2023–24 Charlotte Hornets season

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. The Charlotte Hornets drew an average home attendance of 16,448 in 41 home games in the 2023-24 NBA season.^[1]

2023–24 Charlotte Hornets season
Head coach	Steve Clifford
President	Fred Whitfield
General manager	Mitch Kupchak
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
Local media
Television	Bally Sports South · Bally Sports Southeast
Radio	WFNZ
< 2022–23 2024–25 >

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

2023–24 Charlotte Hornets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G 10 Amari Bailey (TW) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2004-02-17 UCLA G 1 LaMelo Ball  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2001-08-22 SPIRE Academy (OH) F 9 Dāvis Bertāns 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1992-11-12 Latvia F 12 Leaky Black (TW) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1999-06-14 North Carolina C 3 Marques Bolden (TW) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 249 lb (113 kg) 1998-04-17 Duke F 0 Miles Bridges 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1998-03-21 Michigan State G 30 Seth Curry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1990-08-23 Duke G 23 Tre Mann 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2001-02-03 Florida F 11 Cody Martin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1995-09-28 Nevada G 7 Bryce McGowens 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 2002-11-08 Nebraska G 22 Vasilije Micić 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1994-01-13 Serbia G/F 24 Brandon Miller 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2002-11-22 Alabama F/C 17 Aleksej Pokuševski 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 2001-12-26 Serbia C 4 Nick Richards 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1997-11-29 Kentucky G 8 Nick Jr. Smith 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2004-04-18 Arkansas F 21 JT Thor 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 2002-08-26 Auburn F 2 Grant Williams 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 236 lb (107 kg) 1998-11-30 Tennessee C 5 Mark Williams  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 242 lb (110 kg) 2001-12-16 Duke

Head coach Steve Clifford Assistant(s) Bob Beyer Tyrone Corbin Nick Friedman Marlon Garnett Bruce Kreutzer Norman Richardson Rex Walters Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Updated: April 15, 2024

Standings

Division

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
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

Eastern Conference
#	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

Preseason

2023 preseason game log Total: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
Preseason: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location 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.^[2][3]

