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The New Orleans Hornets backcourt had a distinctly different look Monday night against the Denver Nuggets, with a pair of rookies, Brian Roberts and Darius Miller in the starting linup instead of Greivis Vasquez and Eric Gordon. Gordon was scratched because of a sore left ankle, an injury Gordon said he has been fighting recently that worsened after a misstep Friday night against the Memphis Grizzlies. New Orleans Times-Picayune

New Orleans Hornets, Greivis Vasquez, Injuries, Eric Gordon, Darius Miller 

New Orleans Hornets rookie forward Darius Miller has been assigned to the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League, the team announced Monday morning. Miller was inactive for Saturday night's game against the Charlotte Bobcats because of the return of shooting guard Eric Gordon, and his playing time this season has been minimal. New Orleans Times-Picayune

New Orleans Hornets, D-League, Darius Miller 

Rookie Darius Miller will start in place of Rivers, who had his left index finger taped on his non-shooting hand during the shootaround. Williams wouldn't elaborate on Rivers' injury other than to say he injured it at practice. "I really don't know the specifics on it yet, but it's nothing too serious," Rivers said. "I don't ever want to sit out a game because this is what I love to do.'' Rivers, who participated in the shootaround, said he thought he was playing but the Hornets made the decision to hold him out. "Whenever they want me back, I will love to play,'' Rivers said. New Orleans Times-Picayune

New Orleans Hornets, Injuries, Austin Rivers, Darius Miller 

Jim Eichenhofer: D.Miller got confused by a fan question, so AD joked "there's the Kentucky school system for you." Miller: "yeah but I graduated (college)." Twitter @Jim_Eichenhofer

New Orleans Hornets, Anthony Davis, Darius Miller 

The New Orleans Hornets have signed second-round pick Darius Miller, the team announced Thursday. Miller, a forward out of Kentucky and the No. 46 pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, signed a two-year deal, worth just under $1 million, according to a league source. The first year of the deal is fully guaranteed if Millers makes the team, which he is expected to do. New Orleans Times-Picayune

New Orleans Hornets, Darius Miller 

The New Orleans Hornets announced Thursday they have signed 2012 second-round pick Darius Miller. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed. New Orleans Times-Picayune

New Orleans Hornets, Darius Miller 

The New Orleans Hornets will conduct a mini-camp for their Las Vegas summer league team on July 11-13 at the Alario Center. The workouts will include draft picks Austin Rivers (10th overall) and Darius Miller (46th overall), along with four players from the 2011-12 Hornets end-of-season roster (Al-Farouq Aminu, Jerome Dyson, Xavier Henry, and Darryl Watkins) are scheduled to participate. New Orleans Times-Picayune

New Orleans Hornets, Al-Farouq Aminu, Xavier Henry, Summer League, Las Vegas, Austin Rivers, Darius Miller 

Michael Cunningham: Kentucky F Darius Miller (hamstring) may reschedule to work out for #Hawks Mon. or Wed. Twitter

Atlanta Hawks, Draft, Darius Miller 

Michael Cunningham: Darius Miller (hamstring) pulled out of #Hawks workout today. Expected to reschedule. Twitter

Atlanta Hawks, Draft, Injuries, Darius Miller 

Chris Vernon: At Grizz draft workouts... kid from France (Evan Fournier), Darius Miller from Kentucky, William Buford from Ohio St here today Twitter

Memphis Grizzlies, Draft, William Buford, Evan Fournier, Darius Miller 

Mike Prada: #Wizards workout tomorrow: Jason Clark, Matt Gatens, Bernard James, Scoop Jardine, Miles Plumlee, Darius Miller. Twitter

Washington Wizards, Draft, Scoop Jardine, Miles Plumlee, Workouts, Matt Gatens, Jason Clark, Bernard James, Darius Miller