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Royce O'Neale

Royce O'Neale

PF/SF • Charlotte Hornets Proj Rank 48 Actual 16 N/A • Trade Value
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS FSP
9.692.634.8527.61.1.411.65
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Royce O'Neale | Fantasy Outlook

Royce O'Neale Season Outlook: Veteran Perimeter Depth in Charlotte

Royce O'Neale enters his ninth NBA campaign settled into a veteran reserve role with Charlotte. Listed second on the depth chart at power forward behind Moussa Diabate, the 33-year-old offers steady multi-position depth across both forward spots without demanding heavy developmental priority.

Last season in Phoenix, O'Neale showed his established 3-and-D utility, averaging 9.7 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 2.7 three-pointers in 27.6 minutes per game while hitting 41% from deep. However, his low usage limits offensive upside on a roster featuring primary scorers like Brandon Miller.

Rostered in roughly 13% of fantasy leagues with a modest 5% start rate, O'Neale is primarily a perimeter specialist. Unless frontcourt injuries create a clear path to 25-plus nightly minutes, he profiles as a deep-league stash and situational three-point streamer rather than a standard-league lineup regular.

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Royce O'Neale Fantasy

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DATE OPP M FG PTS AST STL REB BLK TO FPT Diff
04/27 OKC 18 3/3 8 2 0 7 0 1 1826
04/25 OKC 22 1/4 3 0 0 6 0 1 951
04/22 OKC 34 4/5 16 4 2 9 0 2 352
04/19 OKC 22 1/2 4 3 0 3 1 0 1429
04/17 GS 25 4/11 11 1 0 2 0 1 1430
04/14 POR 23 3/5 7 3 4 8 0 0 290
04/10 LAL 22 4/10 11 3 3 7 0 1 2938
04/08 DAL 23 5/7 14 1 0 4 1 0 2232
04/07 HOU 17 1/4 3 0 0 2 1 0 735
04/05 CHI 21 1/2 3 2 0 3 0 2 864
04/02 CHA 16 1/2 3 0 0 1 0 1 339
03/31 ORL 30 4/8 14 4 1 9 1 1 3414
03/30 MEM 24 3/7 9 1 0 4 0 1 1458
03/28 UTA 21 2/7 6 2 0 3 0 0 1340
03/24 DEN 28 5/8 17 3 1 5 3 0 3614
03/17 MIN 29 3/6 9 2 3 2 0 3 1737
03/16 BOS 18 2/5 6 3 0 2 2 0 1743
03/13 TOR 28 2/9 6 4 1 6 1 0 2327
03/12 IND 28 5/8 15 1 0 3 0 0 2027
03/10 MIL 31 7/11 21 4 2 5 0 2 3522
03/08 CHA 32 1/6 3 1 3 7 2 0 2329
03/06 NO 31 4/9 11 3 0 6 0 0 2327
03/05 CHI 18 1/6 3 0 0 4 0 1 765
03/03 SAC 28 2/7 6 5 2 4 1 1 2327
02/26 LAL 28 4/7 13 3 0 6 0 2 2334
02/24 BOS 21 3/6 9 1 0 2 1 1 1439
02/22 POR 24 0/5 0 0 1 7 1 2 1037
02/21 ORL 45 2/10 6 4 2 7 2 1 2737
02/19 SA 26 3/8 8 1 0 7 1 0 2038
02/11 OKC 23 4/11 12 2 0 2 0 1 1639
02/10 DAL 22 4/8 12 2 2 4 0 1 2336
02/07 PHI 33 5/10 14 3 2 11 0 3 3325
02/05 GS 27 3/7 9 5 0 1 0 1 1747
02/03 POR 36 5/12 11 0 2 7 0 2 2138
02/01 LAC 33 3/8 9 3 0 4 0 1 1737
01/30 CLE 23 4/8 12 2 1 5 0 0 2322
01/29 DET 28 4/8 10 2 1 2 0 2 1551
01/27 BKN 34 2/9 7 4 2 2 1 1 2042
01/25 MIA 31 2/10 8 5 2 5 0 2 2420
01/23 ATL 27 2/5 5 3 2 2 1 4 1449
01/20 PHI 23 3/7 9 2 0 3 0 1 1524
01/19 BKN 28 4/8 11 5 0 3 0 3 1937
01/17 NY 29 3/5 10 2 1 5 0 1 2036
01/15 DET 29 4/11 11 7 0 7 0 2 2826
01/13 MIA 32 3/10 8 4 1 4 0 1 2028
