Elden Campbell was with the Charlotte Hornets for three and a half seasons (plus another half-season when the team was relocated to New Orleans). While Campbell would put up some of his best offensive numbers as a Hornet, he would also be known for his defensive skills, which would always made him a coveted big man in the NBA. It was not an accident that Charlotte made the playoffs three years in a row while he played there.

Anthony Mason would put up some of the best numbers of his career as a member of the Charlotte Hornets. In the 1996-97 season, he would lead the NBA in Minutes per Game, and that year would put personal bests in Points, Rebounds, Assists, and Blocks per Game as well as PER and VORP.

The second overall pick in the 1992 Draft (behind Shaquille O’Neal), Alonzo Mourning made an immediate impact in the NBA for the Charlotte Hornets. Playing his first three seasons with Charlotte, Mourning would be an All-Star twice and would average a spectacular 21.3 Points, 10.1 Rebounds, and 3.1 Blocks per game as a Hornet.

Three for three. Glen Rice played three seasons with the Charlotte Hornets, and in every NBA campaign he was named to the All-Star Game, the second of which saw him win the game's MVP and cement himself as a must-watch player. Rice would also go “three for three,” averaging over 20 Points per Game as a Hornet, including 26.8 PPG in the 2006-07 campaign, a season in which he also led the National Basketball Association in three-point percentage.