Charlotte Bobcats
The Charlotte Bobcats are an American basketball team who will play in the National Basketball Association starting in 2004-05.
The team will play in the Eastern Conference with the NBA having confirmed the Hornets moving to the Western Conference. The NBA is rumoured to go to a 3 division set-up for 2004-05 so there is no definitive word on a division yet.
Franchise History
When the Charlotte Hornets moved to New Orleans for the 2002-03 season, the city successfully managed to have the NBA award the town an expansion team for the 2004-05 season. Several ownership groups made bids for this team, in the end, a group led by BET multi-millionaire Bob Johnson[?] won out. Johnson is the first prominent African-American owner in U.S. sports. The "Bobcats" nickname is said to be based on him.