What NBA Team Is In North Carolina?
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The Charlotte Hornets are the NBA team in North Carolina.
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The Charlotte Hornets
Team History
The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Hornets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team is owned by retired NBA player Michael Jordan, who acquired a controlling interest in the franchise in 2010. The Hornets play their home games at Spectrum Center in Uptown Charlotte.
The Hornets began play as an expansion team in 1988, based in Charlotte. Led by All-Star guard Glen Rice, hornets qualified for the playoffs seven times in their first 23 seasons of existence. However, the team failed to make the playoffs after the 2005–06 season; this was partly due to injuries to key players such as Rice and Jamal Mashburn. The hornets ceased operations following the 2002–03 season due to mounting financial losses; NBA Commissioner David Stern then officially announced the NBA would return to Charlotte through an expansion team (also known as the “Bobcats”) that would later debut in 2004. In 2012, NBA owners voted unanimously to approve a plan paving way for Shinn’s estate to sell controlling interest of team to basketball legend Michael Jordan who then became majority owner of hornets organization.
In May 2014, it was announced that the Charlotte Bobcats would be renamed back to the Charlotte Hornets, resurrecting the original name and records of the 1988–2002 hornets following New Orleans’ relinquishment of control over both “Hornets” trademarks and associated history following their change to Pelicans in 2013.
Notable Players
Muggsy Bogues – playing point guard, he was the shortest player in NBA history at 5 feet 3 inches
Larry Johnson – nicknamed “Grandmama”, he was a 6-foot-6 forward and won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 1991
Kemba Walker – current point guard for the Hornets, he was drafted in 2011 and is a three-time NBA All-Star
The Raleigh Durham Thunder
Team History
The Raleigh Durham Thunder is an NBA team that plays in the Eastern Conference of the NBA. The team was founded in 1989 and has been a member of the conference since then. The team is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and plays its home games at the PNC Arena. The Thunder have won one conference championship, which came in the form of an Eastern Conference title in 2016.
Notable Players
Glen Rice – He averaged over 20 points per game in each of his three years with the Charlotte Hornets and made the All-Star team in 1997. He was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1998 and helped them win the NBA championship that year.
Muggsy Bogues – He was one of the shortest players in NBA history, but he was also one of the quickest and most exciting players to watch. He played for the Charlotte Hornets for 10 seasons.
Elden Campbell – He played for the Charlotte Hornets for six seasons and was one of the best defensive players in the NBA.
