HOW DID CHARLOTTE LOSE THE ORIGINAL HORNETS?//CHARLOTTE HORNETS MOVE TO NEW ORLEANS DOCUMENTARY

[@ImmortalfireTheMod]

Definitely one of the biggest "What if?" scenarios in sports history...Kobe with the Hornets.

[@baltimoreborn36712]

Besides helping them in 2001 and 2002, I think the reason it’s a big what if is because it hurts the Lakers a ton, not necessarily because it helps out Charlotte a ton considering he’d be a Pelican in his Primd

[@ericbarlow6772]

Kobe said he would never play for Charlotte. He made that well known in the local media so the Hornets drafted him to get the best deal they could.

[@jeyDsixx18]

Yea but even if he plays with Charlotte does shaq go there instead of LA? Prob not and no shaq means koby doesn’t have as many rings as he won

[@JazzyJeff910]

As a bulls fan growing up in North Carolina in the 90s, The hornets buzz was real. I still remember owning hornets apparel more than Chicago. Sadly it’s a former shadow of itself with all the bad blood in its history. Loved the early 2000s teams. Baron Davis, Wesley, Jamal mashburn, elden Campbell, pj brown. That squad was lit

[@tylerriley2587]

Elden and Eddie came over to the team in a trade in the lockout season

[@Relentlezz41]

Those Hornets Starter Jackets. Sheeeeesh

[@ChrisTrewVideos]

New Orleans native here. I've written so much about the team on various websites and am very familiar with all of the good and bad associated with this move. Still learned a lot from this video and wanted to say Thank You for making it. If you ever want to go back in New Orleans, I'd be happy to be part of it. There's more stories to tell with the original Jazz departure, and the near OKC departure. Keep up the good work!

[@AllSportsHistory]

Appreciate the comment, glad you enjoyed the video! I definitely want to a video on the New Orleans Jazz at some point.

[@GGriffeyIII]

I am not a huge basketball guy but I always played as the hornets on NBA Jam

[@ryanstrnad1852]

8:24 kind of a sentimental scene there, with David Sterns welcoming Kobe Bryant in to the league (at the draft). The two of course would die just before the 2020 All-Star Game in Chicago and would both be honored there.

[@tylerriley2587]

I still miss Kobe it’s just not the same

[@unappealingundesirable2826]

HUGE props to Bobby Phills II's widow Kendall, and his son Robert III and daughter. My goodness, the kids dealt with this as well as one could. I lost my father suddenly in 2003 (likely an embolism), two months short of my 30th birthday. That was terrible (and had ME thinking about suicide until November 2003), but I can't even imagine the kids losing their father so young, and in the way they did. Robert Phills III is playing basketball, and honoring his family legacy.

[@unappealingundesirable2826]

I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. Japanese-American. Taking my birth year into account, you can see why someone my age group would find the teal blue color of the original Charlotte Hornets to be very appealing. They also had some nice young talent (before injuries crushed Larry Johnson), in Alonzo Mourning, Larry Johnson, and promising Kendall Gill. Also, with so many NBA players coming from North Carolina, Duke, NC State and Wake Forest, wow, it was so fitting. Haha, Kelly Tapioca!! As an expansion team, I remember the Hornets had some nice scorers, but poor defenders in Kelly Tapioca, Rex Chapman, and Dell Curry!

[@bluebear1985]

One that would be interesting to do sometime would be the NHL's Minnesota North Stars, about their time there before moving to Dallas, and the return of NHL hockey to the state at the turn of the millennium.

[@AllSportsHistory]

For sure! It’s high up on my list :)

[@tylerriley2587]

So it was told if the Hornets beat the bucks in the 2001 playoffs then the vote for the new arena gets passed

[@tylerriley2587]

I think the mayor of Charlotte decided to veto a living wage because he was like why should I help George Shinn after he got acquitted for sexual assault

[@michaelleroy9281]

It has been done

[@WDI2008]

8:06 RIP KOBE and GIANNA BRYANT!

[@RoysWorld1985]

I'll say this. If Kobe Bryant wasn't traded, then this Hornets teams would win 2 or 3 NBA titles. Hopefully Shaq would've joined him.

