2024–25 Charlotte Hornets season

The 2024–25 Charlotte Hornets season is the 35th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This also became the second season where Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall would take on majority ownership of the Hornets franchise after buying majority shares from Michael Jordan during the month of August 2023. On April 3, 2024, the Hornets announced that Steve Clifford would step down as head coach at the end of the 2023–24 season and move into a front-office advisory role. On May 9, 2024, the Hornets hired Charles Lee as their new head coach.

Draft

Main article: 2024 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position(s)	Nationality	College / club
1	6	Tidjane Salaün	PF	France	Cholet Basket
2	42	KJ Simpson	PG	United States	Colorado

The Hornets entered the draft (which was two days instead of one like it had been since the NBA draft was shortened down to two rounds back in 1989) with one first-round pick and one second-round pick. On the first night of the draft, the Hornets would select the French power forward Tidjane Salaün from the Cholet Basket in the recently rebranded LNB Élite as the 6th pick. Then, on the second day of the draft, the Hornets would select point guard KJ Simpson from the University of Colorado.

Roster

Charlotte Hornets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	1	Ball, LaMelo	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2001-08-22	SPIRE Academy (OH)
F	0	Bridges, Miles	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1998-03-21	Michigan State
G	30	Curry, Seth	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1990-08-23	Duke
C	14	Diabaté, Moussa (TW)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2002-01-21	Michigan
F/C	67	Gibson, Taj	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	1985-06-24	USC
G/F	10	Green, Josh	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2000-11-16	Arizona
G/F	3	Jeffries, DaQuan	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	1997-08-30	Tulsa
G	23	Mann, Tre	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	2001-02-03	Florida
F	11	Martin, Cody	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1995-09-28	Nevada
G	22	Micić, Vasilije	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	1994-01-13	Serbia
G/F	24	Miller, Brandon	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2002-11-22	Alabama
G/F	12	Okogie, Josh	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	1998-09-01	Georgia Tech
F	31	Salaün, Tidjane (GL)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	2005-08-10	France
G	25	Simpson, KJ (TW)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	2002-08-08	Colorado
G	8	Smith, Nick Jr.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2004-04-18	Arkansas
F	2	Williams, Grant	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	236 lb (107 kg)	1998-11-30	Tennessee
C	5	Williams, Mark	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	2001-12-16	Duke
G	21	Wong, Isaiah (TW)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-01-28	Miami (FL)

Head coach

Charles Lee

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
(TW) Two-way affiliate player
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: January 18, 2025

Standings

Division

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Atlanta Hawks	22	19	.537	–	11‍–‍7	11‍–‍12	4–2	41
Orlando Magic	23	21	.523	0.5	14‍–‍8	9‍–‍13	5–1	44
Miami Heat	21	20	.512	1.0	11‍–‍8	10‍–‍12	4–3	41
Charlotte Hornets	11	28	.282	10.0	7‍–‍13	4‍–‍15	0–8	39
Washington Wizards	6	35	.146	16.0	5‍–‍18	1‍–‍17	4–3	41

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Cleveland Cavaliers *	35	6	.854	–	41
2	Boston Celtics *	29	13	.690	6.5	42
3	New York Knicks	27	16	.628	9.0	43
4	Milwaukee Bucks	24	17	.585	11.0	41
5	Indiana Pacers	24	19	.558	12.0	43
6	Atlanta Hawks *	22	19	.537	13.0	41

7	Orlando Magic	23	21	.523	13.5	44
8	Miami Heat	21	20	.512	14.0	41
9	Detroit Pistons	21	21	.500	14.5	42
10	Chicago Bulls	18	25	.419	18.0	43

11	Philadelphia 76ers	15	26	.366	20.0	41
12	Brooklyn Nets	14	29	.326	22.0	43
13	Charlotte Hornets	11	28	.282	23.0	39
14	Toronto Raptors	10	32	.238	25.5	42
15	Washington Wizards	6	35	.146	29.0	41

Game log

Preseason

During the preseason, the Hornets would play their final games under what was previously named Bally Sports South and Bally Sports Southeast. Bally Sports would rebrand itself to the FanDuel Sports Network before the start of the regular season.

