2014–15 Charlotte Hornets season

2014–15 Charlotte Hornets season
2014–15 Charlotte Hornets season
Head coach	Steve Clifford
Owners	Michael Jordan
Arena	Time Warner Cable Arena
Results
Record	33–49 (.402)
Place	Division: 4th (Southeast); Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Carolinas, SportSouth
Radio	WFNZ
< 2013–14	2015–16 >

The 2014–15 Charlotte Hornets season was the franchise's 25th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was led by head coach Steve Clifford and assistant coaches Patrick Ewing, Pat Delany, Stephen Silas, Bob Weiss, and Mark Price.^[1]

On May 20, 2014, the team formally changed its name to Charlotte Hornets, and acquired the history and records of the original Charlotte Hornets franchise (1988–2002) from the New Orleans Pelicans.

Preseason

Key dates

June 26: The 2014 NBA draft took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
July 1: 2014 NBA Free Agency begins.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club Team
1	9	Noah Vonleh	PF	United States	Indiana
1	24	Shabazz Napier	PG	United States	Connecticut
2	45	Dwight Powell	PF	Canada	Stanford

Regular season

Standings

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
c-Atlanta Hawks	60	22	.732	–	35‍–‍6	25‍–‍16	12–4	82
x-Washington Wizards	46	36	.561	14.0	29‍–‍12	17‍–‍24	10–6	82
Miami Heat	37	45	.451	23.0	20‍–‍21	17‍–‍24	6–10	82
Charlotte Hornets	33	49	.402	27.0	19‍–‍22	14‍–‍27	8–8	82
Orlando Magic	25	57	.305	35.0	13‍–‍28	12‍–‍29	4–12	82

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c-Atlanta Hawks *	60	22	.732	–	82
2	y-Cleveland Cavaliers *	53	29	.646	7.0	82
3	x-Chicago Bulls	50	32	.610	10.0	82
4	y-Toronto Raptors *	49	33	.598	11.0	82
5	x-Washington Wizards	46	36	.561	14.0	82
6	x-Milwaukee Bucks	41	41	.500	19.0	82
7	x-Boston Celtics	40	42	.488	20.0	82
8	x-Brooklyn Nets	38	44	.463	22.0	82

9	Indiana Pacers	38	44	.463	22.0	82
10	Miami Heat	37	45	.451	23.0	82
11	Charlotte Hornets	33	49	.402	27.0	82
12	Detroit Pistons	32	50	.390	28.0	82
13	Orlando Magic	25	57	.305	35.0	82
14	Philadelphia 76ers	18	64	.220	42.0	82
15	New York Knicks	17	65	.207	43.0	82

Game log

Preseason

The pre-season schedule was released on July 31.

2014 pre-season game log

Pre-season: 3–5 (home: 2–2; road: 1–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 8	@ Philadelphia	L 92–106	Gary Neal (14)	Jefferson & Marvin Williams (8)	Kemba Walker (3)	Wells Fargo Center	0–1
2	October 10	@ Washington	W 99–86	Gary Neal (19)	Al Jefferson (10)	Kemba Walker (6)	Bon Secours Wellness Arena	1–1
3	October 13	Orlando	W 99–97	Al Jefferson (20)	3 Tied (7)	Brian Roberts (6)	Time Warner Cable Arena	2–1
4	October 15	Detroit	L 84–104	Gary Neal (20)	Jefferson & Kidd-Gilchrist (7)	Stephenson & Pargo (3)	Time Warner Cable Arena	2–2
5	October 17	Washington	W 96–86	Al Jefferson (20)	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (11)	Marvin Williams (5)	Verizon Center	3–2
6	October 19	@ Chicago	L 96–101	Stephenson & Kidd-Gilchrist (14)	Marvin Williams (9)	Kemba Walker (7)	United Center	3–3
7	October 20	@ Atlanta	L 114–117	Gary Neal (21)	Bismack Biyombo (10)	Kemba Walker (8)	Philips Arena	3–4
8	October 23	Indiana	L 79–88	Brian Roberts (19)	Jefferson & Kidd-Gilchrist (7)	Gary Neal (6)	Time Warner Cable Arena	3–5

