Hornets forward Grant Williams has undergone surgery on his right knee to repair multiple torn ligaments, including his ACL, reports Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). According to Charania, Williams is expected to be sidelined for nine-to-12 months.
Williams suffered the injury in a November 23 game against Milwaukee. Reporting the next day indicated that the veteran forward had torn his meniscus and other connected ligaments in addition to his ACL, and that the injury would keep him on the shelf for the rest of the season.
While it’s no surprise that Williams is done for the season, the recovery timeline reported by Charania suggests that his debut next season could be delayed as well. ACL tears on their own often require upwards of a full year in recovery time, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if Williams isn’t ready to fully participate in training camp next fall.
While Williams could technically be included in a trade while he’s injured, he’s under contract with the Hornets for two more years beyond this one, so a return to Charlotte is his likeliest outcome for next season. He’ll make $13.65MM in 2025/26 and $14.27MM in ’26/27 before potentially becoming an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2027.
Charlotte was recently granted a disabled player exception as a result of Williams’ season-ending injury. The Hornets have until March 10 to use the $6.5MM exception, which can be used to sign a player to a rest-of-season contract or to acquire a player via trade or waiver if he’s on an expiring deal and his salary fits into the exception.
most overrated player in the entire league.
Are there people out here hyping up Grant Williams?
Not sure if “overrated” is the correct word here
Hopefully they did something to shut that mouth of his.
He seems like a douche but damn that still sucks for Charlotte. I really wonder about their medical staff why do they have so many injuries? Same with New Orleans. I get injuries happen and some years are worse than others but those two teams it just seems like it’s every single season.
I wish him well in his recovery. As someone who has had to rehab from this surgery more than once it’s a difficult thing to deal with the pain you have to put your body through. Good luck and well wishes.