Charlotte Bobcats
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ic, see 2008–09 Charlotte Bobcats
season.
Charlotte Bobcats
Conference
Eastern Conference
Division
Southeast Division
Founded
2004
History
Charlotte Bobcats
2004–present
Arena
Time Warner Cable Arena
City
Charlotte, North Carolina
Team colors
Bobcat orange, blue, white,
black, silver
Owner(s)
Robert L. Johnson
Michael Jordan
Cornell "Nelly" Haynes
General
manager
Rod Higgins
Head coach
Larry Brown
D-League
affiliate
Sioux Falls Skyforce
Championships 0
Conference
titles
0
Division titles
0
Official
website
bobcats.com
The Charlotte Bobcats are a professional
basketball team based in Charlotte, North
Carolina. The team is part of the Southeast
Division of the Eastern Conference in the
National Basketball Association. The Bobcats
were established in 2004 as an expansion
team, two seasons after Charlotte’s previous
NBA team, the Charlotte Hornets, relocated
to New Orleans and became the New Orleans
Hornets.[1] The Bobcats play their home
games at Time Warner Cable Arena in up-
town Charlotte.
Charlotte’s NBA Development League
team is the Sioux Falls Skyforce (the affili-
ation is shared with the Minnesota Timber-
wolves). The Bobcats were also the brother
team of the Charlotte Sting of the WNBA be-
fore the Sting folded on January 3, 2007.[2]
Franchise history
Creating a new team
When the Charlotte Hornets relocated to
New Orleans for the 2002–03 season, the
NBA promised Charlotte leaders that the city
would be granted an NBA expansion team for
the 2004–05 season. Several ownership
groups, including one led by former Boston
Celtics star Larry Bird, made bids for the
team.[3] In the end, a group led by Black En-
tertainment Television founder Robert L.
Johnson was awarded the franchise.[4] John-
son is one of the first prominent African
American
owners
in U.S.
professional
sports.[5] On June 15, 2006 it was announced
that NBA legend and North Carolina native
Michael Jordan would become the second
largest shareholder in the Bobcats. As part of
the deal, Jordan be