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NBA Draft: Charlotte Hornets should trade No. 2 pick for established veteran

With the No. 2 pick Thursday night in the NBA Draft, the Charlotte Hornets ...

Shouldn’t pick anybody.

Instead, they should trade the pick.

While my esteemed colleague Rod Boone has written that he would prefer the Hornets use the pick on guard Scoot Henderson, I would rather Charlotte deal that No. 2 pick to trade for a proven veteran who’s going to help them immediately as well as some other assets to help down the road.

My reasoning is this. I don’t believe Henderson or Alabama’s Brandon Miller — the two players everyone believes the Hornets are strongly considering at No.