I guess they had the best 90s colors if you just wanted random sports clothes.
It was the style at the time
Purple and turquoise fucking slaps is why
Best team logo at the time too.
Lotta Rockies and Florida Marlins fans in the 90s for that reason too
Ducks fans too, besides Emilio Estaves.
And Keenan Thompson from SNL in one of his first roles.
Mugsy Bogues is why.
Came here to post the exact same thing
I was a Hornets fan back in the 90s, but I also lived in Charlotte, so it was a gimmie. I was pissed when Shinn not only moved them to New Orleans, but took the name with them. Hornet’s Nests are a symbol of Mecklenburg county history and we just let part of that heritage walk away with Shinn. I’m glad we finally got it back.
Los Angeles still needs to give back our basketball team name. Fuckers.
- Minnesotan
Best team in NBA Jam.
They had the flyest colour scheme. The Orlando magic was also a popular one, but that was because it was the birth of Shaq craze. I had the shaq attack toys and the shaq fu video game
Yeah, but fashion wise the Hornets were still the most popular. I grew up in Orlando. I’ve been to several Magic games. I still had a kid sized Hornets uniform when I was five or six.
Im from Toronto so we were so hyped when we got our own team, and the original raptors logo and colours are still the best
Oh damn, I had wiped this from my memory. But yeah, I used to have a Hornets hat in the 90s despite not being a basketball fan.
Oh I wasn’t aware of the connection but I definitely wore something like that, yeah.
Although I had a… San Jose Sharks cap? Is that a team?
It is yeah.
I’m not American but Finns loved NHL. I didn’t, but my brother and dad did.
I was in middle school at the time and I had a kick ass pull over hornets starter jacket. I am from upstate NY.
Same. I’m from Alaska, and having no local pro teams, I chose Charlotte for the kick ass colors and because of Larry Johnson
This was my squad in NBA jam. Theory confirmed.
