We made some great strides last season. We added Stephen Jackson, had our first All Star, and made the postseason for the first time. We won 44 games, which was a surprise to all of us. Most importantly, we actually became a legitimate NBA team, knocking off some juggernauts like Cleveland and San Antonio while continuing our dominance of the Lakers.

But the glass is always half empty. We lost Felton and a few role players this offseason, and added no one of significance. Eduardo Najera, Kwame Brown and Matt Carroll represent our biggest additions. We had no draft picks. It seemed like we stayed stuck in neutral while everyone else got better. Poor signings and cap management have really limited our ability to sign any meaningful free agents, and the fact that Charlotte is not a "Destination City" means we'll probably have to make creative trades in the future in order to contend.

I think we can get back to the playoffs. I think we can even win a game. But unless something drastic happens, that's as far as this team goes.

10/11/2010 11:04:47 AM

I'd be shocked if the current bunch gets to the playoffs, but I said the same thing last year too. I'm saying 30-52.

10/11/2010 11:08:28 AM

we will be worse than last year

10/11/2010 11:08:49 AM

OH WE BACK

10/11/2010 11:26:08 AM

Quote :

"I'd be shocked if the current bunch gets to the playoffs"

I think losing Felton is gonna hurt more than the front office realized when they let him go.

[Edited on October 11, 2010 at 11:29 AM. Reason : Meh]

10/11/2010 11:29:04 AM

Felton was underrated ( tho not nearly as much as a certain poster here would have you believe), but I think DJ can be an adequate starter in this system. He's a good shooter, much better than Raymond, and since Jackson directs the offense so much, he doesn't have to be a pure playmaker to be effective. He'll never make us not regret picking him over Brook Lopez, but I could see him scoring in the low teens with half a dozen assists and 40% from downtown.

10/11/2010 11:34:43 AM

we'll be lucky to make the playoffs with all the additions other teams made

10/11/2010 1:00:29 PM

This is frustrating to take such a big step back while wallace is still (barely) in his prime. I think jacksons age will catch up to him a little more this year though it will be offset by adding a great player like tyrus to the rotation.

Losing chandler makes us really thin up front particularly since mohammed prob can't handle a ton of minutes at his age.

Losing felton obviously kills unless livingston can stay healthy and produce (not TOO far fetched).

Miles would be a big acquisition if he could stay healthy but I think that's a big if.

Hard to say where we'll end up. Prob right around 35-40 wins so ill guess 37-45 for our record... Might change that in a few days when I get a better idea what type of shape our bigs are in and if livingston and or miles can play much...

10/11/2010 2:10:01 PM

http://blogs.charlotte.com/inside_the_nba/2010/10/more-info-on-the-tv-schedule.html

10/14/2010 10:40:39 PM

our over under is 39.5 which I think is an almost perfect estimate.

I'd project us for 41 wins, however that is super dependent on the amount of games Gerald Wallace plays.

We have some huge ifs (Livingston and Miles) who are both solid players if they can go.

If they can't go we are a high 30's win team if they can we can win mid 40s.

But if Wallace get huts we could dip to the 28-32 win range.

If hard pressed I'd take the under because we have a lot more downside than upside with our current roster but I wouldn't take either side because the margin is so slim.

10/14/2010 10:46:39 PM

Every game in HD

sweet

10/14/2010 10:48:12 PM

Not if you have Time Warner

If they don't work out a deal to get SportsSouth HD on the same system that sponsor's the arena's name, we'll have to watch the games in home video quality coverage again

Which means I probably won't watch that many games at all

[Edited on October 15, 2010 at 9:18 AM. Reason : x]

10/15/2010 9:16:29 AM

lol any of yall get ESPN Magazine? the one that came today has a Marvel comics style illustration for every NBA team

it has Jordan looking like Nick Fury w/ the eyepatch and instead of S.H.I.E.L.D. its B.O.B.C.A.T.S.

10/21/2010 11:05:37 PM

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[Edited on October 21, 2010 at 11:09 PM. Reason : ]

10/21/2010 11:05:37 PM

worthless...pics...meh

10/22/2010 12:24:06 AM

I'm tellin yall, her booty was like ... BA'DOW

10/23/2010 2:00:30 PM

Quote :

"Not if you have Time Warner If they don't work out a deal to get SportsSouth HD on the same system that sponsor's the arena's name, we'll have to watch the games in home video quality coverage again Which means I probably won't watch that many games at all "

I have Charter, which didn't show their games last year (nothing like College Flash Classics). I'd just be happy to see them on at all.

10/26/2010 1:57:49 PM

[Edited on October 27, 2010 at 10:19 AM. Reason : shit]

10/27/2010 10:17:15 AM

Four preseason wins in a row heading into the season opener tonight.

Not gonna lie, and not really sure why ... but I'm kind of pumped for Bobcats basketball.

10/27/2010 10:18:59 AM

Kind of ironic then about your username

10/27/2010 10:20:14 AM

haha ... touche

10/27/2010 11:02:44 AM

Aww. I'm gonna be in Dallas next week. If I was there this week I would totally go.

10/27/2010 4:13:32 PM

I say we lose tonight, but keep it interesting until the final few minutes

No flap out rape party like the first game in Boston last year

10/27/2010 6:36:43 PM

have we ever beaten Dallas?

