1994–95 Charlotte Hornets season

1994–95 Charlotte Hornets season
Head coach Allan Bristow
Owner(s) George Shinn
Arena Charlotte Coliseum
Results
Record 50–32 (.610)
Place Division: 2nd (Central)
Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish East First Round
(eliminated 1–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television SportSouth, WJZY
Radio WBT
< 1993–94 1995–96 >

The 1994–95 Charlotte Hornets season was Charlotte's 7th season in the National Basketball Association.[1] The Hornets finished the season with a 50–32 record, and qualified for their second Playoff appearance. They faced the Chicago Bulls in the first round, but were eliminated three games to one in the best-of-five series. The Hornets led the NBA in attendance for the sixth time in seven seasons. Following the season, Alonzo Mourning was traded to the Miami Heat for forward Glen Rice, center Matt Geiger, and guard Khalid Reeves.

NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
2 38 Darrin Hancock SG/SF  United States Kansas

Roster

Charlotte Hornets 1994-95 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From
G 23 United States Adams, Michael style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Boston College
G 54 United States Bennett, Tony style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Green Bay
G 7 United States Blackwell, James style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Dartmouth
G 1 United States Bogues, Muggsy style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) 136 lb (62 kg) Wake Forest
F 24 United States Burrell, Scott style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Connecticut
G 30 United States Curry, Dell style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Virginia Tech
F/C 33 United States Gattison, Kenny style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Old Dominion
F 4 United States Hancock, Darrin style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Kansas
G 3 United States Hawkins, Hersey style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Bradley
F 2 United States Johnson, Larry style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 250 lb (113 kg) UNLV
C 33 United States Mourning, Alonzo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Georgetown
C 00 United States Parish, Robert style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Centenary College
G 12 United States Sutton, Greg style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Oral Roberts
F 39 United States Tolbert, Tom style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Arizona
G/F 55 United States Wingate, David style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Georgetown
F/C 43 United States Wolf, Joe style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) North Carolina
Head coach


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Alonzo Mourning Robert Parish
PF Larry Johnson Kenny Gattison Joe Wolf
SF Scott Burrell David Wingate
SG Hersey Hawkins Dell Curry
PG Muggsy Bogues Michael Adams Greg Sutton

Regular season

Standings

Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Indiana Pacers 52 30 .634 – 33–8 19–22 18–10
x-Charlotte Hornets 50 32 .610 2 29–12 21–20 17–11
x-Chicago Bulls 47 35 .573 5 28–13 19–22 16–12
x-Cleveland Cavaliers 43 39 .524 9 26–15 17–24 17–11
x-Atlanta Hawks 42 40 .512 10 24–17 18–23 9–19
Milwaukee Bucks 34 48 .415 18 22–19 12–29 13–15
Detroit Pistons 28 54 .341 24 13–28 8–33 7–21
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Orlando Magic 57 25 .695 –
2 y-Indiana Pacers 52 30 .634 5
3 x-New York Knicks 55 27 .671 2
4 x-Charlotte Hornets 50 32 .610 7
5 x-Chicago Bulls 47 35 .573 10
6 x-Cleveland Cavaliers 43 39 .524 14
7 x-Atlanta Hawks 42 40 .512 15
8 x-Boston Celtics 35 47 .427 22
9 Milwaukee Bucks 34 48 .415 23
10 Miami Heat 32 50 .390 25
11 New Jersey Nets 30 52 .366 27
12 Detroit Pistons 28 54 .341 29
13 Philadelphia 76ers 24 58 .293 33
14 Washington Bullets 21 61 .256 36

Playoffs

1995 playoff game log
1995 playoff schedule

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

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Michael Adams 29 0 15.3 .453 .358 .833 1.0 3.3 0.8 0.0 6.5
Tony Bennett 3 0 15.3 .462 .222 0.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 4.7
James Blackwell 4 0 4.8 .667 .667 0.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 1.0
Muggsy Bogues 78 78 33.7 .477 .200 .889 3.3 8.7 1.3 0.0 11.1
Scott Burrell 65 62 31.0 .467 .409 .694 5.7 2.5 1.2 0.6 11.5
Dell Curry 69 0 24.9 .441 .427 .856 2.4 1.6 0.8 0.3 13.6
Kenny Gattison 21 0 19.5 .470 .000 .608 3.6 0.8 0.3 0.7 6.0
Darrin Hancock 46 7 9.2 .562 .333 .410 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.1 3.3
Hersey Hawkins 82 82 33.3 .482 .440 .867 3.8 3.2 1.5 0.2 14.3
Larry Johnson 81 81 39.9 .480 .386 .774 7.2 4.6 1.0 0.3 18.8
Alonzo Mourning 77 77 38.2 .519 .324 .761 9.9 1.4 0.6 2.9 21.3
Robert Parish 81 4 16.7 .427 .703 4.3 0.5 0.3 0.4 4.8
Greg Sutton 53 4 13.0 .409 .374 .711 1.1 1.7 0.6 0.0 5.0
Tom Tolbert 10 0 5.7 .333 .000 1.000 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.4
David Wingate 52 9 9.9 .410 .182 .750 1.2 1.1 0.4 0.1 2.3
Joe Wolf 63 6 9.3 .469 .333 .750 2.0 0.6 0.1 0.1 1.4

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Michael Adams 1 0 11.0 .400 .000 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 4.0
Muggsy Bogues 4 4 36.3 .311 .333 1.000 1.5 6.3 1.0 0.0 8.5
Dell Curry 4 0 26.8 .471 .429 .909 2.3 1.5 0.0 0.0 12.8
Kenny Gattison 4 0 14.5 .625 .625 3.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 3.8
Darrin Hancock 3 0 6.0 .333 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.3
Hersey Hawkins 4 4 32.5 .406 .308 .882 5.3 2.0 1.5 0.5 11.3
Larry Johnson 4 4 43.0 .477 .111 .800 5.8 2.8 1.0 0.5 20.8
Alonzo Mourning 4 4 43.5 .421 .500 .837 13.3 2.8 0.8 3.3 22.0
Robert Parish 4 0 17.8 .545 .400 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.8 3.5
Greg Sutton 3 0 7.7 .000 .000 1.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
David Wingate 4 4 18.3 .481 .333 .667 1.5 3.8 1.0 0.0 8.0
Joe Wolf 1 0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Transactions

Traded a 1996 2nd round draft pick (Ronnie Henderson was later selected) and a 1997 2nd round draft pick (Predrag Drobnjak was later selected) to the Washington Bullets for Michael Adams.

Signed Robert Parish as an unrestricted free agent.

Frank Brickowski signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Sacramento Kings.

Signed James Blackwell as a free agent.

Signed Tom Tolbert as a free agent.

Waived James Blackwell.

Signed Joe Courtney as a free agent.

Signed Joe Wolf as a free agent.

Signed Greg Sutton as a free agent.

Waived Joe Courtney.

Signed James Blackwell as a free agent.

Waived James Blackwell.

Waived Tom Tolbert.

References

  1. ↑ 1994-95 Charlotte Hornets

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