2019–20 Charlotte Hornets season explained

Team:	Charlotte Hornets
End Year:	2020
Wins:	23
Losses:	42
Division:	Southeast
Division Place:	4
Conf Place:	10
Coach:	James Borrego
Gm:	Mitch Kupchak
Owners:	Michael Jordan
Arena:	Spectrum Center
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	CHO
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^[1] after it was reported that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.^[2] 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.^{[3] [4]}

NBA draft

See main article: 2019 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
1	12	P. J. Washington	PF		Kentucky
2	36	Cody Martin	SF		Nevada
2	52	Jalen McDaniels	PF		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.^{[5] [6]}

Game log

Preseason

|- style="background:#fcc"| 1| October 6| @ Boston| | P. J. Washington (16)| Miles Bridges (10)| Terry Rozier (9)| TD Garden
18,624| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc"| 2| October 9| Miami| | Terry Rozier (18)| Zeller, Bridges, Graham (6)| Josh Perkins (4)| Spectrum Center
8,522| 0–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| October 11| Philadelphia| | Dwayne Bacon (17)| Kidd-Gilchrist, Bridges (7)| Devonte' Graham (5)| Lawrence Joel Coliseum
10,437| 0–3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 4| October 14| @ Memphis| | Terry Rozier (24)| Cody Zeller (10)| Terry Rozier (8)| FedEx Forum
11,292| 1–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| October 16| Detroit| | Malik Monk (18)| Cody Zeller (9)| Malik Monk (7)| Spectrum Center
7,749| 1–4