[@markjohnson9485]

This video cleared up some things for me I wondered where the name pelicans came from, now I know. I think it is great that the hornet's colors and history went back to Charlotte where they belong. The Charlotte and New Orleans situation was remarkably similar to what happened with Cleveland and Baltimore

[@AllSportsHistory]

**CORRECTION** The 1992-93 and 1994-95 Hornets lost in 5 game series to the NY Knicks and Chicago Bulls. Hey Sports Historians! What did you think about George Shinn moving the Hornets to New Orleans? And what about Michael Jordan changing the Bobcats back to the Hornets? Let me know!

[@prlysis]

Charlotte Hornets average per-game attendance: Season Rank Average 1988-89 1 / 25 23,172 1989-90 2 / 27 23,901 1990-91 1 / 27 23,901 1991-92 1 / 27 23,698 1992-93 1 / 27 23,698 1993-94 1 / 27 23,698 1994-95 1 / 27 23,698 1995-96 1 / 29 24,042 1996-97 1 / 29 24,042 1997-98 2 / 29 23,406 1998-99 6 / 29 19,232 1999-00 11 / 29 17,874 2000-01 21 / 29 15,010 2001-02 29 / 29 11,286 George Shinn poisoned the best market in the NBA.

[@mrmoose6619]

The end result is a lot smoother than what happened in Cleveland and Winnipeg, I can say that much...

[@tylerriley2587]

Did you mention in the video about Jordan almost buying the Hornets in 1999 until greedy Shinn shot that down and sold a piece of the team to Ray Woolridge so many conviced him to sell the team but nope he chose not to

[@reekgotti3209]

Corrections the Hornets not swept in 1995 they lost 3 -1 game 4 best of 5 Series

[@eggman903]

Hornets to Somewhere with no NBA team and bring the bobcats back in charlotte or the bobcats back in the NBA somewhere with no NBA team

[@Marc-o4x]

Awesome video!

[@AllSportsHistory]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it

[@duMaurier15]

These are videos Ive been interested in. It's interesting to see why team relocate. Thanks for these uploads. I obviously Liked and Sub and even commented.

[@anthony_rivera4735]

I was about to recommend this one

[@cjriddick5180]

I was a day one Hornets fan. I remember the games use to air on a TV station in Norfolk VA. I use to watch every weekend game from start to finish. When they moved I was crushed. Became a Spurs fan because I was a fan of Tim Duncan when he was in college. I root for Charlotte but I'm still a Spurs fan. One day I'll finally switch back full-time.

[@aleisha1761]

If my last name was Shinn, I'd constantly be explaining to people "You know, like Godzilla." :) Great video! Something to consider: Fall of 2022 is the 50th anniversary of the World Hockey Association. Might be a different focus than team histories, but there's definitely a ton of "What Happened To" opportunities there.

[@AllSportsHistory]

Thanks!! Yeah the WHA teams are all great topics. I’ll have to do more of them!

[@bigjohn08865]

@TheHockeyGuy, Shannon, has a whole playlist of WHA history videos

[@aleisha1761]

@@bigjohn08865 Cool, thanks, I will check him out! I am a big fan of all defunct teams and leagues, but the WHA is my favourite.

[@dnuck318]

Glad that Hornets were able to get the name back to Charlotte and get the old records back as well. I hope the same thing will happen when Sonics come back to Seattle as an expansion team.

[@vinceniederman]

Hopefully The Super Sonics Return Too Someday and Bring Back The Records Like The Charlotte Hornets Did!

[@dnuck318]

@@vinceniederman I think they will come back in the next two to three years. And yes the records before 08 should come back to Seattle.

[@vinceniederman]

@@dnuck318 Exactly and Bring Back The 1979 NBA Championship The Team Won As Well!

[@dnuck318]

@@vinceniederman yup. Thankfully the Banner and Championship trophy are still in Seattle!! 🙂😍💪

[@vinceniederman]

@@dnuck318 Which is Good and Glad The Charlotte Hornets Came Back!

