| Team: | Charlotte Hornets |
| End Year: | 2017 |
| Wins: | 36 |
| Losses: | 46 |
| Division: | Southeast |
| Division Place: | 4 |
| Conf Place: | 11 |
| Coach: | Steve Clifford |
| Gm: | Rich Cho |
| Owners: | Michael Jordan |
| Arena: | Spectrum Center |
| Playoffs: | Did not qualify |
| Bbr Team: | CHO |
| Television: | Fox Sports Carolinas, Fox Sports Southeast |
| Radio: | WFNZ |
The 2016–17 Charlotte Hornets season was the 27th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the fourth season under head coach Steve Clifford.
The Hornets team store at the Spectrum Center was damaged and looted by rioters during the 2016 Charlotte riot.[1]
See main article: 2016 NBA draft.
[2] |- style="background:#fbb;"| 1| October 3| @ Dallas| | Frank Kaminsky III (13)| Roy Hibbert (8)| Hawes, Sessions (4)| American Airlines Center
19,219| 0–1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 2| October 6| Boston| | Jeremy Lamb (16)| Jeremy Lamb (10)| Spencer Hawes (6)| Greensboro Coliseum
8,021| 0–2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 3| October 8| @ Boston| | Christian Wood (13)| Frank Kaminsky III (12)| Spencer Hawes (5)| Mohegan Sun Arena
8,052| 0–3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 4| October 10| Minnesota| | Frank Kaminsky III (17)| Spencer Hawes (11)| Nicolas Batum (5)| Spectrum Center
8,424| 1–3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 5| October 17| @ Chicago| | Belinelli, Kaminsky III (14)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (10)| Ramon Sessions (5)| United Center
20,025| 2–3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 6| October 20| Miami| | Kemba Walker (17)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (14)| Kemba Walker (6)| Spectrum Center
9,127| 3–3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 7| October 21| @ Minnesota| | Marco Belinelli (10)| Jeremy Lamb (9)| Walker, Wood (2)| Target Center
9,708| 3–4
|- style="background:#cfc| 1| October 26| @ Milwaukee| | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (23)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (14)| Kemba Walker (8)| BMO Harris Bradley Center
18,717| 1–0|-style="background:#cfc| 2| October 28| @ Miami| | Kemba Walker (24)| Marvin Williams (11)| Walker, Batum, Sessions (4)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 2–0|-style="background:#fcc| 3| October 29| Boston| | Kemba Walker (29)| Cody Zeller (9)| Nicolas Batum (6)| Spectrum Center
18,708| 2–1|-style="background:|-style="background:#cfc| 4| November 2| Philadelphia| | Kemba Walker (22)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (13)| Kemba Walker (7)| Spectrum Center
15,275| 3–1|-style="background:#cfc| 5| November 4| @ Brooklyn| | Kemba Walker (30)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (10)| Cody Zeller (6)| Barclays Center
15,775| 4–1|-style="background:#cfc| 6| November 7| Indiana| | Kemba Walker (24)| Spencer Hawes (13)| Kemba Walker (10)| Spectrum Center
16,880| 5–1|-style="background:#cfc| 7| November 9| Utah| | Kemba Walker (21)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (9)| Kemba Walker (6)| Spectrum Center
15,712| 6–1|-style="background:#fcc| 8| November 11| Toronto| | Kemba Walker (40)| Batum, Walker (10)| Batum, Walker (6)| Spectrum Center
18,107| 6–2|-style="background:#fcc| 9| November 13| @ Cleveland| | Kemba Walker (21)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (10)| Nicholas Batum (7)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 6–3|-style="background:#cfc| 10| November 15| @ Minnesota| | Kemba Walker (30)| Cody Zeller (9)| Nicholas Batum (7)| Target Center
