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Hornets Happenings | The Five Worst Hornets Draft Picks Of All Time

 
This is the second in a series of articles in which I analyze the best and worst of the Hornets since the team's inception.  Today, I look at the five worst draft picks of all time. Like the first article in this series which looked at the five best draft picks of all time,  the ground rules are simple: 1. The Hornets had to have drafted the player 2. The quality of the draft pick is evaluated on a) how poorly the player performed over his NBA career, not necessarily his performance just for the Hornet , and b) how brief of a career the player had. 3. The draft pick is considered for the relative position of the draft pick and who was drafted above and below the pick.   1. Kirk Haston Kirk Haston was selected 16th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2001 draft. In two years he spent more time on the injured reserve list than the active roster. Haston averaged 1.2 points per game, playing in 27 games. He also averaged one rebound per game while recording no steals.  ... (link)

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