Hornets star Brandon Miller to miss at least a week with injury

Second-year guard/wing Brandon Miller left the charlotte hornets‘ season opener on Wednesday against the Houston Rockets with a left glute strain.

The team already announced that he would miss tonight’s game against the Atlanta Hawks, but now that timeline for returning has been pushed back even further.

On Friday morning, the reported equipment that Miller will be re-evaluated in a week, which means he will be out tonight, Saturday for the home opener against Miami, next Wednesday against Toronto, and probably one, if not both, games against the Celtics, which will be back-to-back on Friday and Saturday.

Miller finished third in NBA Rookie of the Year voting behind Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren. In 74 games (68 starts), he averaged 17.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists while shooting 44% from the field and 37% from three-point territory.

Charlotte will also be without Mark Williams (foot) and DaQuan Jeffries (hand) for tonight’s game, while Josh Green (Achilles soreness) and rookie Tidjane Salaün (finger sprain) are considered questionable.

The Hornets and Hawk will tip off tonight at 7:30 pm EST.