Hornets Agree to Reported $209 Million Miller Extension

The Charlotte Hornets have agreed to a five-year, $209 million rookie-scale contract extension with forward Brandon Miller, according to reports citing his representatives and a person familiar with negotiations. The reports describe an agreement, but the team had not announced it at the time of the Associated Press account. Miller’s representatives, AJ Vaynerchuk and Joey Middleton, told ESPN’s Shams Charania that the deal was worth $209 million. Separately, a person familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press that Charlotte had agreed to the extension and spoke anonymously because the team had not announced it. The supplied reports do not include a subsequent team announcement or an official contract record. The agreement was reported on October 19, the day of the deadline for players from the 2023 draft class to sign rookie-scale extensions. One report said it came roughly an hour before the deadline. The deal would keep Miller under contract with Charlotte on the reported terms, though formal confirmation was not shown in the accounts. Miller, the second overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft, averaged 20.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 65 games last...