Predicting the Charlotte Hornets 2026 NBA Draft Big Board (1.0)

The Hornets have evolved their team-building strategy under GM Jeff Peterson. How do we think their draft board will look?

The Charlotte Hornets have adopted a modern team-building approach since general manager Jeff Peterson took charge of the front office.

I’ve already covered the analytics side, what the Hornets seemingly value, and who it could mean they have interest in. You can read that article here:

I Built a Draft Model to Figure Out Who The Hornets Want

What’s more interesting to me now is attempting to project what their actual draft board will look like through applying those analytics, leaning into positional and archetypal need, and overall team fit.

In this board, I’ve considered all of those factors above to build a top-30 board based on what I think the Hornets will value in this draft.

Here we go: