2019–20 Charlotte Hornets season

2019–20 Charlotte Hornets season
Head coach	James Borrego
General manager	Mitch Kupchak
Owners	Michael Jordan
Arena	Spectrum Center
Results
Record	23–42 (.354)
Place	Division: 4th (Southeast) Conference: 10th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Carolinas, Fox Sports Southeast
Radio	WFNZ

The 2019–20 Charlotte Hornets season was the 30th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This was the first time since 2010 (as the Charlotte Bobcats) without Kemba Walker, as he joined the Boston Celtics prior to the 2019–20 NBA season.

The season was suspended by the league officials following the games of March 11 after it was reported that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. On June 4, 2020, the season came to an end for the Hornets when the NBA Board of Governors approved a plan that would restart the season with 22 teams returning to play in the NBA Bubble on July 31, 2020, which was approved by the National Basketball Players Association the next day.

NBA draft

Main article: 2019 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
1	12	P. J. Washington	PF	United States	Kentucky
2	36	Cody Martin	SF	United States	Nevada
2	52	Jalen McDaniels	PF	United States	San Diego State

The Hornets hold a lottery selection pick and three second round draft picks before entering the draft. The third second round pick would be then moved to multiple trades before moving to the Miami Heat.

Roster

2019–20 Charlotte Hornets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G/F 7 Bacon, Dwayne 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 221 lb (100 kg) 1995–08–30 Florida State G/F 5 Batum, Nicolas 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1988–12–14 France C 8 Biyombo, Bismack 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1992–08–28 Republic of the Congo F 0 Bridges, Miles 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1998–03–21 Michigan State G 4 Graham, Devonte' 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1995–02–22 Kansas C 9 Hernangómez, Willy 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1994–05–27 Spain F 10 Martin, Caleb 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1995–09–28 Nevada F 11 Martin, Cody 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1995–09–28 Nevada F 6 McDaniels, Jalen 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1998–01–31 San Diego State G 1 Monk, Malik (S) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998–02–04 Kentucky G 3 Rozier, Terry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1994–03–17 Louisville G 23 Simmons, Kobi (TW) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1997–07–04 Arizona F 26 Spalding, Ray (TW) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1997–03–11 Louisville F 25 Washington, P. J. 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1998–08–23 Kentucky C 40 Zeller, Cody 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1992–10–05 Indiana

Head coach James Borrego Assistant coach(es) Dutch Gaitley Jay Hernandez Chad Iske Armon Johnson Ronald Nored Jay Triano 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: 2020–02–08

Standings

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Miami Heat	44	29	.603	–	29‍–‍7	15‍–‍22	10–4	73
x – Orlando Magic	33	40	.452	11.0	18‍–‍17	15‍–‍23	9–5	73
Washington Wizards	25	47	.347	18.5	16‍–‍20	9‍–‍27	5–9	72
Charlotte Hornets	23	42	.354	17.0	10‍–‍21	13‍–‍21	2–7	65
Atlanta Hawks	20	47	.299	21.0	14‍–‍20	6‍–‍27	6–7	67

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z – Milwaukee Bucks *	56	17	.767	–	73
2	y – Toronto Raptors *	53	19	.736	2.5	72
3	x – Boston Celtics	48	24	.667	7.5	72
4	x – Indiana Pacers	45	28	.616	11.0	73
5	y – Miami Heat *	44	29	.603	12.0	73
6	x – Philadelphia 76ers	43	30	.589	13.0	73
7	x – Brooklyn Nets	35	37	.486	20.5	72
8	x – Orlando Magic	33	40	.452	23.0	73
9	Washington Wizards	25	47	.347	30.5	72
10	Charlotte Hornets	23	42	.354	29.0	65
11	Chicago Bulls	22	43	.338	30.0	65
12	New York Knicks	21	45	.318	31.5	66
13	Detroit Pistons	20	46	.303	32.5	66
14	Atlanta Hawks	20	47	.299	33.0	67
15	Cleveland Cavaliers	19	46	.292	33.0	65

