The Hornets kept trimming the edges of their preseason roster, cycling through a pair of guard signings before landing on Latrell Wrightsell.
Charlotte waived forward Wyatt Fricks, then brought in DaJuan Gordon, only to waive Gordon and replace him with Wrightsell, according to team announcements. Gordon went undrafted out of UT Arlington in 2024 and has spent most of the last two years in the G League. In 2025/26, he made 34 total appearances for the Noblesville Boom and averaged 12.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 27.6 minutes per game while shooting .523/.456/.657.
Wrightsell, a 6-foot-3 guard, went undrafted out of Alabama earlier this year. He built his case on volume from deep, hitting 36% of his threes last season while taking 7.8 attempts per game. For the Crimson Tide, he posted 13.2 points and 3.1 rebounds in 27.3 minutes per contest before agreeing to terms on a deal with the Hornets in June.
Fricks’ deal with Charlotte included Exhibit 10 language, and Gordon’s and Wrightsell’s are expected to as well. The Hornets appear to have all three pointed toward Greensboro, with the Swarm recently acquiring Gordon’s returning rights in a trade with the Boom.
Elsewhere around the league, former Mississippi State forward Cameron Matthews signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Rockets, reports Varun Shankar of The Houston Chronicle. Matthews spent his first professional season in 2025/26 with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, appearing in 48 games and averaging 12.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists for Houston’s G League affiliate. The new deal looks aimed at securing him a bonus on top of his G League base salary if he returns to the Vipers and spends at least 60 days with the team this season.
In Atlanta, the Hawks signed forward Giorgi Bezhanishvili to an Exhibit 10 deal one day before waiving him, according to a team press release. Bezhanishvili is expected to start the season with the College Park Skyhawks and would earn an Exhibit 10 bonus if he spends at least 60 days with Atlanta’s G League team.
Utah also made a pair of waiver moves, announcing that forwards Taylor Funk and Chance Moore have been placed on waivers. Both had been on Exhibit 10 contracts and are expected to report this fall to the Salt Lake City Stars, the Jazz’s G League affiliate.
And in Brooklyn, swingman Ben Humrichous has been waived after appearing in two preseason games for the Nets, tweets Brian Lewis of The New York Post. Undrafted out of Illinois earlier this year, Humrichous is on pace to begin his rookie season with the Long Island Nets.
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