Good morning: what's next for the Bobcats?

But I can tell you that at least one media outlet has leaked part of step, but I can tell you the Bobcats aren’t mentioned in the rumor.

My friend is back at TWC arena today at work, but I haven’t heard a peep from him.

Been up about an hour beating the bushes for info. For the first time since last Wednesday I have absolutely nothing from any of my 3 people. My main guy left a voice mail that he was headed home and was told he could come in late today but no later than 11 am. I have no earthly idea if that means anything or not – but that “cone of silence” is still surrounding the Bobcats and the news I got last night (the above voice mail and the “offer has been sent” I reported in the other thread) all add up to a big fat “wait for it” in my opinion.
I’ve read the early stuff (Bonnell, some NBA tweet roundups etc) and one or two reporters are tweeting some “what the hell is going on” kind of stuff but that’s it. These are national guys all in Vegas. So they smell something on the breeze but have not idea of anything specific. I doubt they’d sit on the story if they really knew anything – not even if Jordan asked them. The way the scotch flows in the Vegas Bars any reporter that had the goods would be bragging like mad. It would take about an hour to become the worst kept secret in the NBA.

The Cavs were one of a handful of teams that attended a workout Tuesday for former No. 3 overall draft pick Adam Morrison. The team is considering various small forward options, though Morrison is down the list. He has averaged 7.5 points on 37 percent shooting for his four-year career and just 2.4 points for the Lakers last season. Cleveland Plain Dealer

Welcome to ROF. Things were hopping fast last night and I didnt’ get a chance to say it lsat night.
Love your sense of humor and folks like you are not only welcome, but we all talk often about more smart and fun people joining the convo.

like i’ve gone on the worst drinking bender of my life.

I got up at 7, saw very little new conversation and went back to sleep. But now I’m up

No news is good news on this. If any specifics are leaked then there’s a chance something fell through.

Like most Bobcats trades the deals that are discussed but not finalized are unlikely to happen, and the ones the are close will hit us when we least expect it.

http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2010/07/jeff-bower-hornets-mutually-agree-to-part-ways/

Tyson Chandler is probably lucky that his Larry Bird rights were traded to Dallas, a free-spending organization if there ever was one. Higgins said Chandler is being added to the invitees to try out for Team USA in Las Vegas.

Tyson Chandler trying out for Team USA. WTF?

I never thought I’d see a front page on their site celebrating Dampier, Najera, and the prodigal Matt

For those of use who weren’t able to spend 2 days and nights glued to the sports blogs :)

http://twitter.com/LesPorter
he’s got some interesting bobcats info

Hughes is finally healthy after a series of injuries that have limited his ability to train and prepare in the off-season and now that he’s healthy and a part of one of the largest free agent classes in the modern era, Hughes understands that to make a team he need to work harder than ever before. After watching a recent workout at Impact Basketball in Las Vegas, Hughes clearly looks like a player that ready to redeem himself.

Hughes says his ideal landing spot in free agency would be to return to the Charlotte Bobcats, where he felt a real connection with the team and the coaches. Hughes understand the free agent game has a pecking order and that he must wait for his turn and says his agent has heard from a number of teams but at this point in his career he’s looking for a winning culture and a veteran team ready to compete.

The ideal landing spot for my foot is…

Talks are only preliminary, but Cuban might get the draft rights to Ricky Rubio

Wizards also watch Morrison workout…
“It was a good shooting workout. It was good,” Morrison said, before being asked if he’d be interested in coming to Washington. “That’d be a great place. But I want to play anywhere. I haven’t played basically in two years, so I’m just trying to get somewhere to get some time.” Morrison has been limited to just 83 games the past two seasons in Charlotte and Los Angeles, spending most of last season in sports jacket celebrating from the bench. He said he learned from his time in Los Angeles, although he never made the rotation. “It’s tough not playing,” said Morrison, who has career averages of 7.5 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. “My Laker experience was still great, though. It was still positive. I got two rings. I made some good contacts, made some friends. I think just the biggest thing was the perimeter-based and ball-handling and moreso learning how to be a better pro watching Kobe [Bryant] and Ron [Artest] and those guys, how they conduct themselves and how they take care of themselves and how they workout.” Washington Post

its the rings..

For all the rap/hip hop fans, has anyone else heard the new big boi album? it’s superb. I’m not a big fan of this new southern style of rap, but this is quite outkast-esque

And confused…

You could say I am Dazed and Confused….

Anybody? haha

My source has no talked with me since yesterday afternoon.

Ourday’s source says some paperwork has been sent to the league for approval, and while he and I suspect this is step 3 without confirmation from our sources something could have changed during the night.

The problem is it only vibrates because it doesn’t have a ring…

(cymbal roll and crash)

That would be my best guess to what this potential trade is involving. Although NO says they aren’t trading CP3, I believe they are. They watched as Collison took over the point last year and did superb. They really don’t even need CP3 any more. Heck, who knows if he’ll even be healthy or ready to play. Plus, I don’t think the Hornets want to end up like the Raptors or Cavs with nothing to show when CP3 becomes a FA.

