The fan base has draft pick PTSD for all the wrong picks they’ve made over the years. Listening to the Knuckleheads podcast is triggering as a Hornets fan, because it’s like every other young star they have on there, when they tell their draft story, they always say “well, I thought I was going to Charlotte, but then they chose someone else.” For the past year, they’ve sold this as a two-man draft where as if you didn’t get Wemby, Scoot was seen as the consolation prize. That’s why the fan base boo’d the pick at draft parties and even the mascot was disappointed. Not cause Brandon is a bad player, but moreso we don’t trust the front office, especially since it was said MJ had a lot of influence on the decision.
I’m rooting for the kid, but if he doesn’t even show promise early, it’s gonna get ugly around here.