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Cory Higgins cut; Jeff Adrien added

This is a very touchy subject within the doors of Time Warner Cable Arena, I’m sure. Cory Higgins, who was cut by his father and President of Basketball Operations, Rod Higgins, yesterday is now without work after being with the Bobcats since early last season when Paul Silas wanted to carry three point guards.

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BOOM: MKG adopts a puppy

Ben Swanson over at RufusOnFire.com covered this perfectly in my opinion, so I’m just giving the link over to him:

SUPER COOL GUY MICHAEL KIDD-GILCHRIST HAS A NEW PUPPY AND IT’S CUTER THAN THE WORLD -BREAKING: MICHAEL KIDD-GILCHRIST ADOPTS ABANDONED PUPPY

You can see the video at NBA.com: MKG adopts a puppy. [...]

BOOM: Tyrus Thomas OUT 2 months due to calf injury

Injury @bobcats update: Tyrus Thomas to miss approx. two months w/2nd degree Lt calf strain & tear of plantaris muscle. No surgery needed.

— B.J. Evans (@BobcatsBballPR) November 19, 2012

Yikes, didn’t see this coming for Tyrus, but who did…An MRI revealed a second-degree strain of his left calf muscle and a tear [...]

BOOM: Carroll for Warrick

The Bobcats’ 6th guard, Matt Carroll, is being traded for the New Orleans Hornets’ 6th big man, Hakim Warrick. So, with that context in place, appropriate analysis to follow.

The end.

Just kidding – but we are going to Twitter to get the rundown:

OHOHOHOHOHHHOOOOO RT @stevereedap: BREAKING: Bobcats have traded G Matt Carroll [...]

BOOM: Preview-y stuff

Sight unseen, I am recommending you go over to Hardwood Paroxysm and read their season preview piece: HP 2012-13 Season Preview Guide

It’s from HP’s outstanding team of writers and it will be worth your time.

Also, another quick link: 20 Players to watch in 2012-13 – Rob Mahoney at SI.com’s The Point [...]

Bobcats unveil advertising campaign for 12-13

For the upcoming season, the Bobcats are going with the advertising slogan: “TougherFasterStronger” However, it appears that they may have been a bit hasty in posting to twitter:

Cats PR might not want to be so fast based on this tweet “@bobcats: …Bobcats Media Day! #ToucherFasterStronger” #TougherFasterStronger

— Alan Henrikson (@AlanHenrikson) September 24, 2012

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Bobcats training camp roster: Additions

Training camps across the league open up on October 2nd and teams are in the process of scrambling to finalize their rosters- The Bobcats will hold their training camp in Asheville, NC starting October 2nd.

According to Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer the Bobcats are going to invite Jeff Adrien, Paris Horne, Josh [...]

BOOM: So unlike Mike

Michael Jordan, whose claim to ownership stems almost solely from his inability to admit defeat as a player, has, if only by his actions, admitted defeat as president. The dinosaur is making himself extinct.

THIS IS NOT how Jordan envisioned life as an NBA owner when he bought the 6-year-old Bobcats from cable-TV magnate [...]

Revolving door of workouts- next up, Tracy McGrady

Three weeks ago it was Malcolm Thomas, last week it was Josh Howard, names being thrown around as potential suitors to bolster the front court in Charlotte. This week, it’s Tracy McGrady- more of the veteran role that I believe the Bobcats are looking for and a much more intriguing talent to add [...]

Improving the site

It’s not a giant leap forward, but if you look at the header bar on the site now, you’ll see a new link available:  Roster.  From there, you can either select a player from a dropdown list of all players, or go to the Roster page itself, where you’ll be presented with a depth [...]