The 1991–92 NBA season was the Charlotte Hornets' fourth season in the

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. With the first overall pick in the 1991 NBA draft, the Hornets selected

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star Larry Johnson. Under new head coach

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, the Hornets would get off to a slow start losing 8 of their first 9 games. At midseason, the team traded

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to the

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in exchange for

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, who was out for the season with a groin injury he sustained with the Bullets. The Hornets would get stronger winning 9 of 13 games in February, on their way to finishing sixth in the Central Division with a record of 31 wins and 51 losses, a five-game improvement over the previous season. Johnson averaged 19.2 points and 11.0 rebounds per game, as he won the 1992 NBA Rookie of the Year Award, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. He also participated in the Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend in

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. In addition, second-year star

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averaged 20.5 points and 1.9 steals per game, while sixth man

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provided the team with 15.7 points per game off the bench, and Johnny Newman contributed 15.3 points per game.

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averaged 12.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, while J.R. Reid provided with 11.0 points and 6.2 rebounds per game, but only played 51 games due to injury, and

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contributed 8.9 points, 9.1 assists and 2.1 steals per game. The Hornets led the NBA in home-game attendance for the third time in four seasons.

Draft picks

Roster

Roster Notes

* Power forward

was acquired from the

at midseason, but did not play for the Hornets this season due to a groin injury.

Regular season

Season standings

:z – clinched division title :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Player statistics

Awards and records

* Larry Johnson, NBA Rookie of the Year Award * Larry Johnson,

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1st Team

Transactions

* July 15, 1991 Waived

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. * September 4, 1991 Signed Anthony Frederick as a free agent. * October 10, 1991 Signed Scott Haffner as a free agent. * October 11, 1991 Waived Scott Haffner. * October 31, 1991 Claimed Greg Grant on waivers from the Indiana Pacers. * November 5, 1991 Waived Kevin Lynch. * December 9, 1991 Signed

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as a free agent. Waived Greg Grant. * December 11, 1991 Signed

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as a free agent. * December 30, 1991 Signed Ron Grandison as a free agent. * January 1, 1992 Signed Ron Grandison to the first of two 10-day contracts. * January 2, 1992 Released Michael Ansley. * January 7, 1992 Waived Ron Grandison. Waived

. * January 10, 1992 Signed Michael Ansley to a 10-day contract. * February 15, 1992 Signed Cedric Hunter to a 10-day contract. * February 19, 1992 Traded

to the Washington Bullets for

. * February 20, 1992 Waived Cedric Hunter.

References

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