1989–90 Charlotte Hornets season

The 1989–90 NBA season was the Charlotte Hornets' second season in the National Basketball Association.[1] The Hornets moved from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference, also switching from the Atlantic Division to the Midwest Division for the season. In December, the team acquired Armen Gilliam from the Phoenix Suns. Gilliam would lead the Hornets in scoring averaging 18.8 points per game. Head Coach Dick Harter was replaced by Gene Littles at midseason, following a disappointing 8–32 start. The team finished the season with a record of 19 wins and 63 losses, one game worse than the previous year. Top draft pick J.R. Reid was named to the All-Rookie Second Team. Despite the lack of success on the court, the Hornets sold out every home game, finishing second in the NBA in attendance during the season.

1989–90 Charlotte Hornets season
Head coachDick Harter (40 games)
Gene Littles (42 games)
OwnersGeorge Shinn
ArenaCharlotte Coliseum
Results
Record19–63 (.232)
PlaceDivision: 7th (Midwest)
Conference: 14th (Western)
Playoff finishDid Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWCCB
(Ted Robinson, Mike Pratt)
RadioWBT
(Steve Martin, Gil McGregor)

Draft picks
Main article: 1989 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
15J.R. ReidPF United StatesNorth Carolina
229Dyron Nix (traded to Indiana)SF/PF United StatesTennessee

Roster
Charlotte Hornets 1989-90 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
PF 35 Anderson, Richard 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) UC Santa Barbara
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
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
PF 45 Gilliam, Armen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) UNLV
PG 6 Holton, Mike 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) California
C 42 Hoppen, Dave  6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Nebraska
SF 31 Keys, Randolph 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Southern Miss
SG 22 Lewis, Ralph 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) La Salle
C 34 Reid, J.R. 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 247 lb (112 kg) North Carolina
SF 50 Reid, Robert 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Saint Mary's
PF 32 Rowsom, Brian 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) UNC-W
SF 7 Tripucka, Kelly 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Notre Dame
PG 24 Williams, Micheal 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Baylor
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Midwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-San Antonio Spurs 5626.683–34–722–1919–9
x-Utah Jazz 5527.671136–519–2221–7
x-Dallas Mavericks 4735.573930–1117–2417–11
x-Denver Nuggets 4339.5241328–1315–2615–13
x-Houston Rockets 4141.5001531–1010–3113–15
Minnesota Timberwolves 2260.2683417–245–366–22
Charlotte Hornets 1963.2323713–286–357–21
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers6319.768–
2 y-San Antonio Spurs5626.6837
3 x-Portland Trail Blazers5923.7204
4 x-Utah Jazz5527.6718
5 x-Phoenix Suns5428.6599
6 x-Dallas Mavericks4735.57316
7 x-Denver Nuggets4339.52420
8 x-Houston Rockets4141.50022
9 Seattle SuperSonics4141.50022
10 Golden State Warriors3745.45126
11 Los Angeles Clippers3052.36633
12 Sacramento Kings2359.28040
13 Minnesota Timberwolves2260.26841
14 Charlotte Hornets1963.23244

Record vs. opponents
1989-90 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —1–32–00–52–30–21–13–22–02–02–31–10–24–03–21–12–21–35–02–20–21–11–11–11–11–12–2
Boston 3–1—2–02–23–11–11–12–21–12–01–31–10–25–02–21–15–14–14–03–21–10–22–01–12–01–12–3
Charlotte 0–20–2—0–21–11–33–20–22–21–41–12–20–41–10–22–21–11–11–10–21–30–41–30–50–40–50–2
Chicago 5–02–22–0—5–02–01–11–42–01–12–31–11–14–04–12–03–13–13–22–22–01–11–11–11–10–23–1
Cleveland 3–21–31–10–5—0–20–21–41–10–23–21–11–14–03–21–14–02–24–12–21–11–12–01–11–11–13–1
Dallas 2–01–13–10–22–0—2–31–13–14–12–03–10–42–01–14–12–01–12–01–11–30–43–13–22–21–31–1
Denver 1–11–12–31–12–03–2—0–22–24–10–22–20–42–01–15–02–01–12–01–11–32–24–01–32–20–41–1
Detroit 2–32–22–04–14–11–12–0—1–11–14–11–11–13–13–22–04–04–05–01–32–01–12–01–11–11–14–0
Golden State 0–21–12–20–21–11–32–21–1—2–21–13–11–42–01–13–12–00–22–01–10–52–23–21–32–32–21–1
Houston 0–20–24–11–12–01–41–41–12–2—1–12–22–21–11–12–21–11–12–01–12–21–34–02–22–23–21–1
Indiana 3–23–11–13–22–30–22–01–41–11–1—0–20–23–13–21–14–01–34–10–41–11–11–11–11–11–13–1
L.A. Clippers 1–11–12–21–11–11–32–21–11–32–22–0—1–40–21–13–12–00–22–00–20–40–52–30–43–20–41–1
L.A. Lakers 2–02–04–01–11–14–04–01–14–12–22–04–1—2–01–14–02–02–01–11–13–12–35–02–24–02–21–1
Miami 0–40–51–10–40–40–20–21–30–21–11–32–00–2—2–21–11–41–53–10–50–20–21–10–20–21–12–3
Milwaukee 2–32–22–01–42–31–11–12–31–11–12–31–11–12–2—2–04–02–25–01–31–11–11–11–12–00–23–1
Minnesota 1–11–12–20–21–11–40–50–21–32–21–11–30–41–10–2—1–11–11–11–10–41–32–21–41–30–51–1
New Jersey 2–21–51–11–30–40–20–20–40–21–10–40–20–24–10–41–1—1–41–31–40–20–21–10–20–20–22–3
New York 3–11–41–11–32–21–11–10–42–01–13–12–00–25–12–21–14–1—2–22–31–10–22–01–11–11–15–0
Orlando 0–50–41–12–31–40–20–20–50–20–21–40–21–11–30–51–13–12–2—2–20–20–21–11–10–21–10–4
Philadelphia 2–22–32–02–22–21–11–13–11–11–14–02–01–15–03–11–14–13–22–2—1–11–11–11–11–11–15–1
Phoenix 2–01–13–10–21–13–13–10–25–02–21–14–01–32–01–14–02–01–12–01–1—2–35–00–43–23–12–0
Portland 1–12–04–01–11–14–02–21–12–23–11–15–03–22–01–13–12–02–02–01–13–2—4–03–13–22–21–1
Sacramento 1–10–23–11–10–21–30–40–22–30–41–13–20–51–11–12–21–10–21–11–10–50–4—0–42–21–31–1
San Antonio 1–11–15–01–11–12–33–11–13–12–21–14–02–22–01–14–12–01–11–11–14–01–34–0—3–13–22–0
Seattle 1–10–24–01–11–12–22–21–13–22–21–12–30–42–00–23–12–01–12–01–12–32–32–21–3—1–32–0
Utah 1–11–15–02–01–13–14–01–12–22–31–14–02–21–12–05–02–01–11–11–11–32–23–12–33–1—2–0
Washington 2–23–22–01–31–31–11–10–41–11–11–31–11–13–21–31–13–20–54–01–50–21–11–10–20–20–2—

