Eddie Jones was already a certified star from his time with the Los Angeles Lakers, where he went to two All-Star Games; however, as a member of the Charlotte Hornets, Jones made his third All-Star appearance and posted his best scoring numbers and PER.  He also led the NBA in Steals per Game (2.7 in 1999-2000), and was third in Defensive Player of the Year voting that year; the highest finish of his career.

The fifth overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, Raymond Felton was the Point Guard for the North Carolina Tar Heel team that won the NCAA title just before his draft. Felton was not a champion in Charlotte, but Felton was a solid scorer and distributor in the pros.

Vlade Divac was one of the more popular players in the NBA, but for many in Charlotte, this is the guy who was traded for the rights to Kobe Bryant. History now shows that trade was a little lopsided (though, let’s be honest, do you really see Kobe playing his entire career in Charlotte?), but that Divac was a very good player who put up good numbers across the board, and it also shows every metric.

The Final Four MVP and NCAA Champion with the University of Connecticut, Kemba Walker, did not have the same team success with the Charlotte Hornets, but this does not mean that he has not put up very good numbers in the pros.  He certainly did, as he moved up to our number one spot for this franchise.  

The Point Guard was a decent scorer whose overall game improved year by year in Charlotte, and while he was in the Tarheel State, he was one of the NBA's more underrated players.  While Walker's Hornets made the playoffs only twice during his eight years with the team, the fact that they did so at all was largely due to him.  He would be named to the All-Star in his last three seasons in the Queen City, and he was a Third Team All-NBA Selection in what was his final season before signing with the Boston Celtics.