Charlotte Hornets NBA Basketball Odds 2026: Playoffs, Finals & Futures

Market outlook

Charlotte Hornets odds

Charlotte Hornets trades at <1% for NBA Champion, 2% for NBA Eastern Conference Champion and 40% for NBA Playoff Qualifiers.

Market outlook

Charlotte Hornets markets

NBA Champion

CHA Hornets

93.5x

OKC Thunder

4.13x

$39,019,293 vol30 markets

NBA Eastern Conference Champion

CHA Hornets

46.8x

NY Knicks

4.51x

$2,841,631 vol15 markets

NBA Eastern Conference #1 Seed

CHA Hornets

93.5x

NY Knicks

4.51x

$363,222 vol15 markets

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Charlotte Hornets Record and Southeast Standings

Charlotte Hornets is 44-38 this season, third in the Southeast.

Rank	Team	Clinch	Record	Pct	PF	PA	Streak
1	Atlanta Hawks	DIV	46-36	56%	118.5	116	Lost 1
2	Orlando Magic	IN	45-37	55%	115.7	115.1	Lost 1
3	Charlotte Hornets		44-38	54%	116	111.2	Won 1
4	Miami Heat		43-39	52%	120.9	118.5	Won 2
5	Washington Wizards	OUT	17-65	21%	112.9	124.9	Lost 10

Division marketCharlotte Hornets 9%0pt

Preseason expectation40+ wins 41%-1pt

Charlotte Hornets Injury Report

No official Charlotte Hornets game-status designations have been posted.

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No game-status designations yetThe report will populate when the first official designation file is available.

Market watchCHA Hornets vs BKN Nets 51%-2pt

Charlotte Hornets Roster

Charlotte Hornets currently lists 18 active players and 18 total players on its roster.

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No.	Player	Pos	Status	Exp	College
14	Moussa Diabate	C	Active	4	Michigan
0	Naz Reid	C	Active	7	LSU
16	PJ Hall	C	Active	2	Clemson
11	Ryan Kalkbrenner	C	Active	1	Creighton
2	Grant Williams	F	Active	7	Tennessee
7	Kon Knueppel	F	Active	1	Duke
33	Liam McNeeley	F	Active	1	Connecticut
10	Michael Ajayi	F	Active	—	Butler
00	Royce O'Neale	F	Active	9	Baylor
31	Tidjane Salaun	F	Active	2	—

Charlotte Hornets Playoff Chances

Charlotte Hornets is priced at a 40% chance to qualify for the 2026-27 playoffs, with a 9% chance to win the Southeast.

Playoffs40%

Charlotte Hornets path to the postseasonCharlotte Hornets reaches the first round outright with a top-six seed in the Eastern Conference. Seeds seven through ten enter the play-in tournament, and two of those four are eliminated before the playoffs begin.

Southeast: 9%

Eastern Conference champion: 2%

League champion: <1%

Charlotte Hornets Season Stats

Charlotte Hornets scored 116 points per game in 2025, 13th-most in the league, while allowing 111.2 per game.

Points scored per game116#13 NBA

Points allowed per game111.2#7 NBA

2025 market baseline40+ wins · 41%The market currently gives Charlotte Hornets a 41% chance to reach at least 40 wins.

Charlotte Hornets 2026 Schedule

Charlotte Hornets plays at Brooklyn Nets on Oct 21 next.

Date	Opponent	Time (ET)
Oct 21	@ Brooklyn Nets	7:30 PM
Oct 23	vs Atlanta Hawks	7:00 PM
Oct 24	vs Miami Heat	6:00 PM
Oct 26	vs Washington Wizards	7:00 PM
Oct 28	@ Detroit Pistons	7:00 PM
Oct 30	@ Washington Wizards	7:00 PM
Oct 31	vs Philadelphia 76ers	6:00 PM
Nov 2	vs Detroit Pistons	7:30 PM

Charlotte Hornets matchups

Head-to-head pages for every Charlotte Hornets rivalry — division opponents first, then the rest of the league.

