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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]
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)
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 ...
The earliest "Charlotte Hornets" team was founded in 1892, according to Minor League Baseball records. The team played in the 19th-century South Atlantic League for one season. Their nickname was the "Maroons" because of the maroon colour of the stockings and caps for their uniforms, while the jersey and pants were probably gray, with CHARLOTTE ...
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 ...
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]
Charlotte was then awarded a new expansion team named the Bobcats in 2004, which reassumed the Hornets name in 2014. In a deal with the NBA and Pelicans, the renamed Hornets also reclaimed the history and records of the original Hornets from 1988 to 2002, while all of the original Hornets' records from 2002 to 2013 will remain with the Pelicans.