[@mrmoose6619]

FYI, Larry Johnson attended UNLV (University of Nevada-Las Vegas) known as the Running Rebels. Universiry of Nevada (usually called just Nevada) is in Reno known as the Wolfpack.

[@travmaster7003]

In which the university of Nevada Wolfpack is where identical twins cody & caleb Martin attended & both drafted by the Hornets in same draft class ironically.

[@gelmibson883]

Thanks mate! Woo!

[@revolutionaryexchangeprodu7063]

Larry Johnson didn't go to the University of Nevada, he went to the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, a very different school

[@AllSportsHistory]

Ah my bad, thanks for the correction!

[@geoffreylee5199]

Next topic, Buffalo Braves!

[@BaseballCardMatt]

I grew up in the Charlotte area and lived there from the time I was born in the 70s until 2017 when I moved to Ohio. I can tell you that there has never been an area where basketball was more popular than it is in North Carolina unless maybe Indiana back between the 50's and 70s. The reason attendance went in the toilet was George Shinn who was one of the worst most troublesome owners in the league we all felt down in Carolina......Shinn loved Larry Johnson and decided to pay him with an albatross contract......though Larry Johnson was a very good player especially during his first two years before injuries changed the kind of player he was........fans loved Alonzo Mourning and knew that it was the ability to draft Mourning that had the Hornets in the playoffs.....Mourning was the franchise player and the guy to build your team around and not Larry Johnson who already by his third season was no longer the explosive player he was as a rookie thanks to injuries....the problem to almost everyone in the Charlotte area and surrounding areas was that Shinn gave Johnson this albatross contract making him the highest paid player on the team and one of the highest in the league and everyone knew Johnson wasnt our best player it was Mourning but Johnson was Shinn's favorite player.....so what happened when Mourning was nearing the end of his rookie contract...Shinn refused to pay Mourning what he was worth which Mourning felt was far more than the often injured Larry Johnson who was making so much money. The fans wanted the team to trade Johnson somehow and pay Mourning.....Shinn would have none of that telling local media in the area that Larry Johnson was our franchise player....so he traded Mourning who instantly made the Heat a title contender as he entered his prime.....funny how after trading Mourning which was the stupidest decision Shinn ever made as owner ....he then deals Johnson finally when it finally became obvious to even Shinn that Johnson was a ghost of the player he once was and was not the true superstar you build a team around....just something the fans and every coach he had tried to get him to realize years earlier......most fans were not happy the team drafted Larry Johnson as I myself wanted Dikembe Mutombo or Kenny Anderson to be honest in that draft.....but Mourning was the studd we needed the next season and in any other year Mourning would have been the automatic first overall pick however we got him at number two because Shaq left college a year early so that draft had two big guys who were franchise centers...in Shaq and Mourning. Mourning is kinda forgotten now because thanks to health issues his career was cut short in his prime but he would have been mentioned as one of the most fierce and best big men in history if he had never had heart problems and played as long as someone like Shaq did with good health. But long story short....George Shinn destroyed the team that he had gotten lucky enough to build...he treated fan favorites like Bogues like garbage and he treated his fans like garbage and that is why the fans finally started to say F*** George Shinn and stopped going to games to watch the same old crap that was solid teams but not contenders...I myself hated Shinn so much for trading Mourning and paying Johnson that even though Glenn Rice was a star....I never really even watched the Hornets regular on TV back then after the Mourning trade and their games were all broadcast live on free TV in those days in the Charlotte area and I still could care less I became a Miami Heat fan because of that trade.....and I only rooted for the Dell Curry's and Mugsy Bogues as individual players and never rooted for the Hornets again. I honestly was thrilled to hear they were leaving Charlotte at the time because it gave me hope that one day we might have a chance to get a new team not ran into the ground by Shinn.

[@tylerriley2587]

NBA has always protected the owners

[@erikr193]

Very good episode. I got a few suggestions What happened to the NASL? What lead to Bottlegate? History about the Old Miami Orange Bowl stadium.