Regular season

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1| October 23| Chicago| | P. J. Washington (27)| Cody Zeller (12)| Devonte' Graham (8)| Spectrum Center
19,077| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| October 25| Minnesota| | Devonte' Graham (24)| P. J. Washington (10)| Terry Rozier (10)| Spectrum Center
14,879| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| October 27| @ L. A. Lakers| | Miles Bridges (23)| Cody Zeller (14)| Devonte' Graham (5)| Staples Center
18,997| 1–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| October 28| @ L. A. Clippers| | Terry Rozier (17)| Cody Zeller (14)| Devonte' Graham (12)| Staples Center
19,068| 1–3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 5| October 30| @ Sacramento| | P. J. Washington (23)| Cody Zeller (15)| Devonte' Graham (9)| Golden 1 Center
15,416| 2–3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 6| November 2| @ Golden State| | Dwayne Bacon (25)| Bridges, Graham, Zeller (8)| Terry Rozier (7)| Chase Center
18,064| 3–3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 7| November 5| Indiana| | Devonte' Graham (35)| Cody Martin (11)| Devonte' Graham (6)| Spectrum Center
13,341| 4–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| November 7| Boston| | Miles Bridges (18)| Bridges, Zeller (10)| Devonte' Graham (9)| Spectrum Center
18,487| 4–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| November 9| New Orleans| | Devonte' Graham (24)| Bridges, Zeller (8)| Devonte' Graham (10)| Spectrum Center
18,513| 4–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| November 10| @ Philadelphia| | Cody Zeller (24)| Cody Zeller (8)| Devonte' Graham (10)| Wells Fargo Center
20,311| 4–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| November 13| Memphis| | Terry Rozier (33)| Zeller, Monk (8)| Miles Bridges (7)| Spectrum Center
13,155| 4–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 12| November 15| Detroit| | Rozier, Monk (19)| Cody Zeller (7)| Devonte' Graham (10)| Spectrum Center
16,778| 5–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 13| November 16| @ New York| | Devonte' Graham (29)| Nicolas Batum (9)| Nicolas Batum (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,401| 6–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| November 18| @ Toronto| | Marvin Williams (14)| Nicolas Batum (6)| Devonte' Graham (6)| Scotiabank Arena
19,800| 6–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| November 20| @ Brooklyn| | Terry Rozier (18)| Zeller, Biyombo (7)| Devonte' Graham (6)| Barclays Center
14,011| 6–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| November 22| @ Washington| | Miles Bridges (31)| Miles Bridges (8)| Batum, Graham (7)| Capital One Arena
15,053| 6–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| November 23| Chicago| | Terry Rozier (28)| Bismack Biyombo (12)| Devonte' Graham (10)| Spectrum Center
17,891| 6–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| November 25| @ Miami| | Terry Rozier (19)| Terry Rozier (9)| Devonte' Graham (8)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 6–12|- style="background:#cfc;"| 19| November 27| Detroit| | Bismack Biyombo (19)| Bismack Biyombo (9)| Devonte' Graham (15)| Spectrum Center
15,535| 7–12|- style="background:#cfc;"| 20| November 29| @ Detroit| | P. J. Washington (26)| Bismack Biyombo (9)| Devonte' Graham (8)| Little Caesars Arena
15,006| 8–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| November 30| @ Milwaukee| | Devonte' Graham (24)| Willy Hernangomez (9)| Devonte' Graham (5)| Fiserv Forum
17,550| 8–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| December 2| Phoenix| | Marvin Williams (22)| Bismack Biyombo (11)| Devonte' Graham (13)| Spectrum Center
11,221| 8–14|- style="background:#cfc;"| 23| December 4| Golden State| | Devonte' Graham (33)| Rozier, Graham (7)| Devonte' Graham (9)| Spectrum Center
14,355| 9–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| December 6| Brooklyn| | Devonte' Graham (29)| Rozier, Zeller (6)| Devonte' Graham (8)| Spectrum Center
15,075| 9–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| December 8| Atlanta| | Washington, Bridges (20)| P. J. Washington (8)| Devonte' Graham (8)| Spectrum Center
15,489| 9–16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 26| December 10| Washington| | Devonte' Graham (29)| Bismack Biyombo (15)| Terry Rozier (7)| Spectrum Center
10,626| 10–16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 27| December 11| @ Brooklyn| | Devonte' Graham (40)| Kidd-Gilchrist, Rozier (7)| Devonte' Graham (5)| Barclays Center
15,631| 11–16|- style="background:#cfc;"| 28| December 13| @ Chicago| | Devonte' Graham (16)| Washington, Zeller (10)| Devonte' Graham (7)| United Center
18,377| 12–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| December 15| @ Indiana| | Cody Zeller (19)| Bismack Biyombo (17)| Devonte' Graham (4)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
16,061| 12–17|- style="background:#cfc;"| 30| December 17| Sacramento| | Malik Monk (23)| Bismack Biyombo (12)| Devonte' Graham (7)| Spectrum Center
13,229| 13–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| December 18| @ Cleveland| | Terry Rozier (35)| Cody Zeller (9)| Devonte' Graham (9)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,023| 13–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 32| December 21| Utah| | Terry Rozier (29)| Cody Zeller (8)| Devonte' Graham (4)| Spectrum Center
16,187| 13–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 33| December 22| @ Boston| | Devonte' Graham (23)| Miles Bridges (6)| Devonte' Graham (10)| TD Garden
19,156| 13–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 34| December 27| Oklahoma City| | Terry Rozier (26)| Bismack Biyombo (10)| Devonte' Graham (13)| Spectrum Center
18,418| 13–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 35| December 29| @ Memphis| | Malik Monk (18)| Miles Bridges (7)| Devonte' Graham (10)| FedExForum
16,842| 13–22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 36| December 31| Boston| | P. J. Washington (15)| Miles Bridges (10)| Devonte' Graham (7)| Spectrum Center
19,216| 13–23|- style="background:#cfc;"| 37| January 2| @ Cleveland| | Terry Rozier (30)| Cody Zeller (7)| Devonte' Graham (11)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
17,859| 14–23|- style="background:#cfc;"| 38| January 4| @ Dallas| | Terry Rozier (27)| Bismack Biyombo (13)| Devonte' Graham (13)| American Airlines Center
20,327| 15–23|- style="background:#fcc;"| 39| January 6| Indiana| | Terry Rozier (28)| P. J. Washington (9)| Rozier, Graham (6)| Spectrum Center
13,009| 15–24|- style="background:#fcc;"| 40| January 8| Toronto| | Terry Rozier (27)| P. J. Washington (12)| Malik Monk (7)| Spectrum Center
13,965| 15–25|- style="background:#fcc;"| 41| January 10| @ Utah| | Terry Rozier (23)| Bismack Biyombo (9)| Devonte' Graham (5)| Vivint Smart Home Arena
18,306| 15–26|- style="background:#fcc;"| 42| January 12| @ Phoenix| | Dwayne Bacon (24)| Cody Zeller (8)| Devonte' Graham (8)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
14,751| 15–27|- style="background:#fcc;"| 43| January 13| @ Portland| | Devonte' Graham (27)| P. J. Washington (11)| Devonte' Graham (10)| Moda Center
19,111| 15–28|- style="background:#fcc;"| 44| January 15| @ Denver| | Terry Rozier (20)| Miles Bridges (8)| Terry Rozier (9)| Pepsi Center
19,520| 15–29|- style="background:#fcc;"| 45| January 20| Orlando| | Malik Monk (20)| Cody Zeller (9)| Devonte' Graham (6)| Spectrum Center
16,133| 15–30|- style="background:#fcc;"| 46| January 24| Milwaukee| | Malik Monk (31)| Devonte' Graham (7)| Batum, Monk, Rozier (5)| AccorHotels Arena
15,758| 15–31|- style="background:#cfc;"| 47| January 28| New York| | Terry Rozier (30)| Hernangómez, Rozier, Zeller (10)| Devonte' Graham (10)| Spectrum Center
14,342| 16–31|- style="background:#fcc;"| 48| January 30| @ Washington| | Miles Bridges (23)| Rozier, Zeller (7)| Devonte' Graham (8)| Capital One Arena
15,013| 16–32|- style="background:#fcc;"| 49| February 1| @ San Antonio| | Miles Bridges (25)| Cody Zeller (12)| Devonte' Graham (9)| AT&T Center
18,615| 16–33|- style="background:#fcc;"| 50| February 3| Orlando| | Terry Rozier (18)| Bridges, Martin (8)| Devonte' Graham (5)| Spectrum Center
12,337| 16–34|- style="background:#fcc;"| 51| February 4| @ Houston| | Bridges, Rozier (20)| Miles Bridges (15)| Devonte' Graham (10)| Toyota Center
18,055| 16–35|- style="background:#fcc;"| 52| February 8| Dallas| | Devonte' Graham (26)| P. J. Washington (9)| Devonte' Graham (10)| Spectrum Center
19,370| 16–36|- style="background:#cfc;"| 53| February 10| @ Detroit| | Miles Bridges (18)| Cody Zeller (10)| Devonte' Graham (11)| Little Caesars Arena
13,941| 17–36|- style="background:#cfc;"| 54| February 12| @ Minnesota| | Devonte' Graham (28)| Bismack Biyombo (10)| Devonte' Graham (8)| Target Center
18,978| 18–36|- style="background:#cfc;"| 55| February 20| @ Chicago| | Malik Monk (25)| Bridges, Zeller (8)| Devonte' Graham (7)| United Center
17,463| 19–36|- style="background:#fcc;"| 56| February 22| Brooklyn| | P. J. Washington (16)| McDaniels, Zeller (9)| Miles Bridges (5)| Spectrum Center
19,079| 19–37|- style="background:#fcc;"| 57| February 25| @ Indiana| | Miles Bridges (17)| Bridges, Martin (6)| Terry Rozier (7)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
16,088| 19–38|- style="background:#cfc;"| 58| February 26| New York| | Terry Rozier (26)| Caleb Martin (9)| Devonte' Graham (5)| Spectrum Center
13,152| 20–38|- style="background:#cfc;"| 59| February 28| @ Toronto| | Graham, Rozier (18)| Bismack Biyombo (11)| Martin, Rozier (6)| Scotiabank Arena
19,800| 21–38|- style="background:#fcc;"| 60| March 1| Milwaukee| | Devonte' Graham (17)| Willy Hernangómez (13)| Hernangómez, Rozier (4)| Spectrum Center
19,149| 21–39|- style="background:#fcc;"| 61| March 3| San Antonio| | Terry Rozier (20)| Jalen McDaniels (9)| McDaniels, Rozier (5)| Spectrum Center
12,008| 21–40|- style="background:#fcc;"| 62| March 5| Denver| | Devonte' Graham (24)| Miles Bridges (9)| Graham, Martin (7)| Spectrum Center
13,311| 21–41|- style="background:#cfc;"| 63| March 7| Houston| | Terry Rozier (24)| Willy Hernangómez (11)| Cody Martin (9)| Spectrum Center
19,159| 22–41|- style="background:#fcc;"| 64| March 9| @ Atlanta| | Terry Rozier (40)| Cody Zeller (7)| Devonte' Graham (10)| State Farm Arena
14,399| 22–42|- style="background:#cfc;"| 65| March 11| @ Miami| | Devonte' Graham (30)| Cody Zeller (11)| Devonte' Graham (6)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 23–42|- style="background:#;"| 66| March 13| Cleveland| |||| Spectrum Center||- style="background:#;"| 67| March 15| @ Orlando| |||| Amway Center||- style="background:#;"| 68| March 17| @ New York| |||| Madison Square Garden||- style="background:#;"| 69| March 19| Philadelphia| |||| Spectrum Center||- style="background:#;"| 70| March 21| LA Lakers| |||| Spectrum Center||- style="background:#;"| 71| March 24| Portland| |||| Spectrum Center||- style="background:#;"| 72| March 26| @ Oklahoma City| |||| Chesapeake Energy Arena||- style="background:#;"| 73| March 28| LA Clippers| |||| Spectrum Center||- style="background:#;"| 74| March 30| Miami| |||| Spectrum Center||- style="background:#;"| 75| April 1| @ Orlando| |||| Amway Center||- style="background:#;"| 76| April 3| @ Atlanta| |||| State Farm Arena||- style="background:#;"| 77| April 5| Atlanta| |||| Spectrum Center||- style="background:#;"| 78| April 7| @ New Orleans| |||| Smoothie King Center||- style="background:#;"| 79| April 8| Toronto| |||| Spectrum Center||- style="background:#;"| 80| April 11| Washington| |||| Spectrum Center||- style="background:#;"| 81| April 13| Miami| |||| Spectrum Center||- style="background:#;"| 82| April 15| @ Philadelphia| |||| Wells Fargo Center|

