The Charlotte Hornets announced today the team’s 2016-17 Opening Night Roster. The Hornets open the 2016-17 NBA regular season at Milwaukee on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m. The game will be telecast on Fox Sports Southeast and streaming live on FOX Sports Go, with a special one-hour edition of the Hornets Live! pregame show beginning at 7 p.m. The game can also be heard on WFNZ (610 AM/102.5 FM), the Hornets flagship radio station, starting with a pregame show at 7:45 p.m. Fans can also listen to the radio broadcast through the Hornets App.
The Hornets 15-player roster includes nine returning players from last season’s playoff appearance. This year’s roster features six new players: Marco Belinelli (Sacramento Kings – trade), Treveon Graham (Idaho Stampede/NBA Development League – free agent), Roy Hibbert (L.A. Lakers – free agent), Brian Roberts (Portland Trail Blazers – free agent), Ramon Sessions (Washington Wizards – free agent) and Christian Wood (Philadelphia 76ers – free agent).
The Hornets Home Opener is Saturday, October, 29, against the Boston Celtics at 7 p.m. at Spectrum Center.
The team’s roster stands at 15 and is listed below:
No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Prior to NBA/Home Country Yrs Pro
5 Nicolas Batum G/F 6-8 200 12/14/88 Le Mans/France 8
21 Marco Belinelli G/F 6-5 210 03/25/86 Fortitudo Bologna/Italy 9
12 Treveon Graham G/F 6-5 219 10/28/93 Virginia Commonwealth/USA R
9 Aaron Harrison G 6-6 212 10/28/94 Kentucky/USA 1
00 Spencer Hawes F/C 7-1 245 04/28/88 Washington/USA 9
55 Roy Hibbert C 7-2 270 12/11/86 Georgetown/USA 8
44 Frank Kaminsky F/C 7-0 242 04/04/93 Wisconsin/USA 1
14 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist F 6-7 232 09/26/93 Kentucky/USA 4
3 Jeremy Lamb G 6-5 185 05/30/92 Connecticut/USA 4
22 Brian Roberts G 6-1 173 12/03/85 Dayton/USA 3
7 Ramon Sessions G 6-3 190 04/11/86 Nevada/USA 9
15 Kemba Walker G 6-1 184 05/08/90 Connecticut/USA 5
2 Marvin Williams F 6-9 237 06/19/86 North Carolina/USA 11
35 Christian Wood F 6-11 220 09/27/95 University of Nevada-Las Vegas/USA 1
40 Cody Zeller F/C 7-0 240 10/05/92 Indiana/USA 3
HEAD COACH: Steve Clifford (Maine-Farmington)
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Patrick Ewing (Georgetown)
ASSISTANT COACHES: Stephen Silas (Brown), Pat Delany (Saint Anselm), Bob Weiss (Penn State), Steve Hetzel
(Michigan State), Bruce Kreutzer (SUNY-New Paltz)