1991–92 Charlotte Hornets season

The 1991–92 Charlotte Hornets season was the fourth season for the Charlotte Hornets in the National Basketball Association. The Hornets won the NBA draft lottery, and selected power forward Larry Johnson from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with the first overall pick in the 1991 NBA draft, and hired Allan Bristow as their new head coach.

Under Bristow, the Hornets got off to a slow start losing eight of their first nine games of the regular season, and later on held a 14–33 record at the All-Star break. At mid-season, the team traded Rex Chapman to the Washington Bullets in exchange for Tom Hammonds, who was out for the remainder of the season due to a season-ending groin injury he sustained with the Bullets. The Hornets won 9 of their 13 games in February, while posting a five-game winning streak between February and March, but lost seven of their final eight games of the season, finishing tied in last place in the Central Division with a 31–51 record, which was a five-game improvement over the previous season.

Johnson averaged 19.2 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, and was named the NBA Rookie of the Year, and was also named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. In addition, second-year star Kendall Gill averaged 20.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.9 steals per game, while sixth man Dell Curry provided the team with 15.7 points per game off the bench, and Johnny Newman contributed 15.3 points per game. Meanwhile, Kenny Gattison averaged 12.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, J.R. Reid provided with 11.0 points and 6.2 rebounds per game, but only played 51 games due to injury, and Muggsy Bogues contributed 8.9 points, 9.1 assists and 2.1 steals per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Orlando Arena in Orlando, Florida, Johnson participated in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, while Curry participated in the NBA Three-Point Shootout. Gill finished tied in eighth place in Most Improved Player voting. The Hornets led the NBA in home-game attendance for the third time in four seasons, which an attendance of 971,618 at the Charlotte Coliseum during the regular season.