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Injury-Riddled ‘Cats Stumble in the Iladelph

Charlotte Bobcats 72 Final Recap | Box Score 89 Philadelphia 76ers Boris Diaw, PF 24 MIN | 5-10 FG | 0-0 FT | 2 REB | 3 AST | 10 PTS | -13

Diaw committed five of the team’s 14 turnovers and played like he was allergic to glass (2 rebounds).

Tyrus Thomas, [...]

Bobcats lose heartbreaker to Heat: Postgame notes & quotes

Bobcats took care of the ball in the first half as they only surrendered 6 turnover, and then in the 3rd it all went bad. The Bobcats had 12 turnovers in the 3rd quarter which led to 14 Miami points. The Heat outscored the Bobcats 24-10 in the 3rd, so avoiding turnovers would [...]

Bobcats vs. Heat: Pre-game notes & quotes

It was quite clear the expectations that Coach Paul Silas has about his young team’s game tonight against the Miami Heat. “We’re going to have to have a great game tonight in order to just compete. You’re talking about three guys that are just outstanding,” realistically stated Coach Silas is pre-game press conference. [...]

Could Kwame really be headed elsewhere?

ESPN’s Mark Stein tweeted today that Kwame Brown has drawn interest from a handful of eastern conference teams as well as Golden State, but that the Bobcats still want him to be in Charlotte.

“Hearing clutch of east teams have expressed interest in Kwame Brown, who’s still wanted in Charlotte as well. Also Golden [...]

Kemba Walker present at NYC nightclub shooting

Bobcats rookie and 9th overall draft pick Kemba Walker was present last night at Juliet Supper Club, on West 21st St. in New York City where a crazed gunman fired off five shots, killing a man in the nightclub sources from the New York Daily News reported.

Sadly, one man was killed and two [...]

Kemba Walker featured in Under Armour’s new campaign; “Are You From Here?”

Back in July Bobcats rookie Kemba Walker announced that he would become part of the Under Armour brand and be an official endorsee of their new line of basketball shoes, but now the hopeful future star is one of the poster boys of Under Armour’s biggest basketball campaign ever, “Are You From Here?”

Walker [...]

Matt Carroll: What’s left of a big mistake

Matt Carroll is all that’s left from a very bad deal that Charlotte made two years ago when they practically gave away Tyson Chandler to Dallas for Carroll and the expiring contract of Eric Dampier. The Charlotte front office watched Tyson Chandler win his first NBA Championship last season, blinked, scratched their heads and then [...]

Everyone deserves a second chance: Dissecting Dante Cunningham

On Tuesday Dante Cunningham was relieved of his marijuana, paraphernalia and pellet gun charges that he was given in a small town (Randor, PA) outside of Philidelphia back in May. Cunningham was pulled over for reckless driving by police, when they claimed that they smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle. After the police were [...]

Corey Maggette: A closer look

Just hours before the draft this past June, the Bobcats landed Corey Maggette in a trade with Milwaukee. In the last second deal, Charlotte had received the 7th overall pick from the Bucks (Bismack Biyombo) and Corey Maggette, giving up, in the process, Stephen Jackson, Shaun Livingston and the 19th overall pick. When all [...]

A Kwame Brown resurgence?

 Although Kwame Brown will always go down in the debate as one of the worst  number one overall picks of all time, he is coming off his most productive season in  the league since the 05-06 season. For Kwame, the bottom line is that in Charlotte he is the starting center and will be a player that [...]