It was one of those moments that tugs at your heart.

The Charlotte Bobcats were in a tough matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers and hopes were looking bleak. They needed an inspiration, They needed someone who could lift their hopes, someone who could inspire them to believe that “YES, All of our dreams are achievable”.  Who could give the Bobcats this kind of hope? Who could lift their spirits? Who could it be?

Enter Liquid Wayno… During a timeout as heads in Bobcats Arena were hanging and all hope appeared to be lost, A man strides out onto the court. Not just any man, out strides the 6 foot 6 inch, 245 pound, 2.4% body fat basketball PHENOM better known as Liquid Wayno. The Charlotte Bobcats were awed by his presence. His task was simple, All that he needed to do was to display his flawless Reggie-Miller-Like shooting stroke to the masses.  The effects of witnessing the utter purity of his jumper would lift the Bobcats spirits and inspire them to play superior basketball for the remainder of the game.

Here is how that demonstration went.

I wonder if Larry Brown watched the game?  If he did I would love to know what his thoughts were when he saw these very un-Larry Brownish things occurring on the court last night.

• Gerald Henderson being used in the starting lineup and playing 28 minutes.
• DJ Augustin taking long jumpers early in the shot clock
• Matt Carroll playing meaningful minutes
• Dominic McGuire getting a DNP-CD
• Gana Diop taking and making jumpshots!!!

From the opening moments of the game you could see a stark stylistic difference between the Brown Bobcats and the Silas Bobcats. The players looked much more relaxed, they were hustling and their body language was significantly improved.

With a big thanks to our friends at the AmpSportsDuo!

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Merry Christmas Everyone!

Paul Silas coaching

Well, today’s been an interesting day, hasn’t it? I was in the middle of a nap before heading to work this evening when my phone exploded, right around 4 o’clock. Just Monday I posted on my facebook that “All I want for Christmas is Larry Brown to be fired.” Well, Santa seemed to be in a giving mood this week, because Christmas came early!

They’re telling us it was mutual.

“I met with Coach Brown two weeks ago about the team’s performance and what we could do to improve it. We met again this morning after practice. The team has clearly not lived up to either of our expectations and we both agreed that a change was necessary,” Jordan said.

Honestly, sounds to me like Michael Jeffery Jordan called coach Brown, former Coach Brown, into the office after practice today and said “Hey, we gotta make a change, do you want to call it your decision?”  Nice, classy move by MJ but, damn, it had to happen.

Ric Bucher of ESPN was just on TV and said ” Essentially, the Bobcats had two embarrassing losses, and they saw themselves going nowhere fast. and as much as the players had been under-performing there had been some questions how much energy Larry Brown had for the job as well.  So rather than simply begin trading players, which they are certainly exploring, the feeling is ‘We need to find out exactly where we are.  How much is it that it’s the players responding to the lack of energy from their coach?  We’re going to have to find that out first.”

Wow.  I just dictated from TV.  I am very proud of myself and would like to thank my brother in law for getting a DVR.

Seriously, the frustrations we have had as fans, as outsiders, is minuscule compared to within the organization.  Losing Raymond Felton, Tyson Chandler, veterans like Larry Hughes, Flip Murray, Theo Ratliff, even Stephen Graham, have put a strain on things.  Larry Brown and his “gimme more talent, can’t win with what I’ve got” attitude has certainly put things way out of any semblance of tranquility over at 333 E. Trade.