The 2023–24 Charlotte Hornets season was the 34th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This also became the first season where Michael Jordan would not be the majority owner of the team, with Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall being the new majority owners of the franchise as of August 2023. On March 23, the Hornets were eliminated from playoff contention for the 8th consecutive season following their 132–91 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. The Charlotte Hornets drew an average home attendance of 16,448 in 41 home games in the 2023-24 NBA season.

Draft

RoundPickPlayerPosition(s)NationalityCollege / Club 1 2 Brandon Miller SF/SG Alabama () 1 27 Nick Smith Jr. PG/SG Arkansas () 2 39 Mouhamed Gueye PF Washington State () 2 41 Amari Bailey SG UCLA

The Hornets entered the draft with two first-round selections and two second-round selections. Their original first-round pick landed 2nd overall following the NBA draft lottery, while the three other picks were acquired through previous trades.

Roster

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Standings Division

Conference

Game log Preseason

|- style="background:#fcc" | 1 | October 10 | @ Miami | | LaMelo Ball (17) | Nick Richards (10) | LaMelo Ball (7) | Kaseya Center19,600 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc" | 2 | October 12 | @ Washington | | Terry Rozier (13) | Nick Richards (12) | Terry Rozier (7) | Capital One Arena7,297 | 0–2 |- style="background:#cfc" | 3 | October 15 | Oklahoma City | | P. J. Washington (31) | Miller, Richards (7) | three players (6) | Spectrum Center10,553 | 1–2 |- style="background:#fcc" | 4 | October 19 | Boston | | LaMelo Ball (16) | JT Thor (8) | LaMelo Ball (5) | Spectrum Center12,590 | 1–3

Regular season This became the first regular season where all the NBA teams competed in a mid-season tournament setting due to the implementation of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament.

|- style="background:#cfc" | 1 | October 25 | Atlanta | | P. J. Washington (25) | Mark Williams (15) | LaMelo Ball (10) | Spectrum Center16,129 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc" | 2 | October 27 | Detroit | | Ball, Rozier (20) | Ball, Hayward (9) | LaMelo Ball (9) | Spectrum Center15,855 | 1–1 |- style="background:#fcc" | 3 | October 30 | Brooklyn | | Terry Rozier (23) | P. J. Washington (12) | Terry Rozier (9) | Spectrum Center14,491 | 1–2

|- style="background:#fcc" | 4 | November 1 | @ Houston | | P. J. Washington (23) | Nick Richards (8) | Terry Rozier (6) | Toyota Center16,263 | 1–3 |- style="background:#cfc" | 5 | November 4 | @ Indiana | | Mark Williams (27) | Nick Richards (10) | LaMelo Ball (11) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse15,945 | 2–3 |- style="background:#fcc" | 6 | November 5 | @ Dallas | | LaMelo Ball (32) | Ball, M. Williams (10) | LaMelo Ball (13) | American Airlines Center20,052 | 2–4 |- style="background:#fcc" | 7 | November 8 | Washington | | LaMelo Ball (34) | Hayward, Washington, M. Williams (7) | LaMelo Ball (7) | Spectrum Center14,267 | 2–5 |- style="background:#cfc" | 8 | November 10 | @ Washington | | Gordon Hayward (27) | Mark Williams (24) | Gordon Hayward (9) | Capital One Arena17,602 | 3–5 |- style="background:#fcc" | 9 | November 12 | @ New York | | LaMelo Ball (32) | LaMelo Ball (7) | LaMelo Ball (6) | Madison Square Garden19,812 | 3–6 |- style="background:#fcc" | 10 | November 14 | Miami | | P. J. Washington (32) | Nick Richards (11) | LaMelo Ball (11) | Spectrum Center15,673 | 3–7 |- style="background:#fcc" | 11 | November 17 | Milwaukee | | LaMelo Ball (37) | Mark Williams (16) | LaMelo Ball (5) | Spectrum Center19,258 | 3–8 |- style="background:#fcc" | 12 | November 18 | New York | | LaMelo Ball (34) | Mark Williams (8) | LaMelo Ball (9) | Spectrum Center19,171 | 3–9 |- style="background:#cfc" | 13 | November 20 | Boston | | LaMelo Ball (36) | Mark Williams (16) | LaMelo Ball (8) | Spectrum Center19,134 | 4–9 |- style="background:#cfc" | 14 | November 22 | Washington | | LaMelo Ball (34) | Mark Williams (15) | LaMelo Ball (13) | Spectrum Center16,432 | 5–9 |- style="background:#fcc" | 15 | November 26 | @ Orlando | | Miles Bridges (23) | Miles Bridges (10) | Terry Rozier (9) | Amway Center18,846 | 5–10 |- style="background:#fcc" | 16 | November 28 | @ New York | | Brandon Miller (18) | Mark Williams (12) | Gordon Hayward (6) | Madison Square Garden19,111 | 5–11 |- style="background:#cfc" | 17 | November 30 | @ Brooklyn | | Terry Rozier (37) | Mark Williams (12) | Terry Rozier (13) | Barclays Center16,072 | 6–11

