Hornets keep Reid on the bench and send Knueppel to the G League
Charles Lee kept Naz Reid on the bench for the whole second half of Charlotte's defeat in Detroit and said the forward did not meet the team's standards. Reid, who arrived from Minnesota in the LaMelo Ball trade on a US$ 125 million deal, has spoken with his coach, and Kon Knueppel was sent to the G League. Dybantsa scored 19.
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O técnico do Charlotte, Charles Lee, deixou o ala-pivô titular Naz Reid no banco durante todo o segundo tempo da derrota de quarta-feira em Detroit, explicando a decisão sem detalhar o que deu errado.
“Infelizmente, o Naz não atingiu os nossos padrões no primeiro tempo”, disse Lee. “E no intervalo tomamos a decisão de que ele não jogaria no segundo tempo. Esperamos que ele atinja os nossos padrões no próximo jogo.”
Reid, adquirido do Minnesota no verão na troca por LaMelo Ball e que entra no segundo ano de um contrato de cinco anos e US$ 125 milhões, já conversou com o técnico, e os dois lados estão deixando o episódio para trás segundo o que a imprensa que cobre o time relatou.
O Charlotte também designou o ala de segundo ano Kon Knueppel para a sua filial na G League, o Greensboro Swarm, para treinar na quinta-feira, um sinal de que o vice-novato do ano da temporada passada pode estar perto da estreia depois de uma lesão na coxa.
Em outra parte da conferência Sudeste, o novato do Wizards AJ Dybantsa pareceu totalmente recuperado de uma entorse no tornozelo esquerdo na sua estreia na NBA: 19 pontos, acertando 8 de 12 nos arremessos, além de dois rebotes e duas assistências em 27 minutos, boa parte deles contra James Harden (16 pontos, 5 de 18). Washington perdeu, mas o técnico Brian Keefe chamou a atuação de “bastante impressionante para um primeiro jogo”.
O armador do Hawks Kingston Flemings, outra escolha de loteria de 2026, teve 23 pontos (9 de 12), cinco assistências, cinco rebotes, um roubo e um bloqueio em 28 minutos contra o Heat na terça-feira, e depois somou dois pontos e cinco assistências em 17 minutos contra o Cleveland, na vitória de Atlanta.
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