1990–91 Charlotte Hornets season

1990–91 Charlotte Hornets season
Head coach	Gene Littles
Owners	George Shinn
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Results
Record	26–56 (.317)
Place	Division: 7th (Central) Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	SportSouth, WCCB
Radio	WBT

The 1990–91 Charlotte Hornets season was Charlotte's third season in the National Basketball Association. After playing one year in the Midwest Division in the West, the Hornets returned to the Eastern Conference and moved into the Central Division. The franchise improved seven games over the previous season finishing with 26 wins and 56 losses. However, they finished last place in their division for the third straight season. Charlotte hosted the 1991 NBA All-Star Game during the season. The Hornets led the NBA in attendance for the second time in three seasons.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Main article: 1990 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	5	Kendall Gill	SG/SF	United States	Illinois
2	39	Steve Scheffler	C/PF	United States	Purdue

Roster

Charlotte Hornets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From PG 1 Bogues, Muggsy 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) 136 lb (62 kg) Wake Forest SG 3 Chapman, Rex 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Kentucky PF 25 Cureton, Earl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Detroit Mercy SG 30 Curry, Dell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Virginia Tech PF 33 Gattison, Kenny 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Old Dominion SG 13 Gill, Kendall 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Illinois C 42 Gminski, Mike 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Duke PG 4 Haffner, Scott 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Evansville SF 31 Keys, Randolph 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Southern Miss C 45 Leckner, Eric 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Wyoming SF 22 Newman, Johnny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Richmond C 34 Reid, J. R. 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 247 lb (112 kg) North Carolina C 55 Scheffler, Steve 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Purdue SF 7 Tripucka, Kelly 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Notre Dame

Head coach Gene Littles (High Point) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Chicago Bulls	61	21	.744	—	35–6	26–15	25–5
x-Detroit Pistons	50	32	.610	11	32–9	18–23	19-11
x-Milwaukee Bucks	48	34	.585	13	33–8	15–26	16–14
x-Atlanta Hawks	43	39	.524	18	29–12	14–27	11–19
x-Indiana Pacers	41	41	.500	20	29-12	12–29	15-15
Cleveland Cavaliers	33	49	.402	28	23–18	10–31	11-19
Charlotte Hornets	26	56	.317	35	17–24	9–32	8–22

#	Eastern Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Chicago Bulls	61	21	.744	–
2	y-Boston Celtics	56	26	.683	5
3	x-Detroit Pistons	50	32	.610	11
4	x-Milwaukee Bucks	48	34	.585	13
5	x-Philadelphia 76ers	44	38	.537	17
6	x-Atlanta Hawks	43	39	.524	18
7	x-Indiana Pacers	41	41	.500	20
8	x-New York Knicks	39	43	.476	22
9	Cleveland Cavaliers	33	49	.402	28
10	Washington Bullets	30	52	.366	31
11	New Jersey Nets	26	56	.317	35
12	Charlotte Hornets	26	56	.317	35
13	Miami Heat	24	58	.293	37

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Muggsy Bogues	81	46	28.4	.460	.000	.796	2.7	8.3	1.7	0.0	7.0
Rex Chapman	70	68	30.0	.445	.324	.830	2.7	3.6	1.0	0.2	15.7
Earl Cureton	9	1	17.7	.333	.000	.333	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.9
Dell Curry	76	14	19.9	.471	.372	.842	2.6	2.2	1.0	0.3	10.6
Kenny Gattison	72	6	21.6	.532	.000	.661	5.3	0.6	0.7	0.9	9.0
Kendall Gill	82	36	23.7	.450	.143	.835	3.2	3.7	1.3	0.5	11.0
Armen Gilliam	25	25	38.0	.513		.813	9.4	1.1	1.4	0.8	19.8
Mike Gminski	50	50	28.1	.473	.167	.789	7.6	1.2	0.5	0.4	11.4
Scott Haffner	7	0	7.1	.381	.000	.500	0.6	1.3	0.4	0.1	2.4
Dave Hoppen	19	0	5.9	.563	.000	.800	1.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	2.3
Randolph Keys	44	0	10.8	.407	.214	.576	2.3	0.4	0.5	0.3	3.2
Eric Leckner	40	2	18.6	.465		.548	5.2	0.5	0.3	0.3	5.8
Johnny Newman	81	81	30.6	.470	.357	.809	3.1	2.3	1.2	0.2	16.9
J.R. Reid	80	80	30.8	.466	.000	.703	6.3	1.1	1.1	0.6	11.3
Jeff Sanders	3	0	14.3	.429		.500	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	4.3
Steve Scheffler	39	0	5.8	.513		.905	1.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	1.5
Kelly Tripucka	77	1	16.7	.454	.333	.910	2.3	2.1	0.4	0.2	7.0

Awards and records

• Kendall Gill, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

Transactions

• July 28, 1990

Signed Johnny Newman as an unrestricted free agent.

• August 29, 1990

Signed Jim Les as a free agent.

• September 5, 1990

Waived Brian Rowsom.

• October 23, 1990

Waived Jim Les.

• October 24, 1990

Waived Andre Turner.

• October 30, 1990

Waived Richard Anderson.

Waived Mike Holton.

• January 4, 1991

Traded Armen Gilliam and Dave Hoppen to the Philadelphia 76ers for Mike Gminski.

• January 22, 1991

Signed Scott Haffner to the first of two 10-day contracts.

Signed Jeff Sanders to a 10-day contract.

• January 29, 1991

Traded a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Alex Holcombe was later selected) and a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Dejan Bodiroga was later selected) to the Sacramento Kings for Eric Leckner.

• January 31, 1991

Waived Jeff Sanders.

• February 11, 1991

Signed Scott Haffner to a contract for the rest of the season.

• April 17, 1991

Robert Reid signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers.

• May 31, 1991

Waived Steve Scheffler.