It doesn’t matter what other teams think when it comes to jersey retirements, that shits supposed to be personal, it should be sentimental. Unless it’s MJ in Miami.

Bro Nick Collision has his number retired, it’s not about stats it’s about what those players meant to the fans/organization.

honestly think him still being around the team is the main reason they are doing this. Keeps the name recognition going like Mully for still being around the Warriors.

Some players just don’t want any part of the org after they retire.

He’s awesome on the broadcast. Y’all have the best duo in the league for entertainment value.

Hornets finally accepting that Steph ain’t gonna pull a Tony Parker and do one last season in Charlotte before retiring.

I get this. People are gonna wonder why the Pelicans eventually retire Antonio Daniels’ number.

Agreed, so many players have been retired for much less (cough cough sacramento kings ..)

And let’s not forget this man’s nuts gave us the greatest shooter of all time.😂

It’s more of a reflection on how sad the Hornets franchise is than knocking Dell. I always thought Muggsy Bogues should get his number retired by Charlotte. He’s probably the most famous Hornets player ever. Second in franchise history in games played and the all time franchise leader in assists and steals

He was a cheat code in NBA Live 94 for Sega.

I get it but it’s also just very funny to see a team retiring a number of a player who never even made an All Star game lol

You know your organization is pathetic when Dell Curry gets a jersey retirement

You don’t understand, I was going to play for the Hornets and I was dead set on wearing 30, now I don’t know if I’ll even bother.

LOL right?

Those weirdos told us that Lamarcus Aldridge doesn’t deserve to have his number retired because he didn’t win a chip. We have a mic retired for our commentator that gave us the rip city nickname

Careful. They might retire your jersey for being an avid watcher of Hornets games.

I think Dell might be convinced to let Steph wear 30

1. Throwback to his HS days

They’ll just have to have the Paolo Maldini rule. The shirt number is retired with the only exception being his descendants are allowed to wear it

I have to say I much prefer the football (soccer) retirement of numbers where it is Exceptionally rare to retire them. The numbers of certain shirts carry weight to them. I can only imagine expectations and excitement if say the Bulls had given Rose the number 23. It allows certain numbers to build multi generational legends surronding them. Like if Argentina were allowed to retire shirt numbers I think they’d be just a bit of magic lost that Maradona and Messi never shared the same shirt.

Also the testiomonial is the superior form of honouring a former player. Seeing all the retired players play in a exhibition game just seems more entertaining for the player and the fans, also a chance to for fans to show appreciation for players that’ll never get that honour that are playing in the game.

03, both digits.

I’m convinced this is a sign Steph decided to stay with the warriors until the end of his career

You mean when Seth goes back?

I mean Larry nance was able to wear his dads number when he was on the cavs I don’t see why Steph can’t do the same

I think they would make an exception with Dell’s permission (and I’m sure he’d give the go-ahead)

Hornets should definitely retire Kembas. Grew up in NC and man the love Kemba got for a decade was amazing everytime I went to a game

At this rate LaMelos gonna get his jersey retired for them too

Kemba feels more deserving tbh

Look at Curry man so inspirational 🫡

When you ask actual long time fans who they think of first when it comes to the Hornets, Dell’s name is going to come up more than anyone.

I actually think of Muggsy Bogues but can understand the Dell Curry pick. (They also both played for the Raptors, at the same time, too!)

Yeah. Leave the objective (stats, awards, etc) gatekeeping to the Hall of Fame discussion. Jersey retirements should be a mix of the objective and subjective impact a player had on a franchise and fans. That’s why I don’t mind some legends being “homeless” when it comes to Jersey retirements. If they weren’t someplace long enough or didn’t make enough of a cultural impact somewhere, they don’t need their jerseys up in the rafters.

Dell is #1 with a bullet. 2nd is probably Muggsy. If random people on reddit didn’t grow up with the team I don’t expect them to understand.

My question is if his jersey should be retired or if the hornets should do something similar as the Lakers retiring Chick Hearn for his broadcasting

Steph and Seth will be in attendance. GSW will be on an east coast trip when it happens.

