Should Hornets Fans Be Concerned By Brandon Miller's Terrible Summer League?

With Michael Jordan selling his majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets, the alcoholic sociopath had one final draft left in him. Everyone and their mothers said Scoot Henderson was a future NBA star and with the no. 2 pick in the 2023 draft, the Hornets selected Brandon Miller.

Scoot Henderson even has an NBA Hall of Fame name. Brandon Miller has the name of a guy your girlfriend always complains about because he likes all of her photos and constantly snapchats her without her ever responding.

It sounds like Brandon was drafted by the Hornets solely because he beat MJ one-on-one. Some could make the argument that isn’t the best way to draft players but Jordan is on his way out so he might as well make one more strange decision.

I’ve done some wild nonsense when I knew I was about to leave a job. I had to slowly waddle out of Costco on my final day hoping the speakers and Twizzlers in my pockets wouldn’t fall out. Michael Jordan made a better decision than I would’ve.

Let’s see how Brandon Miller is doing in Summer League thus far:

Its not the total fouls/TOs (15/10) that concern me from Brandon Miller’s 2 SL games – Its the laziness, lack of effort, bad decision making that is causing them.

We know he is capable of so much better. Its Summer League, its early, he’s young… but its concerning pic.twitter.com/Kr8XuFQd1N

— Ryan Hammer🔨 (@ryanhammer09) July 6, 2023

In 2 games, Brandon Miller is averaging 12 points, 4.5 turnovers to 5 assists and 6.5 fouls. Considering the Hornets history drafting busts, Miller is looking like James Bouknight or even Adam Morrison out there.

Perhaps he’s distracted. I imagine it’s difficult to focus on these meaningless scrimmages when you’re in the center of a murder investigation. Sure, Brandon didn’t actually shoot anyone but I assume there’s both moral and legal pressure weighing on him for providing the gun used in a murder.

So should Hornets fan be concerned about Brandon Miller sucking in Summer League?

It’s the Summer League. Who cares? I’ll answer that question by naming someone who 1000% does not care: Brandon Miller.

He looks lazy and unenthusiastic but yea of course he is. It’s wild that we all have fun 4h of July weeks while simultaneously mocking Brandon Miller for struggling when I’m sure he wishes he was on a boat somewhere too instead of a hot-ass gym playing against guys battling for roster spots when his spot is secured.

As a Knicks fan, I’ve watched Kevin Knox win a Summer League MVP. He’s 23 years old and unemployed.

The Summer League doesn’t matter. Especially for guys like Brandon Miller who gain nothing from it and can only be roasted and at first, I had a problem with people making fun of his terrible games but then I remembered yea, he helped murder a young lady so please return to dunking on him.

I thought Miller would look like a slightly smoother RJ Barrett and in two games, he’s shooting almost 50%. Brandon Miller’s jumper is far better than I expected but again, these games don’t matter.

I’m just excited to see Brandon and LaMelo Ball playing together in the regular season. They are going to be electric up until when Miller inevitably fouls out because he’s a hack artist. Or goes to prison as an accomplice because yea, he assisted in a homicide recently.

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