Jackson rips former Bobcats coach Larry Brown
by Ben Swanson on Apr 14, 2011 7:32 PM EDT
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PrintWith exit interviews underway Thursday marking the end of the season for the Bobcats, we saw some mildly interesting comments from various players about their offseason plans, what they aim to improve upon, etc. Though intriguing to Bobcats fans, none of it was particularly eye-popping.
That is, until Stephen Jackson dropped behind-the-scenes information about Larry Brown's openly defeatist attitude before the season even began. What followed revealed why the team seemed lost and ultimately disinterested with Larry Brown at the helm before he was fired.
Before the season started, things didn't seem so bleak. There were definitely big questions and uncertainty abound concerning the Bobcats' season, with a new starting point guard in whom Brown had never shown exceptional confidence, a continued lack of depth at center, and some questionable offseason decisions. But while the Eastern Conference got stronger in the offseason at the top, it still seemed like the last couple of seeds were up for grabs. But it was fairly obvious that Larry Brown was not confident in this team without Raymond Felton and Tyson Chandler, whose departures rattled him, as shown in preseason interviews.
However, Larry Brown seemed to show particular confidence in Stephen Jackson, even going as far as thinking Jackson was capable of averaging a triple-double (extremely laughable now, I may add). Jackson seemed to be invigorated by the comment saying, "For a coach to expect that from me, to really believe it's doable, that's a big compliment from a Hall of Fame coach."
But based on today's statements from Jackson, there was far less confidence in the team flowing in the locker room than was thought ‒ even before the first game.
"He basically told me that we weren't going to be good, that we weren't going to be a playoff team," Jackson said about Brown's comments to him before the season.
Jackson continued, "That you already know before you even play that he has no confidence in you, it's kind of hard to go to war with a guy like that."
And from there, Larry Brown lost the team's faith in him as head coach. It showed on the court as well. The Bobcats looked listless and uncharacteristically lazy on defense, stumbling to a 1-6 start. The team would improve but remain mediocre. And then it all hit the fan in December, when the Bobcats began dropping games by 20 on a regular basis, culminating in the firing of Brown by Bobcats owner Michael Jordan.
After hiring former Charlotte Hornets coach Paul Silas, the team made marked improvement. It was evident the players underwent a change in attitude with a new head coach. Instead of glum, dejected faces, we saw a more upbeat team playing in a faster offense. D.J. Augustin was seemingly freed, a notion supported by Jackson: "D.J. didn't say a word last year because he was afraid to talk to Coach." The change in the team's demeanor was basically immediate. Players worked harder, were more open, had more fun, and most importantly, won more. But it was too little, too late, taking into consideration the 9-19 record under Larry Brown.
Although like many Bobcats fans, I picked up on some sort of dissonance between Larry Brown and the team, I didn't expect it to fully come out into the clear like this. And I can't say I blame the players much at all.
Larry Brown was and is a fantastic coach, especially on defense and coaching up players to their potential -- at least when he's motivated. For him to give up on the team before the season even began is unacceptable. After all, that's his dang job - to work on the team to the best of his ability to hopefully mold them into a playoff team. As a player, you can give it your all and play to his whims, but if he doesn't care and has resigned to defeat before the battles are even fought, how can you respect him? And that's just what happened. The players, knowing Brown's lack of confidence in his own players, lost respect for him as their coach and as a leader as well. The result was reflected on the court until Michael Jordan took the problem into his own hands and canned Brown.
Now, with Silas at the helm, things are looking brighter than under Brown. As D.J. Augustin put it, "We have a good coach now."
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Jack basically confirmed what we already knew
Larry Brown has become an old punk. Sad but so. Can’t wait for next season, whenever that will be
by Milton Gardner Jr on Apr 14, 2011 7:43 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
So instead of me saying "Have a great day!" to my son each morning as he boards the bus
I’d go, “try not to suck as much today as we both know you’re more than capable of, sonny boy! And TIE YOUR F——N’ SHOE for Chris-sakes!”
