Charlotte Hornets second-year guard Kon Knueppel has a left hamstring strain and will be out for at least four weeks before he is reevaluated, the team announced Sunday.
It's the same hamstring he injured during the offseason, causing him to miss all of preseason and the first eight games of the year. He aggravated the hamstring just six minutes into his season debut last week.
Hornets guard Dennis Schroder was also diagnosed with a left hamstring strain and will be reevaluated in two weeks.
Knueppel reinjured his hamstring while dribbling up the court with 6:21 left in the first quarter of Wednesday's loss to the Brooklyn Nets. After losing the ball out of bounds, Knueppel grimaced and looked to be favoring his left leg. He exited the game soon after and has been sidelined ever since.
Knueppel established himself as a building block for Charlotte with a rookie campaign in which he led the league in 3-pointers and finished second to Cooper Flagg in NBA Rookie of the Year voting. His absence has loomed large for the Hornets, who have lost six games in a row.