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
Richard Anderson 54211.2.417.370.7832.41.00.40.24.3
Muggsy Bogues 816533.9.491.192.7912.610.72.00.09.4
Rex Chapman 545232.6.408.331.7503.32.40.90.117.5
Dell Curry 671327.8.466.354.9232.52.41.50.416.0
Terry Dozier 9010.2.333.000.5001.70.30.70.22.4
Kenny Gattison 63214.9.5501.000.6823.10.60.60.55.9
Armen Gilliam 605936.0.527.000.7278.81.51.10.818.8
Stuart Gray 39111.9.463.000.6413.40.40.30.62.6
Mike Holton 1606.8.538.5000.11.00.10.01.8
Dave Hoppen 10213.5.390.8003.60.60.20.14.0
Randolph Keys 32522.6.445.364.6903.61.50.90.210.5
Ralph Lewis 306.7.6671.0002.00.00.30.03.3
Kurt Rambis 161628.0.500.000.5457.51.82.00.69.1
J.R. Reid 828233.6.440.000.6648.41.21.10.711.1
Robert Reid 602718.6.391.310.6412.41.40.60.26.4
Brian Rowsom 44212.7.436.500.8193.00.50.40.35.1
Jerry Sichting 34813.8.420.250.8330.62.70.50.13.5
Kelly Tripucka 797330.4.430.365.8834.12.80.90.215.6
Andre Turner 8010.5.360.0001.0000.42.50.90.02.8
Micheal Williams 22113.8.532.000.7951.43.51.00.06.9

Awards and records

Transactions
  • August 16, 1989

Signed Clifford Lett as a free agent.

  • September 11, 1989

Traded Tim Kempton to the Denver Nuggets for a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Kevin Lynch was later selected).

Signed Jerry Sichting as a free agent.

  • September 26, 1989

Signed Kenny Gattison as a free agent.

  • September 28, 1989

Signed Terry Dozier as a free agent.

  • October 5, 1989

Signed Andre Turner as a free agent.

  • October 17, 1989

Traded Robert Reid to the Portland Trail Blazers for Richard Anderson.

  • October 19, 1989

Waived Kenny Gattison.

  • October 23, 1989

Waived Clifford Lett.

  • October 31, 1989

Waived Andre Turner.

  • November 1, 1989

Andre Turner claimed on waivers by the Los Angeles Clippers.

  • November 23, 1989

Signed Andre Turner as a free agent.

  • November 25, 1989

Greg Kite signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Sacramento Kings.

  • November 27, 1989

Waived Terry Dozier.

  • December 2, 1989

Signed Kenny Gattison as a free agent.

  • December 3, 1989

Waived Andre Turner.

  • December 13, 1989

Traded Kurt Rambis, a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Negele Knight was later selected) and a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Chad Gallagher was later selected) to the Phoenix Suns for Armen Gilliam.

Signed Robert Reid as a free agent.

  • February 22, 1990

Traded Stuart Gray to the New York Knicks for a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Jimmy Oliver was later selected).

Traded a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Jimmy Oliver was later selected) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Randolph Keys.

  • February 23, 1990

Waived Jerry Sichting.

  • March 13, 1990

Signed Micheal Williams to the first of two 10-day contracts.

  • April 2, 1990

Signed Micheal Williams to a contract for the rest of the season.

  • April 14, 1990

Signed Ralph Lewis to a 10-day contract.

References
  1. 1989-90 Charlotte Hornets
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