1988-89 Charlotte Hornets Roster and Stats

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Record: 20-62, Finished 6th in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Dick Harter (20-62)

PTS/G: 104.5 (22nd of 25) Opp PTS/G: 113.0 (21st of 25)

SRS: -7.74 (23rd of 25) Pace: 100.3 (11th of 25)

Off Rtg: 103.7 (21st of 25) Def Rtg: 112.1 (25th of 25) Net Rtg: -8.5 (23rd of 25)

Expected W-L: 21-61 (23rd of 25)

Preseason Odds: Championship +50000

Arena: Charlotte Coliseum Attendance: 949,858 (1st of 25)

Recent Game Results

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Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
1	Muggsy Bogues	PG	5-3	136	January 9, 1965	us	1	Wake Forest
3	Rex Chapman	SG	6-4	185	October 5, 1967	us	R	Kentucky
25	Earl Cureton	C	6-9	210	September 3, 1957	us	8	Robert Morris University (PA), Detroit Mercy
30	Dell Curry	SG	6-4	190	June 25, 1964	us	2	Virginia Tech
14	Rickey Green	PG	6-0	170	August 18, 1954	us	10	Vincennes University, Michigan
6	Michael Holton	PG	6-4	185	August 4, 1961	us	4	UCLA
42	Dave Hoppen	C	6-11	235	March 13, 1964	us	1	Nebraska
41	Tim Kempton	PF	6-10	245	January 25, 1964	us	1	Notre Dame
32	Greg Kite	C	6-11	250	August 5, 1961	us	5	BYU
22	Ralph Lewis	SF	6-6	200	March 28, 1963	us	1	La Salle
35	Sidney Lowe	SG	6-0	195	January 21, 1960	us	2	NC State
31	Kurt Rambis	PF	6-8	213	February 25, 1958	us	7	Santa Clara
50	Robert Reid	SF	6-8	205	August 30, 1955	us	10	St. Mary's University
32	Brian Rowsom	PF	6-9	220	October 23, 1965	us	1	UNC Wilmington
23	Tom Tolbert	SF	6-7	235	October 16, 1965	us	R	University of California, Irvine, Arizona
7	Kelly Tripucka	SF	6-6	220	February 16, 1959	us	7	Notre Dame

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Regular Season

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kelly Tripucka	29	71	65	32.4	8.0	17.1	.467	0.4	1.2	.357	7.6	15.9	.476	.480	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	4.3	8.3	.521	.518	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	6.2	14.4	.431	.437	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	6.1	14.2	.432	.435	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	3.2	7.3	.433	.430	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	2.8	5.7	.502	.501	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	2.2	5.1	.437	.427	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	2.6	4.6	.564	.565	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	0.6	1.6	.348	.320	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		1.3	2.5	.533	.533	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	2.2	4.2	.512	.510	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	4.9	9.7	.509	.510	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	2.3	4.7	.491	.497	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	1.7	3.8	.441	.436	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	1.2	2.4	.500	.459	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	1.4	2.8	.483	.483	0.5	0.9	.487	0.8	0.6	1.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.7	3.2

Totals

Regular Season

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kelly Tripucka	29	71	65	2302	568	1215	.467	30	84	.357	538	1131	.476	.480	440	508	.866	79	188	267	224	88	16	236	196	1606
2	Kurt Rambis	30	75	75	2233	325	627	.518	0	3	.000	325	624	.521	.518	182	248	.734	269	434	703	159	100	57	148	208	832
3	Rex Chapman	21	75	44	2219	526	1271	.414	60	191	.314	466	1080	.431	.437	155	195	.795	74	113	187	176	70	25	113	167	1267
4	Robert Reid	33	82	54	2152	519	1214	.428	17	52	.327	502	1162	.432	.435	152	196	.776	82	220	302	153	53	20	106	235	1207
5	Earl Cureton	31	82	41	2047	233	465	.501	0	1	.000	233	464	.502	.501	66	123	.537	188	300	488	130	50	61	114	230	532
6	Muggsy Bogues	24	79	21	1755	178	418	.426	1	13	.077	177	405	.437	.427	66	88	.750	53	112	165	620	111	7	124	141	423
7	Michael Holton	27	67	60	1696	215	504	.427	3	14	.214	212	490	.433	.430	120	143	.839	30	75	105	424	66	12	119	165	553
8	Dave Hoppen	24	77	36	1419	199	353	.564	1	2	.500	198	351	.564	.565	101	139	.727	123	261	384	57	25	21	77	239	500
9	Tim Kempton	25	79	0	1341	171	335	.510	0	1	.000	171	334	.512	.510	142	207	.686	91	213	304	102	41	14	121	215	484
10	Dell Curry	24	48	0	813	256	521	.491	19	55	.345	237	466	.509	.510	40	46	.870	26	78	104	50	42	4	44	68	571
11	Brian Rowsom	23	34	0	517	80	162	.494	1	1	1.000	79	161	.491	.497	65	81	.802	56	81	137	24	10	12	18	69	226
12	Rickey Green	34	33	2	370	57	132	.432	1	5	.200	56	127	.441	.436	13	14	.929	4	19	23	82	18	0	28	16	128
13	Ralph Lewis	25	42	0	336	58	121	.479	1	3	.333	57	118	.483	.483	19	39	.487	35	26	61	15	11	3	24	28	136
14	Sidney Lowe	29	14	0	250	8	25	.320	0	2	.000	8	23	.348	.320	7	11	.636	6	28	34	93	14	0	9	28	23
15	Greg Kite	27	12	12	213	16	30	.533	0	0		16	30	.533	.533	6	10	.600	15	38	53	7	4	8	12	43	38
16	Tom Tolbert	23	14	0	117	17	37	.459	0	3	.000	17	34	.500	.459	6	12	.500	7	14	21	7	2	4	2	20	40
			82		19780	3426	7430	.461	134	430	.312	3292	7000	.470	.470	1580	2060	.767	1138	2200	3338	2323	705	264	1318	2068	8566

