Coby White will not play Friday against the Atlanta Hawks, leaving the Charlotte Hornets without him for their second game of the season. He is recovering from a left calf strain, and Dennis Schroder is expected to start again in his place.
The ruling comes on Friday morning, when the Hornets needed clarity for a game that now moves forward without one of their main guards. White's absence is not being treated as a long-term shutdown, but it does put the focus on how quickly a calf strain can keep a player sidelined and how the Hornets adjust when that happens.
That adjustment is already straightforward: Schroder slides in, while White waits for his next chance to return Saturday against the Miami Heat. That makes the weekend game the first real checkpoint for whether the injury has eased enough for him to be available, and it is the detail that matters most for the Hornets right now.
The gap is not about whether White will miss Friday. It is about whether Saturday is realistic or just the earliest date on the schedule. For a team that is only two games into the season, the answer will shape how long this rotation change lasts.
