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Posted: Oct 30th 2009 3:15 PM ET by Tim Povtak (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Bobcats, Bucks, Grizzlies, NBA Gambling

You have to give Las Vegas Mayor
Oscar Goodman an "A" for persistence. Neither the bad economy, nor the bad publicity from the All-Star Game in 2007 -- or even the stepped-up anti-gambling push after the snake-like
Tim Donaghy raised his head -- has deterred Goodman from continuing his push for an NBA franchise.
He does make a lot of sense. Las Vegas really would be NBA heaven.
Goodman at his weekly press conference Thursday brought up the issue again of moving forward with plans for a new downtown arena in hopes of luring an NBA franchise to his city.
Posted: Oct 27th 2009 3:50 PM ET by Matt Watson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Bobcats, NBA Fans

If you make your living as a
quick change artist or
riding a unicycle while balancing bowls atop your head, you might want to consider a second job.
Due to the economy, one of the many cost-cutting tactics adopted by NBA is to reduce the number of prominent halftime acts, opting against booking high-priced traveling acts in favor of more affordable local options, Fred Whitfield, chief operating officer of the Charlotte Bobcats, told David Biderman of the
Wall Street Journal.
Posted: Oct 21st 2009 4:45 PM ET by Matt Moore (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Bobcats

I would say this is poor timing for the
Bobcats, but really, is there a good time to have any of your players tear a wrist ligament? Because to me, what
Raja Bell suffered this week, a partial tear in his left wrist in a preseason game against Utah, is not something that's ever good.
But the implications are more than just "lost a veteran player" for the Cats. This injury impacts them on multiple levels and springs more than one leak on the good ship Bobcats.
Plus, it probably hurts a lot, too.
Posted: Oct 14th 2009 10:33 AM ET by Tom Ziller (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Bobcats, NBA Coaches

In
a Charlotte Observer story this morning, Bobcats coach
Larry Brown tells beat writer Rick Bonnell that certain NBA rules have strangled the game's beauty. Brown most recently blew up at a replacement referee who wouldn't look him in the eye, but the coach is now putting on the pose that the game is not entertaining fans because of ... illegal defense rules?
Brown tells Bonnell that the league needs to force the game into a more "up-and-down" style, to reignite flow into the sport by allowing any type of defense and moving in the three-point line. Hey, maybe he's right. I'm not opposed to a free-flowing game. But my Hypocrisy Radar is bugging out, and you can't just ignore a Hypocrisy Radar.
Posted: Oct 13th 2009 8:00 AM ET by Brett Pollakoff (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Bobcats, NBA Referees, NBA Coaches

An hour before the
Phoenix Suns were set to play their first preseason game of the year, I asked the team's head coach, Alvin Gentry, how he felt about the prospect of replacement referees calling the games. His response?
"You think I'm touching that one?" Gentry joked. "You want to see the memo I got from the league?"
Actually, I did, but he didn't have it handy. The point was, replacement referees are a touchy subject, and complaints about them were supposed to be kept to the bare minimum by team personnel.
Apparently, Larry Brown didn't get the memo. Because he flipped out and
was ejected by the replacement refs during his
Bobcats' preseason game Monday night against the
Atlanta Hawks.
Posted: Oct 13th 2009 8:00 AM ET by Matt Watson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Bobcats, Cavaliers, Clippers, Grizzlies, Hornets, Jazz, Magic, Mavericks, Nets, Nuggets, Pacers, Raptors, Suns, Timberwolves
Tip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Tuesday, there are 14 days remaining. For everything the NBA has done to level the playing field -- the draft lottery, the salary cap, the dollar-for-dollar luxury tax -- only a select handful of teams have a legitimate chance to win the championship in any given year.
I know optimism is supposed to reign supreme in October, but here's a harsh dose of reality: in the past 26 years, only seven different organizations have hoisted the Larry O'Brien, and six of those teams have won more than once. In fact, in a league where fluke success is rare and dynasties are the norm, there are 14 teams that have yet to win a title.
Will any of these perennial losers buck their unfortunate losing streaks in the near future? While the
Lakers,
Spurs and
Celtics (winners of nine of the last 11 titles) would disagree, it's a very real possibility.
Posted: Oct 9th 2009 2:00 PM ET by Matt Moore (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Bobcats
FanHouse previews a player to watch from each NBA team in advance of the 2009-10 season.If you're attempting to put together a competing team without a superstar, you need a lynchpin. A guy who can do several things well, if no one thing brilliantly. Some opt for a point guard, some opt for a traditional big man. Larry Brown opted for
Boris Diaw.
Since being traded to Charlotte last season, Diaw went from being the gap filler in Phoenix who could never quite fill the tank completely, to the lynchpin in Charlotte. The
Bobcats came on strong at the end of the year, narrowly mising an oppotunity to lose to the
Celtics in fewer games than the
Bulls did. And if they're going to build on that success, Diaw is going to have to maintain his role on the Cats.
Posted: Oct 9th 2009 1:00 PM ET by Matt Moore (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Bobcats, NBA Preseason, NBA Previews
FanHouse previews all 30 NBA teams in advance of the 2009-10 season.
The Bobcats are a playoff contender. I know it sounds weird. If you need to take a few minutes to repeat that to yourself in order to suspend belief in pursuit of finishing this column, feel free. I'll wait.
...
Ready? Okay,
let's begin. The Bobcats are a playoff contender, and have been since
Larry Brown decided to dump his best player (
Jason Richardson) to Phoenix for jack-of-all-trades-master-of-awkward-spacing
Boris Diaw and older than dirt
Raja Bell. When that trade occurred, there was universal questioning of what in the carolina blue blazes Larry Brown was thinking. You don't ditch your best player!