Charlotte Hornets’ Brian Roberts missed practice Wednesday

Injuries have been a constant for the Charlotte Hornets this preseason. Wednesday, center Cody Zeller was cleared to scrimmage after sitting out contact drills with a bruised right knee.

But point guard Brian Roberts, who has a hamstring injury, missed practice.

"Injuries have hurt us," said coach Steve Clifford. "But Kemba (Walker, recovering from knee surgery) is back a lot more and that helps us.

"Brian Roberts was out again today, which hurts. We had more guys (available) so we could go longer. We played three full quarters today."

This story was originally published October 12, 2016 at 4:58 PM with the headline "Charlotte Hornets’ Brian Roberts missed practice Wednesday."