The Hornets were sold to the league on Monday when team owner George Shinn finally decided to wash his hands of the franchise he founded in Charlotte over 20 years ago.

黄蜂队的老板George Shinn最终决定放开他20多年前在夏洛特入手的职业队伍，在周一的时候把黄蜂队卖给了联盟。

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Nearly three months ago, the Hornets' founding owner, George Shinn, reached a verbal agreement to sell his majority share of the club to partner and Louisiana businessman Gary Chouest.

大约三个月前，黄蜂的股东George Shinn与他的伙伴、路易斯安那的一个商人Gary Chouest达成了一个口头协议，卖出他球队的大部分股权。

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The money-losing Hornets were a prime candidate to move after the NBA bought the team from George Shinn in a seller-financed deal in December, 2010 after a local buyer could not be found.

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