The Charlotte Hornets will soon have a key rotational piece back in the lineup with Nicolas Batum eyeing a return to on-court action sometime during the team’s upcoming four-game road trip. The 11th-year wing player has missed the past three-and-a-half weeks with a fractured left middle finger suffered during the Opening Night home win over Chicago.
“It’s been a long process, but we’ve got a great training staff,” said Batum after Thursday’s practice, his third day of contact work. “Every day, I’ve been rehabbing and trying to keep working on my cardio. By next week on the trip, I should be back.