturally, we are going to start with the worst, because, you know, of course. To be fair, we do live in […]

The Charlotte Hornets have already found their point guard to replace Kemba Walker. Charlotte and Terry Rozier plan to reach an agreement on a three-year, $58 million deal once free agency officially opens. It will be a sign-and-trade transaction: Free agent guard Terry Rozier plans to agree to a three-year, $58M contract with the Charlotte […]

With Kyrie Irving to the Brooklyn Nets and Kemba Walker to the Boston Celtics all but official, the Celtics are looking to facilitate a three-team deal to sign-and-trade free agents Irving, Walker, and Terry Rozier, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports. The talks are “exploratory” thus far: Sources: Boston's showing interest in a 3-team sign-and-trade w/ Kyrie […]

The Boston Celtics — widely expected to sign point guard Kemba Walker when free agency opens — will not renounce their qualifying offer to restricted free agent Terry Rozier “until they have to,” per Yahoo Sports’ Keith Smith. Rozier, being a restricted free agent, can sign an offer sheet with any team, but the Celtics […]

The Phoenix Suns will be prioritizing D’Angelo Russell in free agency, but if they fail to lure him, then they might target Boston Celtics guard Terry Rozier. Boston will reportedly renounce their qualifying offer on Rozier once they sign Kemba Walker, which will make the 25-year-old guard an unrestricted free agent. While the Suns are […]

The Boston Celtics will renounce the rights to Terry Rozier, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, making him an unrestricted free agent. Boston will renounce the rights to guard Terry Rozier – to open up a max slot for Kemba Walker – and he’ll become an unrestricted free agent, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. […]

The Boston Celtics have extended a qualifying offer to point guard Terry Rozier, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. This makes Rozier a restricted free agent and gives them the right to match any offer he receives. Of course, the Celtics are not expected to bring Rozier back, as doing so would prevent them […]

The Charlotte Hornets have reportedly begun to target Boston Celtics restricted free agent point guard Terry Rozier, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Hornets All-Star point guard Kemba Walker is widely expected to sign with the Celtics once free agency begins on June 30. Charlotte has begun to target point guards and is interested […]

Boston Celtics restricted free agent guard Terry Rozier is reportedly open to taking a short-term deal spanning between one and two years, according to Marc Berman of The New York Post. The New York Knicks are among the biggest suitors for his services. The 25-year-old point man was adamant that he did not intend to […]

The New York Knicks and their fan base seemed to have plenty of reason for optimism after heading into the NBA Draft Lottery. Even after the Knicks slid to the No. 3 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, the prospect of having two max cap slots and selecting R.J. Barrett offered a tantalizing glimpse […]

Terry Rozier has yet to get a qualifying offer from the Boston Celtics heading into free agency, and he might not get one depending on how the Kemba Walker situation shakes out: Per sources, the Celtics have yet to offer a qualifying offer to Terry Rozier and will probably take it down to the deadline. […]