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unusual facts about New Orleans Hornets



Angelle Tymon

She performed as a member of the dance team for the NFL's New Orleans Saints for one year and the NBA's New Orleans Hornets for two years.

George Shinn

George Shinn (born May 11, 1941) is the former owner of the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets as well the Charlotte Knights and Gastonia Rangers minor league baseball teams along with the Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks of the World League of American Football.

Hampton Roads Rhinos

By 1996 George Shinn, owner of the then Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) indicated that he was looking to the Hampton Roads as a potential location for a NHL expansion team.

Josh Howard

In April 2008, hours before Game 3 of the Mavericks' first-round series with the New Orleans Hornets, Howard told Michael Irvin in an interview on ESPN Radio 103.3 FM that he smoked marijuana in the offseason, and that while he would not smoke during the season even if the NBA did not conduct random testing, he did not "think that's stopping me from doing my job."

Luis Scola

On the afternoon of December 8, 2011, the day before the 2011 NBA lockout ended and players could move between teams, the Rockets, the Los Angeles Lakers and the New Orleans Hornets agreed to a trade that would have sent Scola, along with Goran Dragić, Kevin Martin, and Lamar Odom to the Hornets.

Phil Pressey

In 2008, Pressey's family moved to Dallas when Paul took a job with the New Orleans Hornets, and Phil began to play with Episcopal School of Dallas for his junior season.

Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks

Then-Charlotte Hornets owner George Shinn owned the franchise, and the head coach was former NFL player and N.C. State alumnus Roman Gabriel.

Sawyer Center

Due to the catastrophic devastation brought by Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Hornets franchise temporarily relocated their base of operations to Oklahoma City for two seasons in 2005-06 and 2006-07.

WRQQ

On September 25, 2008 the New Orleans Hornets announced that Sunny 103.3 would be the Baton Rouge flagship station for the team's radio network.

WSJS

WSJS had the NFL Carolina Panthers and the NBA Charlotte Hornets, but the NBA lockout gave WSJS a reason to add the team's games later in the season.


see also

Charlotte Hornets

After relocation, the team played as the New Orleans Hornets until 2013, when they were renamed the New Orleans Pelicans