page_title: Charlotte Hornets draft history
section_title: Selections
hierarchical_section_title: Charlotte Hornets draft history / Selections
caption_attribution_description: Emeka Okafor, Charlotte Bobcats
context_page_description: The original Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association were established in 1988 as an expansion team, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The team's roster was filled with unprotected players at the 1988 NBA Expansion Draft, and five days later the Hornets made their first picks out of college players at the 1988 NBA draft. The Hornets remained in Charlotte for 14 seasons before relocating to New Orleans in 2002. Two years after the Hornets' departure, the Charlotte Bobcats were established in 2004. The Bobcats first participated in the 2004 NBA draft, two days after their expansion draft was held. The franchise's name was changed back to the Hornets at the conclusion of the 2013–14 season, one year after the team in Louisiana renamed itself the New Orleans Pelicans. The history and records of the original Charlotte Hornets were conveyed to the newly named Charlotte Hornets.
  In 1989, the NBA agreed with the National Basketball Players Association to reduce drafts to two rounds, an arrangement that has remained the same up the present time.
caption: In the 2004 NBA Draft, Emeka Okafor became the Bobcats' first ever draft pick.
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