<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="bi">History Will Not Repeat Itself</div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Nov 9</span> - When Emeka Okafor and the Charlotte Bobcats couldn't agree to a long-term contract extension before the NBA-mandated deadline last week, many longtime local sports fans had to wonder if they'd seen this before. Alonzo Mourning's departure began a Hornets' roster upheaval that cost the team many of its loyal fans -- and eventually led many of those fans to cheer the Hornets' move to New Orleans in the fall of 2002.</p> </p> But Okafor, a 6-foot-10 forward-center, says it'll different this time.</p> </p> "History's not going to repeat itself in that sense," said Okafor. "Definitely not." -- <font color="#000000">Gaston Gazette</font></p></div></div>
