Charlotte Hornets (NBA)

	2022–23 Charlotte Hornets season
Conference	Eastern
Division	Southeast
Founded	1988
History	Charlotte Hornets; 1988–2002, 2014–present; Charlotte Bobcats; 2004–2014
Arena	Spectrum Center
Location	Charlotte, North Carolina
Team colors	Teal, dark purple, gray;
Main sponsor	LendingTree
President	Mitch Kupchak
General manager	Mitch Kupchak
Head coach	Steve Clifford
Ownership	Michael Jordan
Affiliation(s)	Greensboro Swarm
Championships	0
Conference titles	0
Division titles	0
Retired numbers	2 (6, 13)
Website	www.nba.com/hornets

The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in Charlotte, North Carolina. They play their home games at the Spectrum Center. Most of the team is owned by Michael Jordan, who was a star player for the Chicago Bulls in the 1980s and 1990s.^[8] The team started playing in 2004 as the Charlotte Bobcats, and was the second NBA team to play in Charlotte (the New Orleans Pelicans had played in Charlotte as the Hornets from 1988 to 2002). In 2010, the Bobcats made the playoffs for the first time.

After the New Orleans Hornets renamed themselves the Pelicans in 2013, they gave the "Hornets" name back to the NBA. The Bobcats soon announced they would rename themselves the Hornets beginning with the 2014–15 NBA season, and the name change became official on May 20, 2014.^[9]

At the time of the change to "Hornets", the team also said that it had reached a deal with the NBA and the Pelicans to split the Pelicans' history and records between the two teams:^[9]

Records from the first Charlotte Hornets while in that city (1988 to 2002) belong to the current Hornets.
Records from the first Hornets' move to New Orleans in 2002 until that team's name change to Pelicans in 2013 belong to the Pelicans.

Charlotte Hornets (NBA) Media

Season tickets for the Hornets' inaugural season.
Players warming up prior to an April 2000 game between the Hornets and the Indiana Pacers at the Charlotte Coliseum
The Bobcats versus the Dallas Mavericks on November 11, 2005.
Michael Jordan acquired the Bobcats in 2010.
The Bobcats selected Kemba Walker as the 9th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft.
The Hornets selected Malik Monk as the 11th overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft.
The Hornets selected LaMelo Ball as the 3rd overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft.
Mar 5, 2014; Charlotte, NC, USA; Charlotte Bobcats center Al Jefferson (25) reacts after the play during the second half against the Indiana Pacers at Time Warner Cable Arena. Bobcats won 109-87. Mandatory Credit: Joshua S. Kelly-USA TODAY Sports
Cody Zeller in 2016, wearing revived Hornets uniform design with teal and dark purple