Knueppel edges closer to return as Hornets send him to G League practice
The Charlotte Hornets sent Kon Knueppel to practise with their G League affiliate in Greensboro, and the forward remains out of Friday's game at Washington. He has missed the first five games with a strained left hamstring; last season he finished second in Rookie of the Year voting with 18.5 points a game.
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Kon Knueppel está voltando aos poucos. Na quinta-feira, o Charlotte Hornets mandou o ala para Greensboro, na Carolina do Norte, para treinar com sua afiliada da G League.
A viagem a Washington na sexta-feira ainda vem cedo demais: ele segue listado como desfalque para esse jogo. Mesmo assim, a designação é um sinal bem-vindo para um atirador de segundo ano que perdeu as cinco primeiras partidas com uma lesão no tendão da coxa esquerda.
O Charlotte joga fora na sexta-feira e depois recebe o Philadelphia 76ers no sábado, na segunda metade de um back-to-back — então uma estreia em casa pode vir no sábado, ou na segunda-feira contra o Detroit.
O contratempo vem de pouco mais de um mês atrás, sofrido no que o clube descreveu como “atividade de quadra em offseason”, pouco antes da abertura dos camps. Camp e pré-temporada foram perdidos com isso.
Uma temporada atrás, ele ficou em segundo na votação de Rookie of the Year, atrás de Cooper Flagg, a escolha número 1 de 2025: 18,5 pontos, 5,3 rebotes, 3,4 assistências. Escolhido na quarta posição vindo de Duke em 2025, liderou a liga com 273 bolas de três, com 43% de acerto em 673 tentativas.
A contribuição dele ajudou a levar o Charlotte a 44-38 e ao nono lugar no play-in, depois de uma temporada 19-63 em 2024-25. Com LaMelo Ball e Miles Bridges negociados no verão passado, muitas projeções da imprensa americana colocavam o clube com 36 vitórias e fora dos playoffs.
Desfalcado por sua ausência mais Coby White (panturrilha esquerda) e Grant Williams (tendão da coxa direito), o Charlotte está 3-2 depois da derrota por 97-89 para o Detroit na quarta-feira. Brandon Miller lidera com 25,6 pontos em 24 arremessos; Naz Reid — parte da troca de Ball — acrescenta 17 pontos e 8,8 rebotes, embora o técnico Charles Lee o tenha deixado no banco no segundo tempo contra o Pistons, citando falha em atender aos padrões.
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