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by Newsinz on Apr 14, 2011 8:16 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I'd be real interested to hear Larry Brown's side of the story,
Why had he lost so much faith in the team? It can’t just be because we lost Felton and Chandler. He’s been an NBA coach for a long time, and he knows how this business operates and how players come and leave teams. We still had a good/decent core group of players who together were quite capable of making the playoffs once again.
Perhaps it was the crappy start we had that threw us in a rut that Brown just couldn’t see a way out of, I don’t know, but to say that about Brown just doesn’t seem right. He’s a good coach, and excellent teacher, no doubt about that. This season could have given him the opportunity to really work with and improve the young players, like Hendo and DJ. I guess they weren’t exactly his “type” and he faltered. I don’t know.
The whole situation was sad and disappointing.
Oh, and there was no “firing,” remember? Larry Brown resigned. uh-huh, yeah.
I think his coaching styles are just getting out dated
Maybe he is getting to old for this stuff that can cause a lot of men to do exactley what Jax talks about he did.
Similar to Bob Knight in college basketball
Players nowadays don’t respond well to that style of coaching.
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by Julius Coxswain on Apr 15, 2011 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I think he wanted "his" guys
And when he didn’t get them, he threw himself a pity party and threw in the towel.
Larry thinks he should not only coach, but run the team. And Jordan said, no that’s my job. You know Silas didn’t want to lose Wallace. But Jordan did what he thought was best for the team’s future, and Silas just kept trucking… And even got a lot out of newbies, White and Cunningham.
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by southtunnel on Apr 15, 2011 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Agreed
and rec’d
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by andrewlail76 on Apr 15, 2011 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
He just didn't care enough to fight through it.
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by MichaelProcton on Apr 18, 2011 1:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Not a Big Surprise
Larry does this everywhere. He trades trades trades (unless the team is ready made DET) until he gets a team good enuff to make the playoffs (CLT, Ny, LA)…of course with NY it didnt work. (Zeke was smarter than we thought huh)…they make the playoffs once. The GMs see that he really isnt THAT GOOD and they get rid of him quickly. Thus leaving teams with multiple terrible contracts and in a rebuilding stage once again (CLT, PHI, LA, NY)
MJ backed Jack's statement up
At the town hall meeting MJ said, he was very concerned when LB said that the whole eastern conference got better except for us. He bashed the organization openly to the media, comments like his heart was ripped out when we let Felton go. MJ defended himself by reminding us that Felton took less money to go to NY in the end. He also mentioned LB was bent on trading DJ all summer for who we don’t know and at the beginning of the season to assign Hendo to the D league, he was against both moves which cause LB to get in even more of a funk. Since I was at the meeting I can assure Cats fans MJ is 100% committed to his team being a success. He reads the columns like we do and he is not stuffing money in his pocket to be cheap. Getting cap space and acquiring draft picks is what it takes to get us to elite status. He used the Bulls as the example they were an 8th seed until they got Rose in the draft. He expect his management team to have similar success with available players. MJ made those statements to a room of about 300 people. If he stays cheap we can all call him a liar, but be sounded convincing to me that he will do everything in his power to give us a winner. That’s all I can ask for.
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by ezrock on Apr 14, 2011 11:05 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Did Jordan really say that about Rose and the Bulls?
I’d expect him to have a deeper understanding of at least the Bulls. Two years before Rose arrived, the Bulls were a 5 seed who took top seeded Detroit to 6 games. They were a 7/8 seed during Rose’s first two seasons. Only after reinforcing the team with Carlos Boozer, quality role players like Korver and Brewer, and a quality head coach in Thibodeau have they made the jump to the top of the standings.
I’m surprised Jordan doesn’t at least understand recent Chicago Bulls history. These comments reflect an owner who won’t have faith in the team until either the team wins the draft lottery or a top free agent signs on. That’s as defeatist an attitude as Brown but with a lot of spin so as not to spook the sponsors and season ticket holders.
This view of teambuilding sounds eerily reminiscient of Donald Sterling (Clippers owner) defending his record of not spending money on the team in the 90’s and early 00’s.
I think MJ and Brown had developed a conflict of philosophies
Let’s give Larry credit that he did assemble the most successful team in Bobcat’s history (last year). But he did it with bloated contracts for players that weren’t good for much more than a .500 season.
