I-Basketball Pro yeBhola yeBhola ibona impumelelo, ukungaphumeleli kwi-Queen City
UCharlotte Sting wayengumlingani weWNBA kwiqela leNBA likaCharlotte ngelo xesha, ii-Hornets. Njengomnye wamalungu asekelekileyo eWNBA, iqela laqala ngo-1997 kwaye liza kudlala kuze kube ngo-2007, xa beza kulandela emva kokuzama ukuphumelela kwisixeko saseKansas.
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I-Sting yayiza kufanelekela i-WNBA playoffs ngexesha layo lokuvulwa, kodwa lahleka kwinqanaba lokuqala ukuya kwiiqela zokugqibela, eHoston.
Unyaka wesibini wawuya kubona umphumo ofanayo, kunye ne-Sting ekwenza kwakhona i-playoffs kwakhona, kodwa iphinda ilahlekelwe kwinqanaba lokuqala ukuya ku-Houston. Ixesha lesithathu le-WNBA likaCharlotte liza kubona iqela liwela kwirekhodi elibi kunazo zonke (15-17), kodwa lithe lafumana ulungelelwano oluphambili kunye nolokuqala kokusindiswa ngaphambi kokuwa kwiNkululeko yaseNew York. UCharlotte wayeya kuphinda alahleke i-playoffs okokuqala ngo-2000 kodwa abuyele ngo-2001. Iqela le-2001 liza kuqala ixesha elihle, lilahlekelwe yimidlalo ye-11 yokuqala yokuqala. Kodwa iqela liza kuhamba iinyembezi ezintle emva koko, ukulahlekelwa imidlalo emine kuphela, ukugqiba ngerekhodi ye-18-14. Abazange baqeqeshe iifleyo njengenombolo ye-4. Ukukhwela ukukhawuleza, ukukhwabanisa kwe-Sting kuqala kwinombolo 1 eyi-Cleveland Rockers kwinqanaba lokuqala, ngoko inani le-2 lihluma inkululeko yeNew York ekwesibini, iyancipha nganye kwimidlalo emithathu. Eli qela lalingezokugqibela ze-WNBA kwimbali yazo.
Umqhubi omangalisayo ulahlekile, nangona kunjalo, xa i-Sting yachithwa yi-Los Angeles Sparks kwimidlalo emibini.
Iqela liza kubuya kuma-playoffs ngo-2002 kodwa liza kubona enye ilahleko yokuqala yokulahleka, ngeli xesha i-Mystics yaseWashington.
Ngo-2002, iiCharlotte Hornets ziza kushiya isixeko saseNew Orleans, kodwa iSting ayizange ihambe nabo.
Baya kudlala ixesha elilodwa ngaphandle komlingani wesilisa ngaphambi kokuba iNBA ibone Charlotte i-franchise entsha-iCharlotte Bobcats. Kungekudala emva kwe-CEO ye-Black Entertainment Television CEO uBob Johnson wamkelwa njengomnini omtsha we-francise entsha ye-francise, wathenga iSting. Iqela liyakwazi ukulungelelanisa imibala yabo emfusa ne-teal yeeHlumethi ukuya kwi-orange kunye nohlaza okomhlaza ukulinganisa iqela labo lomzalwana omtsha. Abanikazi babecinga ukutshintsha igama likaSting ukuze babonakalise ubambiswano babo kunye neBobcats, kodwa kungekudala emva kokumemezela imibala emitsha, i logo entsha yaqaliswa - uphawu olufanayo lwama-hornet logo, nje ngemibala ehlaziyiweyo. I-moniker "I-Sting" iya kuhlala.
U-2003 uza kubona enye ikhefu lokuqala lokuphuma eqela, ngeli xesha ezandleni ze-Connecticut Sun. 2004, 2005 kunye no-2006 bekuya kuba yiminyaka embi ngenxa ye-Sting, njengoko bayakuphosa i-playoffs yonke iminyaka emithathu. Emva kokuthumela i-ligue-irekhodi engaphezulu kwe-6-28 ngo-2005, iqela lazama ukufaka ubomi kwiqela ngokubiza igama likaCharlotte basketball uMuggsy Bogues njengomqeqeshi omtsha weentloko. Nangona iqela libonisa iimpawu zokuphucula, ngo-2006 bekuya kunyaka walo wokugqibela kwi-WNBA.
Ngenxa yokunciphisa ukuhamba kunye neengeniso, umnikazi uBob Johnson unqatshelwe ukulawula iqela kwiligi.
Ukufudukela eKansas City kwazama, kodwa imizamo yokuxhaswa kwemali yahluleka. Iqela lafakwa ngo-2007, kwaye bonke abadlali bahlakazeka kwamanye amaqela.