These are the saviors of our franchise. The future of our team rests in the hands of a 5'11" shooting guard and a Ndengese tribesman who can't shoot. We've been a pretty bad team for a pretty long time, and I'm pretty sure we're going to stay that way.

Our starting lineup figures to be DJ Augustin, Gerald Henderson, Corey Maggette, Boris Diaw, and, if we're unfortunate enough to resign him, Kwame Brown. I'd elaborate, but you know these guys already, and quite frankly, save for Henderson, they're depressing to write about. The one newcomer, Magette, is someone whom with I'm sure you're all familiar; a scoring wing who doesn't pass, rebound or defend, but can get to the line like its his fucking job, which it pretty much is.

Our bench is equally fecal, with a relative United Nations of Carroll, Thomas, Diop, Najera, and the aforementioned rookies. I keep waiting for Thomas to break out, and I'll probably keep waiting. Najera and Carroll are cap eaters who we got suckered into taking, and it may be the first time in history a team signs someone to an atrocious contract, somehow manages to trade it away, then inexplicably trades back for it. That move basically sums up the competence of our front office.

One fortunate thing about the new CBA is that it looks like we're going to be able shed Diop's contract with the amnesty clause, which is basically a get out of jail free card for shit contracts. So thats about 15 over the next two years off the books, which is nice, but won't really mean anything unless Jordan can convince someone better to take his money,

So like I said, its probably going to to be another long season. With the randomness of the shortened schedule, anything can happen, but realistically, I'm saying...21-45.

Lookin' good, Harrison Barnes.



*The 2-3 games we'll play in 2011 don't worthy its inclusion in the thread title

11/28/2011 9:08:31 PM

I've heard from a couple of people that Hodge was working out with the Bobcats, any truth to that?

11/28/2011 9:24:36 PM

has Biyombo been cleared?

11/28/2011 9:28:22 PM

nope

11/28/2011 9:29:12 PM

We have a chinaman spearheading the rebuilding effort, so I'm slightly optimistic that we won't return to salary cap hell immediately. But yeah, this team sucks.

11/28/2011 9:41:35 PM

This year is good solely for clearing a year off the contracts of Najera, Carroll, and Diaw.

Just don't take on any multi year contracts at all, get a draft pick, and try to start re-building for god's sake.


It's too early to make predictions but we basically have a 0% chance of making the playoffs and possibly could be the worst team in the East depending on how signings shake out.

[Edited on November 28, 2011 at 10:23 PM. Reason : a]

11/28/2011 10:21:26 PM

So, we need scoring, that's been obvious since Skipper Beck. We're going to have a top ten pick. At this point, without seeing the current team even play one game, would you prefer an impact big man like Davis or Drummond, or a potentially elite scorer like Barnes or Perry Jones?

Bobcats Basketball, where we talk about next year before this year begins

11/30/2011 4:34:07 PM

0-66

11/30/2011 4:34:51 PM

^^ Sully after last night

11/30/2011 5:46:56 PM

Rickie B joined twitter

@rick_bonnell

12/1/2011 6:47:16 PM

Damn he's churning that shit out too. This might be the kick in the pants I need to get back on the wagon. Ricky B!

12/1/2011 7:08:16 PM

Quote :

"rick_bonnell Rick Bonnell Always fun to shock your son....@JBonnell82"

oh word?

12/1/2011 9:04:52 PM

his son has a protected account, I looked and was expecting some "OMG my dad's on twitter?? no waaaay.."

12/1/2011 9:08:07 PM

I think he meant two fingers up his sons ass

12/1/2011 9:09:32 PM

is that the male version

12/1/2011 9:11:00 PM

I'd assume...unless its like another version where you have your thumb up his ass and make like a peace sign with your next two fingers and jerk em?

12/1/2011 9:14:57 PM

I wonder how direct RB would be if you took his seat at a bobcats game

like would he be nice and say "excuse me" or would he be like "dude what the fuck do you know who the fuck I am?"

i bet he would get one of those usher ladies to do the job for him

12/1/2011 9:17:11 PM

Standing in the background with a smug grin

12/1/2011 9:18:50 PM

Actually I once sat in Bonnell's seat by accident. He was a really cool guy. Until I wouldn't move (was a little drunk) and he slapped the shit out of me.

12/1/2011 9:21:41 PM

you passed 100k lol

12/1/2011 9:25:05 PM

12/1/2011 9:32:16 PM

I bet he pleaded to the drivers license people to let him use this pic, then when they declined he just glued it on there anyway

12/1/2011 9:49:07 PM

That look is like "we both know I'm better than you, and theres nothing you can do about it"

12/1/2011 9:54:19 PM

RB says there's some interest in Reggie Williams of Golden State

http://blogs.charlotte.com/inside_the_nba/2011/12/agent-bobcats-inquire-about-warriors-3-point-shooter-williams.html

42% from downtown aint too shabby

12/6/2011 6:03:54 PM

Quote :

"I still say we take a flier on morrison. Silas would make that dude happen. Jordan would look a lot smarter to the world if he did it. "

Quote :

"Go after Adam Morrison. Lets give him another shot!"

Quote :

"Time for Jordan to open up the wallet and get Chris Paul and Dwight Howard to Charlotte."

from the comments section of that post, i got some laughs

and i thought UNC fans were dumb and delusional

12/6/2011 6:13:26 PM

Going after morrison at this point would be like re-hiring the guy who raped your wife.


