The Charlotte Hornets are in a very weird and precarious predicament. Much of that is due to the team’s current roster and financial situation, but some of it is also due to the team simply being in Charlotte.
Charlotte is a wonderful place and I spent a lot of my youth in the Queen City, enjoying its many attractions and, of course, going to Hornets games. I even managed to snag a few autographs over my time, though I’ve lost pretty much all of them over the years.
Back then, the Hornets were a huge deal in the greater Charlotte metropolitan area.