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player
	SF	65	64	1,995	362	114	40	48	843	30.7	5.6	1.8	.6	.7	13.0
	PG	63	63	2,164	276	259	61	10	1,134	34.3	4.4	4.1	1.0	.2	18.0
	PG	63	53	2,211	212	471	62	15	1,145	35.1	3.4	7.5	1.0	.2	18.2
	PF	58	57	1,759	316	123	51	44	710	30.3	5.4	2.1	.9	.8	12.2
	C	58	39	1,341	411	88	40	25	642	23.1	7.1	1.5	.7	.4	11.1
	SG	55	1	1,169	157	114	25	16	564	21.3	2.9	2.1	.5	.3	10.3
	C	53	29	1,029	308	50	10	49	393	19.4	5.8	.9	.2	.9	7.4
	SF	48	3	903	158	95	39	9	238	18.8	3.3	2.0	.8	.2	5.0
^†	PF	41	1	808	109	41	26	22	275	19.7	2.7	1.0	.6	.5	6.7
	SG	39	11	687	100	52	23	2	224	17.6	2.6	1.3	.6	.1	5.7
	C	31	0	375	134	29	10	7	190	12.1	4.3	.9	.3	.2	6.1
	SF	22	3	505	100	66	17	8	79	23.0	4.5	3.0	.8	.4	3.6
	SF	18	1	317	38	23	12	7	111	17.6	2.1	1.3	.7	.4	6.2
	SF	16	0	293	65	13	8	3	89	18.3	4.1	.8	.5	.2	5.6
^†	PF	12	0	160	35	10	0	3	48	13.3	2.9	.8	.0	.3	4.0
	PG	4	0	33	0	1	4	0	2	8.3	.0	.3	1.0	.0	.5

Transactions

See 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	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	September 16, 2019	Cleveland Cavaliers
Jalen McDaniels	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	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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: NBA to suspend season following Wednesday's games . NBA.com . March 12, 2020 . March 11, 2020.
2. Web site: Reynolds . Tim . NBA suspends season until further notice, over coronavirus . NBA.com . March 12, 2020 . March 11, 2020.
3. Web site: NBA Board of Governors approves competitive format to restart 2019-20 season with 22 teams returning to play. NBA.com. June 4, 2020. June 4, 2020.
4. Web site: Adrian. Wojnarowski. NBPA reps vote to approve 22-team format to finish season. ESPN.com. June 5, 2020. June 6, 2020.
5. Web site: 2019 NBA Draft Lottery odds: Knicks, Cavaliers, Suns clinch league's worst records, lock up top lottery-draw positions. CBSSports.com. April 11, 2019. April 23, 2019.
6. Web site: Full 2019 NBA Draft Order. tankathon.com. 2019-05-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20190515005010/http://www.tankathon.com/full_draft. 2019-05-15. dead.