Game log

Preseason

2019 preseason game log Total: 1–4 (Home: 0-3; Road: 1–1)
Preseason: 1–4 (home: 0–3; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 6 @ Boston L 106–107 P. J. Washington (16) Miles Bridges (10) Terry Rozier (9) TD Garden 18,624 0–1 2 October 9 Miami L 94–108 Terry Rozier (18) Zeller, Bridges, Graham (6) Josh Perkins (4) Spectrum Center 8,522 0–2 3 October 11 Philadelphia L 87–100 Dwayne Bacon (17) Kidd-Gilchrist, Bridges (7) Devonte' Graham (5) Lawrence Joel Coliseum 10,437 0–3 4 October 14 @ Memphis W 120–99 Terry Rozier (24) Cody Zeller (10) Terry Rozier (8) FedEx Forum 11,292 1–3 5 October 16 Detroit L 110–116 Malik Monk (18) Cody Zeller (9) Malik Monk (7) Spectrum Center 7,749 1–4
2019–20 season schedule

Regular season

2019–20 game log Total: 23–42 (Home: 10–21; Road: 13–21)
October: 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 23 Chicago W 126–125 P. J. Washington (27) Cody Zeller (12) Devonte' Graham (8) Spectrum Center 19,077 1–0 2 October 25 Minnesota L 99–121 Devonte' Graham (24) P. J. Washington (10) Terry Rozier (10) Spectrum Center 14,879 1–1 3 October 27 @ L. A. Lakers L 101–120 Miles Bridges (23) Cody Zeller (14) Devonte' Graham (5) Staples Center 18,997 1–2 4 October 28 @ L. A. Clippers L 96–111 Terry Rozier (17) Cody Zeller (14) Devonte' Graham (12) Staples Center 19,068 1–3 5 October 30 @ Sacramento W 118–111 P. J. Washington (23) Cody Zeller (15) Devonte' Graham (9) Golden 1 Center 15,416 2–3
November : 6–10 (home: 3–4; road: 3–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 November 2 @ Golden State W 93–87 Dwayne Bacon (25) Bridges, Graham, Zeller (8) Terry Rozier (7) Chase Center 18,064 3–3 7 November 5 Indiana W 122–120 (OT) Devonte' Graham (35) Cody Martin (11) Devonte' Graham (6) Spectrum Center 13,341 4–3 8 November 7 Boston L 87–108 Miles Bridges (18) Bridges, Zeller (10) Devonte' Graham (9) Spectrum Center 18,487 4–4 9 November 9 New Orleans L 110–115 Devonte' Graham (24) Bridges, Zeller (8) Devonte' Graham (10) Spectrum Center 18,513 4–5 10 November 10 @ Philadelphia L 106–114 Cody Zeller (24) Cody Zeller (8) Devonte' Graham (10) Wells Fargo Center 20,311 4–6 11 November 13 Memphis L 117–119 Terry Rozier (33) Zeller, Monk (8) Miles Bridges (7) Spectrum Center 13,155 4–7 12 November 15 Detroit W 109–106 Rozier, Monk (19) Cody Zeller (7) Devonte' Graham (10) Spectrum Center 16,778 5–7 13 November 16 @ New York W 103–102 Devonte' Graham (29) Nicolas Batum (9) Nicolas Batum (6) Madison Square Garden 19,401 6–7 14 November 18 @ Toronto L 96–132 Marvin Williams (14) Nicolas Batum (6) Devonte' Graham (6) Scotiabank Arena 19,800 6–8 15 November 20 @ Brooklyn L 91–101 Terry Rozier (18) Zeller, Biyombo (7) Devonte' Graham (6) Barclays Center 14,011 6–9 16 November 22 @ Washington L 118–125 Miles Bridges (31) Miles Bridges (8) Batum, Graham (7) Capital One Arena 15,053 6–10 17 November 23 Chicago L 115–116 Terry Rozier (28) Bismack Biyombo (12) Devonte' Graham (10) Spectrum Center 17,891 6–11 18 November 25 @ Miami L 100–117 Terry Rozier (19) Terry Rozier (9) Devonte' Graham (8) American Airlines Arena 19,600 6–12 19 November 27 Detroit W 102–101 Bismack Biyombo (19) Bismack Biyombo (9) Devonte' Graham (15) Spectrum Center 15,535 7–12 20 November 29 @ Detroit W 110–107 P. J. Washington (26) Bismack Biyombo (9) Devonte' Graham (8) Little Caesars Arena 15,006 8–12 21 November 30 @ Milwaukee L 96–137 Devonte' Graham (24) Willy Hernangomez (9) Devonte' Graham (5) Fiserv Forum 17,550 8–13