2023–24 game log Total: 21–61 (Home: 11–30; Road: 10–31)
October: 1–2 (home: 1–2; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location 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 L 99–111 Ball, Rozier (20) Ball, Hayward (9) LaMelo Ball (9) Spectrum Center 15,855 1–1 3 October 30 Brooklyn L 121–133 Terry Rozier (23) P. J. Washington (12) Terry Rozier (9) Spectrum Center 14,491 1–2
November: 5–9 (home: 2–4; road: 3–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 1 @ Houston L 119–128 P. J. Washington (23) Nick Richards (8) Terry Rozier (6) Toyota Center 16,263 1–3 5 November 4 @ Indiana W 125–124 Mark Williams (27) Nick Richards (10) LaMelo Ball (11) Gainbridge Fieldhouse 15,945 2–3 6 November 5 @ Dallas L 118–124 LaMelo Ball (32) Ball, M. Williams (10) LaMelo Ball (13) American Airlines Center 20,052 2–4 7 November 8 Washington L 116–132 LaMelo Ball (34) Hayward, Washington, M. Williams (7) LaMelo Ball (7) Spectrum Center 14,267 2–5 8 November 10 @ Washington W 124–117 Gordon Hayward (27) Mark Williams (24) Gordon Hayward (9) Capital One Arena 17,602 3–5 9 November 12 @ New York L 107–129 LaMelo Ball (32) LaMelo Ball (7) LaMelo Ball (6) Madison Square Garden 19,812 3–6 10 November 14 Miami L 105–111 P. J. Washington (32) Nick Richards (11) LaMelo Ball (11) Spectrum Center 15,673 3–7 11 November 17 Milwaukee L 99–130 LaMelo Ball (37) Mark Williams (16) LaMelo Ball (5) Spectrum Center 19,258 3–8 12 November 18 New York L 108–122 LaMelo Ball (34) Mark Williams (8) LaMelo Ball (9) Spectrum Center 19,171 3–9 13 November 20 Boston W 121–118 (OT) LaMelo Ball (36) Mark Williams (16) LaMelo Ball (8) Spectrum Center 19,134 4–9 14 November 22 Washington W 117–114 LaMelo Ball (34) Mark Williams (15) LaMelo Ball (13) Spectrum Center 16,432 5–9 15 November 26 @ Orlando L 117–130 Miles Bridges (23) Miles Bridges (10) Terry Rozier (9) Amway Center 18,846 5–10 16 November 28 @ New York L 91–115 Brandon Miller (18) Mark Williams (12) Gordon Hayward (6) Madison Square Garden 19,111 5–11 17 November 30 @ Brooklyn W 129–128 Terry Rozier (37) Mark Williams (12) Terry Rozier (13) Barclays Center 16,072 6–11
December: 1–12 (home: 1–5; road: 0–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 December 2 Minnesota L 117–123 Terry Rozier (23) P. J. Washington (7) Terry Rozier (7) Spectrum Center 17,732 6–12 19 December 6 @ Chicago L 100–111 Gordon Hayward (27) Nick Richards (11) Terry Rozier (7) United Center 17,689 6–13 20 December 8 Toronto W 119–116 Gordon Hayward (24) Bridges, Richards (8) Terry Rozier (13) Spectrum Center 11,526 7–13 21 December 11 Miami L 114–116 Terry Rozier (34) P. J. Washington (8) Terry Rozier (13) Spectrum Center 15,543 7–14 22 December 13 @ Miami L 104–115 Terry Rozier (28) Nick Richards (10) Hayward, Rozier (7) Kaseya Center 19,600 7–15 23 December 15 New Orleans L 107–112 Terry Rozier (30) Miles Bridges (10) Terry Rozier (6) Spectrum Center 16,080 7–16 24 December 16 Philadelphia L 82–135 Brandon Miller (14) Miles Bridges (10) Miller, I. Smith (4) Spectrum Center 17,829 7–17 25 December 18 @ Toronto L 99–114 Terry Rozier (22) Nick Richards (10) Terry Rozier (7) Scotiabank Arena 19,288 7–18 26 December 20 @ Indiana L 113–144 Brandon Miller (21) Terry Rozier (9) Terry Rozier (7) Gainbridge Fieldhouse 16,761 7–19 27 December 23 Denver L 95–102 Miles Bridges (22) Nick Richards (15) Ish Smith (8) Spectrum Center 19,165 7–20 28 December 26 @ L.A. Clippers L 104–113 Miles Bridges (21) Miles Bridges (11) Terry Rozier (7) Crypto.com Arena 19,370 7–21 29 December 28 @ L.A. Lakers L 112–133 Miles Bridges (20) Nick Richards (10) Terry Rozier (8) Crypto.com Arena 18,997 7–22 30 December 29 @ Phoenix L 119–133 Terry Rozier (42) Miles Bridges (7) Terry Rozier (8) Footprint Center 17,071 7–23
January : 3–13 (home: 1–7; road: 2–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 31 January 1 @ Denver L 93–111 Miles Bridges (26) Miles Bridges (9) Cody Martin (6) Ball Arena 19,625 7–24 32 January 2 @ Sacramento W 111–104 Terry Rozier (34) Nick Richards (10) Terry Rozier (6) Golden 1 Center 17,983 8–24 33 January 5 @ Chicago L 91–104 Miles Bridges (28) Nick Richards (12) Terry Rozier (7) United Center 21,345 8–25 34 January 8 Chicago L 112–119 (OT) Terry Rozier (39) Bridges, Richards, Thor (8) Terry Rozier (8) Spectrum Center 14,418 8–26 35 January 10 Sacramento L 98–123 Miles Bridges (24) Nick Richards (9) Miles Bridges (6) Spectrum Center 14,173 8–27 36 January 12 @ San Antonio L 99–135 LaMelo Ball (28) Miles Bridges (9) Ish Smith (6) Frost Bank Center 18,073 8–28 37 January 14 @ Miami L 87–104 Terry Rozier (26) LaMelo Ball (10) Terry Rozier (7) Kaseya Center 19,831 8–29 38 January 17 @ New Orleans L 112–132 LaMelo Ball (29) Nick Richards (12) LaMelo Ball (7) Smoothie King Center 16,093 8–30 39 January 19 San Antonio W 124–120 LaMelo Ball (28) Brandon Miller (9) Ball, Rozier (8) Spectrum Center 19,093 9–30 40 January 20 Philadelphia L 89–97 Miles Bridges (25) Miles Bridges (11) Terry Rozier (6) Spectrum Center 18,261 9–31 41 January 22 @ Minnesota W 128–125 Miles Bridges (28) P. J. Washington (7) LaMelo Ball (13) Target Center 18,024 10–31 42 January 24 @ Detroit L 106–113 Brandon Miller (23) Bridges, Richards (10) LaMelo Ball (7) Little Caesars Arena 15,020 10–32 43 January 26 Houston L 104–138 Miles Bridges (21) Bridges, Richards (7) LaMelo Ball (8) Spectrum Center 16,164 10–33 44 January 27 Utah L 122–134 P. J. Washington (43) Nick Richards (13) Ish Smith (12) Spectrum Center 17,633 10–34 45 January 29 New York L 92–113 Brandon Miller (29) Miles Bridges (10) Cody Martin (8) Spectrum Center 15,546 10–35 46 January 31 Chicago L 110–117 Miles Bridges (30) Miles Bridges (15) Cody Martin (6) Spectrum Center 13,712 10–36
