The Charlotte Hornets will eventually have to decide whether to keep or trade Mark Williams. The front office recently tried trading him to the Lakers, raising the question: Is he worth building around?

Charlotte Hornets center Mark Williams has reportedly not returned to the team following the failed trade with the Los Angeles Lakers.

In a photo shared by the team on X, it was revealed that Williams is back with the Hornets and potentially ready to take on the Lakers on Wednesday night in a bit of a revenge game. The Hornets have yet to release their official injury report, but with this photo, they have revealed the news that Williams is back with the team.

The after-effects of the failed trade between the Los Angeles Lakers and Charlotte Hornets are still taking a toll.  Hornets center Mark Williams was supposed t

The Charlotte Hornets have been in contact with the NBA as they explore options to dispute the Los Angeles Lakers' failed physical assessment of Mark Williams, sources tell ESPN. The Williams/Dalton Knecht trade was nixed Saturday, and now Hornets weigh avenues to challenge.

Unlike Knecht, who saw action Wednesday night against the Jazz in Utah after not playing on Monday despite being active for Luke Doncic’s Los Angeles debut, Mark Williams remained away,

Mark Williams, who was initially traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, was sent back to Charlotte after the trade was rescinded and hasn't appeared in a game since. However, that could change on Wednesday night versus the Lakers as Williams has been upgraded to probable with a designation on the injury report as "return to play reconditioning.

It has been a wild calendar month of February for Mark Williams thus far. Williams, at one point, was headed to the Los Angeles Lakers, with the Charlotte Hornets trading away their young budding center for a package headlined by Dalton Knecht and a 2031 first-round pick.