Story byCholo Martin MagsinoSun, January 25, 2026 at 2:31 AM UTC·2 min readMoussa Diabate on how he is continuing to work hard for a bigger role for the Hornets originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Charlotte Hornets have been looking for reliable big men for a long time. In recent years, they had Mark Williams and Nick Richards as their center rotation, but they have even more promising players these days. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAfter playing for the Los Angeles Clippers for the first two seasons of his career, Moussa Diabate was struggling for playing time.