mj sucks at this Stories - Rufus on Fire
Recognizing True Talent
One of the aspects of sports I like to emphasize is recognizing true talent versus actual performance. Since coming to the Charlotte Bobcats, Boris Diaw has been very good, compiling a 14/7/5 line per 36 minutes. Through roughly the first ten games, he was somewhere around 17 points per 36, too....
2008 NBA Draft Review -- Damn, MJ Sucks At This
My friends and I argue about basketball all the time. Allen Iverson's relative greatness is a flash point. We differ on how important clutchness is. However, we all agree that the Bobcats had a terrible draft this year. First, take a look at who I wanted before the draft, and let's recap:D.J....
Avenue Q, The Dark Knight, and the Charlotte Bobcats
My neck of Cackalacky's been dominated by drama the past few days. Most of the Bobcats drama's been tempered by the realization that Emeka Okafor will be extremely difficult to trade. The status quo reigns, unless you count Ryan Hollins coming back for another year as a threat to the balance of...
Do the Bobcats Have a Plan?
Was playing Madden 09 yesterday, and I thought about the Bobcats. (I know, reading about other people's video games is boring, but this relates to basketball, I swear. Stick with me.)I'm running a franchise with the Detroit Lions. I decided I wanted to take over a franchise that might legitimately...
Two Poems on the State of the Bobcats
raging optimistspredict playoff appearancedisgusted head shakeThere are three Bobcats who could be All Stars:J-Rich, Gerald Wallace, and Okafor.None of them are capable of beingthe best player on a champions' team.Each plays ball like he's best suited to besecond fiddle on a champions' team.I have...
If Carl Landry Doesn't Stay a Rocket, We Should Send Daryl Morey a Fruit Basket
I like Carl Landry. You like him. Everyone has a reason to like Carl Landry. And the Rockets have no reason to let him go.In some of my fantasies about turning around the Bobcats, we make a move like this, only it's for real, and we get to keep Landry, start him at power forward, and that way we'd...
NBA 2K9: An Endorsement, and a Reflection on Building a Better Team
NBA 2K9 is the best basketball video game I've ever played. In college, I played a lot with EA's Live series, both on desktop and console. One legendary game, a friend and I shot 32-35 from the field, including 24 threes... in the first half... with the Houston Rockets, which meant Yao was 3-4 from...
Larry Brown is a Master BS Artist
The excitement for the new season rises just as the temperature outside drops. I wore sweaters three days in a row, and someone accused me of going all dandy on the world. Pshaw. I was just reacting like any person in my social circles would. In much the same way cold air seeps under my collar when...
The Bobcats' Roster Mismanagement
There's an enlightening term that every sports fan seems to understand, even if he or she hasn't heard the term before. That term is "sunk cost".Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer does not appear to understand what a sunk cost is, as he argues that because the Bobcats have so much money tied up...
NBA Preview: Charlotte Bobcats (Part 1)
Tonight, the NBA season starts. It will be the Charlotte Bobcats' fifth consecutive losing season. Barring a major roster overhaul, failure is the team's most likely outcome.It didn't have to be this way. Some simple history illustrates the folly of the Bobcats' roster management, and I won't even...
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