Charlotte Hornets star has baby assist 3-pointer

May 15 (UPI) -- Kemba Walker better come in ready to play in 2017, because Nicholas Batum's baby is eyeing the Charlotte Hornets' point guard job.

Baby Batum was dishing beautiful dimes Saturday in the driveway.

Nicholas posted a video of his practice shooting session on social media.

In the video, the 6-foot, 8-inch shooting guard stands to the side of Ayden Richard Batum's cloth wagon.

He calls for a pass from the youngster, receives the helper, then passes back to the baby boy. Ayden drops in a short bounce pass to dad, who proceeds to knock down a long jump shot from the right side of the hoop.

Batum then cheers and gives his son a kiss.

"Batum [to] Batum [to] Batum [to] Batum," the Hornets star tweeted.

Batum, 28, averaged a career-best 15.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.9 assists this season. He signed a new deal in July and will make $22.4 million next season.

The Hornets' shooting guard became a dad last year at 1:30 a.m. on April 29 with fiance Aurelie. He played that same night in Game 6 of a first-round Eastern Conference playoff series against the Miami Heat. Batum scored six points off of the bench before getting injured in a 97-90 loss.