1990–91 Charlotte Hornets season

The 1990–91 NBA season was the Charlotte Hornets' third season in the National Basketball Association.[1] After playing one year in the Midwest Division in the Western Conference, the Hornets returned to the Eastern Conference and moved into the Central Division. In the offseason, they signed unrestricted free agent Johnny Newman, who would lead the Hornets in scoring with 16.9 points per game. At midseason, they traded Armen Gilliam to the Philadelphia 76ers for Mike Gminski. The franchise improved seven games over the previous season finishing with 26 wins and 56 losses. However, they finished last place in their division for the third straight season. Top draft pick and Flyin' Illini star Kendall Gill made the All-Rookie First Team, averaging 11.0 points and 1.3 steals per game. Charlotte also hosted the 1991 NBA All-Star Game during the season. The Hornets led the NBA in attendance for the second time in three seasons.

1990–91 Charlotte Hornets season
Head coachGene Littles
OwnersGeorge Shinn
ArenaCharlotte Coliseum
Results
Record26–56 (.317)
PlaceDivision: 7th (Central)
Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWCCB
SportSouth
(Steve Martin, Gerry Vaillancourt)
RadioWBT
(Matt Pinto, Gil McGregor)

Offseason

NBA Draft
Main article: 1990 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
15Kendall GillSG/SF United StatesIllinois
239Steve SchefflerC/PF United StatesPurdue

Roster
Roster listing
Charlotte Hornets roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
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
PF 25 Cureton, Earl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Detroit
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
SG 13 Gill, Kendall 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Illinois
C 42 Gminski, Mike 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Duke
PG 4 Haffner, Scott 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Evansville
SF 31 Keys, Randolph 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Southern Miss
C 45 Leckner, Eric 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Wyoming
SF 22 Newman, Johnny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Richmond
C 34 Reid, J. R. 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 247 lb (112 kg) North Carolina
C 55 Scheffler, Steve 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Purdue
SF 7 Tripucka, Kelly 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Notre Dame
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Chicago Bulls6121.744—35–626–1525–5
x-Detroit Pistons5032.6101132–918–2319-11
x-Milwaukee Bucks4834.5851333–815–2616–14
x-Atlanta Hawks4339.5241829–1214–2711–19
x-Indiana Pacers4141.5002029-1212–2915-15
Cleveland Cavaliers3349.4022823–1810–3111-19
Charlotte Hornets2656.3173517–249–328–22
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Chicago Bulls6121.744–
2 y-Boston Celtics5626.6835
3 x-Detroit Pistons5032.61011
4 x-Milwaukee Bucks4834.58513
5 x-Philadelphia 76ers4438.53717
6 x-Atlanta Hawks4339.52418
7 x-Indiana Pacers4141.50020
8 x-New York Knicks3943.47622
9 Cleveland Cavaliers3349.40228
10 Washington Bullets3052.36631
11 New Jersey Nets2656.31735
12 Charlotte Hornets2656.31735
13 Miami Heat2458.29337
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1990–91 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 —3–11–41–43–22–01–10–51–11–14–12–01–14–02–31–13–13–11–10–40–21–12–02–01–11–12–2
Boston 1–3—3–12–23–12–02–02–21–12–02–22–01–14–12–22–04–15–01–12–31–11–12–01–12–01–15–1
Charlotte 4–11–3—0–51–41–10–21–41–10–20–51–10–22–22–31–12–20–42–02–20–20–22–01–10–20–22–2
Chicago 4–12–25–0—5–02–02–03–21–10–24–12–01–14–04–12–03–14–02–01–31–10–22–00–22–02–03–1
Cleveland 2–31–34–10–5—2–01–12–30–20–21–41–11–13–12–31–12–23–12–02–20–20–21–10–21–10–21–3
Dallas 0–20–21–10–20–2—3–10–22–21–32–01–32–20–21–11–42–02–01–41–10–41–32–21–42–20–52–0
Denver 1–10–22–00–21–11–3—0–21–30–50–20–40–40–21–13–21–11–12–30–20–40–43–11–40–41–31–1
Detroit 5–02–24–12–33–22–02–0—1–12–03–22–00–23–12–32–03–11–32–02–20–21–12–00–21–10–23–1
Golden State 1–11–11–11–12–02–23–11–1—2–21–13–22–32–01–13–11–12–02–22–01–32–32–32–23–11–30–2
Houston 1–10–22–02–02–03–15–00–22–2—1–12–21–32–02–05–02–02–03–22–03–10–43–12–32–22–21–1
Indiana 1–42–25–01–44–10–22–02–31–11–1—1–10–22–22–31–13–12–21–11–31–10–22–01–11–12–02–2
L.A. Clippers 0–20–21–10–21–13–14–00–22–32–21–1—0–40–21–13–11–10–21–30–22–31–33–22–22–31–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–01–11–12–24–02–03–23–12–04–0—2–00–23–12–01–14–01–13–22–34–03–13–22–22–0
Miami 0–41–42–20–41–32–02–01–30–20–22–22–00–2—0–40–23–31–41–11–40–20–21–10–20–21–13–2
Milwaukee 3–22–23–21–43–21–11–13–21–10–23–21–12–04–0—1–12–24–02–02–21–11–11–11–11–11–13–1
Minnesota 1–10–21–10–21–14–12–30–21–30–51–11–31–32–01–1—1–11–12–22–00–40–43–10–42–21–41–1
New Jersey 1–31–42–21–32–20–21–11–31–10–21–31–10–23–32–21–1—0–51–12–31–10–21–10–21–10–22–3
New York 1–30–54–00–41–30–21–13–10–20–22–22–01–14–10–41–15–0—0–25–10–20–22–01–11–12–03–2
Orlando 1–11–10–20–20–24–13–20–22–22–31–13–10–41–10–22–21–12–0—0–22–20–42–21–31–31–41–1
Philadelphia 4–03–22–23–12–21–12–02–20–20–23–12–01–14–12–20–23–21–52–0—1–11–11–10–21–10–23–2
Phoenix 2–01–12–01–12–04–04–02–03–11–31–13–22–32–01–14–01–12–02–21–1—3–23–11–33–22–22–0
Portland 1–11–12–02–02–03–14–01–13–24–02–03–13–22–01–14–02–02–04–01–12–3—3–22–24–03–12–0
Sacramento 0–20–20–20–21–12–21–30–23–21–30–22–30–41–11–11–31–10–22–21–11–32–3—1–31–41–32–0
San Antonio 0–21–11–12–02–04–14–12–02–23–21–12–21–32–01–14–02–01–13–12–03–12–23–1—3–12–32–0
Seattle 1–10–22–00–21–12–24–01–11–32–21–13–22–32–01–12–21–11–13–11–12–30–44–11–3—1–32–0
Utah 1–11–12–00–22–05–03–12–03–12–20–23–12–21–11–14–12–00–24–12–02–21–33–13–23–1—2–0
Washington 2–21–52–21–33–10–21–11–32–01–12–22–00–22–31–31–13–22–31–12–30–20–20–20–20–20–2—