10,349| 7-3|-style="background:#cfc| 11| November 18| Atlanta| | Nicolas Batum (24)| Marvin Williams (11)| Kemba Walker (6)| Spectrum Center
17,989| 8–3|-style="background:#fcc| 12| November 19| @ New Orleans| | Kemba Walker (25)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (13)| Ramon Sessions (9)| Smoothie King Center
15,739| 8–4|-style="background:#fcc| 13| November 21| Memphis| | Frank Kaminsky (23)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (10)| Nicolas Batum (5)| Spectrum Center
14,181| 8–5|-style="background:#fcc| 14| November 23| San Antonio| | Kemba Walker (26)| Kemba Walker (9)| Kemba Walker (7)| Spectrum Center
18,515| 8–6|-style="background:#fcc| 15| November 25| @ New York| | Marco Belinelli (19)| Batum, Kaminsky (9)| Nicolas Batum (8)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 8–7|-style="background:#cfc| 16| November 26| New York| | Kemba Walker (28)| Jeremy Lamb (17)| Kaminsky, Sessions, Walker (3)| Spectrum Center
19,195| 9–7|-style="background:#cfc| 17| November 28| @ Memphis| | Lamb, Walker (21)| Jeremy Lamb (9)| Spencer Hawes (6)| FedEx Forum
13,143| 10–7|-style="background:#fcc| 18| November 29| Detroit| | Kemba Walker (23)| Nicolas Batum (11)| Nicolas Batum (5)| Spectrum Center
14,266| 10–8|-style="background:#cfc| 19| December 1| Dallas| | Kemba Walker (18)| Nicolas Batum (9)| Nicolas Batum (6)| Spectrum Center
14,471| 11–8|-style="background:#fcc| 20| December 3| Minnesota| | Kemba Walker (22)| Kaminsky, Zeller (9)| Nicolas Batum (12)| Spectrum Center
16,982| 11–9|-style="background:#cfc| 21| December 5| @ Dallas| | Kemba Walker (19)| Nicolas Batum (15)| Nicolas Batum (7)| American Airlines Center
19,228| 12–9|-style="background:#cfc| 22| December 7| Detroit| | Kemba Walker (25)| Nicolas Batum (15)| Kemba Walker (4)| Spectrum Center
15,141| 13–9|-style="background:#cfc| 23| December 9| Orlando| | Batum, Kidd-Gilchrist (16)| Kaminsky, Batum (9)| Nicolas Batum (7)| Spectrum Center
15,707| 14–9|-style="background:#fcc| 24| December 10| @ Cleveland| | Kemba Walker (24)| Cody Zeller (9)| Kaminsky, Walker (5)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 14–10|-style="background:#fcc| 25| December 12| @ Indiana| | Marco Belinelli (14)| Kidd-Gilchrist, Batum (10)| Kemba Walker (5)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
14,138| 14–11|-style="background:#fcc| 26| December 14| @ Washington| | Nicolas Batum (20)| Hibbert, Walker (5)| Kemba Walker (9)| Verizon Center
13,447| 14–12|-style="background:#fcc| 27| December 16| @ Boston| | Nicolas Batum (22)| Zeller, Batum (10)| Ramon Sessions (6)| TD Garden
18,624| 14–13|-style="background:#cfc| 28| December 17| @ Atlanta| | Marvin Williams (19)| Cody Zeller (11)| Kemba Walker (10)| Philips Arena
17,918| 15-13|-style="background:#cfc| 29| December 20| L.A Lakers| | Kemba Walker (18)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (11)| Batum, Walker (10)| Spectrum Center
19,093| 16–13|-style="background:#cfc| 30| December 23| Chicago| | Batum, Walker (20)| Nicolas Batum (11)| Nicolas Batum (10)| Spectrum Center
19,249| 17–13|-style="background:#fcc| 31| December 26| @ Brooklyn| | Nicolas Batum (24)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (10)| Kemba Walker (6)| Barclays Center
17,732| 17–14|-style="background:#cfc| 32| December 28| @ Orlando| | Kemba Walker (21)| Nicolas Batum (9)| Nicolas Batum (8)| Amway Center
18,273| 18–14|-style="background:#cfc| 33| December 29| Miami| | Kemba Walker (22)| Nicolas Batum (13)| Nicolas Batum (8)| Spectrum Center
