Brandon Miller is missing his 12th consecutive NBA game on Monday night as the Charlotte Hornets play the Toronto Raptors. But the Hornets released news about Miller’s return on Monday.
Charlotte announced the former Alabama All-American had “returned to basketball activity.”
On Oct. 22, Charlotte tipped off the season with a 136-117 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, with Miller contributing 25 points and seven assists. But three days later, after playing 9:14 against the Philadelphia 76ers, Miller left the game, which the Hornets lost 125-121, and he has not played since.
The Hornets announced on Oct. 27 that Miller had sustained a left-shoulder subluxation. A subluxation is a partial dislocation.
Charlotte won three of the 11 games missed by Miller before Monday night.
Miller missed 55 games last season after he sustained a torn scapholunate ligament on Jan. 15, 2025. Surgery to repair the wrist injury sidelined him for the remainder of his second season. Miller averaged 21.0 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.1 steals in 27 games in the 2024-25 campaign.
After averaging 18.8 points and 8.2 rebounds for Alabama in the 2022-23 season, Miller joined Charlotte as the second selection in the 2023 NBA Draft.
Miller averaged 17.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game in the 2023-24 season as he made the All-Rookie team and finished third in the balloting for the NBA Rookie of the Year Award.
The Hornets’ next game is against the Indiana Pacers at 6 p.m. CST Wednesday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
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