Game log

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
Muggsy Bogues 814628.4.460.000.7962.78.31.70.07.0
Rex Chapman 706830.0.445.324.8302.73.61.00.215.7
Earl Cureton 9117.7.333.000.3334.00.30.00.31.9
Dell Curry 761419.9.471.372.8422.62.21.00.310.6
Kenny Gattison 72621.6.532.000.6615.30.60.70.99.0
Kendall Gill 823623.7.450.143.8353.23.71.30.511.0
Armen Gilliam 252538.0.513.8139.41.11.40.819.8
Mike Gminski 505028.1.473.167.7897.61.20.50.411.4
Scott Haffner 707.1.381.000.5000.61.30.40.12.4
Dave Hoppen 1905.9.563.000.8001.60.20.10.12.3
Randolph Keys 44010.8.407.214.5762.30.40.50.33.2
Eric Leckner 40218.6.465.5485.20.50.30.35.8
Johnny Newman 818130.6.470.357.8093.12.31.20.216.9
J.R. Reid 808030.8.466.000.7036.31.11.10.611.3
Jeff Sanders 3014.3.429.5003.00.30.30.34.3
Steve Scheffler 3905.8.513.9051.20.20.20.11.5
Kelly Tripucka 77116.7.454.333.9102.32.10.40.27.0

Awards and records

Transactions
  • July 28, 1990

Signed Johnny Newman as an unrestricted free agent.

  • August 29, 1990

Signed Jim Les as a free agent.

  • September 5, 1990

Waived Brian Rowsom.

  • October 23, 1990

Waived Jim Les.

  • October 24, 1990

Waived Andre Turner.

  • October 30, 1990

Waived Richard Anderson.

Waived Mike Holton.

  • January 4, 1991

Traded Armen Gilliam and Dave Hoppen to the Philadelphia 76ers for Mike Gminski.

  • January 22, 1991

Signed Scott Haffner to the first of two 10-day contracts.

Signed Jeff Sanders to a 10-day contract.

  • January 29, 1991

Traded a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Alex Holcombe was later selected) and a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Dejan Bodiroga was later selected) to the Sacramento Kings for Eric Leckner.

  • January 31, 1991

Waived Jeff Sanders.

  • February 11, 1991

Signed Scott Haffner to a contract for the rest of the season.

  • April 17, 1991

Robert Reid signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers.

  • May 31, 1991

Waived Steve Scheffler.

References
  1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHH/1991.html
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