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Hornets Nightly Desk · transactions · Tuesday, September 22

Tre Carroll leaves the Hornets roster

Charlotte HornetsOff the roster
Tre Carroll
· 23 · rookie
The move
Leaves the Hornets
official roster · Sep 22, 2026
2026-27 cap hit
Not on file yet
public salary data lags a signing by a day
Hornets payroll
$177.1M
over the cap · cap $165.0M · tax $200.4M
Roster
21 players
standard limit 15 + 3 two-way
By the Hornets Nightly Desk · 4 h ago

Tre Carroll is off the Charlotte Hornets roster as of Tuesday, Sept. 22, according to the team's official roster. His contract, position and next destination are not announced.

The move

Tre Carroll is off the Charlotte Hornets roster, a move the team's official roster confirmed on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Carroll, 23, was a rookie on the roster; his position was not announced. He leaves the Hornets with no destination listed, and where he goes next is not announced. No injury report or other public report preceded this transaction, and none is logged ahead of it.

The money

Carroll's contract is not on file yet; public salary data can lag a signing or roster move by a day, so his cap hit and any years are not available. The Hornets carry a payroll of $177.1 million across 18 contracts for 2026-27, which puts them over the salary cap but under the luxury tax. The cap is set at $165.0 million, the tax line at $200.4 million, the first apron at $209.0 million and the second apron at $221.7 million. Charlotte sits well clear of both aprons.

The fit

Carroll has no NBA line from last season. His position is not announced, so it is not clear where he would have fit into Charlotte's rotation. Last season the Hornets leaned on Kon Knueppel (31.5 minutes, 18.5 points), Miles Bridges (31.0 minutes, 17.1 points), Brandon Miller (30.3 minutes, 20.2 points), LaMelo Ball (28.0 minutes, 20.1 points), Moussa Diabaté (26.0 minutes, 7.9 points), Sion James (22.5 minutes, 5.4 points), Collin Sexton (22.3 minutes, 14.2 points) and Ryan Kalkbrenner (21.4 minutes, 7.6 points). The Hornets now list 21 players on the roster, above the standard 15-man limit with three two-way spots.

Did a report precede Tre Carroll leaving the Hornets?

No. No injury report or other public report preceded this move, and none is logged.

What is Tre Carroll's cap hit?

Not on file yet. Public salary data can lag a signing or roster move by a day.

How many players are on Charlotte's roster now?

21, above the standard 15-man limit, with three two-way spots included.

Where do the Hornets stand against the salary cap?

Charlotte's payroll is $177.1 million across 18 contracts for 2026-27: over the $165.0 million cap but under the $200.4 million tax line, with the first apron at $209.0 million and the second apron at $221.7 million.

By the Hornets Nightly Desk, from the data on this page, rewritten when the data changes. How the desks work.
No contract on file yet: public salary data usually catches up within a day.

Hornets rotation

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Kon Knueppel31.5 min · 18.5 pts
Brandon Miller30.3 min · 20.2 pts
Grayson Allen28.8 min · 16.5 pts
Royce O'Neale28.4 min · 9.8 pts
Naz Reid26.1 min · 13.6 pts
Moussa Diabaté26.0 min · 7.9 pts

Moves are detected from the official rosters, so the mechanism (trade, signing, waiver claim, two-way conversion) comes from the linked report when there is one. Salary figures are cap hits from public salary data.