1993–94 Charlotte Hornets season

The 1993–94 NBA season was the sixth season for the Charlotte Hornets in the National Basketball Association. During the off-season, the Hornets acquired Hersey Hawkins from the Philadelphia 76ers, and acquired Eddie Johnson from the Seattle SuperSonics.

Coming off their first ever playoff appearance, the Hornets won six of their first eight games as they played around .500 basketball for the first half of the regular season. In December, the team traded Johnny Newman to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for Rumeal Robinson. However, the Hornets would soon struggle as Larry Johnson only played 51 games due to a back injury, and second-year star Alonzo Mourning only appeared in 60 games due to a torn calf muscle and sprained ankle. Without their star players, the Hornets posted two 8-game losing streaks between January and March, and held a 22–25 record at the All-Star break.

At mid-season, the team traded Mike Gminski to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Frank Brickowski, and signed free agent Marty Conlon, but released him to free agency after 16 games, as he later on signed with the Washington Bullets. With the return of Johnson and Mourning, the Hornets won 18 of their final 26 games of the regular season, and finished in fifth place in the Central Division with a 41–41 record; however, they failed to qualify for the NBA playoffs after finishing just one game behind the 8th-seeded Miami Heat. The Hornets led the NBA in home-game attendance for the fifth time in six seasons.

Mourning averaged 21.5 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game, and was selected for the 1994 NBA All-Star Game in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which was his first ever All-Star selection, but did not play due to injury, while Johnson averaged 16.4 points and 8.8 rebounds per game, and sixth man Dell Curry provided the team with 16.3 points per game, led them with 152 three-point field goals off the bench, and was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year. In addition, Hawkins provided the team with 14.4 points and 1.6 steals per game, while Eddie Johnson contributed 11.5 points per game, and Muggsy Bogues provided with 10.8 points, 10.1 assists and 1.7 steals per game. Meanwhile, Kenny Gattison averaged 7.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per game off the bench, and David Wingate contributed 6.2 points per game.

Following the season, Eddie Johnson left to play overseas in Greece, while Brickowski signed as a free agent with the Sacramento Kings, and Robinson was released to free agency.