#2005 hornets roster professional#

George Shinn, an entrepreneur from Kannapolis, wanted to bring an NBA team to the Charlotte area, and he assembled a group of prominent local businessmen to head the prospective franchise. In 1985, the NBA was planning to expand by three teams by the 1988–89 season, later modified to include a total of four expansion teams. Until then, the team was controlled by Michael Jordan, a former NBA player and member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.įurther information: History of the Charlotte Hornets 1988–2002: Original Charlotte Hornets 1985–1988: Birth of the Hornets In August 2023, it was announced that a group of investors led by Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall had purchased a majority stake in the Hornets. As a result, the league considers the Hornets retrospectively having suspended operations from 2002 to 2004. On the day the name change became official, the franchise reclaimed the history and records of the original Charlotte Hornets spanning from 1988 to 2002. In 2013, the Bobcats announced they would rebrand to the Charlotte Hornets beginning with the 2014–15 season. They continued to play as the Hornets until 2013, when they changed their name to the New Orleans Pelicans.Īs part of an agreement with the NBA, Charlotte returned for the 2004–05 NBA season, known as the Charlotte Bobcats. In 2002, Shinn moved the Hornets to New Orleans as an expansion team. The Charlotte Hornets franchise was established in 1988 as an expansion team owned by George Shinn.

The Hornets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division, and play their home games at the Spectrum Center in Uptown Charlotte.

#2005 hornets roster professional#

Chris Paul was named Rookie of the Year.The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Hornets went on to finish in 4th place in their division. In March, the Hornets went into a tailspin, winning just 3 of 14 games. On March 8, the Hornets returned to New Orleans with a near sell-out crowd on hand to watch the Hornets lose to the Los Angeles Lakers 113–107.

Paul showed the poise and play making skills of a veteran finishing second in steals and seventh in assists as he posted a terrific 3.34 assist-to-turnover ratio, while leading all rookies with 16.1 points per game. In January and February, the club played winning basketball despite losing Chris Andersen to a two-year suspension for illegal drugs.

The addition of draft pick Chris Paul resulted in the team competing for a playoff spot. In Oklahoma City, the Hornets enjoyed sell-out crowds at the Ford Center. With the New Orleans Arena partly damaged and the city's infrastructure in need of repair the Hornets signed a deal to play most of their games in Oklahoma City, becoming the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets for this season. They finished the season with a 38–44 record, missing the playoffs for the second year in a row.īefore the commencement of training camp, the City of New Orleans was hit by Hurricane Katrina. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 18–64 record from the previous season (worst in the Western Conference that year). The 2005–06 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets season was the team's 4th season in the NBA. NBA professional basketball team season 2005–06 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets season