Grant Williams' season is over.
The Charlotte Hornets big man and former Boston Celtic suffered a torn ACL and will miss the remainder of the 2024-25 season. ESPN coverage.
Williams started at center in recent games. IaQHBmypMark Williams and Nick Richards, who have not yet made their debuts this season, were injured.
Williams tore his ACL on the play during the Hornets' loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday.
Williams finished the season averaging 10.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game through 16 games this season, seven of which he started.
The Hornets forward has averaged 12.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.2 blocks and 1.1 steals per game over the past nine games.
Williams initially left the Celtics last season to join the Dallas Mavericks as a free agent, but was included in a trade deadline deal and was traded to Charlotte in February, where he finished the season with the Hornets.
After leaving Boston, his former team became the 2024 NBA Champions.
Williams previously said there was no “bad blood” between him and the Celtics, but he ended up intentionally clashing with Jayson Tatum in what Jaylen Brown called a “football play.” Apparently not.
The former Tennessee Volunteer is in the second year of a four-year, $53 million contract that is fully guaranteed and expected to net him $13 million this year.
