The Charlotte Hornets shall be with out Kon Knueppel for at the least all the preseason on account of a left hamstring damage, the crew introduced Friday.
Knueppel, who was the primary rookie to steer the league with 273 made 3-pointers final season, suffered the hamstring damage throughout offseason on-court exercise, the crew stated. Veteran ahead Grant Williams additionally injured his proper hamstring.
The Hornets have dominated each gamers out for all 4 of Charlotte’s preseason video games. They are going to be reevaluated “in the course of the first week of the common season,” based on the crew.
Charlotte opens the season at Brooklyn on Oct. 21.
The Hornets are hoping to rely much more on Knueppel this season after buying and selling LaMelo Ball to Minnesota over the summer season. Knueppel averaged 18.5 factors, 5.3 rebounds and 42.5% 3-point capturing as a rookie.
Williams has averaged 7.2 factors and three.7 rebounds per recreation throughout his seven seasons.
