Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Bobcats first participated in the 2004 NBA draft, two days after their expansion draft was held. [3] The franchise's name was changed back to the Hornets at the conclusion of the 2013–14 season , one year after the team in Louisiana renamed itself the New Orleans Pelicans .
Other notable players included sharpshooting rookie (and first draft selection) Rex Chapman, a long-distance scoring threat, and floor general Muggsy Bogues, the shortest player in NBA history at 5'3". The Hornets' first NBA game took place on November 4, 1988, at the Charlotte Coliseum, and was a 133–93 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. [9]
Despite finishing the season with the worst record in NBA history, the Bobcats received the second overall pick. [91] With the second pick in the 2012 NBA draft, the Bobcats selected Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and selected Jeffery Taylor with the 31st pick. [92] They also added Ben Gordon, Ramon Sessions and Brendan Haywood in free agency. The ...
The expansion draft for the construction of the Charlotte Bobcats, recognized at the time as the 30th NBA franchise, was held on June 22, 2004. [1] The Bobcats selected 19 players from other teams' unprotected players lists and constructed their squad for what was regarded at the time as their inaugural season.
The 2004–05 NBA season was the first season for the Charlotte Bobcats in the National Basketball Association. This season marked the return of NBA basketball to Charlotte after a two-year hiatus. [1] The original Hornets had moved to New Orleans after the 2001–02 season to become the New Orleans Hornets, now the New Orleans Pelicans. [2]
2016 second-round draft pick to San Antonio Charlotte's 2016 2nd-round pick to San Antonio protected for selections 31 to 55 (if this pick falls within its protected range and is therefore not conveyed, then Charlotte's obligation to San Antonio will be extinguished) [Charlotte–San Antonio, February 18, 2010]
In his final season for the Bobcats, Okafor averaged 13.2 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game. [15] But at the end of that 2008–2009 season, Bobcats head coach Larry Brown publicly questioned Okafor's passion. “I tease him that he’s got an A in stretching and pilates and yoga.
The 2006–07 Charlotte Bobcats season was Charlotte's 17th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their third as the Bobcats. Draft picks [ edit ]