Charlotte Bobcats

As coaches go, Larry Brown might best be described as a fixer -- most comfortable in the practice gym, cleaning up the little flaws that add up to a bad team.

By khandor Easily the most impressive performance last night on the docket in the NBA was put forth by the Magic: Magic 118, Bobcats 80 Full Play-By-Play Box Score Recap If you look at that 1st Quarter demolition Orlando laid on Charlotte [an improved squad, in their own right], it’s apparent that th...

By OrlandoSentinel.com Looking at the Bobcats' roster, there is a lot to be excited about: Gerald Wallace, Raymond Felton, Adam Morrison, rookie DJ Augustin and even Sean May (should he be able to get back in shape following that string of injuries). ...

By Tom Ziller Filed under: Bobcats, Clippers, Hornets, Wizards, NBA Referees, D-LeagueNBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day. 5. True Hoop. Abbott wonders, "If there were another Tim Donaghy, would the NBA catch him?" Terrific analys

By OrlandoSentinel.com The Magic would be wallowing in mediocrity right now and the franchise would be infected with apathy and turmoil (see Charlotte). You know the Bobcats are in real trouble when they have to resort to hiring aging vagabond Larry Brown to ...

Washington Post  FL - Two nights after swatting eight shots in the Magic's exhibition opener, Howard demolished 2004 draft rival Emeka Okafor and the Charlotte Bobcats with 20 ... Dwight Howard leads Magic rout of Bobcats Rotoworld.com Redick Looks Strong In Orlando's Victory The Ledger

 - As for the Bobcats, any die-hard NBA fan should be interested to see how well this team plays with Larry Brown on the sideline. They've added a promising ...

 FL - The Magic, who face the Charlotte Bobcats tonight at Amway Arena, don't open their regular season until Oct. 29 with a home game against the Hawks. ...

 NC - Oct 7, 2008 A good season would ensure another contract for May - and perhaps a much more lucrative deal from the Bobcats. Teammates like Emeka Okafor are hopeful May ... Backup center knows Larry Brown's quirks News & Observer all 3 news articles

By Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte Bobcats ' front office turnover continued Tuesday with the team announcing that chief administration officer Jared Bartie and vice ...

 - Worst of all, the NBA has failed miserably to reconnect with the community since returning to Charlotte. Saving Grace: North Carolina is a basketball hotbed ...

 United States - Bickerstaff, 64, has more than 30 years in the NBA. He spent last season as the executive vice president of basketball operations for the Charlotte Bobcats. ... Bulls still have questions as two-a-days end Chicago Tribune all 2 news articles

 ID - Craney didn't plan to sleep in his old bedroom Friday night -- although if he did, he'd have been closer to Holt Arena than the Holiday Inn the Bobcats were ...

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 NC - By Steve McDaniel Charlotte rewarded Emeka Okafor with a new contract this summer after he average a double-double last season and played in all 82 games. ... Hawks Hoops: UNCW coaches watching Cats StarNewsOnline.com all 2 news articles

By Basketbawful When last we saw them: Finished 32-50, which was fourth in the Southeast Division and 12th overall in the East. Amazingly, with those 32 wins, they finished only five games out of the playoffs. Go Eastern Conference! Key Arrivals: Alexis Ajinca (type that out five times fast), D.J. Augustin,...

 NC - 4. Is Emeka Okafor worth that fat new contract? Perhaps the best answer is what would Charlotte have done if he’d left. Okafor has offensive limitations, ... Bobcats In Need Of Their Own Bailout 850 The Buzz all 2 news articles

On draft night, the Charlotte Bobcats acknowledged trade discussions with the Raptors that could have shipped small forward Gerald Wallace to Toronto.

As I have watched friends and colleagues walk out of the door at Wachovia, I feel an enormous amount of empathy for those Bobcats employees on their way to “new opportunities.” As to whether these dismissals help the team get on the right track, that is something we will have to wait and see. I k...

By J.E. Skeets The Charlotte Bobcats have extended an offer to restricted Rockets free agent Carl Landry, leaving Houston with a week to match the offer or lose the forward. Here's what they're saying out in the ether about the tentative John Hancock ...

By dberri Henry Abbott - of TrueHoop - posted a comment on Monday discussing the worst free throw shooting team in the NBA in 2007-08.  The team in question is the Charlotte Bobcats.  Charlotte - as Abbott emphasized - missed 605 free throws last season.  This stat prompted Abbott to state:

Rick Bonnell tells us the Charlotte Bobcats had the worst shooting percentage in the NBA, at 71.4%, and missed 605 free throws last year. I bet this is the kind of thing Sam Vincent thinks about sometimes. Either way, I'm sure Larry Brown would love for Emeka Okafor to improve his free throw sho...

By Phil Sites On the flipside, the Bobcats got pummeled by Kansas State by the tune of 69-10 - the most points surrendered by the Bobcats in 50 seasons. To be fair, the Bobcats weren’t expected to win, but I don’t think anyone expected the shellacking - especially with the Bobcats recent success against B...

By noreply@blogger.com (FLCeltsFan) Bobcats, Emeka Okafor agree on 6-year, $72 million deal NY judge sentences disgraced NBA ref to 15 months CelticsBlog No Melo, but Nuggets-Knicks deal intrigues Thank you Leon Powe When bad players happen to good bloggers Five NBA teams to partake in exhibitions against Euro powers Examiner When it comes to NBA players signing in Europe, Brian Shaw has been there Fox Sports Donaghy scandal could ultimately benefit NBA Cassell to be player coach? Sports The Boston Celtics: A team shaping up for dominance in the NBA circuit Sportz Undercover NBA players can be a tough sell MVN Outsider An NBA transfer of power? West to East big time Can Danny? The second wave Hoopsvibe What Artest trade means for Houston, Sacramento and rest of NBA   [read the full post]

By dberri Okafor vs. Bogut The Bobcats Review Beyond May and Morrison, though, I focused on the point guard spot.  Raymond Felton, Jeff McInnis, and Earl Boykins were all below average performers last season.  So it looked to me that the Bobcats needed a new point guard.

By Adam Lauridsen The summer league, trades, and free agency: July has been a good month so far for NBA junkies. For the Warriors, it has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride and the excitement isn’t over yet. The Warriors have been kind enough to archive Tuesday’s summer league game against the Bobcats. The perfo...

I have admitted that I am an unabashed Wallace fan, but I have also noted that his play this past season was not at the level it had been in previous years, all ground covered in his season review post from a couple of weeks ago. Wallace was out during the 5 game winning streak in February, which s...

Raymond Felton, like his teammate Emeka Okafor, seems to be stuck with not being the guys he is most closely linked to in his draft class. Okafor’s curse is Dwight Howard; Felton’s will forever be 2005 NCAA Championship game opponent Deron Williams and former ACC nemesis Chris Paul. In comp...

So this season left me with a vague dissatisfaction in Okafor’s game. Why? His scoring was only off by a half point a game, rebounding down by a similar amount. He posted his highest field goal percentage of his career, and still only had 10 games without a blocked shot. The reason is still in the...

By FLCeltsFan Yups I think this turned into a throw-away game for both teams; only Bostons second-stringers wanted it more - well just because second-stringers do that when they can. Those 2nd stringers are TOUGH players; maybe not greatly skilled, but tough. Unfortunately the Bobcats weren't so toug...

Celtics 108 Bobcats 100 It was January 9th when Charlotte came into the Garden and knocked off the 29-3 Celtics. The 29-3 Celtics who had just picked up their best win of the season, a 92-85 triumph in Detroit. Starting with the loss to the Cats the Celtics are just 16-9 since.

Snubs are a part of any All-Star Game. With a limited number of spots on each team, you'll always find lists of players who got the supposed raw deal each year. Here's our super team of top-notch NBA players who have never been All-Stars: F Gerald Wallace, Bobcats F-C Emeka Okafor, Bobcats

By FLCeltsFan The Celtics suffered their worst loss of the season last night under very unlikely circumstances. First, it was to the Bobcats who were only 1-11 on the road. Second, it was at home where the Celts had lost just one other game. The Bobcats played the night before while the Celtics were off since Saturday. And given all that, the Bobcats didn't just squeak by, the won by double digits. Maybe this will compare to the Christmas day massacre back in 1986 when they blew a 25 point lead to the Knicks and went on to lose in OT. That served as a wake up call for the '86 team and it may be a wake up call for this team. To this point the Celtics have been able to come out with poor energy and still pull out a win but last night they were unable to mount any kind of comeback as the...   [read the full post]

By ManchvegasBob The Cats shot light’s out, going 9 for 11 from 3-point land. Their defense on the C’s frontcourt was night-and-day from what the Lakers were able to serve up. Okafor, Brezec and Dudley used their fouls and denied the Celtics easy baskets all night long, and the Celtics couldn’t compensate by...

The Charlotte Bobcats are undefeated. Boston might be the (potential) City of Champions. But since the Carolina Panthers are 4-3, Charlotte is the City of Teams One Game Above .500. Fans elected to wait to show up. Gerald Wallace did not. With 1 minute, 42 seconds left in the first, the score was C...

Opening night of Van Halen's long-awaited reunion with David Lee Roth literally kicked off with several of Roth's highflying kicks at Charlotte Bobcats Arena on Thursday, although Eddie Van Halen was the first to appear on stage with ...

By Serena Hays That being said, bench players are critical to any team. The Bobcats are lucky to have bench players that fit so well with the make up of the team and are able to compliment the starters. Tomorrow the Bobcats host the Atlanta Hawks, and Emeka Okafor is scheduled to play. Wallace and Felton are du...

By Serena Hays Man these west coast games kill me, I just can’t stay up and watch them! Over the past 2 nights the Bobcats have battled the Sacramento Kings and the Portland Trailblazers. Gerald Wallace has made it through all of the games with a strained groin so far, playing through the pain like a champ. Em...

By Serena Hays Here’s another gift for us: How about re-signing 4 players this free agency? I like Gerald Wallace (player option), Derek Anderson, Matt Carroll, and Jeff McInnis. We can let Jake Voskuhl, Primoz Brezec, and Eric Williams go for all I care. Let’s keep the young and fast players to build on an...

By Serena Hays It has been brought to my attention that rumors are circulating that Bernie Bickerstaff’s position with the Bobcats may be in jeopardy. His original plan was to coach the team in the early years until they were competetive, then hire a new coach to take his place so he could be the full-time G...

By Serena Hays So here’s the reason for their struggles: Brevin Knight. I did some math and counting. This season the Bobcats are 12-17 without Brevin Knight. When Brevin is on the court, they are 6-16. Wow. The Bobcats have TWICE as many wins without him as with him. Have I not been saying since the beginning of t...

By Serena Hays Even though I previously mentioned a lineup issue, the loss was not because Bernie screwed up. The Bobcats lost because they had 27 turnovers, of which Houston scored 30 points. 27 turnovers! I tried to look it up but couldn’t find anything, that has to be some sort of record. Seriously. That is...

By Serena Hays On a side note, Rufus Lynx turned 1 today! Happy Birthday Rufus! Brevin Knight made his return from a torn abdominal muscle today as the Bobcats hosted the Portland Trailblazers, but it didn’t seem to do much for the Bobcats as they lost 108-100 in overtime. This forced Raymond Felton to pla...

By Serena Hays Talk about streaky. What is the deal with the Bobcats? Last night they didn’t even look like the same team. Raymond Felton had just 6 points, had 4 turnovers, but added 10 assists. Emeka Okafor and Gerald Wallace both had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Matt Carroll had 11 points and 8 rebounds, and Ada...

By Serena Hays Think about this: Adam Morrison played the most minutes last night with 39. Granted, he was having a good night, but why does he have more minutes than Emeka (30), Gerald (31), and Felton (28)? Emeka, Gerald, and Felton need to be on the court as much as they possibly can in order for the team to...

By Serena Hays Now the Bobcats travel to Denver to take on Carmelo and Iverson. They have today off to travel and rest, so hopefully they will be ready tomorrow to at least have a good showing. Raymond Felton and Jeff McInnis will have a time defending Iverson and I can’t wait for the Anthony/Wallace match up....

By Serena Hays Of course, there are other factors in the Bobcats loss tonight. I again had to analyze the numbers because Matt Carroll had 23 points, Raymond Felton had 22 points and 9 assists, and Emeka Okafor had his standard 14 points and 12 rebounds. Minnesota’s scorers were Kevin Garnett (32 points an...

By Serena Hays Charlotte went into halftime with a 54-50 lead over the Pacers, but the Pacers weren’t done. They made a comeback in the third quarter, gaining a 72-71 lead when Jermaine O’Neal made a free throw. Charlotte would come back to take a 79-75 lead on Derek Anderson’s two free throws, but Indiana s...

By serena.hays With Brevin Knight (groin) and Sean May (ankle) both sitting out for the night, the Charlotte Bobcats could not come up with an answer for the Chicago Bulls. Normally the bobcats play for 3 quarters and lose it in the 4th, but not tonight. Tonight they played horrible for the entire game. Every...

Investigators have identified a suspect in the robbery of Charlotte Bobcats player Melvin Ely, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said Saturday. Authorities are looking for Javonte D'Angelo McKenzie, 25, of Charlotte, who faces charges stemming from the Sept. 28 robbery outside the Caro...

MIAMI - Emeka Okafor and Jake Voskuhl each scored 16 points to lead the Charlotte Bobcats to an 82-72 victory against the Miami Heat in NBA preseason play on Saturday. Okafor and Voskuhl were two of five Bobcats to score...