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Bobcats Rebrand Update Thread (Real Charlotte Fans-Censorship Free Edition)


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So let me get this straight, Porn:

From 1988-1992, while selling out the league's largest basketball-only arena (technically, wasn't the AlamoDome 'bigger'? I digress...) 100% of the time, Charlotteans were "too cool" to be Hornets fans?

:huh:

it was just like panthers games, the place to be seen, something to brag about, a status symbol

like i said, too young to understand because you weren't there or you were still drinking out of a sippy cup

remember the panthers 1-15 season? how many people showed up at that last game against new england?

2002 with a new coach, the #2 pick in the draft would have been perfect to rebrand to something more carolina-centric, and not a fictional animal since black panthers don't exist

charlotte was just as much of a transplant city then as it is now, and like the panthers, half the people in the coliseum were pulling for the other team

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These dudes and the Huddle dont have the balls to demand a rebrand for the Panthers. Nobody suggested it last year when we were the worst team in the NFL. JRs status as a local businessman trumps Hornets rebellion history. Theyre not gonna tear him or his business down for that. That'd defeat the purpose. They know exactly who they want to gentrify. People like me dont rep NC. We have no history, we've never contributed to this community, we should be erased. Welcome to Charlotte!

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it was just like panthers games, the place to be seen, something to brag about, a status symbol

like i said, too young to understand because you weren't there or you were still drinking out of a sippy cup

remember the panthers 1-15 season? how many people showed up at that last game against new england?

2002 with a new coach, the #2 pick in the draft would have been perfect to rebrand to something more carolina-centric, and not a fictional animal since black panthers don't exist

charlotte was just as much of a transplant city then as it is now, and like the panthers, half the people in the coliseum were pulling for the other team

I'm 30. My dad had season tickets from day one to the end. I can almost guarantee you I went to more Hornets games than you ever watched on TV. I know you're just trying to bait me, and it's silly and childish for me to even respond, but yeah. There's that.

And saying that those early years represented nothing more than a 'see/be seen' mentality; honestly (and I didn't think this was possible), but that only further invalidates any opinion you ever state on anything.

You're fighting a losing battle. That part is fine; I admire those who scratch and claw until the final bell. But your strategy is different. You've been hurling personal attacks and busted-logic/falsehoods for weeks. I would think someone as sage and (apparently) elderly as yourself would've learned to operate above the fray at this point in their life.

It's disappointing and pathetic.

Now...say something ridiculous!!! :D

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yeah we really didn't mind the rape, drug abuse, or shipping our stars out for lesser players or demanding a new arena or he was going to move the team

i wish i were young and dumb and didn't really remember the nastiness that was the hornets departure

In case you didn't pick up on it... That was called sarcasm. Luckily, your wishes are still attainable.

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So let me get this straight, Porn:

From 1988-1992, while selling out the league's largest basketball-only arena (technically, wasn't the AlamoDome 'bigger'? I digress...) 100% of the time, Charlotteans were "too cool" to be Hornets fans?

:huh:

At the time, they were the first and only major pro sports franchise in the Carolinas....so yes, the newness played a huge part in the sellouts. All of that changed when Alonzo got traded and the Panthers and Hurricanes came. If the name, mascot, "heritage" and colors are all so important, where was this grandiose movement to have the Hornets come back into existence when we had a second go-round of an NBA franchise?

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These dudes and the Huddle dont have the balls to demand a rebrand for the Panthers. Nobody suggested it last year when we were the worst team in the NFL. JRs status as a local businessman trumps Hornets rebellion history. Theyre not gonna tear him or his business down for that. That'd defeat the purpose. They know exactly who they want to gentrify. People like me dont rep NC. We have no history, we've never contributed to this community, we should be erased. Welcome to Charlotte!

Why don't you take your talents to South Beach?

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I agree holding a grudge over a team name because of the race and heritage of the person who created is racist, its petty, its embarassing, and it reflects poorly on those folks and the city of Charlotte as a whole. It just shows the lengths people will go when they hate people they dont understand.

KT, what's embarrassing is crying racism when it probably only factors into maybe 1% of the people that want change, IF THAT. But, you know this... it's just easier to do that than hold a civil, well-thought out discussion. So, enjoy that.

I'm sure MJ appreciates you saying that he isn't black enough for you as well.

Is this your new new take, hoping that turning it into a racial issue will cause it to be locked? Probably.

I'm just so happy I have our new white owner in Michael Jordan so we can all forget about black Bob Johnson... smh... AND lol...

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I'm 30. My dad had season tickets from day one to the end. I can almost guarantee you I went to more Hornets games than you ever watched on TV. I know you're just trying to bait me, and it's silly and childish for me to even respond, but yeah. There's that.

And saying that those early years represented nothing more than a 'see/be seen' mentality; honestly (and I didn't think this was possible), but that only further invalidates any opinion you ever state on anything.

You're fighting a losing battle. That part is fine; I admire those who scratch and claw until the final bell. But your strategy is different. You've been hurling personal attacks and busted-logic/falsehoods for weeks. I would think someone as sage and (apparently) elderly as yourself would've learned to operate above the fray at this point in their life.

It's disappointing and pathetic.

Now...say something ridiculous!!! :D

you were 6 years old at the time

too young to know what you're talking about

willfully ignorant + delusional does you no good

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