The NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, established in 2004, changed their name this offseason to the Charlotte Hornets, like the city's original NBA team was called. That team moved to New Orleans in 2002 and changed their name last year to the New Orleans Pelicans, leaving the Hornets name available to use. With Charlotte's name change, the history books have been rewritten a bit.
The new story behind the Charlotte and New Orleans NBA teams is that the former and current Charlotte Hornets are now the same team, which was established in 1988, then was "deactivated" for two years in 2002, came back in 2004 as the Bobcats and is now known as the Hornets once again. Meanwhile, the Pelicans are now considered to have been established in 2002 as an expansion team known as the Hornets, and then changed their name last year. In other words, the 1988-2002 Charlotte Hornets are now officially the same team that was established in 2004 as the Charlotte Bobcats, even though those Hornets are really the team that has evolved into the Pelicans. It's all pretty confusing, but the end result is that the people of Charlotte are happy to have their Hornets back.
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