Former Celtics forward suffers season-ending injury

Grant Williams’ year has come to unfortunate end in Charlotte just one month into the season. The former Celtics forward suffered a torn ACL according to NBA insider Chris Haynes and is expected to be sidelined for the remainder of the regular season. Williams suffered the injury in the fourth quarter of the Hornets’ loss to the Bucks on Saturday night. Williams appeared to confirm the diagnosis with his post on X on Sunday.

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“Appreciate all the love and support from those who have reached out,” he posted. “Time to go to work it’s all we can do.”

The 25-year-old big man is in the midst of his second season with the Hornets where he had been playing a major role under new coach and former Boston assistant Charles Lee. Williams has averaged 10.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game while shooting 36.5 percent from 3-point range. He had started seven games out of his 16 appearances for a rebuilding Charlotte squad.

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Williams spent four seasons in Boston at the start of his career after being drafted at No. 22 overall in 2019. Despite being a pivotal part of Boston’s playoff teams during his four years, the Celtics elected to sign-and-trade Williams last offseason after acquiring Kristaps Porzingis in a separate deal.

Williams landed with the Mavericks on a four-year contract after the swap but only lasted half a season in Dallas before the team moved him to Charlotte in a midseason deal for PJ Washington.

The Hornets are already done starting center Mark Williams due to injury so they will now be extremely undermanned in the frontcourt with the 6-foot-7 forward sidelined. Charlotte currently sits 11th in the Eastern Conference with a 6-10 record.

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