2023–24 Charlotte Hornets season

The 2023–24 Charlotte Hornets season is the 34th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

2023–24 Charlotte Hornets season
Head coachSteve Clifford
General managerMitch Kupchak
PresidentFred Whitfield
Owner(s)Gabe Plotkin
Rick Schnall
ArenaSpectrum Center
Results
Record1–0 (1.000)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Southeast)
Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionBally Sports South · Bally Sports Southeast
RadioWFNZ

Draft
Main article: 2023 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position(s) Nationality College / Club
1 2 Brandon Miller SF/SG  United States Alabama (Fr.)
1 27 Nick Smith Jr. PG/SG  United States Arkansas (Fr.)
2 39 Mouhamed Gueye PF  Senegal Washington State (So.)

Roster
Charlotte Hornets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 10 Bailey, Amari (TW) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2004-02-17 UCLA
G 1 Ball, LaMelo 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2001-08-22 SPIRE Academy (OH)
F 12 Black, Leaky (TW) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1999-06-14 North Carolina
G 2 Bouknight, James 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2000-09-18 Connecticut
F 0 Bridges, Miles (S) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1998-03-21 Michigan State
F 20 Hayward, Gordon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1990-03-23 Butler
G 9 Maledon, Théo (TW) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2001-06-12 France
F 11 Martin, Cody Injured 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1995-09-28 Nevada
G 7 McGowens, Bryce 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 2002-11-08 Nebraska
G/F 24 Miller, Brandon 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2002-11-22 Alabama
G 44 Ntilikina, Frank Injured 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998-07-28 France
C 4 Richards, Nick 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1997-11-29 Kentucky
G 3 Rozier, Terry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1994-03-17 Louisville
G 14 Smith, Ish 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1988-07-05 Wake Forest
G 8 Smith, Nick Jr. 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2004-04-18 Arkansas
F 21 Thor, JT 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 2002-08-26 Auburn
F 25 Washington, P. J. 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1998-08-23 Kentucky
C 5 Williams, Mark 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 242 lb (110 kg) 2001-12-16 Duke
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
  • (TW) Two-way affiliate player
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: October 21, 2023

Standings

Division
Southeast DivisionWLPCTGBHomeRoadDivGP
Charlotte Hornets101.000–1–00–01–01
Miami Heat101.000–1–00–00–01
Orlando Magic101.000–1–00–00–01
Atlanta Hawks01.0001.00–00–10–11
Washington Wizards01.0001.00–00–10–01

Conference
Eastern Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBGP
1Indiana Pacers *101.000–1
2Charlotte Hornets *101.000–1
3Boston Celtics *101.000–1
4Cleveland Cavaliers101.000–1
5Miami Heat101.000–1
6Orlando Magic101.000–1
7Toronto Raptors101.000–1
8Milwaukee Bucks101.000–1
9Philadelphia 76ers01.0001.01
10Brooklyn Nets01.0001.01
11Detroit Pistons01.0001.01
12New York Knicks01.0001.01
13Atlanta Hawks01.0001.01
14Washington Wizards01.0001.01
15Chicago Bulls01.0001.01

Game log

Preseason
2023 preseason game log
Total: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
Preseason: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 October 10 @ Miami L 109–113 LaMelo Ball (17) Nick Richards (10) LaMelo Ball (7) Kaseya Center
19,600		 0–1
2 October 12 @ Washington L 92–98 Terry Rozier (13) Nick Richards (12) Terry Rozier (7) Capital One Arena
7,297		 0–2
3 October 15 Oklahoma City W 117–115 P. J. Washington (31) Miller, Richards (7) three players (6) Spectrum Center
10,553		 1–2
4 October 19 Boston L 99–127 LaMelo Ball (16) JT Thor (8) LaMelo Ball (5) Spectrum Center
12,590		 1–3
2023–24 preseason schedule

Regular season

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]

