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The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [1] The Hornets were first established in 1988 as an expansion team, but relocated to New Orleans following the 2001–02 season. [2]
On May 20, 2014, the Bobcats became the second incarnation of the Charlotte Hornets. At a press conference, team officials also announced that the renamed Hornets reclaimed the history and records of the 1988–2002 Hornets, while all of the Hornets' records during their time in New Orleans from 2002 to 2013 remained with the Pelicans. [154]
Originally, the new team was going to be called the Charlotte Spirit, [19] but a name-the-team contest yielded "Hornets" as the winning choice. The name originates from British General Cornwallis , who allegedly described the city as "a hornet's nest of rebellion" following the Battle of Charlotte in 1780, though it was first attested in 1819 ...
View history; General ... This is a list of basketball players who played for the Charlotte Hornets (both the 1988–2002 and 2014–present incarnations of the team)
A new franchise, the Charlotte Bobcats, began play in the 2004–05 season. [2] [3] In 2014, the Bobcats adopted the Hornets name and acquired the history and records of the original Charlotte Hornets. [4]
Entering his sophomore season as the team's head coach, Steve Clifford has a team capable of finishing with a top-four seed in the East. The last time the Hornets had a top-four seed was in 2002 ...
This is a list of basketball players in the National Basketball Association who played for the Charlotte Bobcats after the original franchise suspended operations upon relocating and before the team was again renamed "Charlotte Hornets" in 2014.
For 40 years, The Charlotte Observer has covered them. Now, we have the definitive ranking. These are the best Charlotte high school football players from the past 40 years