OT: Charlotte Bobcats officially become Charlotte Hornets today
Once again, the Charlotte Hornets are an NBA team.
LINK:http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/20/it-is-official-the-charlotte-hornets-are-back/
This was my first thought too haha. I miss that jacket. Great to see them become the Hornets again-brings me back to my childhood for sure.
I'll be wearing my hoodie tomorrow. Just a few years until my son grows into the youth baseball cap I've got.
that takes me back. I remember when Hornets and Magic Starter jackets were huge, around the same time Zubaz was in the fashion.
w/ the black UNLV Starter jacket. Ahh, the memories!
Awesome.
If it ain't broke...
I really did like the slogan they put out for this reintroduction:
A THOUSAND SUNS BURN OFF CENTAURI
WAR HAS COME TO THE GALAXY
WE WILL PREVAIL OR DIE
Let's call the Ford Taurus the Ford 300....
*Ford Five Hundred
We should get rid of the red, white and blue Piston's uniforms and put a horse on it and make the color teal.
Cool beans.
We should wear bumblebee outfits for an away game against a rival...
This makes it easier to pretend I'm still living in the mid nineties and Rudy T is coaching the Rockets.
Back to back, baby. Clutch City.
maybe Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning can celebrate this by getting into another fight
Those were 2 of my favorite players back in the day. They were first team All-Scowl back in the day. Grandmama!
messed up and taken MKG over Beal and Barnes, they would probably be a top half of the EC kind of team. Just a wing scorer away from being competitive; they played Miami tougher than the series result indicated. Definitely on the upswing though.
So they should stick with an awful nickname (Bobcats) until they become a good team?
I mean, this aint the Hornets of our childhood, but they did make the playoffs this year behind some stellar defensive metrics. Their young nucleous is finally coming along, and they appear to have a coach they like finally.
EDIT. Meant as reply to Rob.
The Bobcats are back in Athens!
I think I still have some in a box of junk my mother delivered shortly after we bought our house. Charlotte Hornets were my team the last time I cared about the NBA.
How could a team with a roster that loaded struggle to make the playoffs?
I want to know what's going down with the franchise records and all of that jazz (you know I did that on purpose). I haven't paid any attention to what the NBA's stance is, but are the Hornets going to keep all of the Hornets' records, or did they travel south to New Orleans with the Hornets/Pelicans, while the new Hornets have the Bobcats' history?
Regardless, it's kind of an interesting discussion. Does a team's records belong to a franchise or a city. For example, if a new Seattle Sonics franchise were formed tomorrow, would they have all of Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp's records? Would they retire their jerseys, and hang the 1979 championship banner, or does all of that stuff now belong to the OKC Thunder?
Edit: Question answered:
If only New Orleans could rename their team the Jazz instead of the Pelicans.
I said last year when the Pistons didn't take Burke that I was done with this and I'd wait a year and become a fan of the new Hornets.
Of course I didn't know they'd make the playoffs this year, but hey...thanks to the Pistons, now I can say I was a fan when they started the 2nd time around and they were a lottery team!
Now all they have to do is draft Stauskas and Robinson III. Mr. Jordan, don't mess this up for me.
I'm breaking out the old 41 Glen Rice jersey with this news. Glen's absolute prime of his career was at Charlotte. All star MVP 97, he was just money in the bank that year.