The Charlotte Bobcats need help in their front-court. Badly. Byron Mullens isn’t efficient or a defensive stalwart, and Bismack Biyombo has no offensive game to speak of. Combine the two, and you’d have a pretty decent big man. But individually, their flaws are gigantic and easy to expose.

Needless to say, as we’ve exercised countless times here at Bobcats Planet during this disastrous 2012-13 season, the Bobcats are starving for some good, young talent in the paint.

Mullens and Biyombo serve a purpose and are solid young talents to grow on. But neither is a true go-to guy in any sense of the phrase, and the only way they’ll ever truly get better is if a more advanced post presence can help them find their true role and help Charlotte stop trying to make them into superstars.

Any way you shake it, Charlotte needs more meat down low, so it only makes sense to steer the draft ship toward big man Alex Len, as we start pondering what Charlotte might do should they pick outside the top-five. After all, with how god awful this year has been, it’s probably right to assume the Bobcats won’t be landing the #1 overall pick, right?

With that said, on to scouting Maryland center Alex Len.

We’ve now scouted some of the top 2013 NBA Draft prospects in Cody Zeller, Shabazz Muhammad, Nerlens Noel and Ben McLemore. There are more hot prospects that could go in the top-five this year, and Georgetown’s Otto Porter comes in as the fifth big name we’ll take a look at in preparation for Charlotte’s “day in the sun” come June.

We all know the Bobcats are pathetic, but the hope is that this much losing will land a high lottery pick (crossing my fingers for top-three), and now we’re looking at Porter in case the Bobcats are forced to settle with the #5 pick. Prospects are rising and falling every day and March Madness could really shake things up. I was torn between Porter or Marcus Smart for this slot, but considering Smart is likely to play the point at the next level and Charlotte already has Kemba Walker, I’m skipping him for now.

We’re in scouting report number four in our “is it off-season yet” coverage of the Charlotte Bobcats. There are still games to be played, but they’re forgettable and often borderline regrettable, so it’s to the future we look with great promise. We hope.

Cody Zeller, Ben McLemore and Nerlense Noel are all realistic options if Charlotte lands a top-five selection in the 2013 NBA Draft, and you can safely add UCLA phenom Shabazz Muhammad to the mix. Not only is his name fun to say, but he has a sick game with great potential at the next level.

The real question is whether or not the Bobcats should take him. Let’s scout him and answer that question:

The Charlotte Bobcats, for a lack of a better term, stink. They are the worst team in the NBA, and stand a pretty good shot to be holding the #1 overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. The worst team doesn’t always get the top pick, but even if they don’t, the Bobcats should get a top-five pick for all of their “efforts”.

With that being said, it’s only natural that fans would start to imagine the potential possibilities in a lost season that gets bleaker by the day. But in that same breath, another disastrous year could bring in an elite talent that could eventually help right the ship.

We took a look at Nerlans Noel and Ben McLemore in past posts, and now we’re on to Indiana big man Cody Zeller. Let’s see if his game makes sense for Charlotte at the highest level:

It’s no secret that the Charlotte Bobcats have an embarrassing front-court. Bismack Biyombo can block shots and rebound, but he’s not an elite defender yet and is woeful on offense. Byron Mullens has has quality range on a smooth jumper and can hit the boards, but can’t play defense worth a lick and is possibly the least efficient starter in the NBA.

I’d waste my time talking about Brendan Haywood, Tyrus Thomas and newly acquired Josh McRoberts, but, well, I’d be literally wasting my (and your) time.

The simple fact is the Bobcats aren’t good enough in the paint. One way or another, they need to get bigger, stronger, more explosive, and more effective. Simply getting a little scarier might be fine, too.