Thirty years since the NBA first arrived in Charlotte, the Hornets have yet to reach the Eastern Conference final, much less the NBA Finals.
That would have happened long ago had the core of that first playoff team held together.
That was the strong opinion of several members of the 1992-93 team who were back in Charlotte Wednesday for point guard Muggsy Bogues’ charity golf tournament at Raintree Country Club. That first playoff team upset the Boston Celtics at the end a run built by Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish before losing to the New York Knicks.