What a good eye! The three new players selected by the Hornets this year rank among the best in the league in many statistics
6686 Sports November 16th NBA regular season, the Hornets will face the Thunder at home today.
Before the game, the broadcaster posted the rankings of the three new players selected by the Hornets this year, including:
No. 4 pick Kniper averaged 17.9 points per game this season (ranked first in the new players list), 6.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists, shooting 46.5% from the field and 40.2% from the three-point field.
Zion James, the No. 33 pick, averaged 8.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, shooting 52.3% from the field and 52.8% from three-point range (second in the league).
No. 34 pick Kalkbrenner averaged 9.9 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game this season (ranked second in the league), and shot 83.3% from the field (ranked first in the league).
The new Hornets averaged 38.7 points per game, also ranking first in the league.
In the latest list of new players officially released by the NBA, Knipel ranked first and Kalkbrenner ranked fifth. The Hornets currently rank fourth from last in the Eastern Conference with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses.
