/Charlotte Hornets Announce Opening Night Roster

Charlotte Hornets Announce Opening Night Roster

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)