|- style="background:#fcc" | 18 | December 2 | Minnesota | | Terry Rozier (23) | P. J. Washington (7) | Terry Rozier (7) | Spectrum Center17,732 | 6–12 |- style="background:#fcc" | 19 | December 6 | @ Chicago | | Gordon Hayward (27) | Nick Richards (11) | Terry Rozier (7) | United Center17,689 | 6–13 |- style="background:#cfc" | 20 | December 8 | Toronto | | Gordon Hayward (24) | Bridges, Richards (8) | Terry Rozier (13) | Spectrum Center11,526 | 7–13 |- style="background:#fcc" | 21 | December 11 | Miami | | Terry Rozier (34) | P. J. Washington (8) | Terry Rozier (13) | Spectrum Center15,543 | 7–14 |- style="background:#fcc" | 22 | December 13 | @ Miami | | Terry Rozier (28) | Nick Richards (10) | Hayward, Rozier (7) | Kaseya Center19,600 | 7–15 |- style="background:#fcc" | 23 | December 15 | New Orleans | | Terry Rozier (30) | Miles Bridges (10) | Terry Rozier (6) | Spectrum Center16,080 | 7–16 |- style="background:#fcc" | 24 | December 16 | Philadelphia | | Brandon Miller (14) | Miles Bridges (10) | Miller, I. Smith (4) | Spectrum Center17,829 | 7–17 |- style="background:#fcc" | 25 | December 18 | @ Toronto | | Terry Rozier (22) | Nick Richards (10) | Terry Rozier (7) | Scotiabank Arena19,288 | 7–18 |- style="background:#fcc" | 26 | December 20 | @ Indiana | | Brandon Miller (21) | Terry Rozier (9) | Terry Rozier (7) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,761 | 7–19 |- style="background:#fcc" | 27 | December 23 | Denver | | Miles Bridges (22) | Nick Richards (15) | Ish Smith (8) | Spectrum Center19,165 | 7–20 |- style="background:#fcc" | 28 | December 26 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Miles Bridges (21) | Miles Bridges (11) | Terry Rozier (7) | Crypto.com Arena19,370 | 7–21 |- style="background:#fcc" | 29 | December 28 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Miles Bridges (20) | Nick Richards (10) | Terry Rozier (8) | Crypto.com Arena18,997 | 7–22 |- style="background:#fcc" | 30 | December 29 | @ Phoenix | | Terry Rozier (42) | Miles Bridges (7) | Terry Rozier (8) | Footprint Center17,071 | 7–23

|- style="background:#fcc" | 31 | January 1 | @ Denver | | Miles Bridges (26) | Miles Bridges (9) | Cody Martin (6) | Ball Arena19,625 | 7–24 |- style="background:#cfc" | 32 | January 2 | @ Sacramento | | Terry Rozier (34) | Nick Richards (10) | Terry Rozier (6) | Golden 1 Center17,983 | 8–24 |- style="background:#fcc" | 33 | January 5 | @ Chicago | | Miles Bridges (28) | Nick Richards (12) | Terry Rozier (7) | United Center21,345 | 8–25 |- style="background:#fcc" | 34 | January 8 | Chicago | | Terry Rozier (39) | Bridges, Richards, Thor (8) | Terry Rozier (8) | Spectrum Center14,418 | 8–26 |- style="background:#fcc" | 35 | January 10 | Sacramento | | Miles Bridges (24) | Nick Richards (9) | Miles Bridges (6) | Spectrum Center14,173 | 8–27 |- style="background:#fcc" | 36 | January 12 | @ San Antonio | | LaMelo Ball (28) | Miles Bridges (9) | Ish Smith (6) | Frost Bank Center18,073 | 8–28 |- style="background:#fcc" | 37 | January 14 | @ Miami | | Terry Rozier (26) | LaMelo Ball (10) | Terry Rozier (7) | Kaseya Center19,831 | 8–29 |- style="background:#fcc" | 38 | January 17 | @ New Orleans | | LaMelo Ball (29) | Nick Richards (12) | LaMelo Ball (7) | Smoothie King Center16,093 | 8–30 |- style="background:#cfc" | 39 | January 19 | San Antonio | | LaMelo Ball (28) | Brandon Miller (9) | Ball, Rozier (8) | Spectrum Center19,093 | 9–30 |- style="background:#fcc" | 40 | January 20 | Philadelphia | | Miles Bridges (25) | Miles Bridges (11) | Terry Rozier (6) | Spectrum Center18,261 | 9–31 |- style="background:#cfc" | 41 | January 22 | @ Minnesota | | Miles Bridges (28) | P. J. Washington (7) | LaMelo Ball (13) | Target Center18,024 | 10–31 |- style="background:#fcc" | 42 | January 24 | @ Detroit | | Brandon Miller (23) | Bridges, Richards (10) | LaMelo Ball (7) | Little Caesars Arena15,020 | 10–32 |- style="background:#fcc" | 43 | January 26 | Houston | | Miles Bridges (21) | Bridges, Richards (7) | LaMelo Ball (8) | Spectrum Center16,164 | 10–33 |- style="background:#fcc" | 44 | January 27 | Utah | | P. J. Washington (43) | Nick Richards (13) | Ish Smith (12) | Spectrum Center17,633 | 10–34 |- style="background:#fcc" | 45 | January 29 | New York | | Brandon Miller (29) | Miles Bridges (10) | Cody Martin (8) | Spectrum Center15,546 | 10–35 |- style="background:#fcc" | 46 | January 31 | Chicago | | Miles Bridges (30) | Miles Bridges (15) | Cody Martin (6) | Spectrum Center13,712 | 10–36

