You knew James Borrego had to make some tweaks to his roster with the injuries to Tony Parker and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, but I certainly did not expect one of those tweaks to be taking Malik Monk out of the Charlotte Hornets rotation.
Monk did not get off the bench during Friday’s 109-104 loss to Oklahoma City, which was a big surprise to me. Devonte’ Graham got some run with Parker out, and even Frank Kaminsky played minutes that usually belong to Willy Hernangomez.
While it’s good to play everyone on the roster and give each player a fair shot at minutes, I don’t think taking Monk out of the rotation was a smart move.