2023–24 game log
Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
October: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 October 25 Atlanta W 116–110 P. J. Washington (25) Mark Williams (15) LaMelo Ball (10) Spectrum Center
16,129		 1–0
2 October 27 Detroit Spectrum Center
3 October 30 Brooklyn Spectrum Center
November : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
4 November 1 @ Houston Toyota Center
5 November 4 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse
6 November 5 @ Dallas American Airlines Center
7 November 8 Washington Spectrum Center
8 November 10 @ Washington Capital One Arena
9 November 12 @ New York Madison Square Garden
10 November 14 Miami Spectrum Center
 0–0
11 November 17 Milwaukee Spectrum Center
 0–0
12 November 18 New York Spectrum Center
13 November 20 Boston Spectrum Center
14 November 22 Washington Spectrum Center
15 November 26 @ Orlando Amway Center
16 November 28 @ New York Madison Square Garden
17 November 30 @ Brooklyn Barclays Center
December : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
18 December 2 Minnesota Spectrum Center
19 December
20 December
21 December 11 Miami Spectrum Center
22 December 13 @ Miami Kaseya Center
23 December 15 New Orleans Spectrum Center
24 December 16 Philadelphia Spectrum Center
25 December 18 @ Toronto Scotiabank Arena
26 December 20 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse
27 December 23 Denver Spectrum Center
28 December 26 @ L.A. Clippers Crypto.com Arena
29 December 28 @ L.A. Lakers Crypto.com Arena
30 December 29 @ Phoenix Footprint Center
January : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
31 January 1 @ Denver Ball Arena
32 January 2 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center
33 January 5 @ Chicago United Center
34 January 8 Chicago Spectrum Center
35 January 10 Sacramento Spectrum Center
36 January 12 @ San Antonio Frost Bank Center
37 January 14 @ Miami Kaseya Center
38 January 17 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center
39 January 19 San Antonio Spectrum Center
40 January 20 Philadelphia Spectrum Center
41 January 22 @ Minnesota Target Center
42 January 24 @ Detroit Little Caesars Arena
43 January 26 Houston Spectrum Center
44 January 27 Utah Spectrum Center
45 January 29 New York Spectrum Center
46 January 31 Chicago Spectrum Center
February : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
47 February 2 @ Oklahoma City Paycom Center
48 February 4 Indiana Spectrum Center
49 February 5 L.A. Lakers Spectrum Center
50 February 7 Toronto Spectrum Center
51 February 9 @ Milwaukee Fiserv Forum
52 February 10 Memphis Spectrum Center
53 February 12 Indiana Spectrum Center
54 February 14 Atlanta Spectrum Center
All-Star Game
55 February 22 @ Utah Delta Center
56 February 23 @ Golden State Chase Center
57 February 25 @ Portland Moda Center
58 February 27 @ Milwaukee Fiserv Forum
59 February 29 Milwaukee Spectrum Center
March : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
60 March 1 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
61 March 3 @ Toronto Scotiabank Arena
62 March 5 Orlando Spectrum Center
63 March 8 @ Washington Capital One Arena
64 March 9 Brooklyn Spectrum Center
65 March 11 @ Detroit Little Caesars Arena
66 March 13 @ Memphis FedExForum
67 March 15 Phoenix Spectrum Center
68 March 16 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
69 March 19 @ Orlando Amway Center
70 March 23 @ Atlanta State Farm Arena
71 March 25 @ Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
72 March 27 Cleveland Spectrum Center
73 March 29 Golden State Spectrum Center
74 March 31 L.A. Clippers Spectrum Center
April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
75 April 1 Boston Spectrum Center
76 April 3 Portland Spectrum Center
77 April 5 Orlando Spectrum Center
78 April 7 Oklahoma City Spectrum Center
79 April 9 Dallas Spectrum Center
80 April 10 @ Atlanta State Farm Arena
81 April 12 @ Boston TD Garden
82 April 14 @ Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
2023–24 season schedule

In-Season Tournament
Main article: 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament

This will be the first regular season where all the NBA teams will compete in a mid-season tournament setting due to the implementation of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament.[3][4]

East Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Milwaukee Bucks 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 New York Knicks 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
3 Miami Heat 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Washington Wizards 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Charlotte Hornets 0 0 0 0 0 0
First game(s) will be played: November 3, 2023. Source: NBA

Transactions
Main article: List of 2023-24 NBA season transactions

Trades
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)

Re-signed
Date Player Ref.
August 29 P. J. Washington [6]
September 29 Théo Maledon [7]

Additions
Date Player Former team Ref.
July 19 Leaky Black North Carolina Tar Heels [8]
August 10 Frank Ntilikina Dallas Mavericks [9]
September 5 Angelo Allegri Eastern Washington Eagles [10]
Nathan Mensah San Diego State Aztecs
Trevon Scott Calgary Surge
Jaylen Sims Greensboro Swarm
September 29 R.J. Hunter Sydney Kings [11]
Edmond Sumner Brooklyn Nets [12]

Subtractions
Date Player Reason left New team Ref.
July 8 Dennis Smith Jr. Free agency Brooklyn Nets [13]
August 3 Xavier Sneed Waived Happy Casa Brindisi [14]
August 31 Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk Free agency Boston Celtics [15]
September 26 Kelly Oubre Jr. Free agency Philadelphia 76ers [16]
September 29 Angelo Allegri Waived [17]
Trevon Scott
Jaylen Sims
October 11 Kai Jones Waived [18]

References
  1. "NBA officially unveils format, groups for new in-season tournament". ESPN. July 8, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  2. "In-Season Tournament 101: Rules, format and how it works". National Basketball Association. July 8, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  3. "NBA officially unveils format, groups for new in-season tournament". ESPN. July 8, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  4. "In-Season Tournament 101: Rules, format and how it works". National Basketball Association. July 8, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  5. "Charlotte Hornets Add Four Players In 2023 NBA Draft". NBA.com. June 23, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  6. "Hornets Re-Sign P.J. Washington Jr". NBA.com. August 29, 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  7. "Charlotte Hornets Re-Sign Théo Maledon". NBA.com. September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  8. "Charlotte Hornets Sign Leaky Black To Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 19, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  9. "Hornets Sign Frank Ntilikina". NBA.com. August 5, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  10. "Charlotte Hornets Sign Four Players". NBA.com. September 5, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
  11. "Hornets Sign R.J. Hunter And Edmond Sumner". NBA.com. September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  12. "Hornets Sign R.J. Hunter And Edmond Sumner". NBA.com. September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  13. "Brooklyn Nets Sign Dennis Smith Jr". NBA.com. July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  14. "Charlotte Hornets Waive Xavier Sneed". NBA.com. August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  15. "Boston Celtics Sign Svi Mykhailiuk". NBA.com. August 31, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  16. "Kelly Oubre Jr. Signs with 76ers". NBA.com. September 26, 2023. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  17. "Hornets Waive Angelo Allegri, Tre Scott And Jaylen Sims". NBA.com. September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  18. "Charlotte Hornets Waive Kai Jones". www.nba.com. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
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