Jeff Peterson is armed with three selections; number four overall, number 33 overall, and number 34 overall, to add young, cost-controlled talent to his roster. ESPN's NBA Draft gurus Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo dropped their l atest two-round mock projections, and the Hornets would be thrilled to walk away with this haul come draft time.

Just a few weeks ago, we tried to see if Microsoft's Copilot could predict the NFL Draft and it went off the rails almost immediately. After correctly assuming Cam Ward would go No. 1 overall to the Tennessee Titans, it got off track with Adbul Carter at No. 2 and Shedeur Sanders to the New York Giants at No. 3. Safe to say that did not happen.