This is the one I remember.

Let me tell you the Hornets really really wanted fans in the 90's. I never followed basketball, but in the early 90's I started collecting some baseball cards on the side when I could talk my dad into buying a pack. In 1993 after about a year of collecting, I got one of those beckett books with card prices/values in it. In the very back of the book on the last couple of pages they had the address for all the MLB teams listed, but it also had all the NBA teams also.

I wrote a letter and rewrote the exact same letter like 40 times (no printer or computer for me in 1993). I mailed a letter to every MLB and NBA team to saying I was their biggest fan to see if they would write back.

I never got anything back from like 80% of them, but many sent me a canned response letter back saying thanks for the letter. A few sent me a little something like a card of one of their players or a poster with the team schedule for the next season on it.

There were a couple of teams that went the extra mile.

I specifically remember two standouts.

The Chicago Cubs sent me a thank you letter for being a fan, along with a cubs drinking mug and a wall poster.

Then there was the Charlotte Hornets. They sent a thank you letter, a pack with 10 different wall posters in it, and 4 hornets themed basketball card packs that may have been custom for their merchandise because it only had hornet players cards in the packs.

Also the thank you letter was signed by two players who were on the team. I don't remember the names off hand, but they were not their top talent and names likely people wouldn't know today, but it was still cool as a 4th grader.