I think Jordan realized this and believed that the only way to build not just a playoff team, but a championship contender, was by nailing draft picks or getting way under the cap to be able to afford a star FA.
This meant shedding players LB wanted and playing players LB wasn’t comfortable with.
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by southtunnel on Apr 15, 2011 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
A Simpler Explanation
A simpler explanation is that first Bob Johnson and now MJ realize that losing tens of millions of dollars isn’t acceptable. MJ understands the only way he can make money while fielding a team at current spending levels is to field an elite team. Since the current Bobcats aren’t an elite team, he’s cutting spending to sustainable levels.
Note that nobody on the Bobcats is talking about spending money this year. What MJ is really saying is that he’s willing to spend on the team only when doing so is likely to produce a contender. That requires the acquisition of at least a couple top players either through free agency (Chris Paul) or the draft (luck in the lottery). Until then the real plan is to stop losing money.
I understand the Bobcats are first and foremost a business, and MJ isn’t wrong to look at the red ink and adjust his priorities accordingly. All I ask is a little honesty. If he gave away Gerald Wallace because that was the only realistic way to cut losses, then he should just admit it. Pretending that tearing the team down is really building a contender is insulting to my intelligence and will tarnish his reputation in the long run.
You're simpler explanation was much longer than mine :)
But that’s more or less a similar point I made
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by southtunnel on Apr 15, 2011 11:15 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Touche
Sometimes I’m long winded, and on second reading, we did make pretty much the same points. I’m just annoyed by all the talk about building a contender, when the team’s actions have more in common with those of the Wizards or Kings. Every team would like to sign or draft a superstar, but that’s not much of a strategy.
Really?
Sounds like the only strategy to me. Can you name any teams that are contenders that don’t have a true AllStar player?
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by southtunnel on Apr 15, 2011 11:47 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Denver
Of course as soon as a team becomes a contender, it becomes almost obligatory to include at least one of that team’s players on the AS team. I’m not saying the Bobcats shouldn’t be looking at ways to sign or draft a star. But they should be honest about what they are and have been doing. They are tearing down last year’s team much more than building a contender.
In particular, trading Gerald Wallace gets the team no closer to signing a star like Chris Paul. Wallace’s contract expires in 2012, which is the earliest Charlotte would have the cap space to offer a big contract to a free agent any way. The only way trading Wallace gets the team closer to acquiring a star is if the team has a bad enough season next year to get a top draft pick.
Last years team would have never been a contender
Even if say, Chris Paul wanted to come here, we couldn’t have afforded him. I don’t see any other option then what MJ did. What you are suggesting, to just sit tight and be happy with who we are is not a plan at all.
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I’m suggesting that trading Wallace didn’t get the Bobcats any closer to becoming a contender. Neither the players nor the draft picks Charlotte received are likely to amount to anything more than role players. Trading Wallace didn’t open any significant cap room this year ($50M plus the draft picks committed to next season already). Trading Wallace did get his salary off the books next season, and that’s why the trade was made.
Sitting tight would have likely gotten the team into the playoffs this season and would have left the team stronger going into next season. At minimum, Wallace could have been traded next year for a draft pick in a stronger draft. And if Chris Paul actually did want to come to Charlotte, the Bobcats could have used Wallace as the principle player in a trade.
As it stands now, the Bobcats have gotten little to nothing for the three players most closely associated with the franchise, Wallace, Okafor, and Felton. Whatever the strategy, that is awful execution.
by ClipCat on Apr 15, 2011 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I don't understand how you can say that trading Wallace did nothing for the Bobcats.
We did get Dante Cunningham out of the deal, who has played well enough to leave no question amongst fans or ownership that he is a player that we want back. I also don’t understand how you can say 2 first round draft picks are meaningless as well. Those picks can easily be packaged for a better player or a higher pick and put us in position to draft a true franchise player. No, we are not any closer to being a championship team right now. But you have to give yourself a chance to compete if you are truly not happy being a fringe playoff team. That’s fine for us as fans, because all we really want is to be a respectable franchise. Jordan really wants to be a championship team. And while he was watching the Big 3 being formed in MIami, having conversations and dinners with these guys (Riley and LeBron), he was sitting back thinking to himself how can he put his team in a position to make a power move like that. We don’t know what he plans on doing with those picks. He could probably trade them with Diop or Jax for expiring contracts just to make sure they are off the books by 2012. They carry a lot more value then you are giving them credit for.
