2023–24 Charlotte Hornets season
2023–24 Charlotte Hornets season | |
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Head coach | Steve Clifford |
General manager | Mitch Kupchak |
President | Fred Whitfield |
Owner(s) | Gabe Plotkin & Rick Schnall |
Arena | Spectrum Center |
Results | |
Record | 21–61 (.256) |
Place | Division: 4th (Southeast) Conference: 13th (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | Bally Sports South · Bally Sports Southeast |
Radio | WFNZ |
The 2023–24 Charlotte Hornets season was the 34th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This also became the first season where Michael Jordan would not be the majority owner of the team, with Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall being the new majority owners of the franchise as of August 2023.
On March 23, the Hornets were eliminated from playoff contention for the 8th consecutive season following their 132–91 loss to the Atlanta Hawks.
Draft
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Position(s) | Nationality | College / Club |
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1 | 2 | Brandon Miller | SF/SG | ![]() | Alabama (Fr.) |
1 | 27 | Nick Smith Jr. | PG/SG | ![]() | Arkansas (Fr.) |
2 | 39 | Mouhamed Gueye | PF | ![]() | Washington State (So.) |
Roster
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Standings
[edit]Division
[edit]Southeast Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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y – Orlando Magic | 47 | 35 | .573 | – | 29–12 | 18–23 | 9–7 | 82 |
x – Miami Heat | 46 | 36 | .561 | 1.0 | 22–19 | 24–17 | 13–3 | 82 |
pi – Atlanta Hawks | 36 | 46 | .439 | 11.0 | 21–20 | 15–26 | 8–8 | 82 |
Charlotte Hornets | 21 | 61 | .256 | 26.0 | 11–30 | 10–31 | 6–10 | 82 |
Washington Wizards | 15 | 67 | .183 | 32.0 | 7–34 | 8–33 | 4–12 | 82 |
Conference
[edit]Eastern Conference | ||||||
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | z – Boston Celtics * | 64 | 18 | .780 | – | 82 |
2 | x – New York Knicks | 50 | 32 | .610 | 14.0 | 82 |
3 | y – Milwaukee Bucks * | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15.0 | 82 |
4 | x – Cleveland Cavaliers | 48 | 34 | .585 | 16.0 | 82 |
5 | y – Orlando Magic * | 47 | 35 | .573 | 17.0 | 82 |
6 | x – Indiana Pacers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 17.0 | 82 |
7 | x – Philadelphia 76ers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 17.0 | 82 |
8 | x – Miami Heat | 46 | 36 | .561 | 18.0 | 82 |
9 | pi – Chicago Bulls | 39 | 43 | .476 | 25.0 | 82 |
10 | pi – Atlanta Hawks | 36 | 46 | .439 | 28.0 | 82 |
11 | Brooklyn Nets | 32 | 50 | .390 | 32.0 | 82 |
12 | Toronto Raptors | 25 | 57 | .305 | 39.0 | 82 |
13 | Charlotte Hornets | 21 | 61 | .256 | 43.0 | 82 |
14 | Washington Wizards | 15 | 67 | .183 | 49.0 | 82 |
15 | Detroit Pistons | 14 | 68 | .171 | 50.0 | 82 |
Game log
[edit]Preseason
[edit]2023 preseason game log Total: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preseason: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
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2023–24 preseason schedule |
Regular season
[edit]This became the first regular season where all the NBA teams competed in a mid-season tournament setting due to the implementation of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament.[1][2]
In-Season Tournament
[edit]This was the first regular season where all the NBA teams competed in a mid-season tournament setting due to the implementation of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament.[3][4] During the in-season tournament period, the Hornets competed in Group B of the Eastern Conference, which included the Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks, Miami Heat, and Washington Wizards.
