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Hornets Happenings: The Five Best Hornets Draft Picks of All Time

 
As we sit hear in anticipation of July 8th, waiting to see if the Hornets will improve the themselves with some solid free agent acquisitions, I thought it a good opportunity to reflect back on the Hornets historical draft and rate who were the best players ever drafted by the Bees. The ground rules are simple: 1) The Hornets had to have drafted the player 2) The quality of the draft pick is evaluated on how the player performed over his NBA career (or career to date), not necessarily his performance for the Hornets 3) The Kobe Bryant draft and trade deal does not count. My reasoning for this is simple - this is my article and I say so! (link)

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