The Hornets might not be gone from the NBA after all. According to a CBSSports.com report, the Charlotte Bobcats are in the process of claiming the name that resided in the city with the Charlotte Hornets from 1988-2002. The name traveled to New Orleans when the franchise relocated, but recently became available when the Crescent [...]
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2013 NBA Draft prospect Allen Crabbe, a former California guard, discusses his strengths and how he’ll help a NBA team in today’s video of the day. Watch More Video Here Pivotal Draft For Charlotte Bobcats Posting a 21-61 mark, the Charlotte Bobcats wrapped up another disappointing regular [...]
The Charlotte Bobcats will interview former Suns head coach Alvin Gentry next week for their vacant head coach job, according to league sources. The Bobcats will also interview longtime assistant coach Elston Turner, who was Gentry’s assistant in Phoenix before Gentry was fired early this season. Gentry, a North Carolina native who played collegiately at [...]
Updated: May 1, 2013, 7:03 am ET The Charlotte Bobcats asked for and received permission to interview Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Nate Tibbetts for their head coaching job, the Cavs confirmed Tuesday. Tibbetts, 35, was retained by the Cavaliers after they fired head coach Byron Scott and replaced him with Mike Brown last week. Tibbetts also interviewed with [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops Apr 30 The Charlotte Bobcats asked for and received permission to interview Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Nate Tibbetts for their head coaching job, the Cavs confirmed Tuesday. Tibbetts, 35, was retained by the Cavaliers after they fired head coach Byron Scott and replaced him with Mike Brown last week. Tibbetts [...]
CHARLOTTE (AP) — The Charlotte Bobcats are back in familiar territory — looking for a new head coach. In what’s becoming a rite of spring for the struggling franchise, the Bobcats have begun the process of replacing coach Mike Dunlap, who was fired Tuesday after one season. Charlotte’s next coach will be its sixth since [...]
CHARLOTTE (AP) — The Charlotte Bobcats are back in familiar territory — looking for a new head coach. In what’s becoming a rite of spring for the struggling franchise, the Bobcats have begun the process of replacing coach Mike Dunlap, who was fired Tuesday after one season. Charlotte’s next coach will be its sixth since [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops Apr 23 Charlotte Bobcats President of Basketball Operations Rod Higgins announced today that the team has relieved Mike Dunlap of his duties as head coach. The search for his successor will begin immediately. “Rich Cho and I conducted our season-ending review and met with Coach Dunlap to reflect on [...]
Mike Dunlap hitches a ride out of Charlotte. (David T. Foster III/Charlotte Observer/MCT/Getty Images)The first thing I thought of after news broke Tuesday afternoon that the Charlotte Bobcats had fired head coach Mike Dunlap was the scene in “Major League II” in which radio announcer Harry Doyle (Bob Uecker) narrates the aftermath of pitcher Rick [...]
Updated Apr 23, 2013 3:44 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Mike Dunlap is one and done with the Charlotte Bobcats. The Bobcats fired Dunlap as coach Tuesday after a single season. The Bobcats went 21-61 under Dunlap, finishing with the second-worst record in the NBA ahead of only the Orlando Magic. Charlotte won just seven games [...]
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Mike Dunlap is one and done with the Charlotte Bobcats. The Bobcats said Tuesday they’ve fired Dunlap as coach after a single season. The Bobcats went 21-61 under Dunlap, finishing with the second-worst record in the NBA ahead of only the Orlando Magic. Charlotte won just seven games in the strike-shortened 2011-12 [...]
Notebook: Bobcats 95, Bucks 85 Posted Apr 13, 2013 10:56 PM Derek S. Smith, for NBA.com THE FACTS: The Milwaukee Bucks dropped their fourth straight game and locked themselves into the eighth seed in the upcoming playoffs with a 95-85 loss to the Charlotte Bobcats Saturday night at Time Warner Cable Arena. As a result the [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops Apr 14 While the Milwaukee Bucks are in the playoffs for the first time in three seasons, getting out of the first round will be a huge challenge given their recent poor play and a difficult first-round opponent. By virtue of Saturday night’s 95-85 loss to the NBA-worst Charlotte [...]
Notebook: Grizzlies 94, Bobcats 75 Posted Apr 9, 2013 11:48 PM Marlon W. Morgan, for NBA.com THE FACTS: With the season winding down, the starters for Memphis looked sluggish against Charlotte for three quarters. Coach Lionel Hollins turned to his reserves in the fourth quarter and they responded by outscoring the Bobcats, 31-18, to lead the [...]