Hornets' Knueppel out entire preseason with hamstring injury — SkimNews
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- Kon Knueppel will miss all four Charlotte preseason games with a left hamstring injury sustained during offseason on-court activity, the team announced Friday, and will be reevaluated during the first week of the regular season.
- Grant Williams is also out with a right hamstring injury, sidelining the veteran forward for the same four preseason games on the same reevaluation timeline.
- Knueppel was the first rookie to lead the league with 273 made 3-pointers last season, averaging 18.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 42.5% shooting from beyond the arc.
- The Hornets are counting on Knueppel to carry a bigger offensive load after trading LaMelo Ball to Minnesota over the summer.
- Charlotte opens the regular season at Brooklyn on Oct. 21, meaning Knueppel's earliest possible return lines up with the start of games that count.
- Williams, in his seventh NBA season, has career averages of 7.2 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.
Why it matters: The Hornets lose their reigning 3-point leader for the entire preseason and potentially into the regular season's first week — a significant blow for a rebuilding team that just traded its franchise point guard and was planning to build its offense around Knueppel's shooting.
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