19,471| 19–14|-style="background:#fcc| 34| December 31| Cleveland| | Kemba Walker (37)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (8)| Nicolas Batum (8)| Spectrum Center
19,519| 19–15|-style="background:#fcc| 35| January 2| @ Chicago| | Kemba Walker (34)| Kemba Walker (11)| Nicolas Batum (5)| United Center
21,612| 19–16|-style="background:#cfc| 36| January 4| Oklahoma City| | Nicolas Batum (28)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (11)| Kemba Walker (9)| Spectrum Center
18,418| 20–16|-style="background:#fcc| 37| January 5| @ Detroit| | Kemba Walker (32)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (13)| Batum, Walker (5)| Palace of Auburn Hills
13,723| 20–17|-style="background:#fcc| 38| January 7| @ San Antonio| | Kemba Walker (18)| Kidd-Gilchrist, Zeller (9)| Walker, Lamb (3)| AT&T Center
18,418| 20–18|-style="background:#fcc| 39| January 10| @ Houston| | Kemba Walker (25)| Marvin Williams (8)| Kemba Walker (10)| Toyota Center
16,196| 20–19|-style="background:#fcc| 40| January 13| @ Philadelphia| | Nicolas Batum (19)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (12)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (4)| Wells Fargo Center
18,215| 20–20|-style="background:#fcc| 41| January 16| @ Boston| | Kemba Walker (24)| Nicolas Batum (10)| Nicolas Batum (10)| TD Garden
18,624| 20–21|-style="background:#cfc| 42| January 18| Portland| | Kemba Walker (23)| Cody Zeller (10)| Nicolas Batum (7)| Spectrum Center
15,451| 21–21|-style="background:#cfc| 43| January 20| Toronto| | Kemba Walker (32)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (11)| Kemba Walker (8)| Spectrum Center
18,378| 22–21|-style="background:#cfc| 44| January 21| Brooklyn| | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (17)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (14)| Batum, Walker (6)| Spectrum Center
18,583| 23–21|-style="background:#fcc| 45| January 23| Washington| | Kemba Walker (21)| Cody Zeller (9)| Nicholas Batum (6)| Spectrum Center
15,285| 23–22|-style="background:#fcc| 46| January 25| Golden State| | Kemba Walker (26)| Spencer Hawes (12)| Batum, Walker (8)| Spectrum Center
19,077| 23–23|-style="background:#fcc| 47| January 27| @ New York| | Kemba Walker (31)| Nicolas Batum (11)| Nicolas Batum (9)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 23–24|-style="background:#fcc| 48| January 28| Sacramento| | Kemba Walker (26)| Nicolas Batum (7)| Batum, Walker (7)| Spectrum Center
18,597| 23–25|-style="background:#fcc| 49| January 31| @ Portland| | Kemba Walker (22)| Nicolas Batum (8)| Nicolas Batum (6)| Moda Center
19,393| 23–26|-style="background:#fcc| 50| February 1| @ Golden State| | Frank Kaminsky (24)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (9)| Batum, Belinelli (7)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 23–27|-style="background:#fcc| 51| February 4| @ Utah| | Kemba Walker (18)| Marvin Williams (12)| Batum, Walker (6)| Vivint Smart Home Arena
19,911| 23–28|-style="background:#cfc| 52| February 7| Brooklyn| | Batum, Walker, Belinelli (17)| Frank Kaminsky (11)| Kaminsky, Walker (5)| Spectrum Center
15,322| 24–28|-style="background:#fcc| 53| February 9| Houston| | Nicolas Batum (15)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (9)| Nicolas Batum (10)| Spectrum Center
16,270| 24–29|-style="background:#fcc| 54| February 11| L.A Clippers| | Nicolas Batum (25)| Frank Kaminsky (8)| Nicolas Batum (8)| Spectrum Center
19,483| 24–30|-style="background:#fcc| 55| February 13| Philadelphia| | Kemba Walker (29)| Frank Kaminsky (11)| Belinelli, Batum (4)| Spectrum Center
15,775| 24–31|-style="background:#fcc| 56| February 15| @ Toronto| | Frank Kaminsky (27)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (14)| Kemba Walker (9)| Air Canada Centre
