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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]
This is a list of basketball players who played for the Charlotte Hornets (both the 1988–2002 and 2014–present incarnations of the team) ... Pages in category ...
They are members of the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The original Charlotte Hornets franchise played in Charlotte from 1988 to 2002, before relocating to New Orleans, Louisiana and becoming the New Orleans Hornets. [1]
The team's roster was filled with unprotected players at the 1988 NBA Expansion Draft, [a] and five days later the Hornets made their first picks out of college players at the 1988 NBA draft. The Hornets remained in Charlotte for 14 seasons before relocating to New Orleans in 2002. [1] Two years after the Hornets' departure, the Charlotte ...
The Hornets retired his No. 13 on February 9, 2000 (The jersey would be re-hang again when the Hornets returned to Charlotte). [55] After finishing with a 49–33 record, [ 56 ] the team returned to the playoffs, where they lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round. [ 57 ]
The 1999–2000 NBA season was the 12th season for the Charlotte Hornets in the National Basketball Association. [1] Despite finishing the previous season with a 26–24 record, the Hornets received the third overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft , and selected point guard Baron Davis from the University of California, Los Angeles , [ 2 ] [ 3 ...
Shortly after the news that Charlotte would get the Hornets name back, at halftime of a December 21, 2013, game between Charlotte and the Utah Jazz, Hugo was announced to return as the Charlotte Hornets' new mascot for the 2014–15 NBA season. [5] From 2004 to 2014, Rufus D. Lynx was the mascot of the Bobcats.
The 1992–93 NBA season was the fifth season for the Charlotte Hornets in the National Basketball Association. [1] In the 1992 NBA draft, the Hornets selected Alonzo Mourning out of Georgetown University with the second overall pick.