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KEY DATES IN BOBCATS HISTORY
HISTORY
March 16, 2004 The Bobcats select Presbyterian Hospital as the team’s official healthcare provider and name Dr. Glenn Perry
as team physician.
April 2, 2004 Gary Kloppenburg and John Outlaw are named assistant coaches, Drew Perry as video coordinator
and Mark Coffelt is added as assistant athletic trainer/equipment manager.
April 20, 2004 The Bobcats select WJZY-UPN46 as their over-the-air television broadcast outlet, with the station carrying
up to 15 games per season.
April 29, 2004 The Astri Group joins the ownership group of Bobcats Basketball Holdings, LLC. The Astri Group, a private
equity investment firm that specializes in the health care industry, is owned by prominent Miami businessmen
Carlos and Jorge de Cespedes.
May 3, 2004 The Charlotte Bobcats officially become the 30th member of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
May 17, 2004 Ed Tapscott is promoted to President of Bobcats Basketball Holdings, LLC, after serving as Executive Vice
President since the team’s inception.
May 26, 2004 Sam Mitchell joins the Bobcats coaching staff as the team’s lead assistant coach. The former 13-year
NBA player was an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks.
May 26, 2004 Bernie Bickerstaff attends the NBA Draft Lottery in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Bobcats receive the fourth
overall pick in the first round of the June 24 NBA Draft.
June 8, 2004 The Bobcats select WNMX-MIX 106.1 FM as the official flagship radio station for the team’s game broadcasts.
June 9, 2004 John-Blair Bickerstaff is named assistant coach and Joe Sharpe is named head athletic trainer.
June 21, 2004 The Bobcats acquire the second overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft from the Los Angeles Clippers and agree
to select forward Predrag Drobnjak in the Expansion Selection on June 22, in exchange for the fourth
overall pick and 33rd overall selection in the 2004 NBA Draft.
June 22, 2004 The Bobcats pick 19 players in the Charlotte Expansion Selection, including 10 players under contract and nine
restricted free agents. By the rules of the Expansion Agreement, the restricted free agents become unrestricted
free agents on July 1. Those players under contract selected by the Bobcats include Primoz Brezec (Indiana),
Brandon Hunter (Boston), Jason Kapono (Cleveland), Zaza Pachulia (Orlando), Aleksandar Pavlovic (Utah),
Jamal Sampson (L.A. Lakers), Theron Smith (Memphis), Gerald Wallace (Sacramento) and Jahidi White (Phoenix).
The team also adds restricted free agents Lonny Baxter (Washington), J.R. Bremer (Golden State), Maurice Carter
(New Orleans), Desmond Ferguson (Portland), Marcus Fizer (Chicago), Richie Frahm (Seattle), Tamar Slay
(New Jersey), Jeff Trepagnier (Denver) and Loren Woods (Miami).
June 23, 2004 The Bobcats acquire the 45th overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft from Milwaukee in exchange for Zaza
Pachulia, and acquire a future first-round pick from Cleveland in exchange for Aleksandar Pavlovic.
June 24, 2004 Emeka Okafor becomes the Bobcats’ historical first rookie draft pick. The 2004 Co-College Basketball
Player of the Year from the University of Connecticut is the second overall selection in the 2004 NBA
Draft. In the second round, the team selects University of Michigan forward Bernard Robinson with the 45th
overall selection.
June 26-27, 2004 The Bobcats invite 44 players to participate in a two-day tryout session for a chance to advance to the team’s
free agent minicamp. Guards Pierre Wooten (Winthrop University) and Patrick Jackson (Ball State), forward
Anthony Greenup (Shaw Univiversity) and center Moustapha Diouf (Queens College) are selected.
June 29, 2004 The Bobcats open their first-ever rookie/free agent minicamp in preparation for the Minnesota Summer League.
June 29, 2004 Gary Brokaw is named assistant coach after the position is vacated by Sam Mitchell, who is named head coach
of the Toronto Raptors. Brokaw joined the Bobcats on October 16, 2003, as Director of Player Personnel.
July 6-10, 2004 The Bobcats’ rookie/free agent team participates in the Minnesota Summer League against entries from
Toronto, Minnesota, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Detroit. The Bobcats go undefeated, posting a 5-0 record.
July 8, 2004 Bobcats forward Emeka Okafor is officially added to the USA Men’s National Team that will compete during
the Olympics in Athens, Greece.
July 9, 2004 The Bobcats name Jeff Capel as an assistant coach, joining Gary Brokaw, John-Blair Bickerstaff,
Gary Kloppenburg and John Outlaw on the coaching staff.
July 14, 2004 The Bobcats sign free-agent guard Jason Hart and forward Tamar Slay. Charlotte also acquires forward
Melvin Ely and guard Eddie House in a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers. In return, the Clippers receive
the Bobcats second round draft picks in the 2005 and 2006 NBA Drafts.
July 16-23, 2004 The Bobcats’ rookie/free agent team participates in the Rocky Mountain Revue against entries from Atlanta,
San Antonio, Seattle, Indiana, Dallas, Chicago and Utah. The team posts a 5-2 mark, with Bobcats forward
Jason Kapono being selected as the Revue’s Most Valuable Player. The Bobcats close out their summer
league play with an overall 10-2 record.
July 19, 2004 Nelly, a three-time Grammy Award winner and internationally-acclaimed entertainer, joins the ownership
group of Bobcats Basketball Holdings, LLC.
July 22, 2004 The Charlotte Bobcats and Charlotte Sting announce a partnership with the YMCA of Greater Charlotte in
an effort to provide each organization with an opportunity to actively market, promote and intermingle with
each other’s respected publics through community-oriented activities and programs.
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