East group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | MIL | NYK | MIA | CHA | WAS | |
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1 | Milwaukee Bucks | 4 | 4 | 0 | 502 | 456 | +46 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 110–105 | 131–124 | 130–99 | 131–128 | |
2 | New York Knicks | 4 | 3 | 1 | 440 | 398 | +42 | 105–110 | — | 100–98 | 115–91 | 120–99 | ||
3 | Miami Heat | 4 | 2 | 2 | 454 | 450 | +4 | 124–131 | 98–100 | — | 111–105 | 121–114 | ||
4 | Charlotte Hornets | 4 | 1 | 3 | 419 | 473 | −54 | 99–130 | 91–115 | 105–111 | — | 124–117 | ||
5 | Washington Wizards | 4 | 0 | 4 | 458 | 496 | −38 | 128–131 | 99–120 | 114–121 | 117–124 | — |
Player statistics
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Brandon Miller | SF | 74 | 68 | 2,383 | 315 | 175 | 66 | 42 | 1,279 | 32.2 | 4.3 | 2.4 | .9 | .6 | 17.3 |
Miles Bridges | SF | 69 | 67 | 2,581 | 505 | 231 | 65 | 33 | 1,449 | 37.4 | 7.3 | 3.3 | .9 | .5 | 21.0 |
Nick Richards | C | 67 | 51 | 1,759 | 539 | 54 | 26 | 74 | 652 | 26.3 | 8.0 | .8 | .4 | 1.1 | 9.7 |
JT Thor | PF | 63 | 3 | 781 | 146 | 29 | 11 | 27 | 199 | 12.4 | 2.3 | .5 | .2 | .4 | 3.2 |
Bryce McGowens | SG | 59 | 14 | 882 | 102 | 51 | 21 | 10 | 302 | 14.9 | 1.7 | .9 | .4 | .2 | 5.1 |
Nick Smith Jr. | SG | 51 | 0 | 729 | 72 | 59 | 10 | 7 | 302 | 14.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | .2 | .1 | 5.9 |
P. J. Washington† | PF | 44 | 17 | 1,286 | 232 | 97 | 38 | 32 | 600 | 29.2 | 5.3 | 2.2 | .9 | .7 | 13.6 |
Ish Smith | PG | 43 | 5 | 741 | 76 | 145 | 17 | 4 | 139 | 17.2 | 1.8 | 3.4 | .4 | .1 | 3.2 |
Terry Rozier† | SG | 30 | 30 | 1,065 | 117 | 198 | 32 | 12 | 696 | 35.5 | 3.9 | 6.6 | 1.1 | .4 | 23.2 |
Vasilije Micić† | PG | 30 | 21 | 815 | 64 | 186 | 22 | 4 | 323 | 27.2 | 2.1 | 6.2 | .7 | .1 | 10.8 |
Grant Williams† | PF | 29 | 10 | 888 | 149 | 93 | 20 | 12 | 402 | 30.6 | 5.1 | 3.2 | .7 | .4 | 13.9 |
Tre Mann† | PG | 28 | 28 | 868 | 125 | 145 | 48 | 3 | 333 | 31.0 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 1.7 | .1 | 11.9 |
Cody Martin | SF | 28 | 22 | 753 | 109 | 104 | 32 | 18 | 211 | 26.9 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 1.1 | .6 | 7.5 |
Dāvis Bertāns† | PF | 28 | 1 | 583 | 51 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 246 | 20.8 | 1.8 | .9 | .8 | .3 | 8.8 |
Leaky Black | SF | 26 | 3 | 284 | 48 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 69 | 10.9 | 1.8 | .9 | .3 | .4 | 2.7 |
Gordon Hayward† | SF | 25 | 25 | 798 | 117 | 116 | 28 | 12 | 362 | 31.9 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 1.1 | .5 | 14.5 |
Nathan Mensah | C | 25 | 0 | 307 | 65 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 12.3 | 2.6 | .4 | .2 | .6 | 1.3 |
LaMelo Ball | PG | 22 | 22 | 711 | 113 | 176 | 40 | 4 | 526 | 32.3 | 5.1 | 8.0 | 1.8 | .2 | 23.9 |
Mark Williams | C | 19 | 19 | 508 | 184 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 242 | 26.7 | 9.7 | 1.2 | .8 | 1.1 | 12.7 |
Aleksej Pokuševski† | PF | 18 | 0 | 345 | 79 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 134 | 19.2 | 4.4 | 1.7 | .8 | .7 | 7.4 |
James Bouknight | SG | 14 | 0 | 81 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 5.8 | .6 | .4 | .1 | .1 | 3.6 |
Théo Maledon† | PG | 13 | 1 | 200 | 23 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 54 | 15.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | .5 | .0 | 4.2 |
Amari Bailey | PG | 10 | 0 | 65 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6.5 | .9 | .7 | .3 | .0 | 2.3 |
Marques Bolden† | C | 9 | 2 | 118 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 13.1 | 3.6 | .4 | .3 | .8 | 4.1 |
Seth Curry† | SG | 8 | 1 | 159 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 72 | 19.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | .6 | .4 | 9.0 |
Frank Ntilikina | PG | 5 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8.6 | 1.2 | .8 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Hornets only.
