FIRST ROUND DRAFT NOTES:
Last year, the Hornets selected David West of Xavier with the 18th overall pick....West averaged 3.8 points and 4.2 minutes in 71 games in his rookie campaign…the Hornets have made 14 first round selections in the NBA Draft in the team’s history....12 of the Hornets’ 14 first round draft selections have played at least one season for the Hornets....in the Hornets’ first NBA Draft in 1988, Rex Chapman was selected from the University of Kentucky with the eighth overall pick....Kentucky has been the school of choice for the Hornets three times in the first round of the draft – the most of any school....the highest the Hornets have ever selected in the first round was the first overall pick (Larry Johnson in 1991), while the lowest they have ever selected was the 22nd pick (George Zidek in 1995).

SECOND ROUND DRAFT NOTES:
The Hornets will pick 44th in the 2004 Draft, marking the first time they have picked in the second round in consecutive years since the 1998 and 1999 seasons (prior to that, it had not happened since the 1991 and 1992 seasons)....the Hornets have made 10 second round selections in their history, and all but three of those picks have played at least one season for the Hornets (James Lang, Dyron Nix and Andrew Betts never played)....the highest the Hornets have ever selected in the second round was the 28th pick (Kevin Lynch in 1991), while the lowest they have ever selected was the 50th pick (Andrew Betts in 1998).

THE HISTORY OF THE NO. 18 PICK:
The following is a look at the No. 18 overall selections in the NBA Draft over the last 15 years:

YEAR PLAYER COLLEGE TEAM 2003 David West Xavier New Orleans 2002 Curtis Borchardt Stanford Orlando 2001 Jason Collins Stanford Houston 2000 Quentin Richardson DePaul Denver 1999 James Posey Xavier Denver 1998 Mirsad Tuckan Turkey Houston 1997 Chris Antsey Australia Portland 1996 John Wallace Syracuse New York 1995 Theo Ratliff Wyoming Detroit 1994 Eric Mobley Pittsburgh Milwaukee 1993 Luther Wright Seton Hall Utah 1992 Tracy Murray UCLA San Antonio 1991 Kevin Brooks SW Louisiana Milwaukee 1990 Duane Causewell Temple Sacramento 1989 B.J. Armstrong Iowa Chicago

THE HISTORY OF THE NO. 44 PICK:
The following is a look at the No. 44 overall selections in the NBA Draft over the last 10 years:

YEAR PLAYER COLLEGE TEAM 2003 Malick Badiane Germany Houston 2002 Lonny Baxter Maryland Chicago 2001 Kyle Hill Eastern Illinois Dallas 2000 Brial Cardinal Purdue Detroit 1999 Tyrone Washington Miss. State Houston 1998 Sean Marks California New York 1997 Cedric Henderson Memphis Cleveland 1996 Malik Rose Drexel Charlotte 1995 Anthony Pelle Fresno State Denver 1994 Damon Bailey Indiana Indiana 1993 Luther Wright Seton Hall Utah 1992 Tracy Murray UCLA San Antonio 1991 Kevin Brooks SW Louisiana Milwaukee 1990 Duane Causewell Temple Sacramento 1989 B.J. Armstrong Iowa Chicago

WHERE THE HORNETS WENT:
The Hornets’ 2004 final roster consisted of players who were selected as high as second overall to players who were not drafted by an NBA franchise....the following is a rundown of the draft positions of the Hornets that were on the team’s final regular season roster:

PLAYER YEAR ROUND/OVERALL PICK TEAM Courtney Alexander 2000 First (13) Orlando Magic Darrell Armstrong Not Drafted By An NBA Franchise Stacey Augmon 1991 First (9) Atlanta Hawks P.J. Brown 1992 Second (29) New Jersey Nets Maurice Carter Not Drafted By An NBA Franchise Baron Davis 1999 First (3) Charlotte Hornets George Lynch 1993 First (13) Los Angeles Lakers Jamaal Magloire 2000 First (19) Charlotte Hornets Jamal Mashburn 1993 First (4) Dallas Mavericks Steve Smith 1991 First (5) Miami Heat Robert Traylor 1998 First (6) Dallas Mavericks David Wesley Not Drafted By An NBA Franchise David West 2003 First (18) New Orleans Hornets Shammond Williams 1998 Second (34) Chicago Bulls

MISCELLANEOUS DRAFT NOTES:
Hornets Executive VP of Basketball Operations Bob Bass, who is retiring following the 2004 draft after 54 consecutive seasons in basketball, has made many selections in his illustrious NBA career--some of his more notable picks include David Robinson, Baron Davis, Sean Elliot, Alvin Robertson, Jamaal Magloire and John Paxson…20 of the Hornets’ 25 all-time draft selections have appeared in regular season games for the team....only Jeff Moore (1988, never made the Hornets roster), Dyron Nix (1989, immediately traded to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Stuart Gray), Greg Graham (1993, traded to the 76ers on 9/3/93), Kobe Bryant (1996, traded to the Lakers for Vlade Divac on 7/11/99 in a pre-arranged deal), Andrew Betts (1998, never made the Hornets roster) and James Lang (2003, only appeared on the Injured List, never on the active roster) have not appeared in a Hornets regular season game…there have been two instances in Hornets history when the team made no selections in either the first or second round of the draft (1997 and 2002)…their 1997 first round pick was originally traded to Milwaukee along with Mike Gminski for Frank Brickowski in 1994, but was traded again by Milwaukee to Portland and again from Portland to Minnesota…their 1997 second round pick was also traded in 1994 to Washington (along with their second round pick in 1996) for Michael Adams....their 2002 first round pick was traded to Washington for Courtney Alexander while their 2002 second round pick was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in 2000 in exchange for Dale Ellis...the Hornets have held both the 18th and 44th picks on one other occasion each…they used the 18th overall selection in the 2003 Draft to pick David West while they chose Malik Rose with the 44th overall selection in the 1996 Draft.