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Post Lottery Mock Draft: The New Orleans Pelicans Get Big Wing at 13

By Aaron Kellerstrass

Who should the New Orleans Pelicans target with a top 10 pick. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
Who should the New Orleans Pelicans target with a top 10 pick. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) /
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LaMelo Ball, New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans Mock Draft: LaMelo Ball (Photo by Anthony Au-Yeung/Getty Images) /

2020 NBA Mock Draft: Charlotte Hornets

Guard / Illawara Hawks. Charlotte Hornets. player. 170. LaMelo Ball. 3. Scouting Report. Pick Analysis

The Charlotte Hornets jumped into the third position, which I actually liked because they didn’t tank.

I love when lottery Karma actually rewards the teams who tried to win and punishes the tankers. Watching the Philadelphia meltdown after hearing about the stupid “Process” for a decade is pretty sweet.

Charlotte has some nice young pieces in Devonte’ Graham, Miles Bridges and PJ Washington, but they are in desperate need of some star power.

Charlotte quietly has one of the better young cores in the NBA, and adding Ball could turn them into a playoff contender in the Eastern Conference for years to come.

Graham is already a pretty good point guard, but doesn’t have great size or the playmaking ability of Ball, who would look good throwing lobs to Bridges and Washington.

Graham could be a powerful scoring weapon off the bench in the second unit, or even play off the ball, like Jrue Holiday has with Lonzo for the New Orleans Pelicans.

There are a lot of options and Charlotte has the coach to figure it out.

Michael Jordan hasn’t had a star in Charlotte for a long time, so Ball’s combination of skill and celebrity will be too much to pass up.