The Charlotte Hornets play basketball today – At The Hive

What: Charlotte Hornets vs New York Knicks

When: 5:00pm Eastern

Where: Spectrum Center; Charlotte, NC

How to watch: NBATV

Injuries: Hornets–Mark Williams- out (foot), Cody Martin-out (finger)

Well well well, what do we have here? Why, it’s a Charlotte Hornets basketball game. That’s what it is. It doesn’t count for anything, but it is a basketball game. And it features Hornets players that will be in the rotation for the real game. And it’s against a team that has made a bunch of headlines with offseason maneuvering.

There’s not a lot that we’ll be able to glean from this game. The regular rotation guys tend to play about 15-20 minutes in the opener, and there will surely be a lot of rust to shake off. I’ll be watching to see if there’s any notable difference in play style, but even that will be hard to tell since preseason basketball tends to be slightly slower than full speed basketball.

At any rate, we’ll get to see LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller back on the floor together. There will be a couple of familiar absences due to injury, but both have minor injuries entirely unrelated to the issues that have kept them out in the past.

The Knicks are tentatively planning to trot newly acquired Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges out there, so the Hornets will be the first team to face the new look Knicks. I guess that’s mildly interesting and will put a little bit of a national spotlight on the game.

So sit back and enjoy some preseason basketball on a football Sunday. As always, feel free to use the comment section to chat about the game before, during, and after.