Why Hornacek promoted Alex Len

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Why Hornacek promoted Alex Len

Nick Borges

Dec 18, 2014, 08:08 AM ET

Miles Plumlee has started 25 games this season, but on Monday head coach Jeff Hornacek dropped him to the bench and promoted Alex Len to the first unit. Why the change?