3 Issues the Charlotte Hornets must sort out during training camp

2. Three-point shooting

It is not exactly a secret that the Charlotte Hornets did not finish the 2022-23 season as anything resembling a team that was effective at shooting the three-ball. The Hornets were tied for the third-fewest made threes per game at just 10.7. This is only three-tenths of a three-pointer more per contest than the two teams tied for last (Houston and Chicago). This is simply an unacceptable amount of made threes per game for a team looking to climb their way out of the cellar of the Eastern Conference.

While it should be said that injuries to some of the Hornets’ better three-point shooters last season did not help their cause, the fact that Charlotte’s reserves did not have anyone capable of knocking down a shot from deep on a regular basis is deeply concerning. This just speaks volumes about the overall lack of talent that the Hornets had on their roster last season.

Having their full group of starters healthy and available should help their causes in this department, most notably LaMelo Ball. Ball finished with the third-most made three-pointers (144) for the Hornets last year in just 36 games. Terry Rozier’s team-leading 165 came in 63 games while P.J. Washington’s 149 required 73 games. Only one more player, Kelly Oubre Jr., eclipsed the 100-made threes threshold last year, with Jalen McDaniels’ 65 being the next highest number.

If Charlotte is unable to see across-the-board improvement in this area, this will just be another year of irrelevant Hornets basketball with nothing meaningful to show for it.