| Team: | Charlotte Hornets |
| End Year: | 2025 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Losses: | 0 |
| Division: | Southeast |
| Coach: | Charles Lee |
| Gm: | Jeff Peterson |
| President: | Fred Whitfield |
| Owner: | Gabe Plotkin & Rick Schnall |
| Arena: | Spectrum Center |
| Bbr Team: | CHO |
| Television: | Bally Sports SouthBally Sports Southeast |
| Radio: | WFNZ |
The 2024–25 Charlotte Hornets season will be 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.[1] On May 9, 2024, the Hornets hired Charles Lee as their new head coach.[2]
See main article: 2024 NBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position(s) | Nationality | College / club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Tidjane Salaün | PF | Cholet Basket | ||
| 2 | 42 | KJ Simpson | PG |  United States | Colorado |
The Hornets will have one first-round pick and one second-round pick entering this draft (which will last for two straight days instead of one whole day like it had been since the NBA draft was shortened down to just two rounds back in 1989).[3] [4]
|- style="background:#"| 1| October 6| New York| |||| Spectrum Center
| |- style="background:#"| 2| October 8| Miami| |||| Spectrum Center
| |- style="background:#"| 3| October 10| @ Memphis| |||| FedEx Forum
| |- style="background:#"| 4| October 15| @ New York| |||| Madison Square Garden
| |- style="background:#"| 5| October 17| @ Indiana| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
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See main article: 2024 NBA Cup. The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.[5] [6]
See main article: article and List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions.
| July 6, 2024[7] | To Charlotte Hornets Devonte' Graham 2025 NOP second-round pick | To San Antonio Spurs Cash considerations |
| July 6, 2024[8] | 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) | |
| Date | Player | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 14 | Miles Bridges | [9] | |
| July 15 | Seth Curry | [10] |
| Date | Player | Reason left | New team | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 3 | Marques Bolden | Waived | [12] | ||
| July 6 | Dāvis Bertāns | Waived | [13] | ||
| Bryce McGowens | Portland Trail Blazers | ||||
| Aleksej Pokuševski |  KK Partizan | ||||
| Devonte' Graham | Portland Trail Blazers | ||||
| July 23 | Reggie Jackson | Waived | Philadelphia 76ers | [14] |