The Charlotte Hornets’ season is over, and they will go nearly nine months between regular-season games.The NBA’s plan to restart its season, approved by owners Thursday, did not include eight of 30 teams, the Hornets among them. Those teams were all more than six games out of eighth place in either conference, the cutoff the league set for the restart, beginning July 31 in suburban Orlando, Fla.The Hornets will go from March 11 until early December without playing a regular-season game. The NBA plans to begin the 2020-21 season Dec. 1, about six weeks later than typical for the NBA schedule.T…
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Hornets not part of NBA season’s restart. Here’s what’s next for Charlotte’s rebuild.
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