December : 5–10 (home: 3–6; road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 22 December 2 Phoenix L 104–109 Marvin Williams (22) Bismack Biyombo (11) Devonte' Graham (13) Spectrum Center 11,221 8–14 23 December 4 Golden State W 106–91 Devonte' Graham (33) Rozier, Graham (7) Devonte' Graham (9) Spectrum Center 14,355 9–14 24 December 6 Brooklyn L 104–111 Devonte' Graham (29) Rozier, Zeller (6) Devonte' Graham (8) Spectrum Center 15,075 9–15 25 December 8 Atlanta L 107–122 Washington, Bridges (20) P. J. Washington (8) Devonte' Graham (8) Spectrum Center 15,489 9–16 26 December 10 Washington W 114–107 Devonte' Graham (29) Bismack Biyombo (15) Terry Rozier (7) Spectrum Center 10,626 10–16 27 December 11 @ Brooklyn W 113–108 Devonte' Graham (40) Kidd-Gilchrist, Rozier (7) Devonte' Graham (5) Barclays Center 15,631 11–16 28 December 13 @ Chicago W 83–73 Devonte' Graham (16) Washington, Zeller (10) Devonte' Graham (7) United Center 18,377 12–16 29 December 15 @ Indiana L 85–107 Cody Zeller (19) Bismack Biyombo (17) Devonte' Graham (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,061 12–17 30 December 17 Sacramento W 110–102 Malik Monk (23) Bismack Biyombo (12) Devonte' Graham (7) Spectrum Center 13,229 13–17 31 December 18 @ Cleveland L 98–100 Terry Rozier (35) Cody Zeller (9) Devonte' Graham (9) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,023 13–18 32 December 21 Utah L 107–114 Terry Rozier (29) Cody Zeller (8) Devonte' Graham (4) Spectrum Center 16,187 13–19 33 December 22 @ Boston L 93–119 Devonte' Graham (23) Miles Bridges (6) Devonte' Graham (10) TD Garden 19,156 13–20 34 December 27 Oklahoma City L 102–104 (OT) Terry Rozier (26) Bismack Biyombo (10) Devonte' Graham (13) Spectrum Center 18,418 13–21 35 December 29 @ Memphis L 104–117 Malik Monk (18) Miles Bridges (7) Devonte' Graham (10) FedExForum 16,842 13–22 36 December 31 Boston L 92–109 P. J. Washington (15) Miles Bridges (10) Devonte' Graham (7) Spectrum Center 19,216 13–23
January : 3–9 (home: 1–4; road: 2–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 37 January 2 @ Cleveland W 109–106 Terry Rozier (30) Cody Zeller (7) Devonte' Graham (11) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,859 14–23 38 January 4 @ Dallas W 123–120 (OT) Terry Rozier (27) Bismack Biyombo (13) Devonte' Graham (13) American Airlines Center 20,327 15–23 39 January 6 Indiana L 104–115 Terry Rozier (28) P. J. Washington (9) Rozier, Graham (6) Spectrum Center 13,009 15–24 40 January 8 Toronto L 110–112 (OT) Terry Rozier (27) P. J. Washington (12) Malik Monk (7) Spectrum Center 13,965 15–25 41 January 10 @ Utah L 92–109 Terry Rozier (23) Bismack Biyombo (9) Devonte' Graham (5) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306 15–26 42 January 12 @ Phoenix L 92–100 Dwayne Bacon (24) Cody Zeller (8) Devonte' Graham (8) Talking Stick Resort Arena 14,751 15–27 43 January 13 @ Portland L 112–115 Devonte' Graham (27) P. J. Washington (11) Devonte' Graham (10) Moda Center 19,111 15–28 44 January 15 @ Denver L 86–100 Terry Rozier (20) Miles Bridges (8) Terry Rozier (9) Pepsi Center 19,520 15–29 45 January 20 Orlando L 83–106 Malik Monk (20) Cody Zeller (9) Devonte' Graham (6) Spectrum Center 16,133 15–30 46 January 24 Milwaukee L 103–116 Malik Monk (31) Devonte' Graham (7) Batum, Monk, Rozier (5) AccorHotels Arena 15,758 15–31 47 January 28 New York W 97–92 Terry Rozier (30) Hernangómez, Rozier, Zeller (10) Devonte' Graham (10) Spectrum Center 14,342 16–31 48 January 30 @ Washington L 107–121 Miles Bridges (23) Rozier, Zeller (7) Devonte' Graham (8) Capital One Arena 15,013 16–32