February: 5–8 (home: 3–4; road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 47 February 2 @ Oklahoma City L 106–126 Brandon Miller (28) Nick Richards (11) Bridges, Martin, Miller (4) Paycom Center 17,552 10–37 48 February 4 Indiana L 99–115 Brandon Miller (35) Nick Richards (10) Ish Smith (4) Spectrum Center 15,687 10–38 49 February 5 L.A. Lakers L 118–124 Miles Bridges (41) Nick Richards (9) Ish Smith (6) Spectrum Center 19,375 10–39 50 February 7 Toronto L 117–123 Miles Bridges (45) Miles Bridges (8) Cody Martin (8) Spectrum Center 11,720 10–40 51 February 9 @ Milwaukee L 84–120 Miller, Richards (16) Nick Richards (11) Cody Martin (5) Fiserv Forum 17,690 10–41 52 February 10 Memphis W 115–106 Miles Bridges (25) Grant Williams (8) Mann, Micić (9) Spectrum Center 17,259 11–41 53 February 12 Indiana W 111–102 Grant Williams (21) Miles Bridges (10) Bridges, Mann (7) Spectrum Center 12,112 12–41 54 February 14 Atlanta W 122–99 Brandon Miller (26) Grant Williams (10) Tre Mann (6) Spectrum Center 14,336 13–41 All-Star Game 55 February 22 @ Utah W 115–107 Miles Bridges (26) Miles Bridges (14) Vasilije Micić (8) Delta Center 18,206 14–41 56 February 23 @ Golden State L 84–97 Miles Bridges (19) Nick Richards (13) Brandon Miller (5) Chase Center 18,064 14–42 57 February 25 @ Portland W 93–80 Nick Richards (21) Bridges, Richards (10) Cody Martin (10) Moda Center 17,888 15–42 58 February 27 @ Milwaukee L 85–123 Miles Bridges (17) Richards, G. Williams (7) Cody Martin (7) Fiserv Forum 17,607 15–43 59 February 29 Milwaukee L 99–111 Brandon Miller (21) Miles Bridges (10) Vasilije Micić (7) Spectrum Center 18,463 15–44
March : 3–12 (home: 2–4; road: 1–8) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 1 @ Philadelphia L 114–121 Miles Bridges (27) Miles Bridges (11) Vasilije Micić (7) Wells Fargo Center 19,788 15–45 61 March 3 @ Toronto L 106–111 Brandon Miller (26) Grant Williams (13) Vasilije Micić (6) Scotiabank Arena 19,512 15–46 62 March 5 Orlando L 89–101 Vasilije Micić (21) Bertāns, Mann (6) Mann, Micić (4) Spectrum Center 15,928 15–47 63 March 8 @ Washington L 100–112 Miles Bridges (32) Nick Richards (13) Grant Williams (5) Capital One Arena 18,778 15–48 64 March 9 Brooklyn W 110–99 Miles Bridges (24) Nick Richards (11) Vasilije Micić (10) Spectrum Center 19,090 16–48 65 March 11 @ Detroit L 97–114 Miles Bridges (24) Nick Richards (13) Micić, Miller (7) Little Caesars Arena 18,003 16–49 66 March 13 @ Memphis W 110–98 Miles Bridges (27) Bridges, G. Williams (6) Vasilije Micić (8) FedExForum 16,717 17–49 67 March 15 Phoenix L 96–107 Vasilije Micić (21) Nick Richards (15) Tre Mann (7) Spectrum Center 18,613 17–50 68 March 16 @ Philadelphia L 98–109 Tre Mann (21) Nick Richards (11) Bridges, Mann (6) Wells Fargo Center 19,957 17–51 69 March 19 @ Orlando L 92–112 Brandon Miller (21) Brandon Miller (7) Bridges, Mann (5) Kia Center 18,846 17–52 70 March 23 @ Atlanta L 91–132 Miles Bridges (27) Nick Richards (16) Tre Mann (9) State Farm Arena 17,900 17–53 71 March 25 @ Cleveland L 92–115 Brandon Miller (24) Brandon Miller (8) Tre Mann (5) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 17–54 72 March 27 Cleveland W 118–111 Brandon Miller (31) Nick Richards (10) Vasilije Micić (12) Spectrum Center 15,303 18–54 73 March 29 Golden State L 97–115 Miles Bridges (22) Miles Bridges (9) Vasilije Micić (8) Spectrum Center 19,487 18–55 74 March 31 L.A. Clippers L 118–130 Miles Bridges (33) Miles Bridges (7) Vasilije Micić (13) Spectrum Center 15,941 18–56
April: 3–5 (home: 1–4; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 75 April 1 Boston L 104–118 Miles Bridges (26) Miles Bridges (11) Vasilije Micić (9) Spectrum Center 19,238 18–57 76 April 3 Portland L 86–89 Brandon Miller (21) Marques Bolden (8) Grant Williams (11) Spectrum Center 14,209 18–58 77 April 5 Orlando W 124–115 Brandon Miller (32) Bridges, Miller, G. Williams (6) Vasilije Micić (9) Spectrum Center 16,374 19–58 78 April 7 Oklahoma City L 118–121 Grant Williams (19) Bridges, Pokuševski (9) Vasilije Micić (10) Spectrum Center 16,556 19–59 79 April 9 Dallas L 104–130 Miles Bridges (22) Nick Richards (7) Tre Mann (6) Spectrum Center 17,425 19–60 80 April 10 @ Atlanta W 115–114 Brandon Miller (27) Pokuševski, G. Williams (6) Tre Mann (7) State Farm Arena 16,158 20–60 81 April 12 @ Boston L 98–131 Tre Mann (19) Bolden, Pokuševski (5) Tre Mann (8) TD Garden 20–61 82 April 14 @ Cleveland W 120–110 Nick Smith Jr. (24) JT Thor (9) Tre Mann (6) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 21–61
2023–24 season schedule

