Veteran forward Eddie Johnson wore the No. 8 jersey for the Charlotte Hornets during the franchise's fifth NBA season in 1993-94. Johnson, a 17-year NBA veteran, joined Charlotte as a free agent and appeared in 82 games for the Hornets that season, averaging 10.4 points and 3.6 rebounds per game while providing veteran leadership to a young roster.
The 1993-94 campaign marked Johnson's only season in a Hornets uniform. Charlotte finished 41-41 under head coach Allan Bristow, earning the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference before falling to the New York Knicks in the first round of the playoffs. Johnson's No. 8 jersey represents a brief but notable chapter in the early history of the original Hornets franchise, which relocated to New Orleans in 2002 before the NBA returned to Charlotte with the Bobcats in 2004.
