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What Villanova's Mikal Bridges discovered at first NBA workout with Hornets

This was former Villanova star Mikal Bridges' first team workout before the NBA draft, and it was with the Charlotte Hornets, who have a new general manager and coach.

Fortunately for Bridges, a 6-7 guard-forward, he anticipated that general manager Mitch Kupchak and coach James Borrego would push the limits of Bridge's conditioning. Late in the hour-long session, with only Bridges and St. Joseph's James Demery participating, the Hornets interspersed full-court sprints with sessions of long-range shooting.

Nothing exotic as pre-draft workouts go, but it had the intended effect.

"They pushed us," Bridges said. "I’m really well conditioned and they (wanted to see him) shoot the ball while I’m tired.