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Bobcats makes name switch to Hornets official

Charlotte.com ((Observer staff reports)) — Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan announced Tuesday the team has submitted an application to change its name to the Hornets for the 2014-15, saying he wanted to help "bring the… Click...
  • 4 days ago
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Top 10 players in the June 27 NBA Draft

Charlotte.com (rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com (Rick Bonnell)) — 1. Nerlens Noel, Kentucky center. Obvious plus � he�s a prolific shot-blocker. Obvious minus � major knee injury will shelve him at least until Christmas. Click to Continue »
  • 5 days ago
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Buzz about Bobcats to be made official

Charlotte.com (rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com (Rick Bonnell)) — After months of lobbying, speculation and market research, the Charlotte Bobcats are ready to say they?ll bring back the buzz. Click to Continue »
  • 5 days ago
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Bobcats’ history with top-5 picks not so sterling

Charlotte.com (rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com (Rick Bonnell)) — The Charlotte Bobcats will get a top-five pick via Tuesday night?s NBA draft lottery (8:30 p.m., ESPN), and based on the odds, they?ll most likely choose fourth. Click to Continue »
  • 5 days ago
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Charlotte Bobcats name-change announcement to Hornets coming Tuesday

Charlotte.com (Observer Sports) — The Charlotte Bobcats will make it official Tuesday that they want to change their nickname, a team source told the Observer Monday. Sources already confirmed the Bobcats are moving ahead with...
  • 5 days ago
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Bobcats plan to become Charlotte Hornets

Charlotte.com (rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com (Rick Bonnell)) — NBA has previously said there should not be a problem in reclaiming the team�s original name. Click to Continue »
  • 6 days ago
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Hornets dream comes true for grassroots fan groups

Charlotte.com (jjones@charlotteobserver.com ( By Jonathan Jones)) — Fifth graders in John Morgan?s art class at Prospect Elementary School had bought into their teacher?s hobby. Click to Continue »
  • 7 days ago
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Pick swapping could give NBA draft NFL vibe

Charlotte.com (()) — The NBA and NFL drafts are very different processes. Click to Continue »
  • 7 days ago
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Duke’s Plumlee says he’s ‘proven’ he’s a top-10 NBA Draft pick

Charlotte.com (rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com (Rick Bonnell)) — Duke center Mason Plumlee said it repeatedly at the NBA Draft Combine: The next 30 days might be more important to his career than the last four years. Click to Continue »
  • 7 days ago
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Bobcats plan to become Charlotte Hornets

Charlotte.com (rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com (Rick Bonnell)) — NBA has previously said there should not be a problem in reclaiming the team?s original name. Click to Continue »
  • 7 days ago
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Kansas guard McLemore now just waiting for his name to be called

Charlotte.com (rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com (Rick Bonnell)) — Playing four nights a week against grown men and being counted on for 20 points a game doesn?t rattle NBA-bound guard Ben McLemore. Not being allowed to play an entire… Click to Continue...
  • 8 days ago
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Seth Curry makes his pitch for the NBA

Charlotte.com (()) — Duke star says he?s ready to help a team right away with his outside shooting and basketball IQ. Click to Continue »
  • 8 days ago
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Wolfpack’s Leslie works the hard sell

Charlotte.com (rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com (Rick Bonnell)) — Former N.C. State forward C.J. Leslie knows he needs to make a big impression on NBA executives between now and late June to be a first-round pick. Click to Continue »
  • 9 days ago
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Bullock unfazed by Williams

Charlotte.com (rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com (Rick Bonnell)) — North Carolina coach Roy Williams expressed misgivings about Reggie Bullock?s decision to turn pro in the 2013 NBA draft. Click to Continue »
  • 9 days ago
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Kentucky star makes clear he’ll be back and better

Charlotte.com (rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com (Rick Bonnell)) — Kentucky freshman center Nerlens Noel hopes everyone gets this: He?s injured, not broken. Click to Continue »
  • 9 days ago
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A lot riding on Bobcats’ 2013, ’14 drafts

Charlotte.com (rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com (Rick Bonnell)) — Here?s the odd thing about the 2013 draft: The projected top-three picks in 2014 ? and two of those have yet to play college basketball ? might have all gone… Click to Continue »
  • 10 days ago
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Bobcats’ Kidd-Gilchrist voted to NBA’s second-team all-rookie team

