Charlotte NC real estate got a leg up when the Bobcats became the second NBA expansion team to call Charlotte NC home. After a few seasons of difficulty, the bobcats roster reads like a who's who of college basketball from the past few years. Center Emeka Okafor was a standout at the University of Connecticut, Adam Morrison started a moustache craze at Gonzaga, and Sean May and Raymond Felton took home a championship during their time at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Although Chapel Hill is two and a half hours away from Charlotte, many Charlotteans call that school, and other schools with basketball pedigrees in the Raleigh-Durham area like Duke and NC State, their alma mater.
The team currently has a wealth of youthful players, but, with a bit of luck, the Charlotte Bobcats will be pouncing into the playoffs with their eyes on an NBA Championship.