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Charlotte ended up bringing home four draft picks in James Bouknight at 11, Kai Jones at 19, JT Thor at 37, and Scottie Lewis at 56th. Three high upside players in Bouknight, Jones, and Thor, and an athletic defensive specialist in Lewis.

Bouknight has true potential to be the Hornets co-star alongside 2020 Rookie of the Year Award winner LaMelo Ball. The pick of Bouknight likely means that Malik Monk’s time in Charlotte has come to an end as Bouknight directly fills his role of a spark bench scorer. Bouknight is super athletic and finishes at the rim very well which is something you don’t see too often from young guards. He also has elite scoring potential from all three levels so if he can develop properly Charlotte could be looking at the steal of this draft class.

Jones is an elite-level athlete who specializes in running the floor very well and is a lethal lob threat that should pair very nicely alongside the playmaking of Ball. A lot of mocks had Charlotte picking Jones at 11, and the value there was questionable at best. Being able to trade back into the first round and get him at 19 is a great move by the Hornets staff. They get a developmental center that already has the athletic ability to make a spark impact on the Hornets.

Andre Drummond of the Philadephia 76ers posted a stunning tweet on Thursday afternoon. It featured a video of a fully clothed Drummond jumping into his swimming pool to save his young son from drowning. 

The video shows the little guy sitting by the pool with several adults around. As he gets up, he loses his balance and falls in. Everyone notices, but then suddenly, from out of nowhere, Drummond comes into frame and immediately jumps into the pool to save his son. 

According to TMZ, Drummond's son is named Deon, and he's just two years old. 

Deon spent just a few seconds underwater — thanks to his dad's heroic effort — but it's a tense, scary few seconds. Drummond tweeted that that it's "a parents worst nightmare," which every parent can almost certainly confirm. 

Thankfully, the video had a happy ending. Not only was Deon safe, he was apparently smiling immediately after coming to the surface. And as soon as he was carried out of the pool and placed on the ground, he started trying to get back into the water. After that close call, none of the adults on hand were interested in letting that happen.

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The Ball family patriarch was in attendance for today’s Summer League game between the Portland Trail Blazers and Charlotte Hornets to watch his two youngest sons, LaMelo and LiAngelo play. And as usual, LaVar made sure to rub his sons’ success in everyone’s face via his choice of headwear.

Cameras that panned to LaVar sitting in the stands caught the man wearing a hat that said “I Told You So!” in big, bold letters. Given that LaMelo is coming off Rookie of the Year honors while Lonzo is on the verge of a massive free agent contract, he’s earned the right to brag.

But unlike many previous times he’s bragged about his progeny, this time people are giving him his due. The image of the hat has quickly gone viral, garnering thousands of likes, retweets and comments in less than an hour.

LiAngelo Ball is more then we are being told he can lights out shoot the ball.

Martin originally committed to play collegiately for Vanderbilt before opting for a postgraduate year at IMG Academy. He averaged 20 points and eight rebounds per game at IMG Academy, drawing praise for his athleticism. Martin scored 37 points at the National Prep Showcase and demonstrated an improved jump shot.

Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball lives by the mantra ‘1 of 1.

You see it within his Puma collection as well as his newly launched prep academy.

Growing up, Ball always wore No. 1 on the basketball court. But, when he was drafted to Charlotte in 2020, that number was being used by Malik Monk.

Now that Monk has signed with the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason, LaMelo was hoping to switch numbers.

As reported by Ashley Stroehlein of NBC Charlotte, Ball missed the deadline to request a number change with the league.

This year should have hurt a little extra for LiAngelo Ball. His younger brother LaMelo was just named NBA Rookie of the Year, his older brother Lonzo landed a big contract to be the starting point guard for the Chicago Bulls — and he was languishing without an NBA contract. Sure, there’s no doubt he was happy for his brothers, but the sting of being the middle child struggling where your brothers succeed is a lot to deal with.

Now, being thrown a lifeline by the Charlotte Hornets, LiAngelo Ball is making the most of his shot during Las Vegas Summer League.

The story of the Ball family’s path to the NBA might not be the big “three Lakers” dream father La’Var once envisioned when his sons began entering the league, but a touch of hyperbolic success we were once promised may be starting to come to fruition. Lonzo moved past the early jitters of star expectancy to carve out his place as a solid starting guard in the NBA. LaMelo entered the league with equal parts hype and doubt, but he quickly silenced his critics and proved to be a star in the making while turning the Hornets into must-watch team.

Meanwhile, LiAngelo was functionally out of the game. A short G League stint with the Thunder affiliate, then a Summer League invite with the Pistons that never materialized into a contract appeared to end his NBA dreams. The 6’5” guard didn’t boast Lonzo’s passing gift or LaMelo’s creativity, leaving him in the perfect middle child no man’s land.