Report: Charlotte Hornets Trading Dwight Howard

The Charlotte Hornets are preparing a deal to send Dwight Howard to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Timofey Mozgov.

Charlotte is finalizing a deal to send Dwight Howard to the Brooklyn Nets for Timofey Mozgov, league sources tell ESPN. Nets will save $17M on deal in 2019-20 season, allowing them to create two max salary slots.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 20, 2018

Deal includes Nets sending two future second-round picks and cash to Charlotte for Howard, who has a $23.8M expiring contract. https://t.co/v4sOImIHl2

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 20, 2018