{
  "id": 46476,
  "title": "Ryan Kalkbrenner Charlotte Hornets 2025-26 regular season highlights",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/ryan-kalkbrenner-charlotte-hornets-2025-26-regular-season-highlights",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-02T15:00:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ryan-kalkbrenner-charlotte-hornets-2025-150051151.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ryan Kalkbrenner had a notable rookie season with the Charlotte Hornets in the 2025-26 regular season. Drafted second overall, Kalkbrenner quickly made an impact with his shot-blocking and rim-finishing abilities, earning an opening-night start against the Brooklyn Nets. Despite being relegated to a bench role after Moussa Diabate's emergence, Kalkbrenner still contributed significantly as a reserve, playing in 69 games and averaging 7.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.5 steals, and 1.5 blocks per game. His efficiency around the rim was particularly impressive, with a 75.3% field goal percentage and a 76.6% success rate on 2-pointers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}