Transactions
[edit]Trades
[edit]June 23, 2023[5] | To Charlotte Hornets Draft rights to James Nnaji (No. 31) | To Boston Celtics Draft rights to Colby Jones (No. 34) Draft rights to Mouhamed Gueye (No. 39) |
January 23, 2024[6] | To Charlotte Hornets Kyle Lowry 2027 first-round pick | To Miami Heat Terry Rozier |
February 8, 2024[7] | To Charlotte Hornets Seth Curry Grant Williams 2027 first-round pick | To Dallas Mavericks P. J. Washington 2024 second-round pick 2028 second-round pick |
February 8, 2024[8] | To Charlotte Hornets Dāvis Bertāns Tre Mann Vasilije Micić 2024 second-round pick 2025 second-round pick | To Oklahoma City Thunder Gordon Hayward |
Free agency
[edit]Re-signed
[edit]Date | Player | Ref. |
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July 7 | Miles Bridges | [9] |
August 29 | P. J. Washington | [10] |
September 29 | Théo Maledon | [11] |
Additions
[edit]Date | Player | Former team | Ref. |
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July 19 | Leaky Black | North Carolina Tar Heels | [12] |
August 10 | Frank Ntilikina | Dallas Mavericks | [13] |
September 5 | Angelo Allegri | Eastern Washington Eagles | [14] |
Nathan Mensah | San Diego State Aztecs | ||
Trevon Scott | Calgary Surge | ||
Jaylen Sims | Greensboro Swarm | ||
September 29 | R.J. Hunter | Sydney Kings | [15] |
Edmond Sumner | Brooklyn Nets | [16] | |
October 24 | Ish Smith | Denver Nuggets | [17] |
Subtractions
[edit]Date | Player | Reason left | New team | Ref. |
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July 8 | Dennis Smith Jr. | Free agency | Brooklyn Nets | [18] |
August 3 | Xavier Sneed | Waived | Happy Casa Brindisi | [19] |
August 30 | Kobi Simmons | Waived | Raptors 905 | [20] |
August 31 | Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk | Free agency | Boston Celtics | [21] |
September 26 | Kelly Oubre Jr. | Free agency | Philadelphia 76ers | [22] |
September 29 | Angelo Allegri | Waived | Greensboro Swarm | [23] |
Trevon Scott | ||||
Jaylen Sims | ||||
October 11 | Kai Jones | Waived | Philadelphia 76ers | [24] |
October 21 | R.J. Hunter | Waived | Greensboro Swarm | [25] |
October 24 | Edmond Sumner | Waived | Žalgiris Kaunas | [26] |
December 14 | Théo Maledon | Waived | Phoenix Suns | [27] |
February 8 | James Bouknight | Waived | [28] | |
Frank Ntilikina | ||||
Ish Smith | ||||
February 11 | Kyle Lowry | Waived | Philadelphia 76ers | [29] |
References
[edit]- ^ "NBA officially unveils format, groups for new in-season tournament". ESPN. July 8, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "In-Season Tournament 101: Rules, format and how it works". National Basketball Association. July 8, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "NBA officially unveils format, groups for new in-season tournament". ESPN. July 8, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "In-Season Tournament 101: Rules, format and how it works". National Basketball Association. July 8, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "Charlotte Hornets Add Four Players In 2023 NBA Draft". NBA.com. June 23, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ^ "Hornets Acquire First-Round Pick & Kyle Lowry From Miami Heat". NBA.com. January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ "Hornets Acquire Seth Curry, Grant Williams And A 2027 First-Round Pick From Dallas". NBA.com. February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ^ "Hornets Acquire Davis Bertans, Tre Mann, Vasilije Micic And Two Second-Round Picks From Oklahoma City". NBA.com. February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ^ "Miles Bridges Signs Hornets Qualifying Offer". NBA.com. July 7, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
- ^ "Hornets Re-Sign P.J. Washington Jr". NBA.com. August 29, 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
- ^ "Charlotte Hornets Re-Sign Théo Maledon". NBA.com. September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ^ "Charlotte Hornets Sign Leaky Black To Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 19, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ^ "Hornets Sign Frank Ntilikina". NBA.com. August 5, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ^ "Charlotte Hornets Sign Four Players". NBA.com. September 5, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
- ^ "Hornets Sign R.J. Hunter And Edmond Sumner". NBA.com. September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ^ "Hornets Sign R.J. Hunter And Edmond Sumner". NBA.com. September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ^ "Charlotte Hornets Sign Ish Smith". NBA.com. October 24, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ "Brooklyn Nets Sign Dennis Smith Jr". NBA.com. July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ "Charlotte Hornets Waive Xavier Sneed". NBA.com. August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "Charlotte Hornets Waive Kobi Simmons". NBA.com. August 30, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ "Boston Celtics Sign Svi Mykhailiuk". NBA.com. August 31, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ "Kelly Oubre Jr. Signs with 76ers". NBA.com. September 26, 2023. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ^ "Hornets Waive Angelo Allegri, Tre Scott And Jaylen Sims". NBA.com. September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ^ "Charlotte Hornets Waive Kai Jones". www.nba.com. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ^ "Hornets Waive Brown, Hunter, Mensah". NBA.com. October 21, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ "Charlotte Hornets Sign Ish Smith". NBA.com. October 24, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ "Hornets Waive Theo Maledon". NBA.com. December 14, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ "Hornets Waive James Bouknight, Frank Ntilikina And Ish Smith". NBA.com. February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ^ "Hornets Waive Kyle Lowry". NBA.com. February 11, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.