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In 2004, a new expansion team, the Charlotte Bobcats, was established. [3] After 10 seasons as the Bobcats, the team changed its name to the Charlotte Hornets for the 2014–15 season, a year after the New Orleans franchise relinquished the Hornets name and renamed itself the Pelicans.
Originally, the new team was going to be called the Charlotte Spirit, 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. [ 21 ]
The history of the National Basketball Association 's Charlotte Hornets dates to 1985 when founder George Shinn first thought of bringing professional basketball to Charlotte, North Carolina. The Hornets commenced play as an expansion team in 1988. After fourteen seasons under its original ownership, the franchise suspended operations in 2002 ...
This is a list of basketball players who played for the Charlotte Hornets (both the 1988–2002 and 2014–present incarnations of the team) Subcategories. This ...
The amount of salary cap space the Hornets have for 2024-25 will greatly depend on whether the team re-signs unrestricted free agent Miles Bridges. Charlotte Hornets’ key offseason roster moves ...
Miles Bridges. Miles Emmanuel Bridges Sr. (born March 21, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans. A native of Flint, Michigan, he competed for Flint Southwestern Academy (freshman season) at the high ...
The Charlotte Hornets waived Black on Thursday, ending his tenure with the franchise after one season. Initially signed to a two-way deal as an undrafted free agent following his final year at ...
The Hornets, known from their creation in 2004 until May 2014 as the Charlotte Bobcats, are an American professional basketball team currently playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The current Hornets are the second NBA team to have played under that name.