2014–15 Charlotte Hornets season explained

Team:	Charlotte Hornets
End Year:	2015
Wins:	33
Losses:	49
Division:	Southeast
Division Place:	4
Conf Place:	11
Coach:	Steve Clifford
Owners:	Michael Jordan
Arena:	Time Warner Cable Arena
Television:	Fox Sports Carolinas, SportSouth
Radio:	WFNZ
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	CHO
Prev Name:	Charlotte Bobcats

The 2014–15 Charlotte Hornets season was the franchise's 25th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was led by head coach Steve Clifford and assistant coaches Patrick Ewing, Pat Delany, Stephen Silas, Bob Weiss, and Mark Price.^[1]

On May 20, 2014, the team formally changed its name to Charlotte Hornets, and acquired the history and records of the original Charlotte Hornets franchise (1988–2002) from the New Orleans Pelicans.

Preseason

Key dates

• June 26: The 2014 NBA draft took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
• July 1: 2014 NBA Free Agency begins.

Draft picks

See main article: 2014 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club Team
1	9	Noah Vonleh	PF		Indiana
1	24	Shabazz Napier	PG		Connecticut
2	45	Dwight Powell	PF		Stanford

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Preseason

The pre-season schedule was released on July 31.|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| October 8| @ Philadelphia| | Gary Neal (14)| Jefferson & Marvin Williams (8)| Kemba Walker (3)| Wells Fargo Center| 0–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2| October 10| @ Washington| | Gary Neal (19)| Al Jefferson (10)| Kemba Walker (6)| Bon Secours Wellness Arena| 1–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| October 13| Orlando| | Al Jefferson (20)| 3 Tied (7)| Brian Roberts (6)| Time Warner Cable Arena| 2–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| October 15| Detroit| | Gary Neal (20)| Jefferson & Kidd-Gilchrist (7)| Stephenson & Pargo (3)| Time Warner Cable Arena| 2–2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 5| October 17| Washington| | Al Jefferson (20)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (11)| Marvin Williams (5)| Verizon Center| 3–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| October 19| @ Chicago| | Stephenson & Kidd-Gilchrist (14)| Marvin Williams (9)| Kemba Walker (7)| United Center| 3–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| October 20| @ Atlanta| | Gary Neal (21)| Bismack Biyombo (10)| Kemba Walker (8)| Philips Arena| 3–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| October 23| Indiana| | Brian Roberts (19)| Jefferson & Kidd-Gilchrist (7)| Gary Neal (6)| Time Warner Cable Arena| 3–5|-

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player
	SG	80	72	2,315	273	206	51	22	969	28.9	3.4	2.6	.6	.3	12.1
	PF	78	37	2,035	386	100	69	36	577	26.1	4.9	1.3	.9	.5	7.4
	PG	72	10	1,330	109	162	33	6	480	18.5	1.5	2.3	.5	.1	6.7
	C	65	61	1,992	548	113	47	84	1,082	30.6	8.4	1.7	.7	1.3	16.6
	C	64	21	1,243	407	16	18	99	304	19.4	6.4	.3	.3	1.5	4.8
	PG	62	58	2,119	220	318	89	31	1,075	34.2	3.5	5.1	1.4	.5	17.3
	C	62	45	1,487	362	100	34	49	472	24.0	5.8	1.6	.5	.8	7.6
	SG	61	25	1,573	277	240	38	8	501	25.8	4.5	3.9	.6	.1	8.2
	PF	61	0	878	203	19	18	44	203	14.4	3.3	.3	.3	.7	3.3
	SF	55	52	1,587	416	77	30	38	598	28.9	7.6	1.4	.5	.7	10.9
	SG	45	2	687	92	21	21	13	254	15.3	2.0	.5	.5	.3	5.6
^†	SG	43	0	931	94	80	16	1	413	21.7	2.2	1.9	.4	.0	9.6
	SF	29	13	430	53	22	12	1	127	14.8	1.8	.8	.4	.0	4.4
^†	PG	27	14	831	76	163	16	6	465	30.8	2.8	6.0	.6	.2	17.2
	PF	25	0	259	86	4	4	9	83	10.4	3.4	.2	.2	.4	3.3
^†	SG	11	0	135	8	5	3	1	77	12.3	.7	.5	.3	.1	7.0
	PG	9	0	73	3	8	0	0	41	8.1	.3	.9	.0	.0	4.6

