Charlotte Hornets surprise J. Cole with custom jersey at practice
During practice on Friday, the Charlotte Hornets gifted one of their biggest fans with a customized team jersey.
Friday seemed like a normal day of practice for the Charlotte Hornets, but one fan did not know what would unfold. During practice, Hornets fan J. Cole was given a custom jersey.
J. Cole is a renowned Hornets fan who is a rapper and songwriter. He was born on a military base in Germany but was raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
The Charlotte Hornets have been having their training camp at UNC at the Dean Center. J. Cole stuck around long enough at the Charlotte Hornets’ practice, and he was given a customized jersey. J. Cole has been at Chapel Hill throughout the week, hanging out and putting up shots.
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Coach James Borrego presented the jersey to J. Cole, and you can clearly see the number is Kemba Walker’s old one. Walker departed the Hornets during free agency this offseason and joined the Boston Celtics.
The number 15 was Cole’s number that he wore during his high school basketball days at Terry Sanford High School. Fans can tell in the video that J. Cole deeply appreciated the gift.
J. Cole has been an advocate for Hornets basketball, and fans may remember when he performed at halftime during the NBA All-Star game this year at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.
Even though the Hornets are heading in a new direction without their two leading scorers from last season, J. Cole is still remaining faithful to his team. It’ll be exciting to see him at the games this season with his new jersey.
J. Cole could continue to hang around UNC this week, so it’ll be interesting to see if he starts putting up some shots in his new custom Hornets jersey.
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The Charlotte Hornets are set to take on the Boston Celtics on Sunday for their first preseason game of the year. This will be the first time that the Hornets meet up with Kemba Walker in another jersey.