The Charlotte Hornets signed free agent guard Elliot Williams, the team announced Tuesday. 

Williams was the 22nd overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft.

The 6-5 Williams has played in 104 games for the Trail Blazers, 76ers, Jazz and Pelicans with career averages of 5.1 points and 1.5 rebounds in 13.7 minutes. 

Nicolas Batum has interest in playing for the Toronto Raptors when he becomes an unrestricted free agent in 2016.

Toronto is an international city that appeals to Batum.

The Charlotte Hornets acquired Batum this offseason from the Portland Trail Blazers despite him entering his contract year.

General manager Rich Cho and assistant general manager Chad Buchanan are familiar with Batum from their time with the Blazers.

“We are very comfortable given that Chad and Rich know Nic well,” said Hornets' vice-chairman Curtis Polk.

“We’ve seen over the last few years that players want to be here,” Cho says. “Free agents want to come here.”

The Boston Celtics offered four first-round picks to the Charlotte Hornets for the chance to move up from No. 16 to No. 9. The Celtics were targeting Justise Winslow while the Hornets were settled on taking Frank Kaminsky.

The Celtics offered the 16th pick, No. 15 (acquired in a prearranged contingency deal with the Atlanta Hawks), one unprotected future Brooklyn pick, and a future first-rounder from either the Memphis Grizzlies or Minnesota Timberwolves.

Some members of the Hornets' front office wanted to do the deal with the Celtics, but Michael Jordan preferred Kaminsky over first rounders outside the lottery.

“If it was such a no-brainer for us, why would another team want to do it?” said Rich Cho.

Free agent Jeffery Taylor has agreed to a one-year contract with Euroleague contender Real Madrid, sources told RealGM.

Taylor's deal with Real Madrid is expected to be worth over $900,000, sources said. Real Madrid is the reigning Euroleague champion.

RealGM reported on Tuesday that Taylor was closing in negotiations with the Spanish club.

Taylor, the No. 31 overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft, made progress with Real Madrid over the past several days.

The 6-foot-7 Taylor averaged 4.4 points and 1.3 rebounds in 14.8 minutes per game for the Charlotte Hornets last season. Taylor has played his entire three-year career with the Hornets, with averages of 6.1 points and two rebounds

Taylor had a standout collegiate career at Vanderbilt University.

Tyler Hansbrough and the Charlotte Hornets have agreed upon a contract.

Hansbrough spent last season with the Toronto Raptors.

His best season was his second with the Indiana Pacers in 2010-11 when he averaged 11 points and 5.2 rebounds over 70 games.

The Charlotte Hornets attempted to balance their roster by trading a frontcourt piece at the beginning of the offseason and started trade discussions with Cody Zeller.

With no team interested in moving for Zeller with a satisfactory deal, the Hornets instead traded Noah Vonleh to the Portland Trail Blazers.

Vonleh was the ninth overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft out of Indiana.

Aaron Harrison has signed with the Charlotte Hornets.

Harrison went undrafted after two seasons with Kentucky.

Harrison averaged 13.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists in five Orlando Summer League games with the Hornets.

Rich Cho says Harrison is "a talented young player with a lot of potential and we look forward to seeing what he can do moving forward."

Jeremy Lin has announced he will sign with the Charlotte Hornets on Instagram.

Adrian Wojnarowski reports Lin's deal will be for two years and more than $4 million.

Lin received strong interest as well from the Dallas Mavericks.

Lin spent the previous season with the Los Angeles Lakers.

"Going into my first true free agency as an NBA player this off-season, the one thing that mattered to me the most was finding a team that would be a good fit for me," wrote Lin on Facebook. "I wanted to be on a team where I would be able to play freely and truly play the game I love with joy again. That has always been the most important thing to me. After a LOT of prayer and long discussions with family and friends, I wanted to personally let you guys know I'll be joining the Charlotte Hornets."

Bismack Biyombo has agreed upon a two-year, $6 million deal with the Toronto Raptors.

Biyombo became an unrestricted free agent when the Charlotte Hornets declined to extend him a qualifying offer after the season.

Biyombo was the seventh overall pick of the 2011 NBA Draft and has been relatively disappointing, but he remains a young player capable of significant improvement.