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Hornets and Bobcats Combine for Ignominy

If someone stumbled across this game last night and saw the score of 68-64 with 34 seconds remaining in a quarter, they would have assumed the third quarter was wrapping up in a relatively low scoring game. And they (I) would have been wrong. Just over a month following their last meeting, the Bobcats [...]

Gerald Henderson Film Session: Emerging Offensively

Gerald Henderson has made a slight statistical improvement from last season to this season, but maybe not the drastic leap many had hoped for. Hendo has raised his total shooting and scoring averages since from last season, but to be fair and in an attempt to generate a more precise idea of his improvement, [...]

The bigs at (just past) mid-season

These stats are from games through the All-Star break. To be included, players needed 500 minutes played. Rankings are in parenthesis. Points allowed (and similar stats) are estimated from lineup versus lineup data from every game played, based on projected position. Net defensive stats are expected versus actual stats allowed, using a weighted average [...]

The wings at (just past) mid-season

These stats are from games through the All-Star break. To be included, players needed 500 minutes played. Rankings are in parenthesis. Points allowed (and similar stats) are estimated from lineup versus lineup data from every game played, based on projected position. Net defensive stats are expected versus actual stats allowed, using a weighted average [...]

The point guards at (just past) mid-season

These stats are from games through the All-Star break. To be included, players needed 500 minutes played. Rankings are in parenthesis. Points allowed (and similar stats) are estimated from lineup versus lineup data from every game played, based on projected position. Net defensive stats are expected versus actual stats allowed, using a weighted average [...]

Boris…or Tyrus? Boris…or Tyrus?

Everyone remembers last season, right? LeBron James joining Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh in Miama? Carmelo Anthony being traded to the New York Knicks? The #FreeKevinLove movement? The Dallas Mavericks winning the NBA championship? Ok, well what about the “Free Tyrus Thomas” sentiment? Ringing any bells? Does this help?

The Charlotte Bobcats forward is [...]

The Bobcats stats leaders may surprise you

Between the myriad injuries and plethora of semi-skilled big men (skills in this case includes athleticism – otherwise…well, I won’t name names), the Bobcats leading rebounder for the season is…Boris Diaw – both in rebounds per game and in number of games led.  Yes, Bismack Biyombo leads him in rebound rate – but I [...]

Easy Ones Impact on Defense

Sir Gladiator commented on the recap of the Bobcats game against the Wizards from Saturday night, saying that he did not remember a team giving up so many layups and dunks.  Unfortunately for the Bobcats, it wasn’t even their worst effort on the season, though it was close – 21 combined dunks and layups [...]

Placing the point guards

61 point guards – and the Bobcats have two solid ones. This was a much more pleasant report to gather than the wings post, as D.J. Augustin and Kemba Walker have both played fairly well in the early going for the Bobcats. Among the 61 point guards with over 150 minutes played to this [...]

Ranking the wings

With Corey Maggette’s injury issues so far this year, the Bobcats have been a bit more unsettled at the position than expected, with Derrick Brown seeing more time than expected there, and Tyrus Thomas playing the 3 in some larger lineups.  Gerald Henderson rounds out the Bobcats’ primary wings, and has played at both [...]