19,800| 24–32|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|-style="background:#fcc| 57| February 23| @ Detroit| | Kemba Walker (34)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (14)| Kemba Walker (6)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
14,913| 24–33|-style="background:#cfc| 58| February 25| @ Sacramento| | Frank Kaminsky (25)| Frank Kaminsky (13)| Kemba Walker (6)| Golden 1 Center
17,608| 25–33|-style="background:#fcc| 59| February 26| @ L.A Clippers| | Kemba Walker (34)| Nicolas Batum (8)| Batum, Kaminsky (4)| Staples Center
19,060| 25–34|-style="background:#cfc| 60| February 28| @ L.A Lakers| | Kemba Walker (30)| Frank Kaminsky (12)| Kemba Walker (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 26–34|-style="background:#fcc| 61| March 2| @ Phoenix| | Kemba Walker (26)| Kidd-Gilchrist, Zeller (8)| Kemba Walker (8)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
16,572| 26–35|-style="background:#cfc| 62| March 4| @ Denver| | Kemba Walker (27)| Marvin Williams (12)| Nicolas Batum (8)| Pepsi Center
14,708| 27–35|-style="background:#cfc| 63| March 6| Indiana| | Kemba Walker (28)| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (13)| Kemba Walker (7)| Spectrum Center
16,387| 28–35|-style="background:#fcc| 64| March 8| @ Miami| | Kemba Walker (33)| Marvin Williams (12)| Marvin Williams (3)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 28–36|-style="background:#cfc| 65| March 10| Orlando| | Kemba Walker (23)| Marvin Williams (18)| Nicolas Batum (10)| Spectrum Center
17,444| 29–36|-style="background:#fcc| 66| March 11| New Orleans| | Batum, Walker (24)| Marvin Williams (10)| Kemba Walker (12)| Spectrum Center
18,196| 29–37|-style="background:#fcc| 67| March 13| Chicago| | Jeremy Lamb (26)| Marvin Williams (18)| Kemba Walker (10)| Spectrum Center
16,489| 29–38|-style="background:#fcc| 68| March 15| @ Indiana| | Frank Kaminsky (20)| Jeremy Lamb (7)| Kemba Walker (4)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
14,169| 29–39|-style="background:#cfc| 69| March 18| Washington| | Cody Zeller (19)| Nicolas Batum (10)| Kemba Walker (6)| Spectrum Center
19,361| 30–39|-style="background:#cfc| 70| March 20| Atlanta| | Batum, Walker (16)| Marvin Williams (8)| Nicolas Batum (6)| Spectrum Center
14,278| 31–39|-style="background:#cfc| 71| March 22| @ Orlando| | Kemba Walker (22)| Marvin Williams (10)| Kemba Walker (7)| Amway Center
16,034| 32–39|-style="background:#fcc| 72| March 24| Cleveland| | Kemba Walker (28)| Williams, Zeller (11)| Kemba Walker (5)| Spectrum Center
19,511| 32–40|-style="background:#cfc| 73| March 26| Phoenix| | Kemba Walker (31)| Kaminsky, Williams, Zeller (7)| Nicolas Batum (10)| Spectrum Center
17,292| 33–40|-style="background:#fcc| 74| March 28| Milwaukee| | Kemba Walker (28)| Marvin Williams (7)| Belinelli, Walker (5)| Spectrum Center
16,505| 33–41|-style="background:#cfc| 75| March 29| @ Toronto| | Marco Belinelli (21)| Marvin Williams (12)| Marco Belinelli (5)| Air Canada Centre
19,800| 34–41|-style="background:#cfc| 76| March 31| Denver| | Kemba Walker (31)| Cody Zeller (9)| Nicolas Batum (9)| Spectrum Center
18,353| 35–41|- style="background:#cfc| 77| April 2| @ Oklahoma City| | Kemba Walker (29)| Nicolas Batum (7)| Nicolas Batum (8)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 36–41|- style="background:#fcc| 78| April 4| @ Washington| | Kemba Walker (37)| Cody Zeller (10)| Nicolas Batum (8)| Verizon Center
18,614| 36–42|- style="background:#fcc| 79| April 5| Miami| | Nicolas Batum (24)| Marvin Williams (12)| Nicolas Batum (7)| Spectrum Center
