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Why isn’t Monk playing? Lamb starting? Charlotte Hornets winning? We asked the coach

Why doesn’t rookie Malik Monk play more? Why don’t the Charlotte Hornets try shaking up the starting lineup? What’s the deal on Nic Batum’s season? Why doesn’t a roster this experienced, and this expensive, have a winning record?

I get those questions a lot from Hornets fans. So with the Hornets reconvening Tuesday for practice, following the All-Star break, I posed those questions to coach Steve Clifford. Here were his answers in an extended conversation Sunday:

Q. You have often said this is the most talented roster you have coached in Charlotte. Why has that not translated into a winning record?