The Charlotte Hornets won't be among the 22 teams headed to Orlando when the NBA season returns _ and that has coach James Borrego concerned about his young, developing team falling behind the rest of the league. The layoff means Hornets players could go more than eight months between playing in meaningful games after the league shut down in March following the coronavirus outbreak. That's troublesome for Borrego, who felt like his team was playing its best basketball at the end of last season and was eager to reconvene in Orlando and continue that development. "As an organization, we would like a similar time frame as to what they're getting in Orlando,`` Borrego said. "The amount of time these teams are spending (together) as a unit, we believe that we should have the same.

Source: The Standard June 08, 2020 20:15 UTC