[@tylerriley2587]

It was once said when they were trying to build the new arena: “Why should we support millionaire basketball players and owners if the city does nothing to help the working poor”

[@jonjonbailey4314]

Thank u dats how I felt bout Raiders n Oakland

[@tylerriley2587]

@@jonjonbailey4314 why you say that

[@KidTonyGaming]

Being from New Orleans we got the shit end of the stick, we lost our original name to Utah then when the NO Hornets became the Pelicans, we became an expansion team, but we didn't get our expansion draft since it was 12 years after the fact, while losing all the Hornets history and not having any of our Jazz history

[@akeme25]

Yeah that is messed up now that you say this

[@rodneywaugh8535]

Not only that but you got to deal with the shit show that was George Shin

[@jamesmoss3424]

I know that the original Hornets move to New Orleans became the pelicans and good thing that the second Hornets came in. 😀👍🏀

[@akummo_official]

Hey all sports are you still editing the California Golden Seals video

[@AllSportsHistory]

Hey! It's my to do list, but I have some other videos that I'll need to do before I get to it. Unfortunately the videos take a while to make, as the channel is kind of a part time thing for me. I apologize for the wait, sorry about that!

[@akummo_official]

@@AllSportsHistory it's ok

[@michaelleroy9281]

Ask me about the Seals I know the story

[@unappealingundesirable2826]

I remember, a lot of girls thought that Allan Bristow was a good-looking guy, when he was a young Charlotte Hornets coach.

[@10kArLcRockets]

Just a quick note about the video. Back in the 1994-95 season, the first round of the NBA playoffs was a best-of-5 series, not the best-of-7 which was only introduced to the first round of the playoffs in the 2002-03 season. The Hornets weren't swept in 4 games. They won 1 game in that series as the Bulls won 3-1.

[@AllSportsHistory]

Oh my bad, good catch! Im sure I meant to say they had lost after four games, not in a sweep. Thanks for letting me know!

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

I'm not the biggest Basketball fan so I had no idea Kobe Bryant was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets. I thought the Lakers did.

[@jeffpearljam1976]

In the picture of the baseball pelicans, there is a Dixie advertisement. Tom benson also bought that too.

[@gaoutlaw]

Kobe with the Hornets I think, is the biggest “what if?” in basketball history.

[@eeriekekashi419]

It’s really not. He would have never played for them

[@michaelleroy9281]

When they're talking college ball he didn't mention Duke

[@unappealingundesirable2826]

I'm sure that there are still people who say, "Why did the Hornets trade Kobe Bryant?" And, "Why didn't one of the other 12 teams pick Kobe Bryant?" But, as I understand, Bryant's agent basically told teams, that Kobe would NOT sign with them, and that he wanted to go to the Lakers. As a Seattle-born in 1973 Japanese-American, I KNOW what it's like to have a young and bad team, with high draft picks not wanting to play for us. Tony Dorsett.

[@santiagomagana3148]

History of the St Louis Rams please. If possible add their history as the Cleveland Rams

[@sjdrifter72]

Los Angeles Rams. They spent 20 years in St. Louis and only 9 years in Cleveland compared to 50+ years in L.A. and Anaheim

[@mrmoose6619]

@@sjdrifter72 Correct, but they started life in Cleveland... interesting story as to their place in history as to why they left for LA in the first place.

[@jonjonbailey4314]

RIP Bobby Phills fast n furious 😢

[@Viva_la_Snowman]

Shinn is still persona non grata in Charlotte

[@AllSportsHistory]

Yeah I don’t think he’s stepped foot in Charlotte since he left, right?

[@Viva_la_Snowman]

@@AllSportsHistory I don’t think so. Not sure he’s welcome in N’awlins either

[@MarloSoBalJr]

Him and Gerry Richardson of the Panthers

[@peterjermyn5785]

They never should have moved at all given fan base

[@StevexOwnz]

now I know why I saw two hornets teams on nba 2k games haha

[@johnmajoramask249]

Do the St Louis Browns

[@AllSportsHistory]

It’s on my future list :)

[@swapsplat]

you should do a video about the Minneapolis Lakers... i wonder whatever happened to that team... Just kinda vanished, never to be heard from again... because there are so many lakes in southern california...