[Edited on December 6, 2011 at 6:33 PM. Reason : X]

12/6/2011 6:30:59 PM

it'd make sitting in the first few rows at home games more entertaining

12/6/2011 6:58:50 PM

morrison would wear his rings to the games

12/6/2011 7:16:29 PM

and criticize heckling fans' choice in wardrobe

12/6/2011 7:18:14 PM

Quote :

"@rick_bonnell So Mr. "I make love to pressure'' is still opening-night foe. Pencil in Stephen Jackson for 35 and a smirk MJ's way."

12/6/2011 7:18:33 PM

Hell yeah miami second game

12/6/2011 7:22:48 PM

http://www.nba.com/bobcats/schedule/


few games on NBAtv, season finale vs. Knicks on TNT

[Edited on December 6, 2011 at 7:31 PM. Reason : ]

12/6/2011 7:28:37 PM

Lol dumbass

They list all games on TNT that night....they pick closer to the date

12/6/2011 8:16:59 PM

February 11 vs Clippers....I'll be going to that.

12/6/2011 8:56:50 PM

Bobcats home opener across the street from the bowl pre game activity at the epi center on Monday the 26th an playing the heat the day after the bowl game. Lucky timing for sports fans coming to the bowl game!

12/7/2011 12:44:38 AM

Quote :

"The Los Angeles Lakers quietly became the first American sports franchise to accumulate 11 million Facebook fans. "

and

Quote :

"Owner Michael Jordan can't be pleased to know his Charlotte Bobcats have the fewest Facebook fans: fewer than 85,000."

woot bobcats

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201112/nba-franchise-leads-north-american-social-media-battle

12/7/2011 6:05:42 PM

That's not an entirely fare comparison.

We'd probably have quite a few more facebook fans if we'd done obvious things like drafting Chris Paul instead of Ray Felton and Sean May, drafting Brandon Roy instead of Adam Morrison, and not trading the MVP of the NBA Finals (the real one) for an 11th and 12th man last year.

I bet we'd have at least 150,000 fans if Jordan wasn't here intentionally destroying the team just so he could negotiate harder during the lockout.

12/8/2011 12:12:45 AM

Paul was already taken, you of all people should know that.

12/8/2011 12:44:07 AM

i'm guessing he's saying they should have packaged both picks to move up in the draft, which i can't remember if it was an actual possibility

12/8/2011 3:09:07 AM

The team is seven years old, so a true fans memory should be all encompassing. Its not like you have to ask your grandad what it was like to be a Bobcats fan in their infancy of their franchise. Thus, if you don't remember Utah having the third pick that year and offering it to us for 5 and 13, which we summarily declined, you're a fringe fan at best.

12/8/2011 9:14:59 AM

True, but at the time, Felton was basically said to be a slight notch below Paul. Plus he didn't punch people in the nuts. I honestly didn't mind the pick at the time.

Now Sean May ... fuck all that

12/8/2011 12:03:12 PM

I think everyone was saying we should take Paul instead of Felton/May. I really don't remember anyone being against that as fans or in the media.

If we didn't like Paul then just take Deron Williams instead. It made no sense. It was done to try to lure UNC fans to by season tickets, period.

Also, Atlanta taking Marvin Williams instead of chris Paul when they haven't had an NBA caliber point guard since Mookie Blaylock was ridiculous.

12/8/2011 1:18:51 PM

Quote :

"The team is seven years old, so a true fans memory should be all encompassing. Its not like you have to ask your grandad what it was like to be a Bobcats fan in their infancy of their franchise. Thus, if you don't remember Utah having the third pick that year and offering it to us for 5 and 13, which we summarily declined, you're a fringe fan at best."

i ain't a Bobcats fan at all. i really don't have blind allegiances to any teams in the NBA (except for an eternal bias against the Lakers). i think that contributes to it being my favorite of all the professional sports leagues.

Quote :

"True, but at the time, Felton was basically said to be a slight notch below Paul. "

i didn't know Deron Williams would be so good, but i knew, and every real basketball fan knew, that Paul was exponentially better than Felton. CP3 was clearly of Isaiah Thomas lineage coming out of college.

12/8/2011 1:46:24 PM

Then why the hell did Bogut and Williams go 1-2? You should be a GM!

12/8/2011 1:51:15 PM

Quote :

"i didn't know Deron Williams would be so good, but i knew, and every real basketball fan knew, that Paul was exponentially better than Felton. CP3 was clearly of Isaiah Thomas lineage coming out of college."

Basically...both of your statements are false.

12/8/2011 1:58:50 PM

i find it amusing that the Hawks drafted the 6th man on a championship team off potential. if the guy has that much potential, you would at least hope he starts. granted that team was loaded, but still. the 6th man? #2?

12/8/2011 2:00:35 PM

To be fair, he would've had to start over an All American or a pretty productive and popular four year player, so it was probably easier for Roy just to make him the first man up rather than ruffling May's or Jawad Williams' feathers.

But in retrospect, that was a very weak draft aside from the PG trio. Martell Webster? Ike Diogu? Get the hell out of here.

[Edited on December 8, 2011 at 2:09 PM. Reason : x]

12/8/2011 2:03:52 PM

Quote :

"Then why the hell did Bogut and Williams go 1-2? You should be a GM!"

because GMs almost always opt for a potentially cornerstone center over anything else (Bowie, Oden, Olowokandi) and because Billy Knight was a moron

12/8/2011 2:27:03 PM

also because Bogut is a baller

12/8/2011 2:32:08 PM

Ballin'

12/8/2011 2:40:26 PM