February : 5–6 (home: 1–3; road: 4–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 49 February 1 @ San Antonio L 90–114 Miles Bridges (25) Cody Zeller (12) Devonte' Graham (9) AT&T Center 18,615 16–33 50 February 3 Orlando L 100–112 Terry Rozier (18) Bridges, Martin (8) Devonte' Graham (5) Spectrum Center 12,337 16–34 51 February 4 @ Houston L 110–125 Bridges, Rozier (20) Miles Bridges (15) Devonte' Graham (10) Toyota Center 18,055 16–35 52 February 8 Dallas L 100–116 Devonte' Graham (26) P. J. Washington (9) Devonte' Graham (10) Spectrum Center 19,370 16–36 53 February 10 @ Detroit W 87–76 Miles Bridges (18) Cody Zeller (10) Devonte' Graham (11) Little Caesars Arena 13,941 17–36 54 February 12 @ Minnesota W 115–108 Devonte' Graham (28) Bismack Biyombo (10) Devonte' Graham (8) Target Center 18,978 18–36 55 February 20 @ Chicago W 103–93 Malik Monk (25) Bridges, Zeller (8) Devonte' Graham (7) United Center 17,463 19–36 56 February 22 Brooklyn L 86–115 P. J. Washington (16) McDaniels, Zeller (9) Miles Bridges (5) Spectrum Center 19,079 19–37 57 February 25 @ Indiana L 80–119 Miles Bridges (17) Bridges, Martin (6) Terry Rozier (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,088 19–38 58 February 26 New York W 107–101 Terry Rozier (26) Caleb Martin (9) Devonte' Graham (5) Spectrum Center 13,152 20–38 59 February 28 @ Toronto W 99–96 Graham, Rozier (18) Bismack Biyombo (11) Martin, Rozier (6) Scotiabank Arena 19,800 21–38
March: 2–4 (home: 2–3; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 1 Milwaukee L 85–93 Devonte' Graham (17) Willy Hernangómez (13) Hernangómez, Rozier (4) Spectrum Center 19,149 21–39 61 March 3 San Antonio L 103–104 Terry Rozier (20) Jalen McDaniels (9) McDaniels, Rozier (5) Spectrum Center 12,008 21–40 62 March 5 Denver L 112–114 Devonte' Graham (24) Miles Bridges (9) Graham, Martin (7) Spectrum Center 13,311 21–41 63 March 7 Houston W 108–99 Terry Rozier (24) Willy Hernangómez (11) Cody Martin (9) Spectrum Center 19,159 22–41 64 March 9 @ Atlanta L 138–143 (2OT) Terry Rozier (40) Cody Zeller (7) Devonte' Graham (10) State Farm Arena 14,399 22–42 65 March 11 @ Miami W 109–98 Devonte' Graham (30) Cody Zeller (11) Devonte' Graham (6) American Airlines Arena 19,600 23–42
Cancelled games Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 66 March 13 Cleveland Spectrum Center 67 March 15 @ Orlando Amway Center 68 March 17 @ New York Madison Square Garden 69 March 19 Philadelphia Spectrum Center 70 March 21 LA Lakers Spectrum Center 71 March 24 Portland Spectrum Center 72 March 26 @ Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena 73 March 28 LA Clippers Spectrum Center 74 March 30 Miami Spectrum Center 75 April 1 @ Orlando Amway Center 76 April 3 @ Atlanta State Farm Arena 77 April 5 Atlanta Spectrum Center 78 April 7 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center 79 April 8 Toronto Spectrum Center 80 April 11 Washington Spectrum Center 81 April 13 Miami Spectrum Center 82 April 15 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
2019–20 season schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Miles Bridges	SF	65	64	1,995	362	114	40	48	843	30.7	5.6	1.8	.6	.7	13.0
Terry Rozier	PG	63	63	2,164	276	259	61	10	1,134	34.3	4.4	4.1	1.0	.2	18.0
Devonte' Graham	PG	63	53	2,211	212	471	62	15	1,145	35.1	3.4	7.5	1.0	.2	18.2
P. J. Washington	PF	58	57	1,759	316	123	51	44	710	30.3	5.4	2.1	.9	.8	12.2
Cody Zeller	C	58	39	1,341	411	88	40	25	642	23.1	7.1	1.5	.7	.4	11.1
Malik Monk	SG	55	1	1,169	157	114	25	16	564	21.3	2.9	2.1	.5	.3	10.3
Bismack Biyombo	C	53	29	1,029	308	50	10	49	393	19.4	5.8	.9	.2	.9	7.4
Cody Martin	SF	48	3	903	158	95	39	9	238	18.8	3.3	2.0	.8	.2	5.0
Marvin Williams†	PF	41	1	808	109	41	26	22	275	19.7	2.7	1.0	.6	.5	6.7
Dwayne Bacon	SG	39	11	687	100	52	23	2	224	17.6	2.6	1.3	.6	.1	5.7
Willy Hernangómez	C	31	0	375	134	29	10	7	190	12.1	4.3	.9	.3	.2	6.1
Nicolas Batum	SF	22	3	505	100	66	17	8	79	23.0	4.5	3.0	.8	.4	3.6
Caleb Martin	SF	18	1	317	38	23	12	7	111	17.6	2.1	1.3	.7	.4	6.2
Jalen McDaniels	SF	16	0	293	65	13	8	3	89	18.3	4.1	.8	.5	.2	5.6
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist†	PF	12	0	160	35	10	0	3	48	13.3	2.9	.8	.0	.3	4.0
Joe Chealey	PG	4	0	33	0	1	4	0	2	8.3	.0	.3	1.0	.0	.5

