Brandon Miller Sees Hornets ‘Within the NBA Finals Subsequent Year’ After Being Drafted No. 2

Brandon Miller is not any longer having a notion to rob a patient methodology as he gets articulate for his rookie season within the NBA.

Talking to Ashley Stroehlein of WCNC after being chosen No. 2 total within the 2023 NBA draft, Miller stated his expectation is for the Charlotte Hornets to be “within the NBA Finals next year.”

There are causes to be optimistic about the long flee of the Hornets. As effectively as to bringing in Miller, Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall are taking on as governors after buying the franchise from Michael Jordan.

Jordan’s tenure as governor used to be a mess from the time he joined the team as a minority owner in June 2006. Their draft history is gruesome exterior of Kemba Walker and LaMelo Ball. They’ve handiest made the playoffs three occasions, shedding within the first round on every occasion.

Even having a notion at things through rose-colored glasses, Miller’s proclamation have to nonetheless be met with a range of skepticism. The Hornets have not made the playoffs since 2015-16. Their final playoff sequence fetch used to be throughout the 2001-02 season, which used to be also the final year for that version of the franchise earlier than they moved to Novel Orleans.

The novel Charlotte franchise returned to the NBA earlier than the 2004-05 season when it used to be is named the Bobcats. The Hornets nickname returned to Charlotte starting in 2014-15 after Novel Orleans adopted Pelicans as its nickname.

The Hornets’ 27-55 file in 2022-23 used to be the 2nd-worst stamp within the Jap Convention. This franchise has never made it past the Jap Convention semifinals.

The Los Angeles Lakers are the final team to achieve the NBA Finals within the season after having a shedding file. They went 37-Forty five in 2018-19 earlier than acquiring Anthony Davis to play alongside LeBron James.

Whereas Miller and Ball are very talented gamers, they have gotten moderately about a labor to create within the occasion that they are making an try to be belief to be a duo on the identical stage as James and Davis when they led the Lakers to a title throughout the 2019-20 season.