Charlotte.com (()) — Charlotte Bobcats small forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was chosen second-team all-rookie in a vote of the NBA?s 30 head coaches. Click to Continue »
  • 11 days ago
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Grizzlies beat Thunder in OT for 3-1 series lead

Charlotte.com (AP Sports Writer (TERESA M. WALKER)) — Tony Allen scored on a driving layup to open overtime and the Memphis Grizzlies held off the Oklahoma City Thunder 103-97 Monday night to push the defending Western Conference champions… ...
  • 11 days ago
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Heat defense stifles Bulls 88-65, take 3-1 series lead

Charlotte.com (Sun Sentinel (IRA WINDERMAN)) — How do you sum up this Chicago Bulls-Miami Heat Eastern Conference semifinal series? The Bulls took a 2-0 lead Monday night . . . and then ran out of gas. Click to Continue »
  • 11 days ago
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Tom Talks: Warriors and Spurs on? Sleep will have to wait

Charlotte.com (()) — Ran into a Carolina Panthers coach before rookie camp Friday. We talked about what everybody in my circle of friends talks about. Click to Continue »
  • 12 days ago
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Blog Articles

Charlotte Bobcats name-change announcement to Hornets coming Tuesday

Charlotte.com (Observer Sports) — The Charlotte Bobcats will make it official Tuesday that they want to change their nickname, a team source told the Observer Monday. Sources already confirmed the Bobcats are moving ahead with...
  • 5 days ago
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Grassroots Hornets name campaigners get their day

Charlotte.com (Observer Sports) — Over the past three years, John Morgan, Evan and Scotty Kent have seen their cause go from an internet petition to a nationally recognized Twitter hashtag to television commercials. Now, the...
  • 7 days ago
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The arguments for and against Stephen Curry ever becoming a Charlotte Bobcat

Charlotte.com (Observer Sports) — Would Charlottean Stephen Curry ever come play for his hometown Bobcats? During the lockout, when Curry was taking classes at Davidson the fall of 2011, he told the Observer he’s flirted with that...
  • 16 days ago
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Stephen Curry makes Sports Illustrated cover

Charlotte.com (Observer staff) — Making the cover of Sports Illustrated has been the unofficial sign for the past six decades that you’ve made it as an athlete. Well, Stephen Curry has made it. The Charlotte native and former...
  • 18 days ago
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ESPN's Hubie Brown speaks on Bobcats' search for a new head coach

Charlotte.com (Observer Sports) — Hubie Brown’s advice to the Charlotte Bobcats: Take a thorough look at what your best players do best, then match a new head coach to that description. Brown is a former NBA head coach who is now...
  • 18 days ago
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Sampson, McLemore? Not so different

Charlotte.com (Observer Sports) — I’ve never met Kelvin Sampson. Couldn’t care less personally whether he’s the next Charlotte Bobcats coach. I’ve never met Ben McLemore. Couldn’t care less personally whether he’s the Bobcats’...
  • 20 days ago
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6-and-counting: Bobcats to interview Lakers assistant Steve Clifford

Charlotte.com (Observer Sports) — The Charlotte Bobcats have asked for and received permission to interview Los Angeles Lakers assistant Steve Clifford for their head-coaching job, a Lakers spokesman confirmed to the Observer....
  • 22 days ago
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5-and-counting on Bobcats candidates

Charlotte.com (Observer Sports) — The list of known candidates for the Charlotte Bobcats head-coaching job is at five and probably growing. Various news sources have identified four current NBA assistants, plus Shelby native Alvin...
  • 22 days ago
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Bobcats receive permission to interview Cleveland assistant Nate Tibbetts

Charlotte.com (Observer Sports) — The Charlotte Bobcats asked for and received permission to interview Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Nate Tibbetts for their head coaching job, the Cavs confirmed Tuesday. Tibbetts, 35, was retained...
  • 25 days ago
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Relocation vote on Sacramento Kings a stunner if you recall Charlotte precedent

Charlotte.com (Observer Sports) — I’m stunned an NBA relocation committee voted unanimously to recommend against the sale and move of the Sacramento Kings to Seattle. This is certainly not how things worked in 2002 under similar...
  • 26 days ago
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Michael Jordan's house in Illinois for sale

Charlotte.com (Observer Sports) — Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan's nine-bedroom, 15-bathroom mansion in Highland Park, Ill., is for sale. It has seven acres, a putting green, a full-court basketball floor, and three...
  • 26 days ago
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