Jul. 30—James Bouknight, the 6-foot-5 guard who helped get UConn back into the NCAA Tournament after a rather painful absence, had to endure a bit of pain Thursday night as his professional career began.
Bouknight was taken by the Charlotte Hornets with the No. 11 pick in Thursday's NBA Draft, slipping slightly from pre-draft projections that had him going as high as No. 6.
Bouknight was on hand for the draft with his parents at the Barclay's Center, not far from his childhood home in Brooklyn, and was forced to wait some 30 minutes longer than he had been hoping in the Green Room.