# Temporada 1988-89 de los Charlotte Hornets

La temporada 1988-89 fue la primera de los Charlotte Hornets en la NBA, tras la ampliación de la liga de 23 a 25 equipos, entrando a formar parte de la misma junto a los Miami Heat. La temporada regular acabó con 20 victorias y 62 derrotas, ocupando el duodécimo y último puesto de la conferencia Este, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Draft de expansión

| Pick | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Antiguo equipo |
| 2 | Dell Curry | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 4 | Dave Hoppen | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Golden State Warriors |
| 6 | Tyrone Bogues | Base | Estados Unidos | Washington Bullets |
| 8 | Mike Brown | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Chicago Bulls |
| 10 | Rickey Green | Base | Estados Unidos | Utah Jazz |
| 12 | Michael Holton | Base | Estados Unidos | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 14 | Michael Brooks | Alero | Estados Unidos | Denver Nuggets |
| 16 | Bernard Thompson | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Phoenix Suns |
| 18 | Ralph Lewis | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Detroit Pistons |
| 20 | Clinton Wheeler | Base | Estados Unidos | Indiana Pacers |
| 22 | Sedric Toney | Base | Estados Unidos | New York Knicks |

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 8 | Rex Chapman | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Kentucky |
| 2 | 34 | Tom Tolbert | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Arizona |

## Temporada regular

División Atlántico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-New York Knicks | 52 | 30 | .634 | – | 35–6 | 17–24 | 18–12 |
| x-Philadelphia 76ers | 46 | 36 | .561 | 6 | 30–11 | 16–25 | 19–11 |
| x-Boston Celtics | 42 | 40 | .512 | 10 | 32–9 | 10–31 | 19–11 |
| Washington Bullets | 40 | 42 | .488 | 12 | 30–11 | 10–31 | 17–13 |
| New Jersey Nets | 26 | 56 | .317 | 26 | 17–24 | 9–32 | 9–21 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 20 | 62 | .244 | 32 | 12–29 | 8–33 | 8–22 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Kelly Tripucka | 29 | 71 | 65 | 32.4 | 8.0 | 17.1 | .467 | 0.4 | 1.2 | .357 | 6.2 | 7.2 | .866 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 22.6 |
| 2 | Kurt Rambis | 30 | 75 | 75 | 29.8 | 4.3 | 8.4 | .518 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.4 | 3.3 | .734 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 9.4 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 11.1 |
| 3 | Rex Chapman | 21 | 75 | 44 | 29.6 | 7.0 | 16.9 | .414 | 0.8 | 2.5 | .314 | 2.1 | 2.6 | .795 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 16.9 |
| 4 | Robert Reid | 33 | 82 | 54 | 26.2 | 6.3 | 14.8 | .428 | 0.2 | 0.6 | .327 | 1.9 | 2.4 | .776 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 14.7 |
| 5 | Michael Holton | 27 | 67 | 60 | 25.3 | 3.2 | 7.5 | .427 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .214 | 1.8 | 2.1 | .839 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 8.3 |
| 6 | Earl Cureton | 31 | 82 | 41 | 25.0 | 2.8 | 5.7 | .501 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.8 | 1.5 | .537 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 6.5 |
| 7 | Muggsy Bogues | 24 | 79 | 21 | 22.2 | 2.3 | 5.3 | .426 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .077 | 0.8 | 1.1 | .750 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 7.8 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| 8 | Dave Hoppen | 24 | 77 | 36 | 18.4 | 2.6 | 4.6 | .564 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .500 | 1.3 | 1.8 | .727 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 6.5 |
| 9 | Sidney Lowe | 29 | 14 | 0 | 17.9 | 0.6 | 1.8 | .320 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.8 | .636 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
| 10 | Greg Kite | 27 | 12 | 12 | 17.8 | 1.3 | 2.5 | .533 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 0.8 | .600 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 11 | Tim Kempton | 25 | 79 | 0 | 17.0 | 2.2 | 4.2 | .510 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.8 | 2.6 | .686 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 6.1 |
| 12 | Dell Curry | 24 | 48 | 0 | 16.9 | 5.3 | 10.9 | .491 | 0.4 | 1.1 | .345 | 0.8 | 1.0 | .870 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 11.9 |
| 13 | Brian Rowsom | 23 | 34 | 0 | 15.2 | 2.4 | 4.8 | .494 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 1.9 | 2.4 | .802 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 6.6 |
| 14 | Rickey Green | 34 | 33 | 2 | 11.2 | 1.7 | 4.0 | .432 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .200 | 0.4 | 0.4 | .929 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.9 |
| 15 | Tom Tolbert | 23 | 14 | 0 | 8.4 | 1.2 | 2.6 | .459 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .000 | 0.4 | 0.9 | .500 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 2.9 |
| 16 | Ralph Lewis | 25 | 42 | 0 | 8.0 | 1.4 | 2.9 | .479 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .333 | 0.5 | 0.9 | .487 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 3.2 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Rex Chapman | 2.º Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |