Snapshot
- Role: developmental SF/PF behind Miller, Allen, O'Neale, and Knueppel.
- 2025-26: 31 GP, 11.9 MPG; .400 FG · .821 FT · 0.8 3PM · 4.3 PTS · 2.4 REB · 0.8 AST · 0.2 STL · 0.1 BLK · 0.4 TO.
- Summer League: led Charlotte in scoring across its opening stretch but struggled from three in the Boston loss. Update 2026-07-19: Charlotte's staff handed him primary-creator duties in Vegas as a deliberate facilitation experiment, with the coaching staff praising his "ability to score the ball at all three levels" and his defensive effort — the first organizational signal aimed at the "needs a real secondary statistic" problem flagged below. HoopsRumors Hornets Notes, 2026-07-18
2026-27 projection
| GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 8.0 | .405 | .820 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Nine-category and points: outside the top 230. Dynasty: top 170-230 in deep formats; shooting and age preserve upside, but he needs a real secondary statistic.
Range
- Ceiling: Miller's rehabilitation opens early minutes and veterans move at the deadline; 20 MPG, 9 PTS, two threes and four rebounds.
- Median: Greensboro/spot NBA role.
- Floor: healthy veterans leave him outside the nightly rotation.
Sources
- Hornets 2025-26 game notes — 2026-04-13; baseline and injury absences.
- ESPN player statistics — accessed 2026-07-18.
- Official 2026 Summer League roster — 2026-07.
- NBA Charlotte team page — accessed 2026-07-18; Summer League news context.
Career record
Pre-NBA: One season at UConn (2024-25): 27 GP, 32.1 MPG, 14.5 PTS, 6.0 REB, 2.3 AST on .381 FG, .317 3P, .866 FT. Big East Freshman of the Year and third-team All-Big East. A consensus five-star out of Montverde Academy and a 2024 McDonald's All-American, he arrived with a shooter's reputation that his college percentages did not support — the .317 from three is the number that pushed him to the end of the first round. Draft: 2025, first round, 29th overall by Phoenix; rights traded to Charlotte on June 30, 2025 with Vasilije Micić and a 2029 first-rounder for Mark Williams.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 20 | CHA | 31 | 11.9 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | .400 | .821 | 0.4 |
| Career | 31 | 11.9 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | .400 | .821 | 0.4 |
He shot .400 from three as a rookie, matching his overall field-goal percentage — the volume was low but the stroke translated better in the NBA than it had at UConn. He also logged 20 games for Greensboro at 19.6 PTS, 5.1 REB, 3.2 AST, which is the more useful read on his offensive ceiling than 12 NBA minutes a night.
Durability: 31 of 82 games. A left ankle sprain ended his NBA season in late January; he made no NBA or G League appearance after February 6, 2026. The rest of the missed time was rotation crowding rather than health.
Trajectory: A first-round shooting wing who did the one thing asked of him at a competent rate and then lost the year to an ankle. The rebounding rate is real for his position, but there is no secondary category — 0.2 steals and 0.1 blocks give him nothing to stand on in nine-cat. He is fourth or fifth in line at forward behind Miller, Knueppel, Allen and O'Neale. He becomes startable if Charlotte moves a veteran wing at the deadline or Miller misses time again; short of that, expect another season of spot minutes and G League volume.
Career sources: ESPN career stats · Wikipedia · Yahoo Sports 2025-26 player grade · CBS Sports player page
Open questions
- Can McNeeley defend well enough to play through shooting variance?
- Will Charlotte create development minutes by moving Allen or O'Neale at the deadline?