01/11 WAS 25 6/10 19 4 2 7 0 3 3427
01/09 NY 33 4/6 12 1 0 6 1 0 2329
01/07 MEM 26 4/9 12 4 2 6 1 1 3022
01/05 HOU 30 5/12 15 3 2 6 0 0 3115
01/04 OKC 31 1/8 3 3 0 6 1 2 1536
01/02 SAC 30 3/7 7 2 2 5 3 0 2630
12/31 CLE 27 4/10 9 1 1 2 0 4 1147
12/29 WAS 32 5/8 15 4 1 5 0 1 2829
12/27 NO 32 5/9 15 2 1 5 1 2 2628
12/26 NO 25 1/4 3 3 0 2 0 0 1038
12/23 LAL 22 4/5 12 3 1 3 0 1 2138
12/20 GS 29 2/7 5 2 1 3 0 3 1143
12/18 GS 31 3/9 9 3 3 5 0 1 2545
12/14 LAL 23 4/7 12 1 1 5 0 2 2026
12/10 OKC 26 2/7 4 1 2 4 0 5 911
12/08 MIN 32 4/6 11 5 2 8 1 2 325
12/05 HOU 19 0/4 0 2 1 2 0 1 662
12/01 LAL 33 2/7 6 11 1 7 0 1 3219
11/29 DEN 29 6/13 15 1 2 6 0 0 2820
11/28 OKC 28 4/10 11 1 1 7 1 1 2438
11/26 SAC 32 3/9 9 4 3 4 1 2 2618
11/24 HOU 32 4/10 12 1 0 5 1 1 2140
11/23 SA 33 3/8 9 1 1 5 0 1 1838
11/21 MIN 31 5/8 16 2 0 3 0 2 2127
11/18 POR 31 3/10 9 1 2 5 0 1 2032
11/16 ATL 24 1/9 3 1 0 6 0 0 1253
11/13 IND 22 2/4 5 3 0 3 0 1 1270
11/12 DAL 27 4/7 13 4 1 6 0 2 2633
11/10 NO 23 5/9 14 2 1 5 1 1 2643
11/08 LAC 28 4/8 12 5 2 7 0 1 3125
11/06 LAC 28 6/11 17 2 0 4 0 1 240
11/04 GS 27 3/8 8 3 1 6 0 3 1927
11/02 SA 29 4/6 11 4 2 6 0 1 2722
10/31 UTA 33 5/10 13 2 2 5 0 1 2530
10/29 MEM 34 6/12 18 5 0 3 0 2 2725
10/27 UTA 46 6/17 17 7 5 13 0 4 4922
10/25 DEN 28 2/6 7 2 0 4 0 1 1427
10/24 LAC 27 4/11 11 1 2 4 1 2 2144
10/22 SAC 29 4/8 12 2 1 5 0 1 2246
Totals: 2318 279/654 814 221 90 407 33 108 1775
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YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
17-18 UTA 68 16.6 .422 .362 .803 5.0 1.4 3.4 0.2 0.5 0.8
18-19 UTA 70 21.2 .470 .386 .758 5.3 1.6 3.7 0.4 0.7 0.8
19-20 UTA 64 28.9 .439 .389 .735 6.3 2.5 5.3 0.4 0.7 0.8
20-21 UTA 63 31.3 .444 .386 .857 6.9 2.5 7.0 0.5 0.8 1.1
21-22 UTA 87 30.2 .451 .374 .803 7.3 2.3 4.8 0.4 1.1 1.0
22-23 BKN 78 30.9 .383 .379 .739 8.6 3.7 5.0 0.6 0.9 1.5
23-24 BKN 82 24.4 .398 .372 .697 7.7 2.7 4.8 0.5 0.7 0.9
24-25 PHO 74 24.0 .422 .405 .731 9.1 2.2 4.6 0.4 0.9 0.9
25-26 PHO 84 27.6 .427 .411 .727 9.7 2.6 4.8 0.4 1.1 1.3
3-YEAR AVG 80 25.4 .416 .397 .718 8.8 2.5 4.7 0.5 0.9 1.0
Totals 696 26.4 .425 .389 .772 7.5 2.4 4.9 0.4 0.8 1.0

O'Neale Projection

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MIN FG% FT% 3P% 3PM 3PA 2PM FTA FTM FGA FGM OREB DREB A/T DD TD PF REB AST BLK PTS STL TO FPTS
81.5 0.422 0.773 0.401 17.7 7 9 1.8 1.3 21.5 9.1 2.4 12.1 2.3 0.08 0 7.4 14.8 7.5 1 26.8 3 3.3 20.1
MIN FG% FT% 3P% 3PM 3PA 2PM FTA FTM FGA FGM OREB DREB A/T DD TD PF REB AST BLK PTS STL TO FPTS
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Roster Breakdown
NAME OWN START
Kon Knueppel SG/SF 100% 100%
Coby White SG/PG 100% 80%
Dennis Schroder PG/SG 12% 7%
Christian Anderson PG 5% 0%
NAME OWN START
Brandon Miller SF/PF 100% 100%
Moussa Diabate PF/C 22% 7%
Grayson Allen SF/SG 24% 5%
Royce O'Neale PF/SF 12% 5%
NAME OWN START
Naz Reid C/PF 100% 90%
Ryan Kalkbrenner C 7% 0%
Hannes Steinbach C/PF 10% 2%

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Jun 5th

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