When NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced the league would follow through with its threats to move its all-star game from Charlotte because of North Carolina's HB2, many within the Hornets organization, including co-owner Michael Jordan, seemed to understand the decision.
Hornets co-owner Felix Sabates, however, is not one of those people. Sabates, who helped found the Hornets in 1987, blasted Silver, the NBA and even the Charlotte City Council for the "short sited move" (sic). Sabates' rant (parts of which are reproduced as it was written below) comes from an email response to team president Fred Whitfield, which was obtained by the Charlotte Observer.