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Charlotte Hornets

Charlotte Hornets

Eastern Conference · Southeast

4-8 · #10 in the East · Streak: 1 loss

Offense
101.8 #30 in the NBA
Defense
113.0 #16 in the NBA
Net rating
-11.2 #26 in the NBA
Pace
96.9 #28 in the NBA

Points scored and allowed per 100 possessions, and possessions per game. On defense, lower is better.

The Charlotte Hornets starting lineup on the depth chart is Coby White (point guard), Kon Knueppel (shooting guard), Brandon Miller (small forward), Naz Reid (power forward), and Moussa Diabaté (center). Their top options, in order, are Brandon Miller, Kon Knueppel, and Naz Reid. Kon Knueppel (expected back 2026-12-12) and Dennis Schröder (expected back 2026-11-25) are out. Brandon Miller is questionable. The roster has 18 players.

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Probable starters

Starters in the last game: Naz Reid, Grayson Allen, Coby White, Moussa Diabaté, and Sion James.

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Depth chart

  Starter 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Point Guard
Coby White

#3 Coby White
Dennis Schröder

#17 Dennis Schröder

Out · Returns: 2026-11-25
Christian Anderson

#5 Christian Anderson
Kylan Boswell

#18 Kylan Boswell

Unassigned
Shooting Guard
Kon Knueppel

#7 Kon Knueppel

★ 2nd option Out · Returns: 2026-12-12
Grayson Allen

#8 Grayson Allen
Sion James

#4 Sion James
Coby White

#3 Coby White
Dennis Schröder

#17 Dennis Schröder

Out · Returns: 2026-11-25
Small Forward
Brandon Miller

#24 Brandon Miller

★ 1st option Questionable · Returns: 2026-11-15
Sion James

#4 Sion James
Grayson Allen

#8 Grayson Allen
Royce O'Neale

#00 Royce O'Neale
Liam McNeeley

#33 Liam McNeeley
Power Forward
Naz Reid

#0 Naz Reid

★ 3rd option
Royce O'Neale

#00 Royce O'Neale
Grant Williams

#2 Grant Williams
Tidjane Salaün

#31 Tidjane Salaün
Sion James

#4 Sion James
Center
Moussa Diabaté

#14 Moussa Diabaté
Hannes Steinbach

#22 Hannes Steinbach
Ryan Kalkbrenner

#11 Ryan Kalkbrenner
Naz Reid

#0 Naz Reid

★ 3rd option
PJ Hall

#16 PJ Hall

Roster

Stats: per-game averages in the 2026-27 season. Click a column to sort by it. If a player has changed teams, they include his games with his previous team (except starts, which only count this team).

