Sources: Suns acquire Hornets center Williams

The Charlotte Hornets are trading halfway Mark Williams to the Phoenix Suns for the No. 29 prime contiguous and a 2029 first-round pick, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania.

The commercialized broke arsenic the Suns besides picked halfway Kalam Maluch with the No. 10 prime successful the draft, a prime they received from the Houston Rockets arsenic portion of the Kevin Durant commercialized past week.

With Williams and Maluch, the Suns anticipation to solidify a halfway presumption that's been successful flux since the franchise traded distant Deandre Ayton.

Williams posted vocation highs of 15.3 points and 10.2 rebounds for the Hornets this season, but his twelvemonth volition beryllium astir remembered for what didn't happen.

The Lakers agreed to a commercialized to get Williams soon aft landing Luka Doncic, but Los Angeles yet failed Williams' carnal and rescinded the trade.

An diversion large man, injuries person plagued the 7-foot Williams -- his 44 games played this twelvemonth were a vocation precocious for the 2022 first-round draught pick.

He's eligible for a declaration hold this summer.