阿拉巴馬大學前鋒米勒（Brandon Miller）與Ｇ聯盟引燃隊後衛韓德森（Scoot Henderson）的榜眼之爭，是本次選秀會看點之一。最後，米勒贏了這場對決，總管庫普契克（Mitch Kupchak）也出面表示，米勒從頭到尾都是首選。

由於溫班亞瑪（Victor Wembanyama）早早鎖定狀元，讓外界都把目光放在誰是榜眼，《ESPN》記者「沃神」沃納羅斯基（Adrian Wojnarowski）前日先行指出，黃蜂將選入米勒，另一名資深記者，《The Athlete》的查拉尼亞今日卻說：「黃蜂偏向選擇韓德森。」讓沃納羅斯基今早又發文堅稱：「韓德森無法取代米勒。」國外社群也充斥著球迷間「米勒還是韓德森？」的討論。

The Hornets are preparing to select Brandon Miller at No. 2 overall, per @wojespn:

- Miller impressed Michael Jordan and Co. during his second private workout yesterday.

- Charlotte prefers Miller’s fit alongside LaMelo Ball over Scoot Henderson. pic.twitter.com/P3dsnpCl2P

— Evan Sidery (@esidery) June 21, 2023

Sources: Scoot Henderson is gaining serious momentum at No. 2 with the Charlotte Hornets in tonight’s NBA draft. Hornets have been torn over the last week between Henderson and Brandon Miller. Team has final meetings today to settle on decision.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 22, 2023

“I’m told Scoot Henderson hasn’t been able to unseat Brandon Miller.”

- @wojespn on the no.2 pick

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— NBA Retweet (@RTNBA) June 22, 2023

在粉絲，甚至記者之間的爭論下，黃蜂稍早做出最終選擇，用榜眼籤將米勒帶回夏洛特。隨後當庫普契克被問到試怎麼抉擇時，他回應，「米勒一直都是我們的最愛。這不是個簡單的決定，我覺得他是當下最好的球員。兩位都很優秀，但米勒是那個，我們認為會在夏洛特表現卓越的人。」

Mitch Kupchak was asked about the booing by Hornets fans in the Spectrum Center after selecting Brandon Miller.

"I'm not aware of that. It's news to me."

Kupchak says the Hornets never really came close to trading the No. 2 pick.

"Brandon was our favorite all along."

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— Will Kunkel (@WillKunkelFOX) June 23, 2023

最後，庫普契克也提到，教練、球探、管理層都偏好選入米勒而非韓德森，看來黃蜂在決定榜眼人選時，並沒有如球迷和記者般，陷入兩難。