[@AllSportsHistory]

Yeah thats a good one! LA has many man made lakes at least haha

[@tonyarceneaux286]

Amazon is probably the only way you find any team's original jerseys.

[@onithedemonslayer3142]

I love my hornets ever since NBA jam on super nitendo.

[@squidMB]

If Charlotte can will themselves to come back as a team, then surely Seattle HAS to be returning eminently… right?

[@AllSportsHistory]

For sure, it will happen sooner than later.

[@squidMB]

@@AllSportsHistory do you think whoever owns a new Seattle franchise in the future will buy the rights for the supersonics name, logos & jerseys?

[@JazzyJeff910]

Gotta remember Jordan made this happen.

[@danangell5482]

​@@squidMBThey don't have to buy anything. The settlement between the city of Seattle and the Thunder says that as soon as a new Seattle franchise arrives, the Thunder must transfer all rights to the Sonics' name, logo and colors to the new team at no cost to the new team.

[@WDI2008]

Charlotte, North Carolina is the corporate headquarters to BANK OF AMERICA.

[@christopherdonaldson7484]

8:13 Black Mamba in Charlotte would have been amazing instead of being with the Lakers!

[@KGilliam91]

"What did you guys think of George Shinn..." Me: FUCK THAT GUY! He should've sold to MJ in 99 and just started a new team in NOLA, hate how things played out but if it's real it will always come back.

[@anthonyjefferson3941]

Michael Jordan actually tried to buy them back in 99 after he retired he was at Hornets games

[@tylerriley2587]

It’s so hard to understand why they left

[@sicklettuce]

What about Duke?

[@michaelleroy9281]

He could have left them out on purpose

[@anthonydivon5571]

Lower Merion high school is NOT in Philadelphia it's in Montgomery county outside of Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania suburbs

[@rodneywaugh8535]

It's hard to believe that George Shin went from the guy everybody love because he brought professional sports to Charlotte in North Carolina....To the most hated man in the state!.... One thing the video does not discuss is that George Shin wanted to buy the old Charlotte coliseum and the city refused.....Had the city sold it to him....And then if he asked for a new coliseum or improvements done to it.... Thinking of give him the middle finger because he owns it.....After the move he goes down to New Orleans and pisses people off their as well which by the way New Orleans have a much lower medium household income than Charlotte..... It was awesome getting the hornets name back and have Michael Jordan as owner...BUT....The team has been god-awful since he bought it!!!!.... Hopefully things will turn around!!!

[@AndyM.]

If I recall, The Coliseum was originally built for the purpose of hosting the ACC and NCAA tournament. Am I wrong in this?????

[@AllSportsHistory]

I’m not sure, but that could be possibly true. I know that the ACC tournament in 1988 was held in Greensboro, NC. But the Charlotte Coliseum did become home to the UNC Charlotte 49ers team.

[@jonjonbailey4314]

Besides Oakland Warriors Hornets was my team growing up wit Grandmama Zo Mugsy Gill n OG Curry. I lived when Zo hit Dat shot at da Garden

[@tylerriley2587]

They said that George Shinn was a cheap greedy selfish owner “and refused extending the contracts of star players (and subsequently, extending their pay stubs”) to keep Alonzo LJ Mugsy Glen Rice Vlade and many more players

[@jonjonbailey4314]

404 Damn what if Dat was during a game?? Like some Metrodome shit!! N dats a brand new Arena!! Datta b like if da Jumbotron at JerryWorld fell down!! Krazy

[@John-ws2zr]

The Hornets, needing a big man, had a deal in place with the Lakers... That IF Bryant was available when they drafted, and they drafted Bryant, then they would trade his rights to the Lakers for Valde Divak. Kobey, coming out of HS, and not college, was considered a gamble by many in the NBA, at the time. Divak was a proven center on a championship team. The Hornets desperately needed a center

[@christopherdonaldson7484]

All sports owners in Charlotte are worse not just George Shinn. Jerry Richardson and David Tepper in the Panthers as well.

[@salvatore316]

Wait! What? The Hornets drafted Kobe and then traded him away to the Lakers? How stupid can that owner be?

