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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]
NBA Eastern 6th Central 3rd 46 36 .561 10 Won First round 3–0 Lost conference semifinals 4–3 2001–02: 2001–02: NBA Eastern 4th Central 2nd 44 38 .537 8 Won First round 3–1 Lost conference semifinals 4–1 2002–03 [c] Inactive: 2003–04; Charlotte Bobcats: 2004–05 [d] 2004–05: NBA Eastern 14th Southeast: 4th 18 64 .220 41
On July 18, 2013, the NBA unanimously approved the Charlotte Bobcats to reclaim the Hornets name at the conclusion of the 2013–14 season. [141] During the 2013 NBA draft, the Bobcats selected power forward/center Cody Zeller with the 4th overall pick. [142] The Bobcats would also get former Utah Jazz player Al Jefferson during the free agency ...
Emeka Okafor, however, won the 2004–05 NBA Rookie of the Year Award. [70] In the 2005 NBA draft, the Bobcats drafted Raymond Felton and Sean May from North Carolina. [71] In their second season, the Bobcats opened Charlotte Bobcats Arena with an overtime victory over the Celtics. Despite struggling for most of the year, they managed to close ...
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 1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers, who won the NBA Finals, are not counted in the Eastern versus Western champions record above as they played in the Central Division. The first parentheses in the Western champions and Eastern champions columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second parentheses indicate the number of times that teams have ...
Michael Jordan became the first former NBA player to become majority owner of a basketball franchise on Wednesday when the NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale of the Charlotte ...
The National Basketball Association has undergone several rounds of expansion in the league's history, since it began play in 1946, to reach 30 teams. The most recent examples are the additions of the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat in 1988; the Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic in 1989; the Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies in 1995 (who relocated to Memphis in 2001); and the ...