Free agent guard Coby White plans to sign a three-year, $74 million contract to return to the Charlotte Hornets, ESPN reported on Thursday.
White is expected to step into a larger role with the Hornets after the team agreed to trade guards LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves, per multiple reports.
A North Carolina native and former Tar Heel, White was acquired by Charlotte on Feb. 4 in a trade with the Chicago Bulls.
White, 26, averaged 17.4 points, 4.0 assists and 3.4 rebounds in 50 games (26 starts) split between the Bulls and Hornets.
For his career, White has averaged 15.4 points, 3.9 assists and 3.6 rebounds in 472 regular-season games (251 starts). Chicago selected White with the seventh pick of the 2019 NBA Draft.
