Charles Lee made a swap in the Charlotte Hornets starting five before last night's NBA Cup game in Orlando that mercifully wasn't injury related. Charlotte has started a dizzying number of combinations through three weeks of the NBA season, many of which have been necessitated by various injuries to key starters Brandon Miller, Miles Bridges, Mark Williams, and Nick Richards. On Tuesday, Lee moved veteran big man Grant Williams to the starting line-up, forcing rookie Frenchman Tidjane Salaün to the bench.
Salaün had been playing with admirable effort and intensity, impacting the game on defense without lighting it up on offense.