Hornets: 3-Point Shooting Has Been Surprisingly Great This Season

The Charlotte Hornets are an offensive juggernaut this season. With the highest scoring offense in the league, the Swarm have been highly-efficient all season. Also possessing the second-highest total assists per game, Charlotte has been passing the ball and creating wide-open jump shots.

When looking at the Hornets’ three-point ranks, the Swarm are fourth in total made triples and eighth in three-point percentage. Sinking 1,071 triples at a 36.2% clip, it may surprise you to find out that the Hornets do not have an elite three-point shooter on their roster.

Despite well over a dozen players shooting 40-plus percent on triples this season, the Hornets do not have a single player shooting above that high-water mark. Among players that have played in at least half of the Swarm’s games this season and have attempted at least one triple per game, Charlotte does not have a shooter above 39% from three-point range. Conversely, they do not have a player below 32% using that same metric.

In between this 32-to-39% range with at least one attempt per game, the Hornets have eight players who have played in over half of their games this season. This incredibly balanced array of shooting makes the Hornets a deadly team to defend.

While Mason Plumlee and Montrezl Harrell do not shoot triples, they play exclusively at center. This means that the other eight rotation players can fill out the remaining four positions on the court at any given time. Led by LaMelo Ball, Terry Rozier, and Kelly Oubre, the Hornets have a plethora of guys that like to shoot the three and connect on a terrific percentage.

Having eight non-elite, but still solid, three-point shooters is just one of the reasons the Hornets have a top-ranked offense this late into the regular season. If this high level of team shooting can continue into the play-in tournament, there is a great chance the Swarm will be playing in their first playoff series since 2014.