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When the pimps in the crib, ma, Diop it like its hotttttttttt



I'm just glad that its March and we aren't rooting for them to lose yet for better draft position

It's usually been around this time that we start hoping for L's to increase our ping pong balls

3/4/2009 9:57:16 AM

I was courtside for the game Crabtree is in Charlotte for surgery.

3/4/2009 10:34:58 AM

Bobcats are showing some drive and heart to play these final few weeks. I am enjoying what they are trying to do.


III

3/4/2009 11:06:18 AM

Bobcats versus the competition



Now that the Bobcats have clinched a tiebreaker over the Chicago Bulls, I thought it might be helpful to give you the season series with the teams they're contending with for that eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference:



Milwaukee: Bucks won it 3-1. No games remaining. (So Bobcats fans really need the Bucks to plummet.)



New Jersey: Tied 1-1 with an April 13 game in New Jersey. (They could have clinched this series already, but blew a lead at home Dec. 27 and lost in overtime.)



Chicago: Bobcats lead 2-0, clinched tiebreaker Tuesday. They play one more time, April 11 in Chicago.



Indiana: Bobcats lead 2-1. They complete the series Mar. 21 in Charlotte.



New York: Knicks lead 2-0. Games remaining in New York Saturday and Mar. 28 in Charlotte.



[Edited on March 4, 2009 at 11:58 AM. Reason : rick bonnell]

3/4/2009 11:57:56 AM

i havent been to a game in a month or two, my buddy calls me up last night with some 3rd row sits but i had to work til like 7

good to know we won though

3/4/2009 6:52:19 PM

only 1.5 out since Milwaulkee lost last night

If we win Friday and Saturday and other teams lose, we could be tied for the 8th spot come next week

[Edited on March 5, 2009 at 8:52 AM. Reason : x]

3/5/2009 8:52:27 AM

"come next week"

makes me fear for the crusted over couch of yours

3/5/2009 9:15:20 AM

i completely forgot the Bobcats existed until i saw this thread

3/5/2009 11:06:56 AM

removed

[Edited on March 5, 2009 at 1:19 PM. Reason : .]

3/5/2009 11:10:49 AM

u r a

3/5/2009 11:34:41 AM

i forgot clemson existed til i saw you post

3/5/2009 1:04:46 PM

btw I didn't edit my last post

it was someone else

I still standby what I said

3/5/2009 1:45:38 PM

Hell yeah John Hollinger

Quote :

