Hornets guard Malik Monk will be out six to eight weeks with a broken right thumb, the team announced Saturday.
INJURY UPDATE: @hornets guard Malik Monk has suffered a fractured right thumb. The injury occurred in CHA’s Summer League game yesterday vs. OKC. He will miss the remainder of Sunmer League and will be re-evaluated in 6-8 weeks. #BuzzCity
— Charlotte Hornets PR (@HornetsPR) July 8, 2018
The 20-year-old suffered the injury Friday near the end of his team’s 88-87 win over the Thunder in the Las Vegas Summer League. Monk played 27 minutes and scored 23 points in the game.
Monk hurt his hand at end of Friday’s game. Waiting on something from @hornets
— Rick Bonnell (@rick_bonnell) July 7, 2018
Monk was not seen wearing a cast at the Hornets' practice Saturday, according to the Charlotte Observer.
No cast...waiting on a report pic.twitter.com/WrUxIInehv
— Rick Bonnell (@rick_bonnell) July 7, 2018
Monk was selected by the Hornets with the 11th pick in the 2017 draft. He averaged 6.7 points per game and shot 34.2 percent from 3-point range during his rookie season.
Monk will miss the rest of summer league but he should be healthy for the start of training camp in the fall.
The Hornets finished 2017-18 with a 36-46 record and missed the playoffs. They fired coach Steve Clifford in mid-April after five seasons and replaced him with former Spurs assistant James Borrego.