They’re off that day and in Boston, it’s realistic they fly in for the game.

I think the fact that he’s been one of our announcers for a while factors into it too though. IMO it’s a player legacy + general Hornets/broadcasting legacy thing at this point

Working for the team for decades does mean something

History isn’t there? Dell was the franchise leader in points and three pointers for a significant amount of time. Add in that he’s been a broadcast guy for us for ages and he was also the original Charlotte Hornet. He was literally the very first player in Hornets history and drafted second overall in the expansion draft since Miami had the first pick.

You dont know jack so stop acting like you do.

He is a legend for their team. Getting your number retired doesn’t always have to be what statistical numbers you get. Durant may never get his number retired for awhile with the Thunder although he is the top in almost every single statistical category. While Nick Collision number is retired because of what he represented for the city. Take into consideration that he even stated he didn’t want to go to OKC.

Or they had a hope they’d get Steph lol

The Hornets are just a young franchise. It makes sense that they haven’t retired many jerseys yet. 

It’s less about forcing history. It just takes time to build history. 

Yeah, they have very little history.

That’s why Dell Curry is number 1-3 on a lot of people’s list if you ask them to list relevant things about Charlotte.

The man deserves to have his # retired in Charlotte where the bar is pretty low (I personally think it’s deserved even if the bar were higher).

The reason this is happening is because he’s been around this organization more or less the entire time since he retired from the league.

This is a lifetime achievement award and he deserves it.

Shut the fuck up bitch

Lots of people in this thread thinking that it’s undeserved meanwhile Hornets fans are universally gonna love this

Yeah the most important thing when it comes to jersey retirements is “do the fans of the team love the guy enough to honor him like this?” Hornets fans in this thread overwhelmingly support it and they’re the only fanbase that matters on this.

Nope. Know Bingo Smith’s is retired with the Cavs

The hornets also have Bobby Phills number retired

Blazers have like 46 jerseys retired

I feel like the Spurs retired a non all star too

Vinnie Johnson

Udonis Haslem

He’s also The very first Hornet, 2nd in all time points for the hornets, has 10 years as a broadcaster.

2nd all time scoring in franchise history is honestly enough for me. Especially for a franchise that hasn’t retired many numbers. Don’t know why everyone’s so salty

Kinda surprised they didn’t do it when they play the Warriors.

Or Jordan.

But it’s definitely 2 and 3

Thanks for your permission. We were waiting to hear this before we actually went through with it.

Muggsy Bogues was definitely a good enough player to have his jersey retired. He wasnt some novelty. He led the league in 92 and 93, and was always near the top in the league in Assist to TO ratio nearly his whole career. And playing almost 15 years, at any size , but especially at his size, proves his talent. He was also one of the best on ball defenders at the pg position. Any nba player will tell you the same. The Glove and Kenny smith wax poetic about how they hated playing against him. He was a straight menace on the court. Players use to argue about who’d advance the ball up the court when they played us bc he was such a pain in the ass to go against. Shaq is on record saying “ ive never told anybody this…but i was afraid of Muggsy Bogues.” No one was safe when he was on the court. And hes our franchise leader in Assist and steals. Hes also our longest tenured Hornet, and got us to the playoffs 3 times in our first ten years. Not to mention his community outreach programs. He wasnt a score first pg, so alot of people use that against him. But points aren’t everything. He was one of the best passers we’ve ever had and was a genius at setting up his teammates for buckets. His stats prove it and Dell would agree as most of his threes came off a perfect pass from Bogues. Kemba deserves it more. But Muggsy deserves it 3rd for sure. Thats jersey retirement material imo.

Because people think they are being clever and original thinking up the most obvious joke. The rest are just ignorant to the reasons why his number is being retired.

We’ve only been the hornets again for like 10 years now.

We had to re-retire Bobby Phyllis

And we waited for his sons to play for the hornets

Archie Manning’s jersey is unofficially retired by the Saints along with Eli and Peyton (Saints don’t retire jerseys). Seems like the only one though.

Nepo daddy