Charlotte Hornets fans saw just a slice of Dwayne Bacon. But what he demonstrated his rookie season is a significant departure from this franchise’s history with second-round picks:
Major long-term potential; as in could-be-a-starter-someday potential.
Bacon lasted 40 picks before being chosen last June. A factor in his lasting that long was a jump shot that looked broken in two seasons at Florida State.
Bacon went to work last summer with Hornets shooting specialist Bruce Kreutzer. The numbers still don’t look great — Bacon made just 26 percent of his 43 attempts from the NBA arc — but the form has clearly improved.