The NBA draft lottery has been around since 1985. The Charlotte Hornets have been around since 1988. In the 1990s, the Hornets were good enough to avoid the lot ...

Monday’s drawing in Chicago determines franchise’s chance to select Duke product Cooper Flagg in June’s draft.

Despite coming off one of the franchise’s worst seasons since entering the league in 1988, Charlotte couldn’t secure chance to draft Duke’s Cooper Flagg.

1. Inception (1988): George Shinn, a businessman, was awarded the Charlotte Hornets franchise. The team initially played in ...

When Rex Chapman became the Charlotte Hornets’ very first draft pick in 1988, he was more than a sharpshooter—he was a symbol of a franchise’s beginning. Nearly four decades later ...

In the aftermath of an unfulfilled campaign leading into another typical offseason for the Charlotte Hornets, Miles Bridges didn’t discount the importance of what’s to come. “This is a great ...