[@vinceniederman]

So True and The Original Charlotte Hornets Made a HUGE Mistake!

[@jackshryock5602]

Charlotte sports in a nutshell get a owner who is a asshole fight with the owner and watch the team suffer

[@jonjonbailey4314]

Oh dats how Steph from Cleveland I ain't know Dell played 4 Cavs

[@david_pitt43]

Original Winnipeg Jets?

[@AllSportsHistory]

Yeah it’s on my to do list!

[@jonjonbailey4314]

Oh yeah I remember Tony Delk n Muggsy being on Dubs I 4 got dey traded B.J. dzts how Unremarkable he was n Oakland

[@mrmoose6619]

This is also not the first sports franchise to be called the Charlotte Hornets. The World Football League had a Charlotte Hornets team owned by Howard Baldwin (yes, the same as the Whalers owner) which moved from Boston originally (no games) to New York (a few games) to Charlotte mid season. Crazy stuff...

[@John-ws2zr]

As well as minor league baseball team from 1901 to 1972

[@benjaminlincoln3025]

Why skip over the OKC chapter? Without that OKC may never have gotten A team of their own.

[@AllSportsHistory]

Most likely an oversight on my part.

[@davidalexander8996]

​The New Orleans basketball team, like the NFL Saints, relocated in 2005-06 due to Hurricane Katrina. While the Saints had a more vagabond season the basketball team found a temporary solution in Oklahoma City, paving the way for the original Sonics turned Thunder two years later. At least unlike the Browns and Ravens journeys neither basketball team has come close to an NBA title, reducing curse talk from the cities. Finally, all pro leagues should have a personal conduct policy that could force owners out or greatly reduce their power if convicted of a felony.

[@jonjonbailey4314]

Hersey Hawkins was raw too n Johnny Newman

[@marcopolo2418]

Hornetsnest would be a much better name. Same with the Spirits

[@FioStudios_2]

Imagine if they kept Kobe we would have some championships

[@tonyarceneaux286]

So if I am right The New 🆕 Orleans Pelicans was the Charlotte Hornets & to replace The Charlotte Hornets is the current Charlotte Bobcats

[@marvinwhittaker88]

I betcha The Charlotte Hornets are still smacking themselves on the head for passing up Kobe Bryant for Vlade Divac.

[@tylerriley2587]

👎 get out of town the Hornets needed a replacement center after Zo was traded Kobe didn’t want to play there and Dave Cowens didn’t want him

[@corntrollio854]

Just took my dog for a walk. I think I may make a sandwich or something. I won't be able to drink milk since I'm out. I guess I'll have to go to the grocery today or tomorrow.

[@jonjonbailey4314]

No expansion team was better den Hornets!! U had OG Curry, Gill , Muggsy, Grandmama n Zo!! Dat was my team besides Oakland

[@jonjonbailey4314]

Oh j 4got dey got Rice fa Zo

[@master-kq3nw]

bogues larry johnson mourining good team 2002 they go in new orleans 2014 back in charlotte

[@KDMaster64]

I hope the NBA do the same thing by expend Seattle why? because Seattle have a legit arena renovated, have a NHL Team called the Kraken, I want the NBA expend to seattle and reclam Sonics name history and colors.

[@AllSportsHistory]

Yeah that would be amazing!

[@KDMaster64]

@@AllSportsHistory I want the NBA expansion sooner than later.

[@sjdrifter72]

I hate the Kraken name, it's so minor league and gimmicky, like The Mighty Ducks. Should've called them the Totems..but.. you know the times we live in now. 😕

[@KDMaster64]

@@sjdrifter72 kraken is Seattle fan favourite.

[@Atlantis.babyshark]

Pelicans is original hornets

[@TheY2AProblem]

Dick Harter

[@AllSportsHistory]

That’s what she said

[@rajaeenabawi6066]

The hornets gave birth to bobcats and Pelicans.then the hornets and Sonics gave birth to the Oklahoma City Thunder🧐🤔🤷‍♂️.need a 30/30 on the connections of Hornets,Jazz,Sonics,Bobcats,Thunder, too many domino effects 😳