I guess they had the best 90s colors if you just wanted random sports clothes.
I too remember this being the case. I don’t even like sports—never even watched a single game until adulthood—and even I was a fan then. They had a cool logo.
Edit: Hell, I didn’t even know where Charlotte was in the 90s, yet still… Is there a reason behind this phenomenon?
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.
I figure it was based on their rad colors and hornet design.
Best team in NBA Jam.
Weird way to spell the Suns
I was a teenager in France and even there some kids had Hornets jackets. No one questioned it.
I was a teen in Colombia, didn’t gave a shit about NBA, but had a Hornets cap bought in a gas station during holidays (iirc, they had a wall of NBA hats, but the Hornets was the choose one)
Didn’t it have something to do with 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
The Shaq Fu video game, goddamn, what a waste of effort
It was the style at the time
That explains the Charlotte Hornets jacket my parents had.
I thought it was because they went to grad school there but you’re right, that was the style of the time.
Mugsy Bogues is why.
Hell yeah!
Came here to post the exact same thing
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.
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
Hornets Starter jacket in like 93.
I’m a white kid in rural Tennessee. Haha absolutely loved it.
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
Yep, someone gave me the hat. Didn’t care about basketball but they nominated me to be a hornets fan
This is exactly how I became a Seattle Mariners “fan”.
I think it was a popular team color combo in music videos
