Bill Russell’s rookie season was the 1956-57 NBA season in which the Celtics won their 1st of 17 NBA titles over the St Louis Hawks 1957-58 was Russell’s 2nd year in the league
And now the Celtics are back in the NBA after 2 years while the Mavs return after 13 years led by Coach Jason Kidd which was part of that 2011 championship team as a player.
So the Charlotte Hornets basically moved to New Orleans and became the Pelicans?? But then a expansion team came back to Charlotte named the Bobcats with no ties or history with the NEW ORLEANS HORNETS/PELICANS!! THEN NEW ORLEANS CHANGED THEIR NAME TO THE PELICANS. So then Charlotte took the opportunity to get the Hornets name back 😂😂 along with the history of the original CHARLOTTE HORNETS 😮😮😮 SO TECHNICALLY CHARLOTTE NEVER MOVED AND NEW ORLEANS PELICANS BECOME THE NEW EXPANSION TEAM WITH NO TIES OR HISTORY TO CHARLOTTE 😂😂😂😂