It’s Groundhog Day in November. Nick Richards, who had been starting at center for the Charlotte Hornets in place of the injured Mark Williams, is out for at least the next two weeks with a cartilage fracture in his first rib underneath his right ...

Charlotte Hornets center Nick Richards is expected to miss at least two weeks after being diagnosed with a right first rib cartilage fracture underneath his clavicle.

The Charlotte Hornets have been bit by the injury bug in the early aughts of the 2024-25 season, and it turns out that a previous bite is going to sting a little bit longer. On Tuesday afternoon the team announced that backup turned starting center Nick Richards will be unavailable longer than originally anticipated.

Already without starting center Nick Williams, the Hornets will also lose Nick Richard indefinitely after an MRI revealed he has a right rib cartilage fracture.