“Obviously, there were two players that were heavily considered at that position,” Charlotte Hornets general manager Mitch Kupchak said. “Brandon was the favorite all along.'
forward Brandon Miller and NBA G League guard Scoot Henderson when they made the second selection in the NBA Draft on Thursday night.. “Brandon was the favorite all along. But to do your due diligence, you bring them in the one time, and then you’re allowed to bring them in a second time, which everybody knows we did on Monday.
A Georgia native, Henderson did not play college basketball but signed with the NBA G League’s Ignite prospect team. He averaged 17.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game last season.of the Hornets’ choice of Miller. “They’re both excellent players, and they both will probably go on to have long NBA careers. But he’s the one that we feel would have the best NBA career as a Hornet.”, the Portland Trail Blazers chose Henderson with the No. 3 pick on Thursday night.
Miller’s draft stock might have taken a tumble based on his involvement in a Jan. 15 incident on the Strip in Tuscaloosa during which 23-year-old Jamea Jonae Harris was shot and killed, but Kupchak said the Hornets had no qualms about drafting Miller.on Thursday night. “With every pick, especially with a pick this high and this valuable, we do a lot of background work, a lot of due diligence. We contact a lot of people. In fact, Buzz and I went to Alabama for two days about two weeks ago.
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