Hornets Roll Out Chaotic New Starting Lineup Against Nets

The Charlotte Hornets just dropped a starting lineup for Wednesday's game against the Brooklyn Nets that looks like a glitch in a fantasy draft lobby. We are officially getting Dennis Schroder, James, Brandon Miller, Naz Reid, and Moussa Diabate sharing the floor for the opening tip.

If you are staring at a sportsbook trying to figure out how to handicap this exact five-man unit, you might want to just close the app and go for a walk. This is the kind of rotation that screams a coaching staff is throwing things at the wall to see what sticks.

"Underdog NBA reported the lineup alert on Wednesday."

Charlotte is desperately searching for answers after a miserable start to the week. They got completely dismantled by the Boston Celtics 114-93, then turned right around and took a 116-98 beating from the Memphis Grizzlies. When you are bleeding points and losing by double digits every night, you throw the rotation in a blender and see what pours out.

The silver lining here is Brandon Miller. After a wrist injury completely derailed his sophomore season and limited him to just 27 games, seeing him healthy and anchoring the wing is the only thing keeping Hornets fans from fully checking out before Halloween.

Pairing Miller with Schroder’s veteran pace and Reid’s floor-spacing from the frontcourt is an interesting theoretical fit. Throwing Diabate in as the defensive anchor makes it a true wild-card unit that will either run Brooklyn out of the gym or give up a massive run in the first four minutes.

We will find out exactly what this group looks like under the lights on Wednesday night. If this experiment blows up in their faces, expect the coaching staff to shuffle the deck again before the Atlanta Hawks come to town on Friday.