As for Okafor, I think the Hornets were not all that satisfied with him (from what I’ve read) and desperately want to unload his contract. Additionally, the Hornets just traded for Cole Aldrich, so Okafor is expendable.

Additionally, NO is probably looking for someone to replace Stojakovic at the SF b/c he just isn’t getting it done. Collison is great at the point, Thornton proved well at SG, West is great at PF, and now Cole Aldrich is their center. What are they missing?? SF. And they just traded their new SF Quincy Pondexter in the Aldrich trade, so they need another SF, at least a backup if not a star replacement.

Here’s where the Bobcats come in: The Bobcats desperately need to upgrade both C and PG positions. To obtain Paul and Oka, my guess is that it would require departing with G-Force. Would probably also require a Center, so that NO can back up Aldrich, so there goes Nazr. And NO might want some cap relief as well, so Dampier might go too. If not, I guess we just cut Dampier for our sake. And a 1st round draft pick would probably be involved too. So here’s my shot at what this super-secret trade includes:

NO trades:
C Emeka Okafor
PG Chris Paul

CHA trades:
SF Gerald Wallace
C Nazr Mohammed
(And/or) C Erick Dampier
1st round draft pick

REMEMBER, this is merely speculation, I have no sources or anything, just taking a wild whack at whats going on. Maybe this trade includes another team, or doesn’t even involve NO, I really don’t know. But this would be my best guess…

…Derrick Brown, or we could look in the FA for someone, or bring back Stephen Graham (he didn’t do too bad last year when he started). You could even trade Diaw for someone, b/c he is obviously out of favor.

But looking at this trade, it makes sense for the Bobcats. Even though they lose their favorite and most valuable player, they gain an all-star and reliable double-double center, both are going to be needed if Cats are going to measure up against their division rivals or be a serious playoff contender. Yes, losing Wallace hurts, but the peices gained in return would be an upgrade 4 the team.

He could move to SF and Hendo could play SG.

I did hear that the Bobcats have pieced together a backup plan of sorts if things don’t work out. I still don’t know if I like it, but we’ll keep Wallace and improve… some.

Nuggets will have two more additions besides Harrington … story coming up soon.

Luke Ridnour has agreed in principle to a 4-year, $16 million deal with Wolves, sources say. Wolves may move Ramon Sessions to Charlotte.

Let me reiterate that someone must want Sessions in a separate deal. He is not intended to be a Charlotte Bobcat come first tip-off of 2010-11

this is my favorite picture of all time

but I have to lay down for a bit. I’ll come back in a hot minute if my phone rings.
Sorry guys, but I had to break out the heavy artillery drugs and right now my brain is turning into slush

Is picking the Nuggets over the Mavs…
Isn’t Al a SF?

espn just released nfl power rankings based on talent 25 and younger

Panthers are #2. here’s what they wrote:

There are currently 81 players on the Panthers roster, 58 of whom are either 25 or younger. That’s a sign of how salary cap issues and a veteran roster forced the team to throw a lot of young talent at the wall and see what sticks. The reality, though, is that the Panthers have both quality and quantity. Their best young player, of course, is middle linebacker Jon Beason, who deserves to be in the conversations about the league’s best linebackers. No middle linebacker — not even Patrick Willis — is better in coverage. Carolina had the league’s second-ranked pass defense last year by Football Outsiders numbers, and its oldest starter in the secondary is 27-year-old Chris Gamble. He’s the only one of their top six defensive backs older than 25. Defensive end Charles Johnson is 24, and by the end of the year, he’ll be starting across from 2009 second-rounder Everette Brown, who is 22. The offense, though, is Carolina’s more impressive young unit. Even without including Matt Moore, who turns 26 in August, there’s serious talent to be had. The star is halfback Jonathan Stewart, who is every bit the back DeAngelo Williams is, but struggles to stay healthy. The offensive line opening holes for Stewart and Williams is among the league’s best, and it features two elite young players in center Ryan Kalil and right tackle Jeff Otah. This year, they’ll be joined by guard Geoff Schwartz, who made it to our Top 25 Prospects list and profiles as another excellent masher in the running game. They’ve even got a viable receiving prospect in tight end Gary Barnidge. With Moore, Jimmy Clausen, and Tony Pike on the roster, they’ve got three guys to compete for the long-term answer at QB.

I know everyone loves Gforce but if we have the Chance to get Chris Paul we have to do it. Chris Paul is a top 5 player in the NBA can you imagine how many tickets he will sell. And his contribution on the court will be that much bigger. We’ve never had a point guard that makes everyone around them better. Cp3 makes other guys jobs easier. CP3 and Okafor would give us a Celtic(08) type deffense. Paul will win us close games he will find open guys and make big shots. I love Gerald to but Chris makes us so much better on Offense and hes no scrub on D either.

Hey ev’rybody! Wassup?