Featured Top Story Editor's Pick PRO BASKETBALL: Hometown Hornets add yet another former Cabarrus star as they try to improve roster C. JEMAL HORTON Feb 16, 2025 Feb 16, 2025 Updated Aug 22, 2025 0 Former Cox Mill star Wendell Moore, formerly of the Detroit Pistons, inked a two-way deal with the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday. GETTY IMAGES Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save C. JEMAL HORTON CHARLOTTE – The Charlotte Hornets love those Cabarrus County boys.kAmp =:EE=6 >@C6 E92? H66< 27E6C 96 H2D H2:G65 3J E96 s6EC@:E !:DE@?D[ 7@C>6C r@I |:== DE2C (6?56== |@@C6 yC] D:8?65 2 EH@\H2J 4@?EC24E H:E9 E96 9@>6E@H? w@C?6ED[ >2<:?8 9:> E96 E9:C5 r232CCFD AC@5F4E E@ 36 H:E9 E96 E62> :? 2 =:EE=6 >@C6 E92? 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