Saturday was the first day of summer league and several Michigan State basketball players are on NBA rosters. One Spartan player who played in Saturday night's game was Malik Hall, who will be playing for the Charlotte Hornets this summer.
Hall wasn't selected by a team in this summer's NBA Draft or signed as an undrafted free agent, so his next best option was to play in the NBA Summer League, which thankfully the Charlotte Hornets accepted.
There's just one problem: Hall did not play in the Hornets' 97-65 win over the San Antonio Spurs.
Summer league rosters are usually pretty large for each team, making it nearly impossible to use everyone in every game, but for a player like Hall, this is his only chance to show NBA teams what he can do, so missing any opportunity is a big deal.
But on the bright side, the Hornets still have plenty of games left in the upcoming summer league. Games come quickly — the Hornets' next game is Sunday — and after that, the Hornets have five more games in which Hall can play in the next two weeks.
So there's a very good chance we'll see Hall in action sometime soon, if not in the next game on Sunday.
You also have to think that the Hornets added Hall to their team for a reason. They're not just going to add him to their roster and not give him a chance. They clearly saw something in Hall that gave him this opportunity, so it would be foolish not to give him a few more chances.
Now, let's hope Hall makes the most of his first opportunity and the Hornets continue to use him throughout the summer, and one thing we know about Hall is that he'll be ready when his turn comes.