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by Charlotte Bobcat on Apr 16, 2011 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions
The aim is the 2012-2013 season
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by andrewlail76 on Apr 16, 2011 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
If we DRAFT with Those PICKS
I dont think it benefits us as much as using BOTH of those picks in a package for a player (already in the league). But i wouldnt mind drafting I guess. Just dont think it would be that benficial
If we draft,
It’s all up to our scouts to get the picks right. There are always impact players in the draft flying under the radar and we could snag those. I would rather trade our second pick if we end up taking the Ajincia route again, but I have confidence in MJ when he isn’t selecting a top 5 player.
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by Charlotte Bobcat on Apr 16, 2011 10:50 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I don’t believe the second pick has much of any trade value. The players available there look like 2nd round value in a normal draft and may not even be worth signing to a guaranteed contract. If Portland had kept the pick, they would have most likely drafted a foreign player to stash overseas, and that may be a good strategy for Charlotte, too. How many impact players were left in the bottom third of last season’s draft?
Not many.
The biggest impact after 19 was probably Jordan Crawford, who scored (and basically scored alone) for a team desperate for offense. I feel like he wouldn’t have been anything special on a better team. Landry Fields and Luke Harangody were also selected in the 2nd, but I think those are more about luck rather than scouting; neither was projected to be a 1st-rounder or anything close to it.
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by MichaelProcton on Apr 18, 2011 2:16 AM EDT up reply actions
This is actually one of the deepest drafts in recent history, IMO.
This draft has been perceived as a weak one because there is no clear cut number 1 picks like LeBron or Blake Griffin and because some of the people who would have been picked at the top are staying in college because of uncertainty with the new CBA. However, this is still a VERY deep draft class full of talented players. No, there aren’t many players that can come in and make a huge impact right away, but throughout the history of the draft, I’ve never known anyone to be looking for immediate impact players with the 20th pick.
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by Charlotte Bobcat on Apr 18, 2011 8:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Not even close.
If you’re talking about the fact that the #40 pick won’t be much worse than the #10 pick, then fine, the draft is “deep.” Most, however, would refer to depth in terms of players who can actually make an impact. Those players simply don’t exist this year.
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by MichaelProcton on Apr 19, 2011 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
We'll see.
I think people will be surprised by the impact of some of the players drafted this year.
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by Charlotte Bobcat on Apr 19, 2011 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Wanting Dante Cunningham back doesn't mean much.
So we’ve secured an eighth or ninth man for a few years. Whoop-de-doo! Is that really what we were aiming for in trading our franchise player? Further, CC didn’t say that the picks are “meaningless.” He said they are not “likely to amount to anything more than role players” just like Cunningham, which is absolutely true.
P.S.: If Diop and Jackson carry value as you claim, why haven’t we been able to trade them by now? Surely we don’t have much use for them in our youth movement.
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by MichaelProcton on Apr 18, 2011 2:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Well damn Michael,
I forgot Gerald Wallace was a 10 time all-star while he was here and a 3 time all-star before he came. Players need PLAYING TIME to grow and get better. Crash couldn’t get off the bench playing behind Peja and only really started to be noticed in about his third or fourth season here. If you’re not a fan of Dante Cunningham, that’s fine. But I don’t understand how you can sit here and talk about his potential is that of a 9th man while defending Crash when in reality, Crash came here on pretty much the same circumstances. Damn, think about it for a second. He’s the “face of our franchise”, but is still a ONE TIME ALL-STAR. Funny how I wasn’t hearing all of this support for him while he was here.
P.S.
Who the hell said anything about Jackson and Diop’s value? I said they needed to be traded for us to go through this youth movement. Why? Because they are VETERAN players on HIGH SALARIES, not because they are valuable. Stop putting words in my mouth. The point I was making is that if Jordan wants them off the books bad enough by ’12, he could throw in the picks as an extra incentive for the team taking on their salaries.