Player statistics

Summer League

||5 || 0 || 11.2 || .400 || .500 || .500 || 3.0 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 2.2|-||3 || 0 || 13.3 || .143 || .000 || 1.000 || 0.3 || 2.0 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 1.3|-||4 || 4 || 30.8 || .439 || .545 || .750 || 7.8 || 2.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 13.5|-||5 || 5 || 29.2 || .333 || .294 || .813 || 5.2 || 2.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 12.2|-||5 || 4 || 29.0 || .421 || .238 || .667 || 4.8 || 3.4 || 1.4 || 0.6 || 13.4|-||5 || 5 || 32.6 || .438 || .389 || .765 || 7.8 || 0.8 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 15.2|-||5 || 1 || 20.6 || .455 || .333 || .818 || 2.8 || 1.4 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 6.2|-||5 || 5 || 21.6 || .583 || .000 || .500 || 5.2 || 1.4 || 1.0 || 1.6 || 6.0|-||3 || 0 || 5.3 || 1.000 || .000 || .000 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 1.3|-||2 || 0 || 7.5 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 0.0|-||4 || 1 || 15.2 || .364 || .429 || .000 || 1.0 || 2.0 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 5.5|-|}

Preseason

||7 || 1 || 17.3 || .326 || .000 || .625 || 5.4 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 1.0 || 3.6|-||0 || 0 || 0.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0|-||8 || 0 || 19.1 || .391 || .421 || .846 || 2.6 || 0.9 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 9.6|-||8 || 8 || 27.4 || .371 || .167 || .759 || 1.4 || 1.6 || 0.9 || 0.0 || 11.3|-||7 || 7 || 28.9 || .396 || .000 || .824 || 7.4 || 1.6 || 0.7 || 1.6 || 14.0|-||8 || 8 || 29.4 || .429 || .000 || .722 || 6.8 || 2.0 || 1.4 || 1.0 || 10.8|-||0 || 0 || 0.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0|-||5 || 0 || 14.2 || .429 || .000 || .667 || 3.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 4.0|-||8 || 0 || 26.3 || .402 || .222 || .933 || 3.9 || 3.5 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 12.5|-||6 || 0 || 15.2 || .426 || .375 || .600 || 1.8 || 2.8 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 9.7|-||8 || 0 || 23.8 || .397 || .250 || 1.000 || 1.1 || 2.9 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 9.0|-||4 || 4 || 30.0 || .425 || .286 || .700 || 3.3 || 2.8 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 10.8|-||1 || 0 || 19.0 || .400 || .000 || .000 || 4.0 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 4.0|-||6 || 6 || 26.7 || .438 || .318 || .944 || 4.2 || 5.5 || 0.7 || 0.5 || 13.3|-||7 || 7 || 26.7 || .341 || .269 || .333 || 5.9 || 2.1 || 1.7 || 0.3 || 5.6|-||8 || 1 || 21.6 || .477 || .000 || .867 || 4.5 || 2.1 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 6.9|}