■ In orange, the high in each column. For percentages, among players attempting at least 5 field goals, 3 two-pointers or 2 three-pointers or free throws per game.
24
Brandon Miller
★ 1st optionQuestionable · Returns: 2026-11-15
 23 SF 10 10 31.0 7.3 20.5 35.6 2.7 10.4 26.0 4.6 10.1 45.5 42.2 3.3 3.8 86.8 1.3 3.7 5.0 2.2 1.1 0.7 2.3 2.6 20.6
17
Dennis Schröder
Out · Returns: 2026-11-25
 33 PG 9 7 29.9 3.6 9.8 36.4 0.8 3.9 20.0 2.8 5.9 47.2 40.3 2.3 2.7 87.5 0.7 2.9 3.6 4.9 0.8 0.1 3.2 2.9 10.2
0
Naz Reid
★ 3rd option
 27 PF/C 12 12 29.8 6.7 16.5 40.4 2.3 6.6 35.4 4.3 9.9 43.7 47.5 1.6 2.5 63.3 1.3 7.3 8.5 2.2 0.8 0.5 2.8 2.4 17.3
14
Moussa Diabaté
24 PF/C 10 10 29.0 3.6 5.9 61.0 0.0 0.0 – 3.6 5.9 61.0 61.0 1.5 2.1 71.4 5.5 4.0 9.5 2.0 1.4 0.9 2.0 2.6 8.7
8
Grayson Allen
31 SG/SF 12 3 27.3 4.4 9.6 46.1 3.5 7.4 47.2 0.9 2.2 42.3 64.3 2.8 3.1 91.9 0.5 2.4 2.9 3.3 0.8 0.3 2.5 1.9 15.2
4
Sion James
23 PG/SG 12 10 26.1 2.1 6.3 32.9 1.2 4.5 25.9 0.9 1.8 50.0 42.1 0.7 0.9 72.7 0.6 2.9 3.5 2.9 0.8 0.0 1.2 2.5 6.0
00
Royce O'Neale
33 PF 12 0 19.4 1.8 4.9 35.6 1.3 4.4 30.2 0.4 0.5 83.3 49.2 0.5 0.6 85.7 0.5 2.7 3.2 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.5 1.3 5.3
11
Ryan Kalkbrenner
24 C 12 2 18.6 1.8 2.5 70.0 0.0 0.0 – 1.8 2.5 70.0 70.0 1.1 1.2 92.9 3.1 2.3 5.4 1.5 0.3 1.3 1.2 1.6 4.6
3
Coby White
26 PG/SG 5 5 18.1 3.4 10.8 31.5 0.8 5.4 14.8 2.6 5.4 48.1 35.2 2.2 2.4 91.7 0.6 1.6 2.2 3.6 0.0 0.2 3.0 1.4 9.8
2
Grant Williams
27 PF 1 0 16.0 3.0 5.0 60.0 2.0 4.0 50.0 1.0 1.0 100.0 80.0 3.0 3.0 100.0 2.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 11.0
31
Tidjane Salaün
21 PF 11 0 15.2 2.2 4.8 45.3 1.3 3.4 37.8 0.9 1.5 62.5 58.5 0.8 1.2 69.2 0.9 2.5 3.5 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.4 1.7 6.5
5
Christian Anderson
20 PG 11 0 12.8 1.6 4.8 34.0 0.7 2.9 25.0 0.9 1.9 47.6 41.5 0.3 0.3 100.0 0.7 0.7 1.5 1.7 0.3 0.3 1.9 1.1 4.3
22
Hannes Steinbach
20 PF 5 0 12.7 1.4 3.2 43.8 0.0 0.0 – 1.4 3.2 43.8 43.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.0 2.2 4.2 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.8 0.6 2.8
33
Liam McNeeley
21 SF 6 0 10.4 1.2 4.0 29.2 0.5 2.0 25.0 0.7 2.0 33.3 35.4 1.0 1.2 85.7 0.3 1.3 1.7 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.8 1.0 3.8
7
Kon Knueppel
★ 2nd optionOut · Returns: 2026-12-12
 21 SG/SF 1 1 5.9 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 – 0.0 3.0 3.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 3.0
16
PJ Hall
24 PF/C 2 0 5.7 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 – 0.0 0.0 0.0 – 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 0.0
10
Michael Ajayi
– SG/SF – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
18
Kylan Boswell
– PG – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Team total 12 240.0 34.8 86.6 40.1 13.8 44.2 31.1 21.0 42.4 49.5 48.1 15.3 18.7 82.1 15.0 31.6 46.6 21.8 6.9 4.6 19.7 20.4 98.6

Lineup performance

2026-27 season. Net rating = points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions with that lineup on the floor. Best and worst among lineups with at least 100 possessions.

Most used

Lineup GP MIN +/- Off / Def Net rating
Schröder · Reid · Diabaté · Miller · James 9 66 -28 93.8 / 109.6 -15.9
Schröder · Allen · Reid · Diabaté · Miller 6 25 +10 100.0 / 80.0 +20.0
Schröder · Allen · Reid · Kalkbrenner · James 6 20 +11 123.3 / 93.3 +29.9
O'Neale · Salaün · McNeeley · Steinbach · Anderson 2 18 0 89.2 / 91.7 -2.5
Schröder · O'Neale · Allen · Diabaté · Miller 4 16 +5 120.6 / 112.5 +8.1

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