Topic: George Shinn
Quotes
We had to get a little insurance policy in case who knows what's going to happen
Hornets leaving Oklahoma City Feb 01, 2007
Peja coming to the Hornets is perhaps the biggest off-season acquisition in the history of the franchise
Hornets acquire Stojakovic from Indiana Jul 13, 2006
We said we would go out and get the best available coach on the market and we succeeded
Byron Scott named coach of Hornets May 28, 2004
We would like to thank Paul and his staff for all their efforts and hard work during their coaching tenure and wish them the very best in their future opportunities
Hornets fire Paul Silas May 04, 2003
The New Orleans Hornets are a professional basketball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. They play in the Southwest Division of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise began play during the 1988–89 NBA season as the Charlotte Hornets, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, where they were located until the end of the 2001–02 NBA season.
In 1985, the NBA was planning to expand by four teams. George Shinn, an entrepreneur from Kannapolis, North Carolina, wanted to bring an NBA team to the Charlotte area and he assembled a group of prominent local businessmen to head the prospective franchise.
Charlotte and surrounding Mecklenburg County had long been a hotbed for college basketball. The four North Carolina schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference, in addition to three local college teams (the Charlotte 49ers, Davidson Wildcats, and the Johnson C. Smith Bulls), had large and loyal fan bases in the city. Charlotte was also one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States, and was previously one of the three in-state regional homes to the American Basketball Association's Carolina Cougars, from 1969 to 1974.
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