Hornets add another name to injury list, won’t be at full strength for preseason opener

Add another name to the Charlotte Hornets’ injury list.

Cody Martin suffered a sprained right wrist and a thumb laceration blocking a shot at the rim during the Hornets’ final training camp practice at Duke University’s Michael W. Krzyzewski Center on Friday, the team announced. He’s listed as day-to-day.

That means Martin will miss the Hornets’ preseason opener against New York at Spectrum Center on Sunday. Martin joins Mark Williams on the sideline, leaving Charlotte without two of its key rotation pieces.

Williams strained a tendon in his left foot during an offseason workout last Thursday. it’s expected to sideline him for at least two weeks. He didn’t do anything during the Hornets’ four-day camp, getting around on a scooter while his foot was in a walking boot for extra precaution.

Martin has been bitten frequently by the injury bug over the past two seasons, logging only a combined 35 games because of various ailments. He played in only seven games in 2022-23 because of lingering soreness in his left knee following arthroscopic surgery in 2022.

As a noted defensive specialist and one of the team’s best players on that side of the ball, Martin has a chance to flourish under new coach Charles Lee. But he’ll have to stay healthy, which has been an issue for the latter part of his tenure with the team.