2004–05 Charlotte Bobcats season

The 2004–05 NBA season was the first season for the Charlotte Bobcats in the National Basketball Association. This season marked the return of NBA basketball to Charlotte after a two-year hiatus.[1] The original Hornets had moved to New Orleans after the 2001–02 season to become the New Orleans Hornets, now the New Orleans Pelicans.[2] The Bobcats had the second overall pick in the 2004 NBA draft, which they used to select Emeka Okafor out of the University of Connecticut. The team hired Bernie Bickerstaff as head coach during the offseason, and added veteran players like Gerald Wallace, Primož Brezec, Brevin Knight, Jason Hart, Jason Kapono, Melvin Ely and Steve Smith to their roster. The Bobcats played their first game at the Charlotte Coliseum on November 4, which was a 103–96 loss to the Washington Wizards. They would win their first game defeating the Orlando Magic 111–100 at home on November 6. However, the expansion team struggled losing ten straight games in January and March, finishing fourth in the Southeast Division with an 18–64 record. Okafor averaged 15.1 points, 10.9 rebounds, 1.7 blocks per game and was named Rookie of The Year, and selected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.

2004–05 Charlotte Bobcats season
Head coachBernie Bickerstaff
General managerBernie Bickerstaff
Owner(s)Robert L. Johnson
ArenaCharlotte Coliseum
Results
Record18–64 (.220)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Southeast)
Conference: 14th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionC-SET, WJZY
RadioWOLS

At the time, this was reckoned as the inaugural season of the Bobcats. However, after the 2013-14 season, the Bobcats reclaimed the Hornets name and pre-2002 history after the original Hornets team changed its name to the Pelicans.[3] As a result, this is now considered the 15th season of the Hornets/Bobcats franchise, the team having returned after suspending operations from 2002 to 2004.

For the season, the newly expansion team added new logo and new uniforms, added dark navy blue, grey and orange to their color scheme, added side panels to their jerseys and shorts, they remained in used until 2008.

Draft picks
Main article: 2004 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 2 Emeka Okafor  United States PF/C Connecticut
2 45 Bernard Robinson  United States SF Michigan

Roster
2004–05 Charlotte Bobcats roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SG 12 Alexander, Cory 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1973-06-22 Virginia
PF 35 Allen, Malik 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1978-06-27 Villanova
SG 10 Bogans, Keith 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1980-05-12 Kentucky
C 7 Brezec, Primož 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 252 lb (114 kg) 1979-10-02 Slovenia
SG 13 Carroll, Matt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1980-08-28 Notre Dame
PF 2 Ely, Melvin 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1978-05-02 Fresno State
PG 1 Hart, Jason 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1978-04-29 Syracuse
SF 24 Kapono, Jason 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1981-02-04 UCLA
PG 22 Knight, Brevin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 1975-11-08 Stanford
F/C 50 Okafor, Emeka 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 252 lb (114 kg) 1982-09-28 Connecticut
SG 4 Rush, Kareem 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1980-10-30 Missouri
SG 32 Slay, Tamar 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1980-04-02 Marshall
SF 3 Wallace, Gerald 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982-07-23 Alabama
F/C 55 White, Jahidi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 290 lb (132 kg) 1976-02-19 Georgetown
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 2, 2005

Standings
Southeast Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Miami Heat 5923.720–35–624–1715–1
x-Washington Wizards 4537.5491429–1216–2510–6
Orlando Magic 3646.4392324–1712–296–10
Charlotte Bobcats 1864.2204114–274–377–9
Atlanta Hawks 1369.159469–324–372–14
Eastern Conference
# Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Miami Heat5923.720–
2 y-Detroit Pistons5428.6595
3 y-Boston Celtics4537.54914
4 x-Chicago Bulls4735.57312
5 x-Washington Wizards4537.54914
6 x-Indiana Pacers4438.53715
7 x-Philadelphia 76ers4339.52416
8 x-New Jersey Nets4240.51217
9 Cleveland Cavaliers4240.51217
10 Orlando Magic3646.43923
11 New York Knicks3349.40226
12 Toronto Raptors3349.40226
13 Milwaukee Bucks3052.36629
14 Charlotte Bobcats1864.22041
15 Atlanta Hawks1369.15946

