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Mitch Kupchak gives update on Hornets star LaMelo Ball and more after NBA Draft

In the weeks leading up to Thursday night’s NBA Draft, the Charlotte Hornets had a pretty important person hanging out at Spectrum Center.

That would be LaMelo Ball, the team’s All-Star point guard.

Ball was a special guest inside Novant Health Training Center on more than one occasion, taking a seat alongside some very distinguished individuals. He witnessed plenty of the Hornets’ pre-draft workouts, serving as a key presence when the likes of Brandon Miller, Scoot Henderson and others were being tested in drills.

“Well, we didn’t ask or solicit his opinion,” team president/general manager Mitch Kupchak said early Friday morning, “but I did tell them when the players were going to come in.