"Let's talk about the Bobcats. No, really. Let's. Specifically, let's talk about the idea of the Bobcats being in the playoffs. Because after their fourth straight win -- a vitally important defeat of Chicago on Tuesday night -- the Cats are within two games of the No. 8 spot in the East. Charlotte also owns the tiebreaker over the Bulls by virtue of the win, their second over Chicago this season, and the Bobcats will also own the tiebreaker against Indiana and New Jersey if they can prevail in the final two meetings between those teams on March 21 and April 13, respectively. But the biggest reason to think Charlotte has a shot at the playoffs -- a much greater shot than the 19.8 percent chance today's Playoff Odds suggests -- is the history of the man on the sidelines. Daily Gems Here are John Hollinger's top five NBA observations for Wednesday. Insider Insider * A lot riding on Utah-Houston game * A lack of progress from the foul line * Gooden a good fit in San Antonio * Swift another weapon for Suns * The Pacers have Portland's number Look at Larry Brown in his first year at a new stop and you'll notice one incredibly strong trend: His teams stutter and stammer for half the season, and then get scorching hot in the final two months: • In Detroit, his first team started 34-24, then finished 20-4 and won the NBA title. • In Philadelphia, his first team started 15-33, finished 16-18 and was in the playoffs a season later. • With the Clippers, he took over a 22-25 team at midseason, finished 25-13 and nearly shocked Utah in the first round of the playoffs. • In Indiana, his first Pacers team started 16-23, finished 31-12 and went to the Eastern Conference finals. • In New Jersey, his first Nets team also started 16-23, then finished 28-15 to make the playoffs. The only two stops where Brown didn't show this tendency were his debacle in New York, and a 21-61 season in San Antonio where half his team was hurt. (Of course, it's also a statement about Brown's career that we have such a large sample of "first seasons in a new town" to work with, but let's put that aside for now.) Otherwise, his imprint is clear. Brown spends half the season breaking his team down and building it back up again, positioning them to make a charge down the stretch. So it should surprise nobody that the Bobcats, after beginning the season 11-22, are 15-13 in their past 28 games. Clearly, this is the start of Charlotte's big charge. The Bobcats are now a very different team from the start of the year. Jason Richardson and Matt Carroll are gone, Sean May might as well be, and the team has rifled through an amazing 23 players searching for seven or eight who can play. But now they've found them. They have a healthy, compact rotation of Raymond Felton and Raja Bell at the guards with D.J. Augustin in reserve, Gerald Wallace and Boris Diaw at forward with Vladimir Radmanovic backing them up, and Emeka Okafor in the middle with DeSagana Diop backing up. Juwan Howard and Cartier Martin get cameos as situations require, but otherwise that's his eight-man unit. You'll notice what a difference that is from the start of the year -- when Diaw, Bell, Radmanovic, Diop, Howard and Martin weren't on the team, and Felton was seeing heavy-duty time at shooting guard, and nobody was really sure who would play power forward on any given night. And looking ahead, it's easy to be optimistic about Charlotte's hopes of emerging at the top of the five-team pack chasing the East's last playoff spot. Tuesday's win over Chicago was enormous, both for the tiebreaker and to close the gap with Chicago to one game, and it may come down to these two teams' meeting on April 11 to decide which one gets the last spot. The other clubs in the mix each have obvious flaws. Milwaukee and Indiana are MASH units right now, so it's hard to imagine either club keeping pace down the stretch. New Jersey helped the Bobcats immensely by beating the Bucks in Brewtown on Tuesday night. The Nets still lead Charlotte by a game and a half, but they have a fearsome closing schedule that includes a five-game West Coast trip and six remaining games against the East's power trio of Boston, Cleveland and Orlando. Meanwhile, the schedule isn't as harsh on the Bobcats down the stretch. Yes, they close with four straight on the road, but the last of those should be a gimme -- a season finale in Orlando with the Magic presumably locked into the No. 3 seed and resting their starters. Nine of the 17 games between now and that final road trip are in Charlotte, and of those 17 only two -- road games in San Antonio and Boston -- seem unwinnable. Yes, plenty of obstacles remain. The Bobcats still have to hurdle four teams in five weeks, and they don't have the depth to withstand a major injury if one hits, especially if Okafor were to be sidelined. But I've seen this movie before, and I'm pretty sure what the ending looks like. The Playoff Odds tool doesn't know of Larry Brown's history with teams in his first season, but if it did the Bobcats' odds of making the postseason would come in at much, much higher than 19.8 percent."

3/5/2009 2:37:46 PM

That's a damn good article.

My favorite part: "The Bobcats are now a very different team from the start of the year. Jason Richardson and Matt Carroll are gone, Sean May might as well be."

3/5/2009 3:33:57 PM

Five in a row! (Ties franchise record)

Beat the Hawks 98-91..

Bell 11 pts
Diaw 13 pts 5 reb 13 ast
Okafor 17 pts 11 reb 2 blk
Wallace 21 pts 7 reb 2 ast 2 blk
Felton 17 pts 10 ast 4 reb 0 turnovers
Augustin 8 pts 2 ast

3/6/2009 9:22:36 PM

awesome, WE ARE PLAYOFF BOUND

i really believe it...i hate unc but can't hate on larry brown

only coach ever to win an NBA title and NCAA title

dude makes things happen, for real

3/6/2009 9:23:30 PM

Holy shit.

