Charlotte's new forward sat the entire second half of Wednesday's loss to the Pistons without a clear on-court explanation.
Naz Reid, five games into his Hornets career, spent the entire second half of Wednesday's game against the Pistons on the bench after being pulled following a timeout late in the second quarter.
Head coach Charles Lee offered little elaboration afterward, saying only that Reid "didn't meet our standards." No specifics were given about what prompted the move, leaving the benching looking more like a message than a basketball decision.
Reid arrived in Charlotte as a newly-acquired piece expected to contribute right away, making the sudden disappearing act even stranger this early into his tenure with the team. The Hornets lost the game to Detroit.
For now, the episode is unresolved. There's no word yet on whether this was a one-game disciplinary step or signals a bigger shift in how Lee plans to use Reid going forward.