{"id":380422,"date":"2026-01-01T00:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T00:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/380422\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T00:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T00:14:10","slug":"f-k-yall-mark-williams-opens-up-on-rescinded-lakers-trade-at-2025-nba-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/380422\/","title":{"rendered":"‘F–k Y’all,’ Mark Williams Opens Up on Rescinded Lakers Trade at 2025 NBA Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last February, the Charlotte Hornets traded center Mark Williams to the Los Angeles Lakers, but the trade was rescinded after the big man didn’t pass L.A.’s physical exam.<\/p>\n

Williams (now a member of the Phoenix Suns after a separate deal last June) and his representation clearly didn’t agree<\/a> with the Lakers’ assessment.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the latest episode of The Old Man and the Three podcast dropped, and Williams was a guest on the show. He talked about his experience in detail and also had some choice words for the Lakers.<\/p>\n

In essence, Williams expressed his excitement about heading to L.A. He was about to head to the Lakers, and then things got awry after the failed physical.<\/p>\n

“And then they tell me [about the failed physical\/rescinded trade]. I’m like, that can’t be, like, I just played the Bucks that night that I got the call I’m getting traded. I’m out here. They’re like, ‘Yeah, it’s done. Like, we’re not going back.’<\/p>\n

“I was like, y’all can’t undo the undo? Like, what you mean? They’re like, ‘No, it’s done.’<\/p>\n

“So I’m hot. Like, I was excited. I was, like, you know, it’s time. You know, Charlotte wanted to trade me, whatever. Like, I’m excited. We play them first game out the break, and then I got to go back to Charlotte. So All-Star break, I’m just like, ‘What the f–k?’ <\/p>\n

“And then, first game out is L.A<\/a>, of course, like, you can’t write it any other way…<\/p>\n

“I’m just trying to show, like, the rest of the time, like. Honestly, like, f–k y’all. Like, I was I was just want. I mean, really, I was excited to go there. I thought I was, like, a piece that could really help them. Obviously, going into the playoffs, and then once they lost, obviously I tweeted little smiley face. Like, I was I was hating. I was hating. I was hating.”<\/p>\n

Williams finished out the year with Charlotte, playing 21 games and averaging 14.9 points and 10.8 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Lakers were one-and-done in the playoffs, losing in the first round to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Williams responded to the Lakers’ defeat.<\/p>\n

Williams may have not ended up in L.A., but he’s excelling now in Phoenix, which is doing quite well at 19-13. Williams has started 23 of his 27 games played, averaging 13.1 points on 66.5 percent shooting and 8.2 rebounds per contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last February, the Charlotte Hornets traded center Mark Williams to the Los Angeles Lakers, but the trade was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-380422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}