Jul 3
Charlotte Bobcats 2009 Free Agency
Mid-Level Madness!
As the Observer’s Rick Bonnell pointed out yesterday, the Charlotte Bobcats have entered the summer at or above the NBA salary cap. Once Raymond Felton is re-signed (expected to be around $7 million/season) and both draft picks’ deals are finalized, the ‘Cats should find themselves at around $60 million in total salaries for next season; about $3 million over the League’s projected $57 million cap.
Since the NBA has a “soft cap” the only way that the Bobcats could make a major free agent signing...
Jul 1
Zach Randolph for Radmanovic and Mohammed?
So you’re Rod Higgins and Larry Brown. You just found out that the Grizzlies tried to take Zach Randolph off of the Clippers’ hands by offering them Darko’s expiring deal and Greg Buckner – only to have Clips owner Donald Sterling turn them down. You look over at each other and think:
“Sterling must feel like an idiot right now. He could have cleared up cap space AND opened up the four for Blake Griffin all in one deal and he turned it down. He’s probably desperate now. Are you thinking...
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Jun 29
Farewell MJ
Michael Jordan & Michael Jackson
So much buzz and anticipation about last Thursday’s NBA Draft kept the Bobcats Baseline crew distracted from the saddening event just hours before Commissioner Stern took the stage at Madison Square Garden. Bobcats Minority Owner Michael Jordan lost a contemporary and a colleague in superstardom last week when Michael Jackson passed.
In the year 1992, NBA Basketball was incredibly popular and gaining attention worldwide thanks to the rise of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. Yet before hoops, America’s major cultural export was Michael Jackson and anything Michael Jackson-related (including his...
Jun 26
Charlotte Bobcats: State of the Roster | Post Draft
Prior to the 2004 NBA Draft, former Bobcats GM/Coach Bernie Bickerstaff managed to hoodwink the lowly Clippers into trading down from #2 to #4 in order for Charlotte to select Emeka Okafor. That was the first and last great draft move made by the organization and ever since then Bobcats fans have been subjected to picks ranging from mediocre to mind-numbingly stupid.
A quick recap for the masochistic:
- 2005: Needing a Point Guard, the Bobcats refuse to trade up with Portland (who practically begs Charlotte for the 5th and 13th selections in...READ FULL ARTICLE »30 comments
Jun 25
With the 11th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft
the Charlotte Bobcats select…
Gerald Henderson
Consensus here at Bobcats Baseline is that, by selecting Terrence Williams at #11, the Nets may have saved the Bobcats from making a mistake. Though T-Will has an intriguing range of skills and is going to be a lot of fun as a personality, Henderson is a better fit. He is an equally good defender, and has a much higher ceiling as a scorer.
Welcome to the Bobcats, Gerald.
-E
