After the Lakers traded for Luka Doncic, they nearly got Mark Williams from the Hornets, too. The two teams meet Wednesday. Here's what happened.

Windhorst said: "It wouldn't surprise me if there was a few lobs [for Williams] built into the offense to just, cause the Hornets are obviously very frustrated with the Lakers and

While it would have otherwise felt like a normal game as basketball resumes action after a few days off in the schedule, this match is anything but normal. That is because after the two teams agreed to a trade that would send Hornets big man Mark Williams to the Lakers, the deal was rescinded.

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.