2024 preseason game log
Total: 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2)

Preseason: 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 6	New York	L 109–111	LaMelo Ball (18)	Nick Richards (9)	LaMelo Ball (7)	Spectrum Center 10,486	0–1
2	October 8	Miami	W 111–108	LaMelo Ball (24)	Moussa Diabaté (10)	Ball, Mann (4)	Spectrum Center 10,093	1–1
3	October 10	@ Memphis	W 119–94	Brandon Miller (22)	Nick Richards (11)	Vasilije Micić (4)	FedExForum 13,411	2–1
4	October 15	@ New York	L 105–111	Brandon Miller (26)	Tidjane Salaün (8)	LaMelo Ball (7)	Madison Square Garden 19,355	2–2
5	October 17	@ Indiana	L 116–121 (OT)	Brandon Miller (20)	Tidjane Salaün (14)	KJ Simpson (5)	Gainbridge Fieldhouse 11,835	2–3

2024–25 preseason schedule

Regular season

2024–25 game log
Total: 10–28 (Home: 6–13; Road: 4–15)

October: 2–2 (home: 1–1; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 23	@ Houston	W 110–105	LaMelo Ball (34)	Miles Bridges (9)	LaMelo Ball (11)	Toyota Center 18,055	1–0
2	October 25	@ Atlanta	L 120–125	LaMelo Ball (34)	Nick Richards (13)	Grant Williams (6)	State Farm Arena 14,433	1–1
3	October 26	Miami	L 106–114	LaMelo Ball (27)	Nick Richards (12)	LaMelo Ball (7)	Spectrum Center 19,102	1–2
4	October 30	Toronto	W 138–133	Tre Mann (27)	Nick Richards (14)	LaMelo Ball (6)	Spectrum Center 13,113	2–2

November: 4–12 (home: 4–6; road: 0–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	November 1	Boston	L 109–124	LaMelo Ball (31)	Bridges, Diabaté, G. Williams (7)	Tre Mann (5)	Spectrum Center 18,557	2–3
6	November 2	Boston	L 103–113	LaMelo Ball (36)	Miles Bridges (8)	Ball, Miller (6)	Spectrum Center 19,253	2–4
7	November 4	@ Minnesota	L 93–114	LaMelo Ball (19)	Miles Bridges (6)	Tre Mann (6)	Target Center 18,978	2–5
8	November 6	Detroit	W 108–107	Miles Bridges (27)	Bridges, G. Williams (7)	LaMelo Ball (8)	Spectrum Center 13,247	3–5
9	November 8	Indiana	W 103–83	LaMelo Ball (31)	Moussa Diabaté (15)	Ball, Miller (6)	Spectrum Center 17,024	4–5
10	November 10	@ Philadelphia	L 105–107 (OT)	LaMelo Ball (38)	Moussa Diabaté (11)	LaMello Ball (8)	Wells Fargo Center 19,764	4–6
11	November 12	@ Orlando	L 89–114	LaMelo Ball (35)	Moussa Diabaté (15)	Ball, Miller (7)	Kia Center 17,541	4–7
12	November 16	Milwaukee	W 115–114	LaMelo Ball (26)	Moussa Diabaté (14)	LaMelo Ball (6)	Spectrum Center 19,145	5–7
13	November 17	@ Cleveland	L 114–128	LaMelo Ball (31)	Grant Williams (9)	LaMelo Ball (12)	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432	5–8
14	November 19	@ Brooklyn	L 115–116	Brandon Miller (29)	Tidjane Salaün (8)	Tre Mann (6)	Barclays Center 18,117	5–9
15	November 21	Detroit	W 123–121	Brandon Miller (38)	Moussa Diabaté (16)	LaMelo Ball (9)	Spectrum Center 14,671	6–9
16	November 23	@ Milwaukee	L 119–125	LaMelo Ball (50)	Diabaté, Miller (11)	LaMelo Ball (10)	Fiserv Forum 17,341	6–10
17	November 25	Orlando	L 84–95	LaMelo Ball (44)	Brandon Miller (10)	LaMelo Ball (7)	Spectrum Center 14,898	6–11
18	November 27	Miami	L 94–98	LaMelo Ball (32)	Moussa Diabaté (11)	LaMelo Ball (7)	Spectrum Center 17,710	6–12
19	November 29	New York	L 98–99	Brandon Miller (20)	Moussa Diabaté (11)	Vasilije Micić (8)	Spectrum Center 19,313	6–13
20	November 30	Atlanta	L 104–107	Brandon Miller (32)	Diabaté, Micić, Miller (8)	Martin, Micić (5)	Spectrum Center 17,969	6–14

