Hornets forward Sean Marks will be sidelined for an indefinite period with a strained lower leg muscle.

Marks tested his ailing right shoulder in full-contact practices with success lately, but a strained plantaris muscle is impeding his comeback.

"This is not one of the best days that I've had," Marks said Wednesday night. "It's a strange little muscle, which is great, but Mark (Cranston, Hornets' director of athletic performance and rehabilitation) said, 'What do you want,  the good news or the bad news?

" 'The good news is it's an insignificant muscle, not your gastroc (gastrocnemius) or one of your main muscles in your calf, the bad news is you're going to be out.' I'm going to see the doc, but it's real painful walking around on it right now. It's just really frustrating. Brutal. I was feeling great, itching to get back on the court. Having practiced the last few days with the guys, now this setback is brutal. You feel you're letting them down, everybody down. These last two years have been pretty tough."