2014–15 season schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Gerald Henderson Jr.	SG	80	72	2,315	273	206	51	22	969	28.9	3.4	2.6	.6	.3	12.1
Marvin Williams	PF	78	37	2,035	386	100	69	36	577	26.1	4.9	1.3	.9	.5	7.4
Brian Roberts	PG	72	10	1,330	109	162	33	6	480	18.5	1.5	2.3	.5	.1	6.7
Al Jefferson	C	65	61	1,992	548	113	47	84	1,082	30.6	8.4	1.7	.7	1.3	16.6
Bismack Biyombo	C	64	21	1,243	407	16	18	99	304	19.4	6.4	.3	.3	1.5	4.8
Kemba Walker	PG	62	58	2,119	220	318	89	31	1,075	34.2	3.5	5.1	1.4	.5	17.3
Cody Zeller	C	62	45	1,487	362	100	34	49	472	24.0	5.8	1.6	.5	.8	7.6
Lance Stephenson	SG	61	25	1,573	277	240	38	8	501	25.8	4.5	3.9	.6	.1	8.2
Jason Maxiell	PF	61	0	878	203	19	18	44	203	14.4	3.3	.3	.3	.7	3.3
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	SF	55	52	1,587	416	77	30	38	598	28.9	7.6	1.4	.5	.7	10.9
P. J. Hairston	SG	45	2	687	92	21	21	13	254	15.3	2.0	.5	.5	.3	5.6
Gary Neal^†	SG	43	0	931	94	80	16	1	413	21.7	2.2	1.9	.4	.0	9.6
Jeffery Taylor	SF	29	13	430	53	22	12	1	127	14.8	1.8	.8	.4	.0	4.4
Mo Williams^†	PG	27	14	831	76	163	16	6	465	30.8	2.8	6.0	.6	.2	17.2
Noah Vonleh	PF	25	0	259	86	4	4	9	83	10.4	3.4	.2	.2	.4	3.3
Troy Daniels^†	SG	11	0	135	8	5	3	1	77	12.3	.7	.5	.3	.1	7.0
Jannero Pargo	PG	9	0	73	3	8	0	0	41	8.1	.3	.9	.0	.0	4.6

^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Hornets only.

Player statistics

Statistics (Summer League, preseason, and regular season)

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

Summer League

Charlotte Hornets statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Justin Burrell	5	0	11.2	.400	.500	.500	3.0	0.8	0.2	0.0	2.2
Justin Cobbs	3	0	13.3	.143	.000	1.000	0.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	1.3
Troy Daniels	4	4	30.8	.439	.545	.750	7.8	2.5	0.5	0.0	13.5
P.J. Hairston	5	5	29.2	.333	.294	.813	5.2	2.0	1.0	0.0	12.2
Aaron Harrison	5	4	29.0	.421	.238	.667	4.8	3.4	1.4	0.6	13.4
Frank Kaminsky	5	5	32.6	.438	.389	.765	7.8	0.8	1.0	0.6	15.2
Kevin Murphy	5	1	20.6	.455	.333	.818	2.8	1.4	0.8	0.2	6.2
Brian Qvale	5	5	21.6	.583	.000	.500	5.2	1.4	1.0	1.6	6.0
Keith Rendleman	3	0	5.3	1.000	.000	.000	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3
Ralston Turner	2	0	7.5	.000	.000	.000	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.0
Jonathan Wallace	4	1	15.2	.364	.429	.000	1.0	2.0	0.2	0.2	5.5

Preseason

Charlotte Hornets statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Bismack Biyombo	7	1	17.3	.326	.000	.625	5.4	0.4	0.1	1.0	3.6
Justin Cobbs	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
P.J. Hairston	8	0	19.1	.391	.421	.846	2.6	0.9	0.8	0.4	9.6
Gerald Henderson	8	8	27.4	.371	.167	.759	1.4	1.6	0.9	0.0	11.3
Al Jefferson	7	7	28.9	.396	.000	.824	7.4	1.6	0.7	1.6	14.0
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	8	8	29.4	.429	.000	.722	6.8	2.0	1.4	1.0	10.8
Dallas Lauderdale	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jason Maxiell	5	0	14.2	.429	.000	.667	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0
Gary Neal	8	0	26.3	.402	.222	.933	3.9	3.5	0.3	0.1	12.5
Jannero Pargo	6	0	15.2	.426	.375	.600	1.8	2.8	0.3	0.0	9.7
Brian Roberts	8	0	23.8	.397	.250	1.000	1.1	2.9	0.5	0.0	9.0
Lance Stephenson	4	4	30.0	.425	.286	.700	3.3	2.8	0.5	0.0	10.8
Noah Vonleh	1	0	19.0	.400	.000	.000	4.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	4.0
Kemba Walker	6	6	26.7	.438	.318	.944	4.2	5.5	0.7	0.5	13.3
Marvin Williams	7	7	26.7	.341	.269	.333	5.9	2.1	1.7	0.3	5.6
Cody Zeller	8	1	21.6	.477	.000	.867	4.5	2.1	0.3	0.4	6.9