December: 1–11 (home: 0–6; road: 1–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
21	December 3	Philadelphia	L 104–110	Brandon Miller (34)	Nick Richards (14)	KJ Simpson (9)	Spectrum Center 14,956	6–15
22	December 5	@ New York	L 101–125	Brandon Miller (26)	Nick Richards (8)	Vasilije Micić (12)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	6–16
23	December 7	Cleveland	L 102–116	Brandon Miller (25)	Cody Martin (9)	Vasilije Micić (7)	Spectrum Center 18,832	6–17
24	December 8	@ Indiana	W 113–109	Brandon Miller (26)	Nick Richards (14)	Vasilije Micić (9)	Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274	7–17
25	December 13	@ Chicago	L 95–109	Brandon Miller (21)	Bridges, M. Williams (9)	Vasilije Micić (5)	United Center 19,543	7–18
26	December 16	Philadelphia	L 108–121	Miles Bridges (24)	Miles Bridges (6)	LaMelo Ball (11)	Spectrum Center 14,677	7–19
27	December 19	@ Washington	L 114–123	LaMelo Ball (34)	Bridges, M. Williams (8)	LaMelo Ball (13)	Capital One Arena 15,256	7–20
28	December 20	@ Philadelphia	L 98–108	Vasilije Micić (20)	Tidjane Salaün (8)	Tidjane Salaün (5)	Wells Fargo Center 20,291	7–21
29	December 23	Houston	L 101–114	Miles Bridges (24)	Mark Williams (9)	LaMelo Ball (8)	Spectrum Center 19,134	7–22
30	December 26	@ Washington	L 110–113	LaMelo Ball (31)	Miles Bridges (14)	Brandon Miller (9)	Capital One Arena 17,193	7–23
31	December 28	Oklahoma City	L 94–106	Miles Bridges (19)	Bridges, M. Williams (10)	Miles Bridges (6)	Spectrum Center 19,325	7–24
32	December 30	Chicago	L 108–115 (OT)	Miles Bridges (31)	Bridges, M. Williams (12)	Miles Bridges (8)	Spectrum Center 19,197	7–25

January: 3–3 (home: 1–0; road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
33	January 3	@ Detroit	L 94–98	Miles Bridges (20)	Bridges, M. Williams (9)	Bridges, Micić, Richards (5)	Little Caesars Arena 18,866	7–26
34	January 5	@ Cleveland	L 105–115	Ball, Miller (24)	Salaün, M. Williams (9)	Cody Martin (5)	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432	7–27
35	January 7	Phoenix	W 115–104	LaMelo Ball (32)	Nick Richards (12)	LaMelo Ball (7)	Spectrum Center 16,647	8–27
—	January 9	@ L.A. Lakers	Postponed due to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires. Makeup date February 19.
—	January 11	@ L.A. Clippers	Postponed due to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires. Makeup date March 16.
36	January 12	@ Phoenix	L 113–120	LaMelo Ball (25)	Mark Williams (16)	LaMelo Ball (11)	Footprint Center 17,071	8–28
37	January 15	@ Utah	W 117–112	Mark Williams (31)	Mark Williams (13)	LaMelo Ball (9)	Delta Center 18,175	9–28
38	January 17	@ Chicago	W 125–123	LaMelo Ball (26)	Mark Williams (19)	LaMelo Ball (9)	United Center 20,598	10–28
39	January 20	Dallas					Spectrum Center
40	January 22	@ Memphis					FedExForum
41	January 24	Portland					Spectrum Center
42	January 25	New Orleans					Spectrum Center
43	January 27	L.A. Lakers					Spectrum Center
44	January 29	Brooklyn					Spectrum Center
45	January 31	L.A. Clippers					Spectrum Center

February : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
46	February 1	Denver	Spectrum Center
47	February 3	Washington	Spectrum Center
48	February 5	Milwaukee	Spectrum Center
49	February 7	San Antonio	Spectrum Center
50	February 9	@ Detroit	Little Caesars Arena
51	February 10	@ Brooklyn	Barclays Center
52	February 12	@ Orlando	Kia Center
53	February 19	@ L.A. Lakers	Crypto.com Arena
54	February 20	@ Denver	Ball Arena
55	February 22	@ Portland	Moda Center
56	February 24	@ Sacramento	Golden 1 Center
57	February 25	@ Golden State	Chase Center
58	February 27	@ Dallas	American Airlines Center

March : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
59	March 1	Washington	Spectrum Center
60	March 3	Golden State	Spectrum Center
61	March 5	Minnesota	Spectrum Center
62	March 7	Cleveland	Spectrum Center
63	March 8	Brooklyn	Spectrum Center
64	March 10	@ Miami	Kaseya Center
65	March 12	@ Atlanta	State Farm Arena
66	March 14	@ San Antonio	Frost Bank Center
67	March 16	@ L.A. Clippers	Intuit Dome
68	March 18	Atlanta	Spectrum Center
69	March 20	New York	Spectrum Center
70	March 21	@ Oklahoma City	Paycom Center
71	March 23	@ Miami	Kaseya Center
72	March 25	Orlando	Spectrum Center
73	March 28	@ Toronto	Scotiabank Arena
74	March 30	@ New Orleans	Spectrum Center
75	March 31	Utah	Spectrum Center

April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
76	April 2	@ Indiana	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
77	April 4	Sacramento	Spectrum Center
78	April 6	Chicago	Spectrum Center
79	April 8	Memphis	Spectrum Center
80	April 9	@ Toronto	Scotiabank Arena
81	April 11	@ Boston	TD Garden
82	April 13	@ Boston	TD Garden

2024–25 season schedule

NBA Cup

Main article: 2024 NBA Cup

The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.

East Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	New York Knicks	4	4	0	455	425	+30	Advance to knockout stage
2	Orlando Magic	4	3	1	441	396	+45	Advance to knockout stage
3	Philadelphia 76ers	4	2	2	408	411	−3
4	Brooklyn Nets	4	1	3	436	475	−39
5	Charlotte Hornets	4	0	4	406	439	−33

Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Transactions

Main article: List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions

Trades

July 6, 2024	To Charlotte Hornets Devonte' Graham 2025 NOP second-round pick	To San Antonio Spurs Cash considerations
July 6, 2024	Six-team trade
	To Charlotte Hornets Josh Green (from Dallas) Reggie Jackson (from Denver) 2029 DEN second-round pick (from Denver) 2030 DEN second-round pick (from Denver)	To Dallas Mavericks Klay Thompson (from Golden State) 2025 GSW second-round pick (from Golden State)
	To Denver Nuggets Cash considerations (from Charlotte)	To Golden State Warriors Kyle Anderson (from Minnesota) Buddy Hield (from Philadelphia)
	To Minnesota Timberwolves 2025 DEN second-round pick (from Golden State via Charlotte) 2031 second-round pick swap (from Golden State) Cash considerations (from Golden State)	To Philadelphia 76ers 2031 DAL second-round pick (from Golden State via Dallas)
October 2, 2024	Three-team trade
	To Charlotte Hornets Charlie Brown Jr. (from New York) DaQuan Jeffries (from New York) Duane Washington Jr. (from New York) 2025 MIN second-round pick (from Minnesota) 2026 GSW second-round pick (from New York) 2031 NYK second-round pick(from New York) Cash considerations (from New York)	To New York Knicks Karl-Anthony Towns (from Minnesota) Draft rights to James Nnaji (2023 No. 31) (from Charlotte)
	To Minnesota Timberwolves Keita Bates-Diop (from New York) Donte DiVincenzo (from New York) Julius Randle (from New York) 2025 DET first-round pick (from New York)

Free agency

Re-signed

Date	Player	Ref.
July 14	Miles Bridges
July 15	Seth Curry

Additions

Date	Player	Former team	Ref.
July 13	Taj Gibson	Detroit Pistons

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team
July 3	Marques Bolden	Waived
July 6	Dāvis Bertāns	Waived	BC Dubai
	Bryce McGowens		Portland Trail Blazers
	Aleksej Pokuševski		KK Partizan
	Devonte' Graham		Portland Trail Blazers
July 23	Reggie Jackson	Waived	Philadelphia 76ers

References

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"Charlotte Hornets Name Charles Lee Head Coach". NBA.com. May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
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Steinberg, Brian (October 18, 2024). "FanDuel Takes Over Naming Rights to Diamond Sports RSNs". Variety. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
"Diamond Sports branded as FanDuel in new deal". ESPN.com. October 18, 2024. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
"NBA postpones Hornets vs. Lakers game set for Jan. 9". January 9, 2025.
^ "NBA announces game schedule adjustments". January 15, 2025.
"NBA unveils new logo and game dates for Emirates NBA Cup 2024". NBA.com. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
"Emirates NBA Cup 2024: Group Draw Results". NBA.com. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
^ "Charlotte Hornets Acquire Second-Round Pick And Devonte' Graham From San Antonio Spurs". NBA.com. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
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"Hornets Acquire Three Picks, Three Players In Three-Team Trade". NBA.com. October 2, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
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Charlotte Hornets PR (July 3, 2024). "OFFICIAL: The @hornets have waived center Marques Bolden. Bolden, who signed a two-way contract with the team last season, averaged 4.1 points and 3.6 rebounds in nine appearances with Charlotte" (Tweet). Retrieved July 24, 2024 – via Twitter.
"Charlotte Hornets Waive Davis Bertans, Bryce McGowens And Aleksej Pokusevski". NBA.com. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
"Hornets Waive Reggie Jackson". NBA.com. July 23, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.

v t e Charlotte Hornets
Founded in 1988 Formerly the Charlotte Bobcats (2004–2014) Based in Charlotte, North Carolina
Franchise	History All-time roster Draft history 1988 2004 Records Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Charlotte Coliseum Spectrum Center
Personnel	Owner(s) Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall President Fred Whitfield General manager Jeff Peterson Head coach Charles Lee
G League affiliate	Greensboro Swarm
Retired numbers	13
Culture and lore	Broadcasters Buzz City George Shinn Hugo Charlotte Honey Bees "Grandmama" "Zo" Patrick K. Doughty Dancing Barry

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2024–25 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Toronto
Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee
Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento
Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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