Table of Contents COURTSIDE STORIES INTRODUCING Table of Contents CHARLOTTE WELCOMES THE CATS 8 TAKING LOCAL TALENT 16 MJ MOVES IN 22 MAKING THE PLAYOFFS 30 INTO THE DEPTHS AND BACK OUT 40 INDEX 48 COURTSIDE STORIES THE BOBCATS DEN 12 WIN NUMBER ONE 21 STAR OWNERS 24 OVERTIME TIMES THREE 29 THE CARDIAC CATS 32 AN ALL-TIME LOW 46 INTRODUCING ROBERT JOHNSON 11 BERNIE BICKERSTAFF 15 EMEKA OKAFOR 19 GERALD WALLACE 26 KEMBA WALKER 35 MICHAEL JORDAN 43
CHARLOTTE WELCOMES THE CATS CHARLOTTE’S DOWNTOWN ARCHITECTURE HAS REFLECTED ITS PERIODS OF PROSPERITY IN BUSINESS CHARLOTTE WELCOMES THE CATS 8
The first white settlers arrived in the area of Charlotte North Carolina in 1755 and 13 years later named their community after the English King George III’s wife In the early 1800s Charlotte became the site of the new American nation’s first significant discovery of gold North Carolina led the nation in production of the precious metal until the California Gold Rush of 1848 Today gold of another sort banking is one of Charlotte’s key industries and the city trails only New York City as the United States most important banking hub As a state North Carolina is second to none in its enthusiasm for basketball Especially noteworthy are two of the country’s premier college basketball programs the Duke University Blue Devils and the University of North Carolina Tar Heels So it isn’t surprising that the National BREVIN KNIGHT 9