17,758| 36–43|- style="background:#fcc| 80| April 8| Boston| | Nicolas Batum (31)| Cody Zeller (9)| Kemba Walker (8)| Spectrum Center
19,407| 36–44|- style="background:#fcc| 81| April 10| @ Milwaukee| | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (13)| Miles Plumlee (7)| Nicolas Batum (8)| BMO Harris Bradley Center
18,717| 36–45|- style="background:#fcc| 82| April 11| @ Atlanta| | Jeremy Lamb (21)| Miles Plumlee (7)| Nicolas Batum (4)| Philips Arena
14,205| 36–46
| Player | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF | 81 | 81 | 2,349 | 565 | 114 | 81 | 77 | 743 | 29.0 | 7.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9.2 | ||
| PG | 79 | 79 | 2,739 | 308 | 434 | 85 | 22 | 1,830 | 34.7 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 1.1 | .3 | 23.2 | ||
| SG | 77 | 77 | 2,617 | 481 | 456 | 86 | 29 | 1,164 | 34.0 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 1.1 | .4 | 15.1 | ||
| PF | 76 | 76 | 2,295 | 500 | 106 | 58 | 53 | 849 | 30.2 | 6.6 | 1.4 | .8 | .7 | 11.2 | ||
| C | 75 | 16 | 1,954 | 336 | 162 | 46 | 34 | 874 | 26.1 | 4.5 | 2.2 | .6 | .5 | 11.7 | ||
| SG | 74 | 0 | 1,778 | 178 | 147 | 44 | 9 | 780 | 24.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 | .6 | .1 | 10.5 | ||
| C | 62 | 58 | 1,725 | 405 | 99 | 62 | 58 | 639 | 27.8 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .9 | 10.3 | ||
| SG | 62 | 5 | 1,143 | 264 | 75 | 27 | 23 | 603 | 18.4 | 4.3 | 1.2 | .4 | .4 | 9.7 | ||
| PG | 50 | 1 | 811 | 73 | 129 | 27 | 3 | 312 | 16.2 | 1.5 | 2.6 | .5 | .1 | 6.2 | ||
| † | C | 42 | 13 | 671 | 150 | 20 | 8 | 44 | 217 | 16.0 | 3.6 | .5 | .2 | 1.0 | 5.2 | |
| PG | 41 | 2 | 416 | 39 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 142 | 10.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .2 | .0 | 3.5 | ||
| † | PF | 35 | 1 | 626 | 146 | 62 | 13 | 26 | 254 | 17.9 | 4.2 | 1.8 | .4 | .7 | 7.3 | |
| SG | 27 | 1 | 189 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 7.0 | .8 | .2 | .2 | .0 | 2.1 | ||
| † | C | 13 | 0 | 174 | 42 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 13.4 | 3.2 | .2 | .5 | .3 | 2.4 | |
| † | PG | 13 | 0 | 159 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 50 | 12.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 | .7 | .0 | 3.8 | |
| PF | 13 | 0 | 107 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 8.2 | 2.2 | .2 | .2 | .5 | 2.7 | ||
| SG | 5 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.4 | .6 | .6 | .0 | .0 | .2 | ||
| † | PF | 4 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | 4.5 | |
| C | 2 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12.5 | 1.5 | .5 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
| Player | Signed | |
|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Batum | 5-year contract worth $120 million | |
| Marvin Williams | 4-year contract worth $54 million |
| Player | Signed | Former team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Hibbert | 1-year contract worth $5 million | Los Angeles Lakers | |
| Ramon Sessions | 2-year contract worth $12.5 million | Washington Wizards | |
| Christian Wood | 2-year contract worth $1,889,382 | Philadelphia 76ers | |
| Brian Roberts | 1-year contract worth $1 million | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Player | Reason left | New team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Jefferson | 3-year contract worth $30 million | Indiana Pacers | |
| Jeremy Lin | 3-year contract worth $36 million | Brooklyn Nets | |
| Courtney Lee | 4-year contract worth $50 million | New York Knicks |