Hornets Starting Lineup

Charlotte project a starting five of Dennis Schroder (PG), Grayson Allen (SG), Brandon Miller (SF), Naz Reid (PF), and Moussa Diabate (C).

PG

Dennis Schroder

SG

Grayson Allen

SF

Brandon Miller

PF

Naz Reid

C

Moussa Diabate

Projected by the league, and subject to late changes

Hornets Depth Chart

The current Hornets depth chart lists 5 positions.

Position	Starter	Second	Third+
PG	Dennis Schroder	Coby White	—
SG	Grayson Allen	Sion James	—
SF	Brandon Miller	Liam McNeeley	—
PF	Naz Reid	Tidjane Salaun	—
C	Moussa Diabate	Ryan Kalkbrenner	—

Charlotte Hornets Last Game

Charlotte Hornets lost 98-116 to the Memphis Grizzlies in its most recent regular-season game on Oct 16, 2026.

Charlotte Hornets

98Final116

Memphis Grizzlies

Recent form

L90-121@ ORL

W127-126vs MIA

W110-96@ NYK

L100-118vs DET

L102-113@ BOS

Charlotte Hornets Draft Picks

Charlotte Hornets made two first-round selections in the 2025 draft, adding Kon Knueppel and Liam McNeeley.

Round	Overall	Player	Pos	School
2	—	Sion James	G	Duke
2	—	Ryan Kalkbrenner	C	Creighton
1	—	Kon Knueppel	F	Duke
1	—	Liam McNeeley	F	Connecticut

Charlotte Hornets NBA Finals Wins

Charlotte Hornets has won no league championships.

Championships

0

Conference titles

0

Division titles

0

Playoff appearances

10

Charlotte Hornets Franchise

Franchise	Detail
Venue	Spectrum CenterCharlotte, NC
Founded	1988

Charlotte Hornets 2025 outlook

The Charlotte Hornets play in the Eastern Conference's Southeast Division at Spectrum Center in uptown Charlotte. The city's NBA history runs in two parts. The original Hornets arrived as an expansion team in 1988 and moved to New Orleans in 2002. The Charlotte Bobcats followed in 2004, took back the Hornets name in 2014 and reclaimed the 1988-2002 records as their own, so the franchise history now covers both eras. Charlotte has never advanced past the second round of the playoffs, and is still waiting for a first conference finals.Everything a Hornets fan checks before tip-off is here: the roster, injury report, starting lineup, next game and Eastern Conference standings, each paired with a Kalshi price. The outlook panel at the top turns those markets into three probabilities, reaching the playoffs, winning the Eastern Conference and winning the title, alongside the latest move on each. Traders set the numbers, and they change as the season does.

Frequently asked questions

What are the Hornets' championship odds?Kalshi's NBA Championship market prices Charlotte at <1%, unchanged on its most recent move (updated Oct 19). A contract pays $1 only if the team wins the title, so the price in cents reads as its chance of doing so. Charlotte has never reached the NBA Finals.

How many championships have the Hornets won?None. Charlotte has never reached the NBA Finals or a conference finals. Its deepest runs ended in the second round, in 1993, 1998, 2001 and 2002, all in the original Hornets era that the franchise reclaimed from New Orleans in 2014.

What are the Hornets' playoff chances?The market puts Charlotte's playoff probability at 40% and its chance of winning the Eastern Conference at 2% (updated Oct 19). A top-six seed guarantees a first-round series; seeds seven through ten have to win one or two play-in games to get there. The record and schedule sections below show the games left and the teams Charlotte is chasing or holding off.

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NBA Champion

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NBA Eastern Conference #1 Seed

Charlotte Hornets Record and Southeast Standings

Charlotte Hornets Injury Report

Charlotte Hornets Roster

Charlotte Hornets Playoff Chances

Charlotte Hornets Season Stats

Charlotte Hornets 2026 Schedule

Charlotte Hornets matchups

Hornets Starting Lineup

Hornets Depth Chart

Charlotte Hornets Last Game

Charlotte Hornets Draft Picks

Charlotte Hornets NBA Finals Wins

Charlotte Hornets Franchise

Charlotte Hornets 2025 outlook

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