Upon catching a glimpse of Mark Williams this summer, two key members of the Charlotte Hornets’ brain trust immediately noticed something wasn’t quite the same.
“They were like, ‘You look a little bigger,’ ” Williams said Wednesday. “So, I was like, ‘Yeah.’ “
Williams, the Hornets’ second-year starting center, was referring to team president/GM Mitch Kupchak and coach Steve Clifford. The duo were slightly caught off guard given how Williams spent a good portion of the offseason’s initial weeks recovering from surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb.