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Derrick Brown: Season Report Card

PER PER Against (Net) Derrick Brown 14.83 14.03 (-1.24)

Strengths: Brown is an athletic wing who uses his quickness and agility to score efficiently, leading the Bobcats with a True Shooting Percentage of 55.6%. He is also a strong offensive rebounder for a wing, which allows him to create easy [...]

DeSagna Diop: Season Report Card

PER PER Against (Net) DeSagna Diop 6.95 21.82 (-4.65)

Strengths: Diop provided Charlotte with a bigger body when the team faced physically imposing centers such as Dwight Howard. His only real worth was to go in games and try to slow down the opposing team’s front line by [...]

Silas is out. Who’s coming in? 3-on-3 style (4 opinions)

The Bobcats front office announced yesterday that Paul Silas would not return as head coach of the team next season. Although Silas will no longer be the coach of the team, he has been promised a position with the franchise moving forward. The early speculation is that Silas will somehow be involved with player [...]

If tanking fails to bring number one pick, Charlotte will need a plan B…C…& D

Kentucky’s Anthony Davis may be the most sure thing in the NBA draft since Lebron James and the Charlotte Bobcats have at least guaranteed themselves the best odds to land him through the NBA draft lottery.

Having a 25% chance to get the number one overall pick is great and all after this disastrous [...]

BOOM: MullensMafia from the comments FTW

This was a comment by MullensMafia on the post Reasons for Optimism in a Depressing Time and I wanted to make sure all readers saw it.

Ok let’s be honest. Since Richard Cho came to town the soon to be Hornets have been on a path to legitimacy and we won’t get there until [...]

Reasons for Optimism in a Depressing Time

Bismack Biyombo was 9th in the NBA in block rate, rejecting 4.5 shots out of 100 attempts by the opposition. D.J. Augustin was 11th in the NBA in assist rate, at 37%, and 10th in Assist to Turnover rate at 2.9 assists per turnover Gerald Henderson raised his per game scoring average from [...]

Bobcats compete for four quarters. Outlasted by Magic for loss #58

Charlotte Bobcats 95 Final Recap | Box Score 102 Orlando Magic Derrick Brown, F 28 MIN | 6-11 FG | 4-4 FT | 5 REB | 1 AST | 16 PTS | -6

Brown played a solid game tonight and was active everywhere on the floor, but it all ended in a disappointing [...]

Close, but no cigar. Make it 19 straight losses

Memphis Grizzlies 85 Final Recap | Box Score 80 Charlotte Bobcats Derrick Brown, F 39 MIN | 5-15 FG | 1-1 FT | 3 REB | 3 AST | 11 PTS | +2

Had bright moments tonight and had bad moments. Brown has been forced to be an important part of the offense [...]

Bobcats crawling towards NBA history; 18 straight losses

Chicago Bulls 100 Final Recap | Box Score 68 Charlotte Bobcats Derrick Brown, F 30 MIN | 7-13 FG | 0-2 FT | 6 REB | 0 AST | 14 PTS | -9

Active on the offensive glass tonight. Another above average night from the field.

Bismack Biyombo, C 33 MIN | 2-10 [...]

Well, saw that coming. Bobcats lose by 24

Detroit Pistons 109 Final Recap | Box Score 85 Charlotte Bobcats Derrick Brown, F 36 MIN | 6-11 FG | 0-0 FT | 5 REB | 3 AST | 13 PTS | -9

The ‘man without a position’ had a decent game tonight, overall. Brown even knocked down a 3-pointer, the one big [...]