What is the Hornets starting lineup?

Dennis Schröder (PG), Brandon Miller (SF), Liam McNeeley (SF), Moussa Diabaté (C) and Naz Reid (C): the five who started the most of their last 3 preseason games (Oct 6 to Oct 14).

Who is the Hornets starting point guard?

Dennis Schröder, 3 starts in 3 games at 17.7 minutes per game.

Who is the Hornets sixth man?

Tidjane Salaün, the most minutes off the bench at 24.3 per game.

Who is injured on the Hornets?

Grayson Allen (day-to-day, right knee, soreness), Kon Knueppel (day-to-day, left hamstring), Coby White (day-to-day, left calf, strain), Grant Williams (day-to-day, right hamstring) and Kylan Boswell (day-to-day, right knee), on today's injury report.

Why does this Hornets depth chart differ from others?

Listed depth charts are a statement of intent and they lag. This one is ordered by the starts and minutes each player actually got in their last 3 preseason games (Oct 6 to Oct 14), and it moves the morning after every game.

Charlotte Hornets depth chart 2026-27

The Hornets starting five from their last 3 preseason games (Oct 6 to Oct 14): Dennis Schröder, Brandon Miller, Liam McNeeley, Moussa Diabaté and Naz Reid. First off the bench: Tidjane Salaün and Royce O'Neale. Not in those games: Kon Knueppel (day-to-day, 31.5 minutes per game last season) and Coby White (day-to-day, 25.0 minutes per game last season).

Ordered by starts and minutes in their last 3 preseason games (Oct 6 to Oct 14). These are preseason games: the chart switches to regular season games after the team's first one on opening night. The trend column is each game's minutes, oldest first.

Hornets starting lineup

Player	Starts	Min per game	Last games	Last season	Links
Dennis Schröder PG Is he playing?	3 of 3	17.7	15 17 21	24.2	Is he playing?vs Brice Sensabaugh
Brandon Miller SF Is he playing?	2 of 3	25.0	. 23 27	30.3	Is he playing?vs Desmond Bane
Liam McNeeley SF Is he playing?	2 of 3	22.0	19 27 20	11.9	Is he playing?
Moussa Diabaté C Is he playing?	3 of 3	21.0	20 20 23	26.0	Is he playing?vs CJ McCollum
Naz Reid C Is he playing?	3 of 3	20.7	16 20 26up 8	26.1	Is he playing?vs Grayson Allen

Hornets rotation off the bench

12 or more minutes per game in the window, most first.

Player	Starts	Min per game	Last games	Last season	Links
Tidjane Salaün PF Is he playing?	0 of 3	24.3	28 23 22	15.5	Is he playing?
Royce O'Neale PF Is he playing?	1 of 3	19.0	17 17 23up 6	28.4	Is he playing?vs Aaron Gordon
Sion James SF Is he playing?	0 of 3	18.3	17 21 17	22.5	Is he playing?
Ryan Kalkbrenner C Is he playing?	0 of 3	15.3	15 12 19	21.4	Is he playing?vs Duncan Robinson
Michael Ajayi PFtwo-way	0 of 3	13.0	19 12 8down 7	-

Deep bench

Played in the window, under 12 minutes per game.

Player	Starts	Min per game	Last games	Last season	Links
Christian Anderson PG	0 of 3	21.0	. . 21	-
Grayson Allen SFDAY-TO-DAY Is he playing?	1 of 3	14.0	14 . .	28.8	Is he playing?vs Naz Reid
Hannes Steinbach C	0 of 3	10.7	14 12 6down 7	-
Pat Connaughton SF Is he playing?	0 of 3	10.5	9 12 .	7.1	Is he playing?
Jarkel Joiner PG	0 of 3	10.0	14 12 4down 9	-
PJ Hall Ctwo-way	0 of 3	8.5	8 9 .	-
Wyatt Fricks PF	0 of 3	6.3	13 3 3	-

On the roster, no minutes in the preseason window

Injured, resting or outside the rotation, with last season's minutes per game for scale.

Player	Status	Last season	Links
Kon Knueppel SGDAY-TO-DAY Is he playing?	Day-To-Day, left hamstring, back around Oct 21	31.5	Is he playing?vs DeMar DeRozan
Coby White PGDAY-TO-DAY Is he playing?	Day-To-Day, left calf, strain, back around Oct 21	25.0	Is he playing?vs Deandre Ayton
Grant Williams PFDAY-TO-DAY Is he playing?	Day-To-Day, right hamstring, back around Oct 21	19.8	Is he playing?
Kylan Boswell PGtwo-wayDAY-TO-DAY	Day-To-Day, right knee, back around Oct 21	-

How this depth chart is ordered

Each chart reads the team's last 5 games of the newest kind it has played: preseason games until its first regular season game, then regular season games only. The starting five are the players who started the largest share of the games they played, the newest games counting most and minutes breaking a tie, listed point guard to center.

Everyone else is ordered by minutes per game played in the window. 12 or more minutes per game in at least half the team's games is the rotation; the rest is the bench. The last games column shows each game's minutes, with a dot for a game he did not play.

Designations come from the day's NBA injury report. Players who logged no minutes in the window are listed apart with last season's minutes per game, so an injured starter never drops off his team's chart.

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Common questions

What is the Hornets starting lineup?
Dennis Schröder (PG), Brandon Miller (SF), Liam McNeeley (SF), Moussa Diabaté (C) and Naz Reid (C): the five who started the most of their last 3 preseason games (Oct 6 to Oct 14).
Who is the Hornets starting point guard?
Dennis Schröder, 3 starts in 3 games at 17.7 minutes per game.
Who is the Hornets sixth man?
Tidjane Salaün, the most minutes off the bench at 24.3 per game.
Who is injured on the Hornets?
Grayson Allen (day-to-day, right knee, soreness), Kon Knueppel (day-to-day, left hamstring), Coby White (day-to-day, left calf, strain), Grant Williams (day-to-day, right hamstring) and Kylan Boswell (day-to-day, right knee), on today's injury report.
Why does this Hornets depth chart differ from others?
Listed depth charts are a statement of intent and they lag. This one is ordered by the starts and minutes each player actually got in their last 3 preseason games (Oct 6 to Oct 14), and it moves the morning after every game.

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