Report: Coby White agrees to 3-year, $74M deal with Hornets
The North Carolina native averaged 15.6 points in 21 games for Charlotte and is expected to take a larger backcourt role.
- On Thursday, free agent guard Coby White agreed to a three-year, $74 million contract to return to the Charlotte Hornets, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania.
- White, a North Carolina native and former Tar Heel, was acquired by the Charlotte Hornets in a February 4, 2026, trade with the Chicago Bulls.
- Demonstrating his value, White averaged 15 points and 39.1% 3-point shooting in 21 games; Jeff Peterson, Hornets president of basketball operations, called him "a tremendous culture fit from the Carolinas."
- Following the Hornets' trade of LaMelo Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolves, White steps into a primary starting role in the backcourt.
- White told The Charlotte Observer, "Obviously, love it here," expressing enthusiasm for growing with the team's support staff and environment.
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Report: Coby White agrees to 3-year, $74M deal with Hornets
Ex-Bulls Star Coby White Contract History After Landing New Deal
Following a run with the Chicago Bulls, Coby White is set to get his big payday with the Charlotte Hornets. Months after the Bulls traded White to the surging Hornets, the veteran guard’s value shot up after his impressive run on a rebuilding team that started to turn things around. On February 4, 2026, the Bulls sent White and Mike Conley Jr. to the Hornets in exchange for Ousmane Dieng, Collin Sexton, and multiple second-round draft picks. Acc…
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Charlotte Hornets to re-sign Coby White to three year deal
In the wake of the LaMelo Ball trade, Shams Charania is reporting that the Charlotte Hornets have agreed to a new three year contract with Coby White. It’ll be worth a total of $74 million, so just under $25 million per year. Free agent guard Coby White intends to sign a three-year, $74 million deal to return to the Charlotte Hornets, sources tell ESPN. White was a major priority for the Hornets and now steps into a new starting role in the bac…
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