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Rufus D. Lynx was officially retired following the conclusion of the 2013–14 NBA season, and the Hornets made him a farewell video in May 2014. [225] The updated Hugo was unveiled on an around the city tour on June 5, 2014. [226] The Hornets have an official cheerleading squad known as the Charlotte Honey Bees. The Honey Bees perform sideline ...
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]
Because Shinn was not in a financial position to continue to run the team, the NBA was expected to purchase and run the team while looking for a local owner. [11] The NBA completed its purchase of the Hornets from George Shinn and Gary Chouest in December 2010 for an estimated $300 million.
Jordan is also a trailblazing businessman, serving as the NBA's lone non-white principal owner for nearly a decade after purchasing a majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets for $275 million in 2010.
The Hornets opened their inaugural season in New Orleans on October 30, 2002, against New Orleans' original NBA franchise, the Utah Jazz. In the first regular season NBA game played in New Orleans in over 17 years, [ 18 ] the Hornets defeated the Jazz 100–75, and posthumously retired #7 of "Pistol" Pete Maravich during halftime.
Peterson, the Hornets’ president of basketball operations, agreed to acquire DaQuan Jeffries, a draft pick and cash considerations from the New York Knicks in a three-team trade sending Karl ...
Kidd-Gilchrist is still just 20-years old, however, and the Hornets hired former First Team All-NBA'er Mark Price last season to help fix the leak. Price, who is the NBA's all-time leader in ...
At the time, the New Orleans Hornets were a continuation of the Charlotte Hornets franchise, but this was changed in 2014 after the second incarnation of the Hornets (originally the Charlotte Bobcats starting in 2004) purchased the records and history of the Hornets franchise from 1988 to 2002.