The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketballteam based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Hornets compete in theNational Basketball Association (NBA), as a member club of the league’s Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team is largely owned by former NBA player Michael Jordan, who acquiredcontrolling interest in the team in 2010.[5][6] The Hornets play their home games at the Spectrum Center in Uptown Charlotte.
The original Hornets franchise was established in 1988 as anexpansion team, owned by George Shinn. In 2002, Shinn’s franchise relocated to New Orleans and became the New Orleans Hornets. In2004 the NBA established the Charlotte Bobcats, which was regarded as a new expansion team at the time. In 2013, the New Orleans franchise announced it would rebrand itself the New Orleans Pelicans, ultimately returning the Hornets name, records, and official history (spanning 1988–2002) to Charlotte. The Bobcats were officially renamed the Charlotte Hornets for the 2014–15 NBA season.
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