The Charlotte Hornets appeared to have struck gold during the 2017 NBA Draft. Malik Monk, a highly coveted scoring guard out of Kentucky, slid past his rumored destination of New York and fell into the laps of Rich Cho and company.
It felt like a steal at the time. I mean, Monk had shown during his one year of college basketball that he can flat out get buckets. His 47 point game against North Carolina caught the attention of a lot of scouts. He put on a show, and the hope was that the Hornets would be getting that version of him.