The Charlotte Hornets were founded back in 1988. They struggled at first, like many expansion teams do.
Starting through the drafts is the way for any expansion team to improve: the Hornets had the fifth overall pick in 1990, the first overall pick in 1991, and the second overall pick in 1992
They used those three picks to draft Kendall Gill, Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning. The team looked very promising with those three players on the roster, plus already having Muggsy Bogues and Dell Curry on the roster.
But, like nowadays, expansion teams and low market teams do not not go hand in hand with top notch players.
So what happened?
Those three left or were traded after a few season of success. And in came a new crop of players: Glen Rice and Vlade Divac to name a few.
Then in the late 1990s and early 2000s another new crop of players came along. Baron Davis, Derrick Coleman, P.J. Brown and Jamal Mashburn all made their Hornets debuts.
Then once again those payers became all-stars and they were again packing their bags and off in a new direction.
The Hornets were left with noth ...
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