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Bobcats working out ex-Wake Forest baller Josh Howard

Rod Higgins, president of basketball operations for the Bobcats, confirmed today that Josh Howard will be doing some workouts with the team this week.

Josh Howard’s career has been nothing short of controversial as he’s admitted to smoking marajuana in the off-season and also stated that it shouldn’t be a secret that [...]

Bobcats officially name Leibovitz and Winters to coaching staff

Reports had surfaced last week that Charlotte was likely to name Dan Leibovitz and Brian Winters to the coaching staff, but today they made it official. Leibovitz and Winters will now join Rick Brunson and Stephen Silas to complete the assistant coaches next to Mike Dunlap.

Dan Leibovitz has been an assistant at Penn [...]

Bobcats need to bolster front court- potential future suitors

Free agent PF Louis Amundson is talking to a number of teams. Has not made a decision yet. He’s likely at mini mid-level.

— Jared Zwerling (@JaredZwerling) August 6, 2012

It’s no secret that the Bobcats need help in the front court and there are a few options that they may pursue. [...]

Scoop Jardine will get invite to Bobcats training camp

Scoop Jardine. The name that I utilize as leverage to get back at a disgruntled Syracuse fan for years. Syracuse, an NCAA juggernaut most seasons, hasn’t found a way to reach the summit of the mountain since Carmelo Anthony left and their fans reflect that frustration. My buddy in college would always ridicule [...]

2012-2013 Schedule Released

So the Bobcats schedule for next season came out. Anyone super excited? Meh, me either. To point out some of the headliners, though, I’ll run through it anyways.

Charlotte will play their opening night game at home against Indiana and also play 8 of their first 12 games of the season at home. The [...]

Why losing out on Carl Landry would be disappointing

There are many different opinions on why the Bobcats aren’t going to be able to get Landry and why they declined to use amnesty clause this summer in order to clear enough cap space, immediately, for a player of Landry’s caliber.

My confusion comes in here: When the Bobcats chose to not [...]

Bobcats rescind qualifying offer to Derrick Brown

Breaking @bobcats News: The team has withdrawn its qualifying offer to Derrick Brown. He is now an unrestricted free agent. #CatsVegas.

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

Derrick Brown, a combo SF/PF that started 17 games for the Bobcats last season, has spent all three of his NBA seasons in Charlotte, and [...]

Jamison chooses Lakers over Bobcats

Just to make things interesting, check out this tweet from Dave McMenamin who covers the Lakers for ESPNLA.com.

Just talked to Mitch Kupchak about Antawn Jamison. He acknowledged interest but said: “We’re not about to do anything. I would know.”

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) July 17, 2012

Jamison likely still ends up [...]

Bobcats claim Haywood off waivers

NBA’s 30 teams just notified that Brendan Haywood has been claimed on waivers by Bobcats

— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) July 14, 2012

As was noted earlier this week, the Bobcats had serious interest in claiming Brendan Haywood off waivers after he was amnestied by the Dallas Mavericks. It has now come to fruition [...]

Bobcats have interest in Luis Scola

Marc Stein reported early this afternoon that the Bobcats are one team that is interested in putting in a bid to acquire Luis Scola. Scola was waived by the Houston Rockets via the amnesty clause as Houston’s continuous effort to clear cap space and take a shot at landing Dwight Howard this off-season.

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