In-Season Tournament

Main article: 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament

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.^[4][5] 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		MIL	NYK	MIA	CHA	WAS
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	—

Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
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

Main article: List of 2023-24 NBA season transactions

Trades

June 23, 2023[6]	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[7]	To Charlotte Hornets Kyle Lowry 2027 first-round pick	To Miami Heat Terry Rozier
February 8, 2024[8]	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[9]	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

Re-signed

Date	Player	Ref.
July 7	Miles Bridges	[10]
August 29	P. J. Washington	[11]
September 29	Théo Maledon	[12]

Additions

Date	Player	Former team	Ref.
July 19	Leaky Black	North Carolina Tar Heels	[13]
August 10	Frank Ntilikina	Dallas Mavericks	[14]
September 5	Angelo Allegri	Eastern Washington Eagles	[15]
	Nathan Mensah	San Diego State Aztecs
	Trevon Scott	Calgary Surge
	Jaylen Sims	Greensboro Swarm
September 29	R.J. Hunter	Sydney Kings	[16]
	Edmond Sumner	Brooklyn Nets	[17]
October 24	Ish Smith	Denver Nuggets	[18]

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team	Ref.
July 8	Dennis Smith Jr.	Free agency	Brooklyn Nets	[19]
August 3	Xavier Sneed	Waived	Happy Casa Brindisi	[20]
August 30	Kobi Simmons	Waived	Raptors 905	[21]
August 31	Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk	Free agency	Boston Celtics	[22]
September 26	Kelly Oubre Jr.	Free agency	Philadelphia 76ers	[23]
September 29	Angelo Allegri	Waived	Greensboro Swarm	[24]
	Trevon Scott
	Jaylen Sims
October 11	Kai Jones	Waived	Philadelphia 76ers	[25]
October 21	R.J. Hunter	Waived	Greensboro Swarm	[26]
October 24	Edmond Sumner	Waived	Žalgiris Kaunas	[27]
December 14	Théo Maledon	Waived	Phoenix Suns	[28]
February 8	James Bouknight	Waived		[29]
	Frank Ntilikina
	Ish Smith
February 11	Kyle Lowry	Waived	Philadelphia 76ers	[30]