Mark Williams backs off on his blunt reaction to the LA trade he declines

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Phoenix Suns a great man Mark Williams almost became a Laker, but the trade that should have made him in February was eventually refused. And now Williams has finally broken his silence on that controversial rescission of his trade.

Reacting to that failed transaction between his former team, the Charlotte Hornets, and the Lakers, Williams had a NSFW way of summing up his emotions.

“Honestly, screw you all,” Williams said during a recent appearance on the “Old Man and Three” podcast. “I was excited to go there. I thought I was like a piece that could really help them.

Williams also admitted his frustration with how things went wrong the reason for his trolling of the Lakers in the 2025 NBA playoffs.

“Obviously, when I got into the playoffs, and then when they lost, obviously, I tweeted a little smiley face. Like, I hated it. I hated it. I hated it.”

In the trade, Dalton Knecht, Cam Reddish and future picks went to the Hornets in exchange for Williams, but a failed physical caused the transaction to go down. The former Duke Blue Devils big man did find his way to another team over the summer, however, and the Hornets sent him to the Phoenix Suns for future picks Vasilij Micic and Liam McNeely.

Even though it’s been almost a year since that botched trade, Williams clearly still has strong feelings about it. Being a Laker would be ideal for his career, given the prestige that comes with playing for a storied franchise in a big market like Los Angeles.

Williams, a first-round pick of the Hornets in the 2022 NBA Draft, seems to be doing well with Phoenix these days. So far in the 2025/26 NBA regular season, he’s averaging 13.1 points, 8.2 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per game while shooting 66.5 percent from the field.





2026-01-01 01:16:00

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