Unless James Borrego plans on deploying a 10-man rotation in a single-elimination play-in tournament, someone on the Charlotte Hornets will find themselves on the bench against the Atlanta Hawks more than they’ve perhaps gotten used to.
Last week, Borrego told the media that he’d shown the lay of the land to his team, saying that he thinks that “giving the guys some clarity on roles and rotations will help them play at a higher level” (per The Charlotte Observer’s Rod Boone) as the postseason rolls around. However, that was before Gordon Hayward was ruled out for at least two weeks, and at the time it was apparent that Jalen McDaniels and Isaiah Thomas would be the casualties as Hayward ramped it back up.