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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...
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 terrib...
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 r...
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 fra...
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 ch...
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 ...
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,...
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 l...
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 ...
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 ...
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