Regular season

||64 || 21 || 19.4 || .543 || .000 || .580 || 6.4 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 1.5 || 4.8|-||11 || 0 || 12.3 || .458 || .472 || .860 || 0.7 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 7.0|-||45 || 2 || 15.3 || .323 || .301 || .860 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 5.6|-||80 || 72 || 28.9 || .437 || .331 || .850 || 3.4 || 2.6 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 12.1|-||65 || 61 || 30.6 || .481 || .400 || .650 || 8.4 || 1.7 || 0.7 || 1.3 || 16.6|-|| 55 || 51 || 28.9 || .465 || .000 || .700 || 7.6 || 1.4 || 0.5 || 0.7 || 10.9|-||61 || 0 || 14.4 || .422 || .000 || .580 || 3.3 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 3.3|-||43 || 0 || 21.7 || .359 || .293 || 0.860 || 2.2 || 1.9 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 9.6|-||9 || 0 || 8.1 || .429 || .409 || 1.000 || 0.3 || 0.9 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.6|-||72 || 10 || 18.5 || .389 || .321 || .890 || 1.5 || 2.3 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 6.7|-||61 || 25 || 25.8 || .376 || .171 || .630 || 4.5 || 3.9 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 8.2|-||29 || 13 || 14.8 || .395 || .306 || .630 || 1.8 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 4.4|-||25 || 0 || 10.4 || .395 || .385 || .690 || 3.4 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 3.3|-||62 || 58 || 34.2 || .385 || .304 || .830 || 3.5 || 5.1 || 1.4 || 0.6 || 17.3|-||78 || 37 || 26.1 || .424 || .358 || .710 || 4.9 || 1.3 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 7.4|-||27 ||14 || 30.8 || .390 || .337 || .890 || 2.8 || 6.0 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 17.2|-||62 || 45 || 24.0 || .461 || 1.000 || .770 || 5.8 || 1.6 || 0.6 || 0.8 || 7.6|}

Transactions

See main article: List of 2014–15 NBA season transactions.

Trades

June 26(Draft-day trade)	align=left valign=top	To Charlotte Hornets Draft rights to 26th pick P. J. Hairston Draft rights to 55th pick Semaj Christon 2019 second-round pick Cash considerations	align=left valign=top	To Miami Heat Draft rights to 24th pick Shabazz Napier
June 26(Draft-day trade)	align=left valign=top	To Charlotte Hornets Cash considerations	align=left valign=top	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to 55th pick Semaj Christon
July 12	align=left valign=top	To Charlotte Hornets Scotty Hopson Cash considerations	align=left valign=top	To Phoenix Suns Isaiah Thomas (sign and trade)
	align=left valign=top	To Sacramento Kings Rights to Alex Oriakhi	align=left valign=top	To Cleveland Cavaliers Brendan Haywood Draft rights to 45th pick Dwight Powell
July 13	align=left valign=top	To Charlotte Hornets Cash considerations	align=left valign=top	To Los Angeles Lakers Jeremy Lin 2015 first-round pick 2015 second-round pick
	align=left valign=top	To New Orleans Pelicans Scotty Hopson	align=left valign=top	To Houston Rockets Rights to Sergei Lishchuk
February 10	align=left valign=top	To Charlotte Hornets Mo Williams and Troy Daniels	align=left valign=top	To Minnesota Timberwolves Gary Neal and Draft considerations

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team	Ref.
Marvin Williams	July 21, 2014	Utah Jazz
Lance Stephenson	July 18, 2014	Indiana Pacers
Brian Roberts	July 23, 2014	New Orleans Pelicans
Jason Maxiell	September 28, 2014	Orlando Magic

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	Date	New team	Ref.
Josh McRoberts	Free Agent	June 18, 2014	Miami Heat
Chris Douglas-Roberts	Free Agent	September 3, 2014	Los Angeles Clippers
Anthony Tolliver	Free Agent	July 21, 2014	Phoenix Suns
Brendan Haywood	Trade	July 12, 2014	Cleveland Cavaliers
Luke Ridnour	Free Agent	July 25, 2014	Orlando Magic
D. J. White	Free Agent	October 4, 2014	Laboral Kuxta Vitoria

Awards

Player	Award	Date awarded	Ref.

External links

• 2014–15 Charlotte Hornets preseason at ESPN
• 2014–15 Charlotte Hornets regular season at ESPN

Notes and References

1. http://www.nba.com/hornets/2014-15-coaching-staff 2014-15 Coaching Staff