It was one of the main suspense of this Draft: were the Hornets going to choose Brandon Miller or Scoot Henderson with their second choice? The first seemed to be the favorite, but it was finally the second who was called. Why this choice ?
“It wasn’t the easiest decision to make, but Brandon was our favorite from start to finish,” responds the GM of the Hornets, Mitch Kupchak, at the Charlotte Observer. “There’s been a lot of heated discussion over the last three or four days, which I’m glad about, because I think it’s a good thing to weigh the pros and cons. But our opinion has not changed since the beginning. We think he is the best player. They are both excellent and will have a long career, but for Charlotte, it feels like he will have the better career. »
As the Hornets had made him their favorite, was Brandon Miller more or less warned that he would start his career in Charlotte? “I understood that literally the moment they called my name,” he explains. ” I was on the phone. I reacted with impatience and smiles. I knew my mother was going to shed her little tear. »
The one who allowed himself to chamber Michael Jordan already imagines himself on the floors with the colors of the Hornets.
“Clearly at the winger position, because there is the passing qualities of LaMelo Ball”, announces the future rookie. “Him in the pass, me in the shoot, it can work. I will have a lot to learn in the first training, but the most important thing will be to get physically stronger and improve every day. »
