According to Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports, the Charlotte Hornets have announced that Rod Higgins, the team's President of Basketball Operations, has stepped down. Rich Cho remains as General Manager. Rod Higgins has been involved with Charlotte since 2007 when he was General Manager of the team. In 2011 when Rich Cho was hired, Higgins was promoted to President of Basketball Operations. Higgins has, for a long time, been criticized for his decisions. Many place the blame of the team falling into a state of disarray and incompetence on him. Charlotte has long had a history of being unsuccessful in the draft and Higgins is blamed for this as well. The Hornets sent out this press release late Thursday Night/Early Friday Morning "I would like to thank Rod for his seven years of dedication to this organization," Hornets owner - See more at: http://www.atthehive.com/2014/6/13/5806032/rod-higgins-steps-down