|- style="background:#fcc" | 47 | February 2 | @ Oklahoma City | | Brandon Miller (28) | Nick Richards (11) | Bridges, Martin, Miller (4) | Paycom Center17,552 | 10–37 |- style="background:#fcc" | 48 | February 4 | Indiana | | Brandon Miller (35) | Nick Richards (10) | Ish Smith (4) | Spectrum Center15,687 | 10–38 |- style="background:#fcc" | 49 | February 5 | L.A. Lakers | | Miles Bridges (41) | Nick Richards (9) | Ish Smith (6) | Spectrum Center19,375 | 10–39 |- style="background:#fcc" | 50 | February 7 | Toronto | | Miles Bridges (45) | Miles Bridges (8) | Cody Martin (8) | Spectrum Center11,720 | 10–40 |- style="background:#fcc" | 51 | February 9 | @ Milwaukee | | Miller, Richards (16) | Nick Richards (11) | Cody Martin (5) | Fiserv Forum17,690 | 10–41 |- style="background:#cfc" | 52 | February 10 | Memphis | | Miles Bridges (25) | Grant Williams (8) | Mann, Micić (9) | Spectrum Center17,259 | 11–41 |- style="background:#cfc" | 53 | February 12 | Indiana | | Grant Williams (21) | Miles Bridges (10) | Bridges, Mann (7) | Spectrum Center12,112 | 12–41 |- style="background:#cfc" | 54 | February 14 | Atlanta | | Brandon Miller (26) | Grant Williams (10) | Tre Mann (6) | Spectrum Center14,336 | 13–41 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Game |- style="background:#cfc" | 55 | February 22 | @ Utah | | Miles Bridges (26) | Miles Bridges (14) | Vasilije Micić (8) | Delta Center18,206 | 14–41 |- style="background:#fcc" | 56 | February 23 | @ Golden State | | Miles Bridges (19) | Nick Richards (13) | Brandon Miller (5) | Chase Center18,064 | 14–42 |- style="background:#cfc" | 57 | February 25 | @ Portland | | Nick Richards (21) | Bridges, Richards (10) | Cody Martin (10) | Moda Center17,888 | 15–42 |- style="background:#fcc" | 58 | February 27 | @ Milwaukee | | Miles Bridges (17) | Richards, G. Williams (7) | Cody Martin (7) | Fiserv Forum17,607 | 15–43 |- style="background:#fcc" | 59 | February 29 | Milwaukee | | Brandon Miller (21) | Miles Bridges (10) | Vasilije Micić (7) | Spectrum Center18,463 | 15–44

|- style="background:#fcc" | 60 | March 1 | @ Philadelphia | | Miles Bridges (27) | Miles Bridges (11) | Vasilije Micić (7) | Wells Fargo Center19,788 | 15–45 |- style="background:#fcc" | 61 | March 3 | @ Toronto | | Brandon Miller (26) | Grant Williams (13) | Vasilije Micić (6) | Scotiabank Arena19,512 | 15–46 |- style="background:#fcc" | 62 | March 5 | Orlando | | Vasilije Micić (21) | Bertāns, Mann (6) | Mann, Micić (4) | Spectrum Center15,928 | 15–47 |- style="background:#fcc" | 63 | March 8 | @ Washington | | Miles Bridges (32) | Nick Richards (13) | Grant Williams (5) | Capital One Arena18,778 | 15–48 |- style="background:#cfc" | 64 | March 9 | Brooklyn | | Miles Bridges (24) | Nick Richards (11) | Vasilije Micić (10) | Spectrum Center19,090 | 16–48 |- style="background:#fcc" | 65 | March 11 | @ Detroit | | Miles Bridges (24) | Nick Richards (13) | Micić, Miller (7) | Little Caesars Arena18,003 | 16–49 |- style="background:#cfc" | 66 | March 13 | @ Memphis |