10/27/2010 7:35:39 PM

like these shootaround suits



LOL fuck you directv, show the pregame show but now you say the game is blacked out? fuck me in the ass



our SportSouth has Hawks/Grizzlies, piece of shit

[Edited on October 27, 2010 at 8:36 PM. Reason : ]

10/27/2010 8:27:34 PM

i was going to bitch about having to watch it in standard definition

10/27/2010 8:39:28 PM

guess it's back to watch-panthers-in-virginia mode and see if it's on ATDHE.net


damn it keeps saying it's blacked out .. even the free broadband NBA league pass preview

[Edited on October 27, 2010 at 8:46 PM. Reason : ]

10/27/2010 8:40:37 PM

we're down 16-0

so...yeah

[Edited on October 27, 2010 at 8:48 PM. Reason : terry for 3]

[Edited on October 27, 2010 at 8:49 PM. Reason : kidd for 3]

10/27/2010 8:47:50 PM

http://atdhe.net/26701/watch-charlotte-bobcats-vs-dallas-mavericks

for anyone else w/ programming BS






at least they cut it to 4 at the end of the 1st qtr

[Edited on October 27, 2010 at 9:05 PM. Reason : ]

10/27/2010 8:53:42 PM

down 16-0 after 4 minutes

down 25-21 after 12 minutes

solid

10/27/2010 9:05:44 PM

4 pt game at the half

10/27/2010 9:46:51 PM

same ole shit in the 3rd quarter

missing layups and turning the ball over

10/27/2010 10:08:27 PM

Quote :

"have we ever beaten Dallas?"

0-13 now...but who expected us to beat one of the top teams in the West with a new PG?

10/28/2010 2:50:51 AM

Quote :

"To those of you frustrated by the absence of an HD SportSouth channel. I just heard Time Warner Cable is adding SportSouth HD to its digital tier starting in early November. So Bobcats fans in Charlotte, Greensboro and Winston-Salem will start getting Bobcats games on HD soon."

--

10/29/2010 6:20:02 PM

wait is this fucking game not on tv why cant i find it?

10/29/2010 6:48:35 PM

I still can't stand watching Hansbrough play

10/29/2010 8:12:41 PM

anyone figured out why DirecTV is just blacking out the bobcats games every night now?

10/29/2010 9:13:58 PM

Charter doesn't show them either. The World Poker Tour was on instead Wednesday.

[Edited on October 29, 2010 at 11:19 PM. Reason : .]

10/29/2010 11:19:23 PM

wow you guys were right we dont miss Felton at all, this team hasnt missed a beat.

10/30/2010 11:41:47 AM

i miss him like i miss delhomme

10/30/2010 11:46:17 AM

SportsSouth HD channel 1510 starting Thursday, Nov 4

10/30/2010 9:37:00 PM

Normally I would say this season is over but since the #8 seed in the East could hypotethically have 35-38 wins, I guess we have a tiny chance to make the playoffs and get wiped out by Miami in the first round.

I'd rather just take the lottery pick I think...

Gerald is reverting back to a more normal season, last year he was just unbelievable so we couldn't really expect him to be quite as good but he's fallen off quite a bit.

DJ is still on fire from 3's like in the preseason which is making him a competent PG instead of an awful one. But I'm not sure he can keep it up.

Plain and simple we need a big man we couldn't afford to trade Tyson for nothing. I can't believe we traded a solid big man with an expiring contract for literally NOTHING. We didn't even really save money or get cap space. What the fuck was Jordan thinking, he is just incompetent on so many levels.

[Edited on October 31, 2010 at 11:11 AM. Reason : a]

10/31/2010 11:10:40 AM

i thought the bobs traded away their upcoming first rounder?

or is it lotto-protected?

10/31/2010 12:32:11 PM

We didn't have a pick this year and in 2012 we may lose a pick to Chicago:


Chicago Bulls: Receives 2012 first-round pick (lottery-protected in 2012, top-12 protected in 2013, top-10 in 2014, top-8 in 2015, unprotected in 2016) from the Charlotte Bobcats via the Tyrus Thomas trade on 2/18/10.



But I'm pretty sure we still have the 2011 one. If we don't Jordan should be buried somewhere.

10/31/2010 12:54:18 PM

So we nixed the trade due to "defense".

In the meantime opposing PG's have lit us for 18 assists one night and a triple double another night. Boris Diaw is doing nothing on either end.

So imagine my frustration watching Reggie Evans dominate tonight (and all season so far) while Calderon splashes threes.

What the fuck did we cancel that trade for?!

11/2/2010 12:11:10 AM

At 0-3 were still only 1 game out of the #8 seed bc the east is so weak for the last spot.

Unfortunately I think NJ beats us tonight I mean hell we couldn't beat them last year for gods sake. Lopez seems to destroy us and murphy might make his return tonight

11/3/2010 4:44:14 PM

Quote :

"At 0-3 were still only 1 game out of the #8 seed bc the east is so weak for the last spot. "

and because, i dunno, its november 3rd

11/3/2010 5:12:27 PM

Last year I successfully predicted we'd lose to the 0-15 or whatever they were Nets.

This year I predict we get our first win of the season tonight.

It will be ugly, it will be low scoring....91-86

11/3/2010 5:47:01 PM

i thought i predicted that loss last year

fuck you

[Edited on November 3, 2010 at 5:51 PM. Reason : http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=577710&page=5 you just concurred ]

11/3/2010 5:49:03 PM

i too concurred. we'll win tonight. diop with an all-star caliber performance, shutting down brook lopez.

11/3/2010 6:05:10 PM