5 Players the Charlotte Hornets Gave up on too soon

3. Brad Miller

Future All-Star Brad Miller was signed to the Charlotte Hornets as an undrafted free agent in 1999. He played two seasons in Charlotte and showed incredible flashes of the player he would become with 25 and 32 point games that showcased his incredible efficiency. However, with limited minutes, it was hard for him to find a consistent rhythm for a full season.

He signed with the Bulls in 2000, but it wasn’t until his next stop with the Pacers where he truly found himself as a player. In his singular season in Indiana, he averaged 15.1 points and 8.2 rebounds. His performance that season led to his first All-Star selection.

He later made an even bigger name for himself during six seasons with the Sacramento Kings where he made another All-Star team and had the most productive seasons of his career in minutes, points, and rebounds per game.

Miller was one of the first (of the now common) big men with reliable three point strokes and impeccable court vision. With the benefit of hindsight, the Hornets organization has to wish they had  kept him in teal and white for more than two years.