The Mark Williams saga has been a strange one. The Charlotte Hornets center, drafted 15th in the 2022 NBA draft, was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers as the 2025 NBA trade deadline neared on Feburary 6. Days later, though, the trade was rescinded after the Lakers failed Williams's physical; his injury issues have plagued him throughout his young NBA career and Los Angeles's staff apparently did not like what they saw.
On Wednesday another chapter was written in the tale of Williams as his agent, Jeff Schwartz, released a statement via ESPN's Shams Charania slamming the Lakers for the failed phyiscal.