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Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Kelly Tripucka	29	71	2302	17.7	.558	.069	.418	3.6	9.5	6.4	15.7	1.8	0.4	14.1	29.8	2.4	0.9	3.3	.069	1.5	-1.3	0.2	1.3
2	Kurt Rambis	30	75	2233	16.1	.565	.005	.396	12.7	22.7	17.4	9.9	2.1	1.5	16.7	16.2	2.6	2.3	4.8	.104	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.3
3	Rex Chapman	21	75	2219	12.6	.467	.150	.153	3.5	5.9	4.7	12.6	1.5	0.7	7.7	27.1	-0.7	0.4	-0.2	-0.005	-1.0	-2.2	-3.2	-0.7
4	Robert Reid	33	82	2152	12.2	.464	.043	.161	4.0	11.9	7.8	11.4	1.2	0.5	7.5	26.8	-0.8	0.7	-0.1	-0.002	-2.0	-2.1	-4.1	-1.1
5	Earl Cureton	31	82	2047	10.1	.512	.002	.265	9.7	17.1	13.2	8.4	1.2	1.8	18.0	12.7	0.3	1.2	1.5	.035	-2.7	-0.2	-2.9	-0.4
6	Muggsy Bogues	24	79	1755	15.3	.463	.031	.211	3.2	7.4	5.2	46.2	3.0	0.2	21.4	13.6	1.6	1.0	2.6	.070	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.4
7	Michael Holton	27	67	1696	12.3	.488	.028	.284	1.9	5.2	3.4	33.8	1.9	0.4	17.3	16.6	0.9	0.4	1.3	.038	-1.1	-0.8	-1.9	0.0
8	Dave Hoppen	24	77	1419	11.8	.604	.006	.394	9.1	21.5	15.0	5.5	0.8	0.9	15.7	14.2	1.7	0.9	2.6	.086	-2.5	-0.9	-3.4	-0.5
9	Tim Kempton	25	79	1341	10.4	.568	.003	.618	7.1	18.5	12.5	10.3	1.5	0.6	22.1	16.7	0.2	0.9	1.0	.036	-3.6	-0.1	-3.6	-0.5
10	Dell Curry	24	48	813	18.3	.527	.106	.088	3.4	11.2	7.1	11.2	2.5	0.3	7.5	29.5	0.4	0.5	0.9	.052	1.5	-0.6	0.9	0.6
11	Brian Rowsom	23	34	517	15.7	.572	.006	.500	11.4	18.3	14.7	6.5	0.9	1.4	8.3	17.1	1.2	0.3	1.5	.135	0.5	-1.4	-0.9	0.1
12	Rickey Green	34	33	370	12.0	.463	.038	.106	1.1	6.0	3.4	31.1	2.3	0.0	16.9	18.4	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.002	-1.4	-0.6	-2.0	0.0
13	Ralph Lewis	25	42	336	10.8	.492	.025	.322	11.0	9.0	10.0	6.4	1.6	0.5	14.8	19.8	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.005	-1.7	-1.7	-3.4	-0.1
14	Sidney Lowe	29	14	250	13.7	.385	.080	.440	2.5	13.1	7.5	44.6	2.7	0.0	23.2	6.4	0.3	0.2	0.5	.100	-0.6	1.5	0.9	0.2
15	Greg Kite	27	12	213	6.1	.552	.000	.333	7.4	20.8	13.8	4.2	0.9	2.2	25.9	8.9	0.0	0.2	0.1	.026	-6.1	-0.1	-6.2	-0.2
16	Tom Tolbert	23	14	117	10.0	.473	.081	.324	6.3	14.0	9.9	8.3	0.8	2.0	4.5	15.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	.051	-3.0	-0.4	-3.4	0.0

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