The Bobcats put a pretty good team together over the course of this season. That'd be awesome if they could get in the playoffs this year....though, winning the lottery would be rad, too

3/6/2009 9:26:34 PM

more like radmanovich

look at the hawks last year...played well late in the year to make the playoffs, and as the 8 seed, gave eventual champion Boston their toughest matchup of the whole playoffs

we matchup well with Boston, only team in the league to beat both Boston and LAL on the road last year...we could pull a big shocker...it would be great too because I was in the Charlotte Coliseum when Alonzo hit the EXTREME fadeaway (he fell down he faded so much) 18' against Boston like 17 years ago to win the Hornets/Celtics playoff series

3/6/2009 9:30:26 PM

^i was at that game too. i still got a hat from the 93 playoffs

3/6/2009 10:33:14 PM

Sean May was the featured jersey tonight. $15 for a jersey.

3/6/2009 10:43:57 PM

Really though, all you gotta say is the Zo shot and people show know what you're talking about

3/7/2009 9:46:59 AM

i am trying not to get my hopes up too high

but as one of the original fans of this super shitty franchise, i am starting to

3/7/2009 10:45:47 AM

at this point, i'm just excited about the progress and direction. a playoff birth will be a bonus and i'm loving every minute of it.

3/7/2009 1:26:29 PM

Just beat the Knicks 114-105. That's six in a row ... a franchise record.

3/7/2009 10:06:25 PM

thought we were gonna blow it there for a sec

3/7/2009 10:21:33 PM

Bulls lose

March 9th and we're half a game out

never thought I would see the day

If we beat the Spurs tomorrow I'll bust a nut

3/10/2009 12:06:41 AM

aim away from your couch

3/10/2009 12:07:06 AM

Jan 19 vs San Antonio L 84-86

Spurs 22-8 at Home
Bobcats 10-20 on the road

We really need the Bucks to lose tonight.

3/10/2009 10:51:07 AM

35-34 2nd quarter

3/10/2009 9:22:29 PM

tied at 46 at the half.

3/10/2009 9:47:41 PM

last game of the year brent, you can't hold anything back now

3/10/2009 9:50:54 PM

I KNOW..

3/10/2009 9:55:23 PM

felton has mastered the buzzer beater

3/10/2009 10:20:32 PM

played well for 3 quarters

now sean may is in

3/10/2009 10:47:41 PM

^channel?

laff, channel over

[Edited on March 10, 2009 at 10:50 PM. Reason : dumbass]

3/10/2009 10:49:29 PM

over

100-86

3/10/2009 10:49:48 PM

actually played well for 3.5 quarters

3/10/2009 10:50:32 PM

spurs went on a 20-6 run to end the game. meh

3/10/2009 10:52:41 PM

at least the bucks lost too

3/10/2009 10:52:53 PM

good news last night with chicago and NJ losing


6. Detroit 18.0
7. Philadelphia 18.5
8. Milwaukee 22.0
9. Chicago 22.0
10. New Jersey 22.5
11. Charlotte 22.5
12. Indiana 23.5
13. New York 23.5
14. Toronto 28.0
15. Washington 36.0


just a half game back

3/12/2009 9:21:47 AM

damn the warriors beat the nets? thought that one was gonna be a gimme for them

3/12/2009 9:33:25 AM

Nah, Golden State is decent at home, 16-15

but they're 6 and fucking 27 on the road

and one of those 6 was here in Charlotte

[Edited on March 12, 2009 at 9:38 AM. Reason : x]

3/12/2009 9:37:47 AM

somebody teach me some chinese profanity to yell at Yao tonight

3/13/2009 12:45:27 PM

we're doin the bojangles unlimited food ticket deal...i think we're behind the baskets near the top tonight

3/13/2009 3:02:35 PM

how many teams from each conference go to the playoffs

3/13/2009 3:23:11 PM

look it up on the internet you fucking faggot

3/13/2009 3:26:22 PM

lol

3/13/2009 3:29:57 PM

8 per conference

3/13/2009 3:30:17 PM

^^^For some reason that has me rolling.

3/13/2009 3:31:36 PM

will you guys still like the bobcats after they draft Hansbrough this summer?

3/13/2009 3:44:05 PM