Hornets secure Brandon Miller with a 5-year, $209 million contract extension

Miller has averaged 19 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3 assists per game over his first three seasons.

The Charlotte Hornets have agreed on a five-year, $209 million contract extension with guard/forward Brandon Miller. The team officially announced the extension ahead of Monday’s deadline.

The 6-foot-7 Miller has averaged 19 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3 assists per game over his first three seasons in the league while shooting 37.3% from 3-point range. He averaged 20.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game last season while dealing with a shoulder injury.

Miller, 23, is expected to take on an even bigger scoring load this season after the Hornets traded LaMelo Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Charlotte Hornets President of Basketball Operations Jeff Peterson today announced that the team has signed guard Brandon Miller to a multiyear contract extension. Per team policy, the terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Charlotte originally selected Miller with the 2nd overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. In three seasons with the Hornets, Miller averages 19.0 points (43.1 FG%, 37.3 3P%, 86.3 FT%), 4.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.0 steals in 31.8 minutes per contest, compiling 166 career appearances (160 starts). He was named First Team All-Rookie and finished third in Rookie of the Year voting in 2023-24 after winning three-straight Rookie of the Month awards from January-March 2024.

Last season, Miller claimed his first Eastern Conference Player of the Week award on Feb. 1 after averaging 26.3 points (51.6 FG%, 50.0 3P%, 100.0 FT%), 5.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game in four outings, becoming the first Hornet to earn Player of the Week honors since Miles Bridges on Oct. 25, 2021. The Antioch, Tenn., native averaged a team-leading 20.2 points per game (43.5 FG%, 38.3 3P%, 89.2 FT%) during the 2025-26 campaign over the course of 65 appearances (all starts). He was one of 13 players in the NBA to average at least 3.0 3-pointers made per game last season and finished the year ranking ninth in the league in free throw percentage (89.2 FT%). Miller also broke his own franchise record with 21-straight games with multiple 3-pointers made, ending the streak at 22 games, and led the Hornets with 18 25-point games on the season.

Charlotte opens the season Wednesday at Brooklyn.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.