Also Read — Trae Young, do your thing man, that playoff was stupid! His eventual takeover of the Charlotte Bobcats also coincided with some highly questionable front office decisions. The team selected Adam Morrisson with the 3rd pick in the Draft. These decisions notwithstanding, Jordan retains a competitive fire in him to find success as an owner. The Tar Heels product has wanted to bring sporting success to his home state for a long time.
The Bobcats went in January and lost all 16 games they played in April. The then-New Orleans Hornets drafted Davis. Beginning in , the Charlotte Bobcats became the Hornets, and expectations were rightfully higher than they had been. The Bobcats were coming off a postseason appearance, and Kemba Walker had grown into a dangerous point guard. Charlotte at least has a young core, led by LaMelo Ball and Terry Rozier, to finally turn the Hornets into a consistent contender and gift Jordan a seventh championship ring.
Like Sportscasting on Facebook. As part of the arrangement, majority owner Robert L. Johnson granted Jordan control of basketball operations. Johnson sold his remaining stake to a group that Jordan headed in February They hit rock bottom two years later with a record in a strike-shortened season and have posted just two winning records since. With the New Orleans franchise switching its name to the Pelicans, Charlotte reverted to its original Hornets mascot in By a little more than a decade later, however, Shinn was hip-deep in personal and business trouble, and the public was turning on him.
That fell through because Shinn wanted to keep control of the operations, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
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