![]() On the other hand just think about the wing defense with Oubre and McDaniels out there, for a team which needs to improve defensively that would go someway to helping. McDaniels strengths as a long wing defender overlap somewhat with Oubre and neither are great passers, something Bouknight showed flashes of in Summer League to a very high level. It’s likely that only one of them will crack the regular rotation alongside Oubre, the most obvious candidate is Bouknight, he projects to give some scoring punch that Smith/Oubre line-ups might need. This is perhaps the most intriguing rotation battle I foresee in camp, the two obvious standout candidates are James Bouknight and Jalen McDaniels. Oubre is flexible enough to play either wing position which gives a lot of line-up flexibility either side of him. However, after that? Best to leave that blank until after training camp and the pre-season. Terry Rozier and Gordon Hayward are starters, you can put that in permanent marker, after that you can jot Kelly Oubre’s name down in ink as a back-up wing. 3) What will the backup wing rotation look like? Photo by Chris Schwegler/NBAE via Getty Images Prediction – No lasting effects, as a Hornets fan I’m conditioned to see the worst possible scenario in everything, but medically speaking there’s no reason why a broken wrist doesn’t fully heal and recover in a 19 year old with five star medical care. Has this now become a habit LaMelo has even though there’s no need? Has the wrist healed fully between summer league and training camp? Will he always have some form of wrist stiffness? Is this just general good practice for rehabbing a wrist to ensure it doesn’t become stiff in the future? I have so many questions and so few answers, if there are any physios reading this please comment below! Then to everyone’s dismay this summer when LaMelo was shown on the NBA Summer League broadcast he was flexing his wrist still. However, looking deeper at the games there were some really bad misses and too much wrist flexing/mobilising during timeouts to waive it off as general shooting variance. It was clear that LaMelo’s wrist although clinically healed was not back to 100% when LaMelo came back in the latter half of the season, looking at the percentages from before the injury (37.5%) and after (35.2%) it wouldn’t give you much concern. 2) Are there any lasting effects from LaMelo’s wrist injury? Prediction – Miles Bridges starts, I believe the jump Miles made last year is real, and apparently so does Gordon Hayward. Perhaps the biggest external factor that could impact on this decision is the backup centre position, if Borrego can’t trust any of Jones, Carey or Richards then he might have to bring PJ in as the backup five which would likely rule him out at starting alongside Plumlee. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Borrego experiment in pre-season with both in the starting line-up and see how the team fairs. Last season PJ Washington started all but three of the 64 games he played in (Out of 72), however, after a ankle tweak which side lined PJ for 3 games in mid April Miles Bridges took full advantage having a breakout end to the season which left the majority of Washington’s minutes the rest of the year coming at center. The number one question on everyone’s mind, especially PJ Washington and Miles Bridges who both look poised to battle it out for the starting power forward spot. 1) Who starts at Power Forward? Photo by Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images ![]() With Charlotte Hornets media day scheduled for next Monday and training camp starting on the Tuesday, let’s dive into some of the biggest questions which need answering this pre-season.
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