Malik Beasley will be in the green room Thursday night. Could he don a purple and teal hat on the big stage? That could be up to Charlotte's team doctors.
The Charlotte Hornets' June ritual has usually been plucking one of the glamorous green room attendees during the summer's NBA Draft. With the 22nd pick this year, you might expect the Hornets' choice to be on the phone in his living room Thursday night instead of on stage, in a stylish suit, shaking hands with Adam Silver.
According to Jonathan Givony of The Vertical, the NBA has a small list of green room players this June because of the expected fluidity of this draft.