This isn’t how it was supposed to go, certainly not to kick off 2024.
Instead of plugging the middle for the Charlotte Hornets and piggybacking on the end of his solid first season, Mark Williams has been nothing more than a spectator for the past few weeks due to a lower back contusion and it’s taking an exhaustive toll on him mentally.
“Yeah, it definitely sucks to watch, especially with the guys out there fighting hard and some games we could have won that we haven’t,” Williams said Monday before the Hornets took on Denver at Ball Arena.