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Charlotte Hornets

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The Resume

    (1988- )
    Franchise moved to New Orleans (2002); when New Orleans Hornets changed named to Pelicans (2013), the Charlotte Bobcats changed their name back to Hornets (2014)
    No NBA championships
    One retired number: Bobby Phills' #13
    Former and current players include Alonzo Mourning, Larry Johnson, Muggsy Bogues, Glen Rice, Baron Davis, Jamal Mashburn, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Cody Zeller

Why they might be annoying:

    They were part of the expansion boom of the late 1980's.
    They went from having the highest NBA attendance to one of the lowest within years.
    This partly had to do with owner George Shinn either releasing or trading all of their best players.
    It didn't help Shinn's case with Charlotte when he went on trial for sexual assault.
    After he promised not to move, the Hornets moved to New Orleans.
    Some people call them the 'whore-nets.'
    They drafted Kobe Bryant, but they traded him for Vlade Divac.
    Something must've happened when Mourning and Johnson were Hornet teammates, as they were fighting each other in the end of a pivotal Heat-Knicks playoff game.
    Despite all their promising talent, they never reached the conference finals.

Why they might not be annoying:

    Their name is a Revolutionary War term describing the resistance of British troops in North Carolina.
    They gave us Larry 'Grandmama' Johnson and Muggsy Bogues.
    They have a teal uniform color.
    Similar to the Baltimore Ravens/Cleveland Browns agreement, the Pelicans relinquishment of the nickname and records to Charlotte makes the New Orleans franchise a separate entity, despite the fact the Bobcats were a 2004 expansion franchise.

Credit: Hoxy


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 18 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 39 Votes: 7.69% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 35 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 85 Votes: 71.76% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 102 Votes: 80.39% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 61 Votes: 65.57% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 90 Votes: 71.11% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 64.52% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 93 Votes: 74.19% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 120 Votes: 65.83% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 273 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 146 Votes: 60.96% Annoying