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by Charlotte Bobcat on Apr 18, 2011 8:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Comparing Cunningham to Wallace is ABSURD.
Wallace was immediately a full-time starter and a 30 MPG player. Further, his per-minute numbers (even in Sacramento) consistently blew away anything Cunningham has ever done.
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by MichaelProcton on Apr 19, 2011 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Wallace was immediately a full time starter here because
he was the best player at his position on our team. I’m sure had we had some slightly above average veteran SF on the team, he would have started off behind them as well. Cunningham is a mix of SF/PF, so it’s hard imagining him starting anywhere at this point considering we already have Jackson, Diaw, and Thomas. The fact that you are relying on per-minute numbers from these young guys let’s me know that you just don’t think Cunningham has any potential or room to improve, and I just disagree with that.
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by Charlotte Bobcat on Apr 19, 2011 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
This.
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by MichaelProcton on Apr 18, 2011 2:10 AM EDT up reply actions
The saddest part is, we would have been a playoff team with Silas the entire year
Under Brown we had a .321 winning percentage (good for 26 wins over 82 games), under Silas .463 (38 wins). Over 82 games the difference from Brown to Silas would be a 12 game swing folks! Indiana made the playoffs at only .451.
This pisses me off because I believe Brown is by far the smarter more intelligent coach. But that didn’t matter. All these guys needed to make the playoffs was somebody to believe in them and Larry couldn’t do that. Pitiful!
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by southtunnel on Apr 15, 2011 10:13 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Out of context
I don’t want anyone to take a few bits of information I wrote out of context, mostly because of the LB situation at the earliest part of this controversial season. This meeting lasted about an hour and MJ did 90% of the talking to answer hard questions from the fans. MJ wants a big time FA here, he said he cannot give us any names because it’s against league rules. He is in pursuit of that type of player to balance our team out with potentially great draft picks. The only way he feels he can do that at the fastest pace was to trade GW for cap space and get 1st round draft picks to improve the team. He stated that last season he had no cap room and no draft picks to get in the conversation of acquiring better players for our team. That free reign he gave LB to get us our first playoff appearance, cost us in the long run with big contracts and older players that got swept. He vowed not to get us in that situation again unless we are already in elite status. Like I said before he sounded convincing of his plan and I feel that we are not the clippers of the east. In my opinion Boris still needs to go at 9 mil, Diop needs to go at 7 mil and a couple of bench players that won’t be here after next season. That’s about 20 mil in cap space for the future and the 10 to 15 mil that we have available going into the next season when the new CBA is implemented. Depending on the reply’s I can share more Info if the subject was covered.
ezrock
sounds good to me ezrock!
I believe in Jordan’s plans and I’ll be loyal to this team as long as I’m alive! Were’ gonna be good depending on who we draft and what free agents we get. I’d like to see Boris and Diop go too, but I’d also like to pick up a few shooters for cheap, ex Bobcats Jason Kapona comes to mind, and a rebounding forward with good defense would be nice also. I look forward to seeing these new guys like Cunningham and White play with the guys for training camp and whole year to see the process and how further along the continuity of team develops.
Moving forward
I’m a homer for this team too, I’m also critical and somewhat impatient at times because I want us to beat everybody in the league. When you look at us on paper specially the last few weeks of the season with all the injuries and all, we still managed to play well and get wins with basically nothing much. To me that means were not that far away from being dramatically better like a 5th or 6th seed after the CBA is implemented with the right blend of players and Coach Silas leading the way. MJ and his FO crew has to to their job. MJ put the pressure on himself, Higgins and Withfield to do their jobs and get those players.
ezrock
LB
I think LB has too much class to comment on the loud mouth. I guarantee if Jordan can find a taker, he’ll be traded to save $$$. Worst thing ever was to name this guy “the Captain” LOL
by chris in union county on Apr 15, 2011 5:08 PM EDT reply actions
We wouldn't have made the playoffs without him last year.
And, if he were 100% healthy down the stretch this season, we’d be gearing up to play Chicago this weekend. Sounds like a Captain to me.
I do agree about the trade. The key is that we get fair value in return, though. I fully believe Charlotte’s days of selling a dollar for 75 cents is over.
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by Newsinz on Apr 15, 2011 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
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by andrewlail76 on Apr 16, 2011 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Trade Jack?
If it’s for another D Cunningham type at a different position like a real PF and 1st round draft picks I would take it. Imagine going into 2012 FA period without his salary and picks, I don’t know if we can get Howard. But we would have some unbelievable options. When Jack’s contract runs out he will be 35. His days are numbered unless he plays for cheap on any team.
ezrock
Isn’t DJ White basically “another D Cunningham type” that plays PF?
I’m pretty sure MJ would be thrilled to give Jackson away mid-season for any combination of expiring contracts. If one of them is on the order of D Cunningham, that’s a bonus. The Bobcats would be fortunate to not have to give up a draft pick to make this happen (a la the Baron Davis trade).
I think of Dante as a SF
and White as a PF, but that’s just me…
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by andrewlail76 on Apr 16, 2011 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Same here, Dante a sf/pf whereas DJ2 a pf/sf.
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by andrewlail76 on Apr 17, 2011 4:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
"Another D Cunningham type?"
You mean an 8th to 10th man who wouldn’t get off the bench for a real team?
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by MichaelProcton on Apr 18, 2011 2:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Just like Gerald Henderson was just so terrible he couldn't get off the bench behind McGuire.
Oh, that’s right, that was BS! You’re not a coach and you don’t know his true skill or why he wasn’t getting “that much” playing time in Portland. It’s not always about the skill of the player Michael.
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by Charlotte Bobcat on Apr 18, 2011 8:38 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yep.
How soon we forget Wallace was in the exact same position when he was buried deep on the Sacramento Kings bench. They were a “real team” (which I’ll assume means a strong playoff contender) at the time, and Wallace was (I’m guessing here) an 8th or 10th man. Now he’d be a starter on most NBA teams.
Maybe we just rescued another diamond in the rough from the West Coast. I’m banking on Cunningham to be a very important part of our team next season.
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by Newsinz on Apr 19, 2011 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly.
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by Charlotte Bobcat on Apr 19, 2011 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Good luck, then.
The financial landscape isn’t a friendly one at the moment.
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by MichaelProcton on Apr 19, 2011 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Is it ever?
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by Charlotte Bobcat on Apr 19, 2011 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Again, look at the per-minute numbers.
Just like Wallace, Henderson was producing at a markedly higher level than Cunningham did. That’s got nothing to do with his situation.
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by MichaelProcton on Apr 19, 2011 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
The guy has been in the league 2 years and is 23 years old.
Sure, I’m going to say a player is a scrub or not by looking at the stats he was putting up on Portland (a team with plenty of scoring options) instead of judging him with my own eyes. You should already know not everything is about points scored in so and so minutes. The guy had a very good impact in the games he played here and wasn’t overmatched by anyone.
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by Charlotte Bobcat on Apr 19, 2011 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Per 36 minutes?
Cunningham’s 36 minute projection sure looks good to me (as does Hendo’s, for that matter). Gerald’s overall box score is more robust, but Dante is solid in points and rebounds.
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Yeah, there's nothing that isn't classy about pitching public fits about the team you're paid millions to coach.
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by MichaelProcton on Apr 18, 2011 2:17 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Cunningham
I think he does have potential. Do I think we will resign him? Its like a 30% chance. Im sure being a young player, he will be inclined to go where the money is. He knows that he wont start for us next season. Even if we trade JAX and DIAW, he wont start. Actually no matter where he goes, he wont start. Meaning he would probably take the money and run to a “better” more established team (not necessarily a contender, just a better team). Why be on the bench on a “rebuilding” team when you could be on the bench of a growing team (NY could use him, Boston if they dont resign Green, who we should be looking at, DEN bc Chandler/Smith wont be back, Hou who has signed a million SFs bc none seem to work, PHX with G.Hill possibly goin to a contender, ORL/MIA who really dont have any depth now, UTAH who can be right back in the race, PHI since Andre will probably making a move this offseason)
Dont forget SAN ANTONIO
who draft players and do scientific experiments on them to make them only perform good for their team.
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