Kon Knueppel injury update: Hornets reveal forward has hamstring strain

The Charlotte Hornets seemingly got the exact news they did not want.

Not even six minutes into his regular season debut, Rookie of the Year runner up Kon Knueppel left a game Wednesday, Nov. 4 against the Brooklyn Nets, with what the team then called left leg soreness.

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On the latest injury report that published Thursday, Nov. 5, however, the team confirmed that it was a left hamstring strain, which was the same injury that sidelined him for the season’s first eight games. The Hornets also already declared Knueppel out for their game Friday, Nov. 6 against the Boston Celtics.

The injury took place midway through the first quarter of Charlotte’s game against Brooklyn.

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