10 best draft choices in Hornets history

The Charlotte Hornets’ franchise history consists of a few different periods. They became an expansion team in 1988 and stayed in Charlotte until 2002 (moved to New Orleans). Charlotte was granted another franchise in 2004 which were known as the Bobcats. In 2014, the Charlotte franchise once again became known as the Hornets.

So when looking at their top-10 draft picks in franchise history, that includes all players drafted from 1988-2001 (original Charlotte Hornets), 2004-2014 (Charlotte Bobcats), and the present-day Charlotte Hornets. Therefore, players on this list who also played for the New Orleans Hornets will not have their time in New Orleans accounted for.

As a subjective list, it can easily be debated who belongs on the list and where they should go. In order to make the list, the player actually had to be drafted by the Hornets. Only their impact with Charlotte is considered (while Tobias Harris was drafted by the Hornets, he’s never played for them). It’s also not exactly a top-10 players drafted by the Hornets list, as where the player was drafted could influence where they ended up on the list (a 30th overall pick who had nearly as much impact as a fifth overall pick will be higher on the list). All of Charlotte’s draft choices were taken from Basketball Reference.