What to do with 3 pg's

by JWoods on Nov 16, 2009 12:35 PM EST Comment 27 comments

Since Acie Law was added to the Jackson trade, what will happen to the other point guards? There is no reason to house 3 point guards that are virtually the same player! Who gets traded befor the deadline, and for what? How does this benefit the team? Does anyone else see how this could cause a problem? Not only playing time, but chemistry will be never be there, because time will have to be split.

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Just like last year

We received singletary just to make a trade work. I dont see Acie Law getting any minutes or being on the team next year.

by MR. MANN on Nov 16, 2009 1:07 PM EST reply actions

No minutes

Unless there are MAJOR injuries in the backcourt, Acie won’t be seeing time for the Cats. Brown will tell the press they want to give him time to learn the team’s game and MJ will be looking to package someone off. My fear is he’ll try to package off DJ to sweeten the pot on another big trade within 3 weeks or so. The bad part of it is, if DJ keeps playing cruddy he’ll be seen as more expendible and if he snaps out of it and starts playing up to speed it’ll make him all the more attractive as trade bait. It’s a no win for him unless he’s eager to skate out of Charlotte.

A lot is going to depend on what Law looks like in practices. He may have a rep as someone who doesn’t step up during games. On this team the LAST thing we need is another player who thinks carpe diem is a kind of fish. Either way I think we’ll see next to nothing of Law for a couple of weeks and either he or DJ will be packing the bags soon.
I’ll be very surprised if Felton goes on the block. Coach Brown has worked a lot with DJ this season, but Felton seems to be LB’s boy all the way and Raymond hasn’t exactly made himself look appealing to other teams around the league.

by Ourdaywillcome on Nov 16, 2009 1:23 PM EST reply actions

I disagree

I think Law could be the steal of this deal. He was a very highly touted PG who has been under some very suspect coaching since entering the league, yet he still averaged over 6pts in 13 minutes, while shooting well over .500.

If there is anyone who can make this kid reach his full potential it’s LB, and I see him as far more than just the placeholder Singletary was.

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by James The Aussie on Nov 16, 2009 2:28 PM EST up reply actions

I've been digging a bit deeper on Law

and you may have the right of it there James. His college numbers were solid and it may be he just hasn’t been given a chance yet – especially under Nelson. On the other hand, the NBA graveyard is full of the bones of guards that looked good in college and couldn’t play the Bigs. Brown does like to work with guards that are willing to learn though so this is probably Law’s best chance to carve out a niche for himself. But once again we’re back to the question. Who do we deal? Or do we just let someone clog up a roster slot until contracts expire?
Do you think they’ll try to shop Felton and if so, who will want him? Deej is better at the shooting guard spot but that’s where Jackson is sitting large and it’s going to plug Augustin back on the court with the Three Piece All-Scrubs band where he’s not been able to do much of anything this season.

Man, every time I imagine Jackson storming the lane in a Bobcats uniform I get excited. This just got a lot more fun.

by Ourdaywillcome on Nov 16, 2009 2:57 PM EST up reply actions

I think Felton goes before DJ

In trading D.J Augustin it would take Larry Brown to basically admit he was wrong in drafting him in the 1st place, and I don’t see that happening.

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by James The Aussie on Nov 16, 2009 3:52 PM EST up reply actions

i agree

is jackson playing tonight…I hope for the sake of the score…

Gerald Wallace is the best player the Bobcats will have..... EVER

by raysfan81 on Nov 16, 2009 4:40 PM EST up reply actions

It appears so

From what I’ve read Jackson and Law went directly from Oakland to Orlando to meet the team there.

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by James The Aussie on Nov 16, 2009 4:45 PM EST up reply actions

Maybe Brown HAS realized...

I never liked DJ too much. I hated the pick in the draft (he would have been a good 2nd round pick maybe). Wasn’t impressed with him at Texas. And despite the raving many Charlotte fans have taken part in since his arrival, DJ hasn’t shown me he is even an improvement at PG over Felton!

Maybe Brown realizes that DJ is more than likely a bust, and would be willing to part ways with him in order to get another draft pick next year. I hope so.

Imagine if Augustin got traded to a team that wants a point guard this year, and then that trade nets a pick that ends up being a lottery pick.

by dudemanhey on Nov 17, 2009 3:22 PM EST up reply actions

Well, that's certainly a reasonable option.

We know he’ll never admit Felton’s not going to get better.

Remember when the Panthers had a good offensive line? Yeah, me too.
--Darin Gantt

by MichaelProcton on Nov 17, 2009 3:34 PM EST up reply actions

That "suspect coaching" took other PGs and put the Hawks in the playoffs.

Further, to note Law’s offensive success in an uptempo system when barely 10 games have gone by seems a little silly to me. You may think Law is better than Singletary, but he hasn’t shown it in a lot of opportunity.

Remember when the Panthers had a good offensive line? Yeah, me too.
--Darin Gantt

by MichaelProcton on Nov 17, 2009 2:17 AM EST up reply actions

I don’t know if I’d consider career 12.9 mpg as ‘a lot of opportunity’

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by James The Aussie on Nov 17, 2009 7:22 AM EST up reply actions

12.9 minutes

You can do a lot in 12.9 minutes.

You can hard boil 4 eggs
You can get shot down by 4 freshman chicks at a mixer
You can take 3 orders at a McDonalds drive thru window (with time left over to suggest a hot apple pie!)
You can save a lot of money on your insurance by switching to Geico (if the lizard is in a hurry)
You can smoke $1.17 cents worth of cigarettes
And you can watch Tyson Chandler get into foul trouble in 4 different basketball games.

by Ourdaywillcome on Nov 17, 2009 8:41 AM EST up reply actions

I like it!

Especially the Chandler remark!

Let me rephrase then, shall I?

I don’t know if I consider 7 career starts as ‘a lot of opportunity’.

I’m one to defend Augustin’s lack of production by putting some of the blame on the talent around him when he comes off the bench, so I’m willing to say the same thing about Atlanta and Golden State’s benches.

I just find it hard to believe that a guy who was so productive in college and regarded by many as the best PG in the 2007 draft has absolutely no aptitude at the position in the NBA.

I’m not saying he’s a future allstar, or even our future starter. What I am saying, however, is by picking up his cheap option if he can give us those 13 minutes behind D.J Augustin (provided Felton is gone) I’m ecstatic for the ‘throw in’ in the trade.

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by James The Aussie on Nov 17, 2009 8:52 AM EST up reply actions

I'd consider two full seasons plenty of opportunity.

Do you think they didn’t want the 11th pick in the draft to succeed? Sean May’s only averaged 18 MPG on his career, but I’d say he’s had plenty of chances.

Remember when the Panthers had a good offensive line? Yeah, me too.
--Darin Gantt

by MichaelProcton on Nov 17, 2009 2:38 PM EST up reply actions

True

May is a rarified situation because he couldn’t find a way to keep himself out of street clothes, let alone on the court.

I don’t think they conciously wanted Law to fail, but Atlanta did draft him for the future before burying him beneath Mike Bibby his rookie season when they had their first opportunity to make the playoffs in a long time. He didn’t really have a true opportunity to show he could be ‘the guy’.

Augustin got 26.5 mpg his rookie season, Law got 15 mpg. Law could be garbage, but he also could be a guy who never got a real chance. If there’s anyone around who can weed out his ability fast, it’s Larry Brown.

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by James The Aussie on Nov 17, 2009 4:03 PM EST up reply actions