“Growing up in Chicago, Michael Jordan is everything there,” Frank Kaminsky said Thursday night shortly after the Jordan-owned Charlotte Hornets selected the former Wisconsin standout with the ninth pick in the NBA draft. “He still is. I had all of his posters on my wall. ‘Space Jam’ was my favorite movie.”
Now, the Lisle, Ill., native gets to head to Charlotte to play for the man who was his idol when he was growing up a mere half-hour drive from Chicago.