Regular season

Charlotte Hornets statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Bismack Biyombo	64	21	19.4	.543	.000	.580	6.4	0.3	0.3	1.5	4.8
Troy Daniels	11	0	12.3	.458	.472	.860	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.1	7.0
P.J. Hairston	45	2	15.3	.323	.301	.860	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	5.6
Gerald Henderson	80	72	28.9	.437	.331	.850	3.4	2.6	0.6	0.3	12.1
Al Jefferson	65	61	30.6	.481	.400	.650	8.4	1.7	0.7	1.3	16.6
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	55	51	28.9	.465	.000	.700	7.6	1.4	0.5	0.7	10.9
Jason Maxiell	61	0	14.4	.422	.000	.580	3.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	3.3
Gary Neal	43	0	21.7	.359	.293	0.860	2.2	1.9	0.4	0.0	9.6
Jannero Pargo	9	0	8.1	.429	.409	1.000	0.3	0.9	0.0	0.0	4.6
Brian Roberts	72	10	18.5	.389	.321	.890	1.5	2.3	0.5	0.1	6.7
Lance Stephenson	61	25	25.8	.376	.171	.630	4.5	3.9	0.6	0.1	8.2
Jeff Taylor	29	13	14.8	.395	.306	.630	1.8	0.8	0.4	0.0	4.4
Noah Vonleh	25	0	10.4	.395	.385	.690	3.4	0.2	0.2	0.4	3.3
Kemba Walker	62	58	34.2	.385	.304	.830	3.5	5.1	1.4	0.6	17.3
Marvin Williams	78	37	26.1	.424	.358	.710	4.9	1.3	0.9	0.5	7.4
Mo Williams	27	14	30.8	.390	.337	.890	2.8	6.0	0.6	0.2	17.2
Cody Zeller	62	45	24.0	.461	1.000	.770	5.8	1.6	0.6	0.8	7.6

Injuries

Player	Duration		Injury type	Games missed
Player	Start	End	Injury type	Games missed

Roster

2014–15 Charlotte Hornets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
C	8	Biyombo, Bismack	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1992–08–28	DR Congo
SG	30	Daniels, Troy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1991–07–15	VCU
SG	19	Hairston, P. J.	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1992–12–24	North Carolina
SG	9	Henderson, Gerald	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1987–12–09	Duke
PF	25	Jefferson, Al	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	289 lb (131 kg)	1985–01–04	Prentiss HS (MS)
SF	14	Kidd-Gilchrist, Michael	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	1993–09–26	Kentucky
PF	54	Maxiell, Jason	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1983–02–18	Cincinnati
PG	22	Roberts, Brian	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	1985–12–03	Dayton
SG	1	Stephenson, Lance	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1990–09–05	Cincinnati
SG	44	Taylor, Jeffery	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1989–05–23	Vanderbilt
PF	11	Vonleh, Noah	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	247 lb (112 kg)	1995–08–24	Indiana
PG	15	Walker, Kemba	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	1990–05–08	Connecticut
SF	2	Williams, Marvin	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	237 lb (108 kg)	1986–06–19	North Carolina
PG	7	Williams, Mo	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1982–12–19	Alabama
C	40	Zeller, Cody	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1992–10–05	Indiana

Head coach

Steve Clifford

Assistant coach(es)

Pat Delany
Mark Price
Stephen Silas
Bob Weiss
Patrick Ewing (associate head coach)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2015–02–10

Transactions

Trades

June 26 (Draft-day trade)	To Charlotte Hornets Draft rights to 26th pick P. J. Hairston Draft rights to 55th pick Semaj Christon 2019 second-round pick Cash considerations	To Miami Heat Draft rights to 24th pick Shabazz Napier
June 26 (Draft-day trade)	To Charlotte Hornets Cash considerations	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to 55th pick Semaj Christon
July 12	To Charlotte Hornets Scotty Hopson Cash considerations	To Phoenix Suns Isaiah Thomas (sign and trade)
July 12	To Sacramento Kings Rights to Alex Oriakhi	To Cleveland Cavaliers Brendan Haywood Draft rights to 45th pick Dwight Powell
July 13	To Charlotte Hornets Cash considerations	To Los Angeles Lakers Jeremy Lin 2015 first-round pick 2015 second-round pick
July 13	To New Orleans Pelicans Scotty Hopson	To Houston Rockets Rights to Sergei Lishchuk
February 10	To Charlotte Hornets Mo Williams and Troy Daniels	To Minnesota Timberwolves Gary Neal and Draft considerations

Free agents

Re-signed

Player	Signed	Contract	Ref.
Jannero Pargo	July 25, 2014	One-year

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Marvin Williams	July 21, 2014	Utah Jazz
Lance Stephenson	July 18, 2014	Indiana Pacers
Brian Roberts	July 23, 2014	New Orleans Pelicans
Jason Maxiell	September 28, 2014	Orlando Magic

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	Date	New team
Josh McRoberts	Free Agent	June 18, 2014	Miami Heat
Chris Douglas-Roberts	Free Agent	September 3, 2014	Los Angeles Clippers
Anthony Tolliver	Free Agent	July 21, 2014	Phoenix Suns
Brendan Haywood	Trade	July 12, 2014	Cleveland Cavaliers
Luke Ridnour	Free Agent	July 25, 2014	Orlando Magic
D. J. White	Free Agent	October 4, 2014	Laboral Kuxta Vitoria

Awards

Player	Award	Date awarded	Ref.

References

^ 2014-15 Coaching Staff

External links

[1] 2014-15 Coaching Staff

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