The 1992–93 NBA season was which number season for the Charlotte Hornets in the National Basketball Association, the Hornets selected with Muggsy Bogues?
1992–93 Charlotte Hornets season The 1992–93 NBA season was the fifth season for the Charlotte Hornets in the National Basketball Association. In the 1992 NBA draft, the Hornets selected center Alonzo Mourning out of Georgetown with the second overall pick. With the addition of Mourning, along with second-year star Larry Johnson and Muggsy Bogues, the Hornets struggled around .500 for most of the season, but won 9 of their final 12 games finishing their season third in the Central Division with a 44–38 record, and qualified for their first ever playoff appearance. The team became the first of the four expansion franchises of the late 1980s to win a playoff series, when Mourning sunk a 20 ft jumper at the buzzer in Game 4 of the first round playoff series against the 4th-seeded Boston Celtics. However, in the semifinals, the Hornets were eliminated by the New York Knicks in five games.
Negele Knight Negele Oscar Knight (born March 6, 1967) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the second round (31st overall) of the 1990 NBA Draft. Knight played for the Suns, San Antonio Spurs, Portland Trail Blazers, Detroit Pistons and Toronto Raptors in six NBA seasons. His best year as a professional came during the 1993-94 season as a member of the Spurs, when he appeared in 64 games averaging 9.3 ppg. He played collegiately at the University of Dayton, ending his NBA career with the Toronto Raptors in 1999.