The Charlotte Bobcats changed their names.

On May 2 1 day, Beijing time, at 2065438, the Bobcats officially announced that the team had changed its name to Charlotte Hornets at today's press conference, and the team name of the Bobcats has since become history.

"Today, we completed an unfinished task and brought the team name back to its original place," said Fred whitfield, CEO of Charlotte Hornets. "Our fans are the driving force behind our name change. All the surveys show that fans really want to welcome this name back. This makes us feel very proud and proud. This name and our city have a history of more than 200 years. "

The origin of the words Charlotte and wasp can be traced back to the American Revolution. After the British colonists occupied Charlotte at that time, the local residents and colonists launched a hard resistance movement and finally drove the British out of Charlotte. The British described Charlotte's people as sharp as wasps, and the word "bumblebee" became a unique memory of the city's war of independence. There are baseball teams (190 1-73), football teams (1974-75) and the first NBA team (65438+. After the Pelican changed its name, Charlotte fans strongly urged the team to welcome the name back to their city.

In addition, in addition to the team name, the history of the Hornets from 1988 to 2002 was officially placed under the name of the Charlotte Hornets team today, which means that today's Pelican team has actually become an expansion team. 1988, Charlotte used this team name when she founded the first NBA team. In the 200 1-02 season, the original Hornets moved to New Orleans, and now, this history has returned to Charlotte.

Not long ago, Bobcat official website officially changed its name to Hornet, and all of them were replaced with the team emblem and team color matching of the new Hornet. The slogan "We're Back" on the front page of official website officially announced the return of the Hornets' team name, and the word Bobcat has since become history.