Bobcats sign Flip Murray

1. Absolutely, this means McCants doesn’t fit on the roster. Murray fills the same scoring guard role off the bench, with the added benefit of playing a little defense and having some playmaking ability.
2. I’m intrigued to know this answer myself. Unless he’s a true #3 PG who only gets 8-12 MPG, he’s going to be taking minutes from one of Henderson or Augustin unless he plays a lot behind Gerald at the 3 (which he’s done some of in the past, although not very successfully. He’s actually even played some PF in the past.) I don’t like that. He does provide a spark off the bench, but he’s pretty much reached his upside and isn’t going to be a building block this franchise hangs on to long-term.
3. Charlotte has better upside than Cleveland? Are you serious? No, we just offered nearly twice what they did ($1.9 mil to $1.1 mil) and he’s got a much better shot at getting run on a far inferior roster.

So, as a move, I think it’s fine, but I hope he doesn’t end up being a 20+ MPG player for us, because that means we’re stunting the development of one of our young guards.

I can see why we signed him. He’s a solid backup with offensive capability who can provide some quick offense off the bench and play multiple positions.

I like the signing, but I’m a little confused what the prevailing wisdom to bring in another guard while retaining absolutely no depth at PF.

I agree with dudemanhey on this one. I don’t think VladRad is a GREAT PF, but hey, hes 6’10" and that fact right there makes him a better fit than Wallace. I think Wallace is a million times more effective on defense and more athletic but hes simply not tall enough to challenge guys like Chris Bosh or Kevin Garnett. However, another great thing VladRad can do for us at PF is on offense. He really could stretch the opponents defense. With his 3-point shooting touch, he has the potential to pull decent shot blocking 4s out of the paint and leave it more open for a cutting Wallace or Henderson to the basket.

I like Flip Murray coming off the bench. That keeps Bell’s minutes down a bit which will be good since hes getting older, and provides more scoring potential.

I do think in order for VladRad to play 4 effectively he needs to bulk up, and who knows, he might just do that. However, Derrick Brown is technically a 4, and although hes not to big he is athletic and a solid rebounder so hopefully he can fill in a little.

I think Charlotte is a little bit stacked at the center position so I wouldn’t mind trying to move somebody like Diop or Mohammed for a solid PF (with some serious scoring potential). Only time will tell!

When I said stacked, I meant more quantity over quality! I’m with ya clipcat.

I agree with both clipcat and michael on this one. I think that the Bobcats made a huge mistake when they traded away Priomz and Hermann for Mohammed. And again when they got rid of Matt Carol for Diop. I don’t have anything against Mohammed or Diop, but I agree they are over payed and under productive.

As for whos going to play the 4, again, you gotta go with what you got. Before the season started Larry Brown was talking about having Chandler play the 4 and Mohammed or Diop in the middle. To me that seems strange. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a trade somewhere in the middle of the season though that might send Brown or Graham and maybe Diop somewhere for a back up PF. Again, wishful thinking.

To bad we let May go! Hahahaha! Thats sarcasm! On the other hand, I do think if he could have lost the weight and got his attitude in check he might have been useful. All I’m saying is that after all this crap we had to go through with him, he better not go over there to Sac and be the solid PF they we always needed him to be! lol!

But yeah, how and why couldn’t Charlotte have pulled in a couple of PFs to come in during training camp? Inexcusable indeed.