Grant Williams feels he has seen Spectrum Center flip.
The 25-year-old forward entering his second season on the Charlotte Hornets remembers attending games during the franchise’s 7-59 season in 2011-12. It felt as though fans just wouldn’t even be inside the building, or casual basketball spectators would fill seats while donning different teams’ jerseys.
Williams, who grew up in west Charlotte and won a state championship at Providence Day, initially sat courtside for the first time in his life during a Hornets game against the Golden State Warriors. With J.