At The Hive

That went well. The lottery dust has settled, and the Hornets are picking second in the 2023 NBA Draft after heading into the 30-minute ping-pong ball extravaganza with the fourth-best odds at obtaining the number one pick. The Hornets converted on a 12.2 percent chance to land second and moved ahead of the Houston Rockets and Detroit Pistons, which fell to fourth and fifth, respectively, after tanking all season and finishing with the two worst records. Some would say that’s karma. Not me, but some would. Congratulations to San Antonio Spurs fans, who have been granted a generational big man prospect for the *checks notes* third time. Victor Wembanyama will be extremely fun to watch develop under Gregg Popovich and he seemed genuinely excited about being a Spur in his post-lottery interview. Charlotte would’ve been better, but there will be no complaints from me about second place this time around.