Record vs. opponents
2004-05 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta —1–31–30–40–41–10–21–30–21–10–30–21–10–20–41–21–10–31–11–31–31–30–20–20–20–20–21–20–20–4
Boston 3–1—4–02–21–20–20–21–31–11–11–22–01–11–11–23–11–11–32–03–13–01–31–11–10–20–22–03–12–03–1
Charlotte 3–10–4—0–40–40–21–12–10–22–00–30–20–20–21–30–41–10–41–11–33–10–30–20–21–10–20–21–21–10–4
Chicago 4–02–24–0—2–21–11–12–21–10–22–20–21–12–01–32–22–00–41–14–03–02–10–22–01–10–21–13–02–01–2
Cleveland 4–02–14–02–2—1–11–12–22–00–21–31–11–12–00–32–21–11–32–01–33–10–31–12–00–20–20–23–12–01–2
Dallas 1–12–02–01–11–1—2–11–13–12–21–11–22–24–02–02–02–22–04–02–01–11–11–24–03–11–33–12–03–02–0
Denver 2–02–01–11–11–11–2—1–12–21–22–02–12–24–01–12–02–21–14–01–11–11–10–43–11–22–22–22–02–22–0
Detroit 3–13–11–22–22–21–11–1—2–02–02–22–02–00–22–12–21–12–12–03–03–13–11–11–11–11–11–13–11–14–0
Golden State 2–01–12–01–10–21–32–20–2—1–21–10–41–31–30–22–01–20–22–21–11–11–12–22–23–10–32–21–12–11–1
Houston 1–11–10–22–02–02–22–10–22–1—1–13–02–23–11–11–11–22–03–11–12–02–02–24–02–22–23–11–12–21–1
Indiana 3–02–13–02–23–11–10–22–21–11–1—0–21–12–03–12–22–02–21–12–21–30–41–12–00–21–10–22–12–02–2
L.A. Clippers 2–00–22–02–01–12–11–20–24–00–32–0—2–21–31–11–11–31–13–11–11–11–10–42–20–40–42–11–12–21–1
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–01–11–12–22–20–23–12–21–12–2—0–30–22–02–11–13–01–11–10–20–42–11–30–41–31–11–30–2
Memphis 2–01–12–00–20–20–40–42–03–11–30–23–13–0—1–12–03–12–03–11–11–12–02–23–10–33–10–32–03–00–2
Miami 4–02–13–13–13–00–21–11–22–01–11–31–12–01–1—4–01–13–02–04–04–02–21–11–12–01–10–23–12–04–0
Milwaukee 2–11–34–02–22–20–20–22–20–21–12–21–10–20–20–4—1–12–11–12–12–10–40–20–20–20–21–12–21–11–3
Minnesota 1–11–11–10–21–12–22–21–12–12–10–23–11–21–31–11–1—2–04–01–11–12–01–34–03–11–21–30–23–11–1
New Jersey 3–03–14–04–03–10–21–11–22–00–22–21–11–10–20–31–20–2—2–03–11–33–10–21–11–10–20–22–22–01–3
New Orleans 1–10–21–11–10–20–40–40–22–21–31–11–30–31–30–21–10–40–2—1–10–21–10–42–11–20–40–30–22–21–1
New York 3–11–33–10–43–10–21–10–31–11–12–21–11–11–10–41–21–11–31–1—1–23–10–21–10–21–10–21–32–02–1
Orlando 3–10–31–30–31–31–11–11–31–10–23–11–11–11–10–41–21–13–12–02–1—2–20–21–11–11–11–12–22–02–2
Philadelphia 3–13–13–01–23–01–11–11–31–10–24–01–12–00–22–24–00–21–31–11–32–2—0–21–10–20–21–13–11–12–1
Phoenix 2–01–12–02–01–12–14–01–12–22–21–14–04–02–21–12–03–12–04–02–02–02–0—3–02–21–22–12–03–11–1
Portland 2–01–12–00–20–20–41–31–12–20–40–22–21–21–31–12–00–41–11–21–11–11–10–3—1–31–21–31–12–20–2
Sacramento 2–02–01–11–12–01–32–11–11–32–22–04–03–13–00–22–01–31–12–12–01–12–02–23–1—1–31–31–12–12–0
San Antonio 2–02–02–02–02–03–12–21–13–02–21–14–04–01–31–12–02–12–04–01–11–12–02–12–13–1—2–21–12–21–1
Seattle 2–00–22–01–12–01–32–21–12–21–32–01–23–13–02–01–13–12–03–02–01–11–11–23–13–12–2—2–03–10–2
Toronto 2–11–32–10–31–30–20–21–31–11–11–21–11–10–21–32–22–02–22–03–12–21–30–21–11–11–10–2—2–01–3
Utah 2–00–21–10–20–20–32–21–11–22–20–22–23–10–30–21–11–30–22–20–20–21–11–32–21–22–21–30–2—0–2
Washington 4–01–34–02–12–10–20–20–41–11–12–21–12–02–00–43–11–13–11–11–22–21–21–12–00–21–12–03–12–0—

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Charlotte Bobcats statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Cory Alexander16112.6.327.421.7501.82.3.6.13.1
Malik Allen22112.3.485..9292.1.3.2.55.0
Keith Bogans 744224.2.381.329.7273.11.8.9.19.6
Primož Brezec 727231.6.512..7457.41.2.5.813.0
Matt Carroll25017.2.389.333.8552.4.7.7.19.0
Melvin Ely791720.9.432..5754.11.0.4.97.3
Jason Hart742725.5.449.368.7852.75.01.3.29.5
Eddie House13523.1.452.414.7691.51.81.8.211.1
Jason Kapono811418.4.401.412.8242.0.8.5.18.5
Brevin Knight 666129.5.422.150.8522.69.02.0.110.1
Emeka Okafor 737335.6.447.000.60910.9.9.81.715.1
Bernard Robinson31110.6.444.375.6921.51.0.4.13.0
Kareem Rush342225.8.396.386.7612.31.9.5.211.5
Jamal Sampson23014.3.425..5905.3.3.2.73.4
Tamar Slay809.8.333.167.0001.8.4.6.03.5
Steve Smith37117.2.427.422.8701.31.5.3.27.9
Theron Smith33515.5.324.250.8753.5.8.2.13.2
Gerald Wallace 706830.7.449.274.6615.52.01.71.311.1
Jahidi White1707.9.452..3502.0.1.1.72.5

Awards and records

Rookie of the Year

NBA All-Rookie First Team

Transactions
Main article: List of 2004–05 NBA season transactions

References
  1. "Johnson will be NBA's first black majority owner". ESPN. December 17, 2002. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
  2. Mary Foster (May 10, 2002). "Owners approve Hornet's move to New Orleans". USA Today. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
  3. Hornets all the buzz in Charlotte. ESPN, 2014-05-20.
  4. "Emeka Okafor Named 2004-05 NBA got milk? Rookie Of The Year". Charlotte Bobcats. May 4, 2005. Archived from the original on March 8, 2008. Retrieved April 29, 2008.
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