Arguably, the biggest roster decision new Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego will make this preseason is who starts at shooting guard.
Or you could view this as the players making that decision.
“Everything is on me,” Malik Monk said of his performance the next three weeks. “(Borrego) said it’s my decision whether I start or not.”
Much has yet to be settled, but the tentative plan is for Nic Batum to shift from shooting guard to small forward. That opens a starting spot next to point guard Kemba Walker. The primary candidates are second-season player Monk and seventh-season player Jeremy Lamb.