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I-Charlotte Sting ingumlingani we-WNBA neqembu likaCharlotte sikaNBA ngaleso sikhathi, amaHlonets. Njengomunye wamalungu asekela iWNBA, leli qembu laqala ngo-1997 futhi lizodlala kuze kube ngo-2007, lapho beyophuluka ngemva komzamo ongaphumeleli wokuthuthela eKansas City.
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I-Sting izokwazi ukuthola i-WNBA playoffs ngesikhathi sayo sokuqala, kodwa ilahlekelwe okokuqala ngqangi kumaqembu aphethwe yi-Houston.
Unyaka wesibili uzobona umphumela ofanayo, ne-Sting ekwenza kabusha i-playoffs, kodwa futhi iphinde ilahlekelwe embuthanweni wokuqala kuze kube yilapho iqeda iHighston. Isizini sesithathu se-WNBA sikaCharlotte sizobona ithimba liwela emkhokheni wabo obi kakhulu (15-17), kodwa namanje ithole ukukhwabanisa okunamandla nokuncintisana kokuqala ngaphambi kokuwela eNkululeko YaseNew York. UCharlotte uzolahlekelwa ama-playoffs okokuqala ngo-2000 kodwa uzobuya ngonyaka ka-2001. Ithimba le-2001 lizoqala lesi sizini ngokuhlukumeza, ilahlekelwe yimidlalo engu-10 yokuqala yokuqala. Kodwa leli qembu lizoqhubeka likhala ngemva kwalokho, lilahlekelwe imidlalo emine engu-4 kuphela, iqede irekhodi le-18-14. Abazange bafundele ama-playoffs njengenombolo yesine. Ukugibela ukuqhuma, ukukhwabanisa kwe-Sting kuqala inombolo ye-1 eyi-Cleveland Rockers engqungqutheleni yokuqala, inombolo ye-2 ihlwanyelwe i-New York Liberty okwesibili, yehla ngayinye emidlalweni engu-3. Leli qembu lalingaphakathi kwe-WNBA Finals okokuqala emlandweni wabo.
Ukugijima okumangalisayo kwalahleka, noma kunjalo, ngenkathi iSting ishaywa yi-Los Angeles Sparks emidlalweni emibili.
Ithimba lizobuyela ema-playoffs ngo-2002 kodwa lizobona elinye ukulahlekelwa okuyisigqila sokuqala, okwamanje ku-Washington Mystics.
Ngo-2002, iCharlotte Hornets izoshiya idolobha laseNew Orleans, kodwa iSting ayihambanga nayo.
Babezodlala inkathi eyodwa ngaphandle komlingani wesilisa ngaphambi kokuba iNBA ibone Charlotte i-franchise entsha - i-Charlotte Bobcats. Ngokushesha ngemuva kokuba uNobhala we-Black Entertainment Television CEO uBob Johnson umemezele ukuthi ungumnikazi omusha we-francise entsha ye-francise, uthenge iSting. Ithimba lizovumelanisa imibala yabo kusukela eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kanye ne-teal ye-Hornet kuya ku-orange nokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ukufanisa ithimba labo lomzalwane omusha. Abanikazi bacatshangwa ukuthi bashintsha igama likaSting ukuze babonise ukubambisana kwabo neBobcats, kodwa kungekudala ngemuva kokumemezela imibala emisha, kwafakwa isithonjana esisha - uphawu olufanayo lwe-hornet logo, nje ngemidwebo ebuyekeziwe. I-moniker ethi "Sting" izohlala.
U-2003 uzobona esinye isikhathi sokuphuma esikhwameni seqembu, ngalesi sikhathi ezandleni ze-Connecticut Sun. 2004, 2005 no-2006 bekuyophela iminyaka embi ngenxa ye-Sting, njengoba bezolahlekelwa yi-playoffs yonke iminyaka emithathu. Ngemuva kokuthumela i-ligue-irekhodi elingaphezu kuka-6-28 ngo-2005, leli qembu lazama ukufaka ukuphila ku-squad ngokubiza uphawu lweCharlotte basketball uMuggsy Bogues njengomqeqeshi omusha wekhanda. Ngisho noma leli qembu libonisa izimpawu zokuthuthukisa, ngo-2006 bekuyoba ngonyaka walo odlule ku-WNBA.
Ngenxa yokunciphisa inani lababekhona kanye nenzuzo, umnikazi weBob Johnson ulahlekile ukulawula iqembu eqenjini.
Ukuthuthela eKansas City kwazama, kepha imizamo yokuqoqa imali ayiphumelelanga. Ithimba lihlungwe ngo-2007, futhi bonke abadlali bahlakazeka kwamanye amaqembu.