Photo shows NBA's James Bouknight passed out in a car with a handgun in his lap

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Hornets charlotte James Bouknight passed out in his Mercedes-Benz AMG GT with a bag of Doritos and a Glock handgun in his lap before he was arrested for DWI...a photo obtained by TMZ Sports appears to show this .< /p>

The 22-year-old former 11th overall pick (2021) was arrested around 2 a.m. early Sunday morning in a parking lot in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, for drunk driving .

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This is a little misleading, as Bouknight wasn't actually moving at the time of the arrest...he was reportedly confused in the driver's seat of his $100,000 Benz, blocking access to the garage.

Witnesses tell us that security tried to wake James, but despite repeated knocks on the window, they were unable to get his attention.

NBA's James Bouknight arrested for impaired driving

When they looked through the windshield of the car (the tint made it difficult to see through the other windows), security saw a weapon in James's lap: a .40 caliber Glock 23.

That's when security...