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Hornets only.

Transactions

Main article: List of 2019-20 NBA season transactions

Trades

July 6, 2019 (sign-and-trade)

To Charlotte Hornets Terry Rozier 2020 second-round pick

To Boston Celtics Kemba Walker

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
P. J. Washington	July 3, 2019	Rookie signing
Terry Rozier	July 6, 2019	Boston Celtics (sign-and-trade)
Robert Franks	July 9, 2019	Undrafted
Caleb Martin[a][b]	July 31, 2019	Undrafted
Cody Martin	July 31, 2019	Rookie Signing
Joe Chealey	August 6, 2019	Re-signed
Josh Perkins	August 6, 2019	Undrafted
Thomas Welsh	August 9, 2019	Denver Nuggets
Ahmed Hill	September 5, 2019	Undrafted
Kobi Simmons[a]	September 16, 2019	Cleveland Cavaliers
Jalen McDaniels[a][b]	October 10, 2019	Rookie signing
Ray Spalding	January 15, 2020	Rio Grande Valley Vipers

Waivings

Player	Left	New team
Kemba Walker	July 6, 2019	Boston Celtics (sign-and-trade)
Thomas Welsh	October 10, 2019	Greensboro Swarm
Joe Chealey[c][d]	October 13, 2019	Greensboro Swarm
Josh Perkins	October 13, 2019	Greensboro Swarm
Ahmed Hill	October 19, 2019	Northern Arizona Suns
Robert Franks	January 15, 2020	Greensboro Swarm
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	February 8, 2020	Dallas Mavericks
Marvin Williams	February 8, 2020	Milwaukee Bucks

Notes

• ^a Contract was later converted into a two-way contract.
• ^b Contract was later converted into a multi-year contract.
• ^c Signed to a 10-day contract.
• ^d Signed to a second 10-day contract.