Hornets Draft History
| 1988 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | 8 | Rex Chapman | Kentucky |
| 2 | 34 | Tom Tolbert | Arizona |
| 3 | 58 | Jeff Moore | Auburn | 1989 |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | 5 | J.R. Reid | North Carolina |
| 2 | 29 | Dyron Nix** | Tennessee | 1990 |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | 5 | Kendall Gill | Illinois |
| 2 | 39 | Steve Scheffler | Purdue | 1991 |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | 1 | Larry Johnson | UNLV |
| 2 | 28 | Kevin Lynch | Minnesota | 1992 |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | 2 | Alonzo Mourning | Georgetown |
| 2 | 35 | Tony Bennett | Wisconsin-Green Bay | 1993 |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | 17 | Greg Graham | Indiana |
| 1 | 20 | Scott Burrell | Connecticut |
| 2 | No Selection | 1994 | |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | No Selection | ||
| 2 | 38 | Darrin Hancock | Kansas | 1995 |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | 22 | George Zidek | UCLA |
| 2 | No Selection | 1996 | |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | 13 | Kobe Bryant* | Lower Merion High From |
| 1 | 16 | Tony Delk | Kentucky |
| 2 | 44 | Malik Rose | Drexel | 1997 |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | No Selection | ||
| 2 | No Selection | 1998 | |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | 21 | Ricky Davis | Iowa |
| 2 | 50 | Andrew Betts | Long Beach State | 1999 |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | 3 | Baron Davis | UCLA |
| 2 | 43 | Lee Nailon | Texas Christian | 2000 |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | 19 | Jamaal Magloire | Kentucky | 2001 |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | 16 | Kirk Haston | Indiana | 2002 |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | No Selection | ||
| 2 | No Selection | 2003 | |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | 18 | David West | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 2 | 48 | James Lang | Central Park Christian (HS) | 2004 |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | 18 | J.R. Smith | St. Benedict's (HS) |
| 2 | 44 | Tim Pickett | Florida State University | 2005 |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | 4 | Chris Paul | Wake Forest |
| 2 | 33 | Brandon Bass | Louisiana State University | 2006 |
| Round | Pick | Player | From |
| 1 | 12 | Hilton Armstrong | Connecticut |
| 1 | 15 | Cedric Simmons | North Carolina State |
| 2 | 43 | Marcus Vinicius | Brazil |
*Traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for center Vlade Divac
** Traded to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for center Stuart Gray
