Nick Smith Jr. knew so long as “you keep it in the gym, he can go get it.” He’d seen it before. And even still, there were times this season when Smith would watch Brandon Miller — the Charlotte Hornets’ brilliantly breezy rookie who he’s known since he was 15 — and shake his head in amazement.
“We are doing a drill, somebody will throw him a lob, and he’ll just casually do a 360,” Smith told reporters during exit interviews Monday.
He’d later add with a chuckle: “I’ve seen it before from him.