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Charlotte Hornets

2019-20
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How much flexibility did the Charlotte Hornets actually have in 2019-20?

CHO 2019-20 carried $96,552,033 of selected player charges (88.5% of the cap), placing it in under cap on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was rim protection at 17.1% of the cap; highest measured need was defensive event creation. Exact exception and transaction legality is withheld without team cap-hold and exception-use ledgers.

Current cap position

Current position on selected player charges — not every cap hold or dead-money charge.
SupportedUnder cap on selected player charges
Selected player charges
$96.6M
Share of cap
88%
Tax line
$36.1M under
First apron
$42.4M under
Second apron
No governed line that season
Exact thresholds
Salary cap: $109,140,000Luxury tax line: $132,627,000First apron: $138,928,000Second apron: —Selected player charges: $96,552,033Source-reported payroll: $96,552,033

Option exposure

Optional decisions ahead — reported amounts, not commitments.
Player options (0)
None
Team options (0)
None

Where the money maps

Which basketball functions the payroll is actually buying — shown beside need, never blended.

The largest contracted function cost is rim protection at $18.6M; the highest measured need is defensive event creation.

1 critical-need functions1 underfunded needs1 redundant-cost functionsmapping covers 100% of charges

Acquisition paths

Threshold candidates only — a candidate route is not exact transaction legality.
Cap room candidate threshold onlyRoom exception candidate threshold onlyMinimum signing
WithheldExact transaction legality withheld — no exception-usage, cap-hold, and transaction ledger evidence

Cash cost: Withheld — no cash-salary sample.

Selected player charges do not include every cap hold, dead-money charge or roster charge.

Threshold route candidates are not exact transaction legality.

Cash, cap and economic commitment remain separate; no universal flexibility or front-office score.