Charlotte Hornets rookie Cody Martin out with a concussion and broken nose
Charlotte Hornets rookie Cody Martin will miss some time after suffering a concussion and a broken nose in Tuesday’s road loss to the Houston Rockets.
The Hornets said Martin would be out at least for Saturday’s home game against the Dallas Mavericks. The injury occurred in the fourth quarter of the Rockets’ 125-110 victory. Martin, a second-round pick out of Nevada, made his first NBA start in that game, playing a career-high 36 minutes. He scored 12 points and grabbed five rebounds.
Martin has gotten steady rotation minutes of late, as Hornets coach James Borrego leans yet more heavily toward the youth movement that started in the preseason. Four expensive veterans — Nicolas Batum, Bismack Biyombo, Marvin Williams and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist — didn’t play against the Rockets.
This story was originally published February 7, 2020 at 12:22 PM.
