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[30 Apr 2010 | One Comment | ]
Report Cards!

Now that the Bobcats are officially in the offseason, it’s time to grade how they did. Over the next month, I’ll be giving every player and select non-players their grades for the season. But I’ll start with a general report card for the entire team. Enjoy!

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[31 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Michael’s Minute #3 - Ownership Edition

Bobcats Director of Corporate Communications Michael Thompson drops by to answer some questions on the ownership change, even some of your own!

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[6 Mar 2010 | One Comment | ]
Bobcats continue Laker dominance, 98-83

Nights like tonight are when I remind myself why I suffer through losing streaks, ownership issues, bad tv deals, and all the other problems of being a Charlotte Bobcats fan. Being a Bobcats fan means all that, but it also means an annual win or two against the Kobe Bryant-led Los Angeles Lakers, in front of a packed house sprinkled with fair-weather Kobe-lovers, Ric Flair, Bob Johnson, and MJ himself. Tonight was no different, and Gerald Wallace, Stephen Jackson and crew led the Bobcats to a win, 98-83.

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[27 Feb 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Nothing? Something now - Michael Jordan is the new Bobcats Owner

I owe Rick Bonnell and apology. The Bobcats have been sold, or rather a controlling interest in the team has shifted from Bob Johnson to Michael Jordan. Details are slow in coming but it appears that Bob’s Cats have become Jordan’s Bobcats.
I am not sure what this means right now. I believe it will grow the sponsorships, I think that it will draw a bit of attention at first and that it’s going to be very interesting for all of us. Michael Jordan is a huge, …

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[3 Feb 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Charlotte Bobcats Ownership

I am both confused and befuddled by the recent hoopla over the supposed sale of the Charlotte Bobcats.  I don’t think it’s been confirmed by the league or any of the parties involved.  An announcement of George Postolos’s group buying the team and leaving it open for Michael Jordan and whatever group he has in place to match his offer seems a bit premature.  It’s been going on since May.
The story I’ve heard from my own unnamed sources, legit however, unnamed because it was just a friendly discussion with an …

Bob Johnson, Featured, Larry Brown, Michael Jordan, Ownership »

[7 Oct 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
Michael’s Minute #1

Welcome to Michael’s Minute, where BCP checks in with Bobcats Director of Corporate Communications Michael Thompson. We’ll be doing this regularly throughout the season. Today we get into Larry Brown, the TV Situation, the possible sale of the team, and more.

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[21 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]
Buzz: Ownership and The Answer

The Charlotte Bobcats news feed is sort of sparking up, yeah…a buzz is happening this week. Dog days of summer and all of a sudden hey now, Bobcats. It’s on the heels of a few Tweets, twits, I swear, somebody tell me what to call those things. I don’t get on twitter.com. It’s interesting because these guys are breaking their own stories. AI says “Charlotte, New York, Miami” and the world breaks loose. Then he says something about he’s not worried about the money, …

Bob Johnson, Dallas Mavericks, Headline, Michael Jordan, Ownership »

[5 Jun 2009 | One Comment | ]
The Second Coming of Mark Cuban?

But what if, just what if the next ownership group was led by Michael Jordan? That’s where the title comes into play here.

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[22 May 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Bob Johnson “loses his passion” for owning the Bobcats

This just in, Bob Johnson is seeking a buyer for the Charlotte Bobcats. If you have several hundred million dollars to spare ( and we know that you do ) then give Bob a buzz. According to reports, he has “lost his passion” for being the owner of the Bobcats… I guess it just doesn’t give you the same rush that the Jumper Classic does.
Charlotte Observer - Rick Bonnell
Charlotte Bobcats majority owner Bob Johnson has stepped up efforts to sell the team, recently hiring a sports investment banker to look …

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[7 May 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Man, I never thought the playoffs could be so BORING

The playoffs back in those years between local NBA franchises were kind of fun.  The Hornets basically left town in 01-02, but that was my freshman year in college and anything cheap and different was awesome.  We got in to 3 Playoff games that year for $5 each, sure we were sitting in the top of the cavernous old arena but it was fun (covered sections and all), one of our favorite local bands, Weekend Excusion, would play pre-game in the parking lot and like I said, $5!!!  They won …

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[17 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]
2009 Charlotte Bobcats training camp will be held in Charlotte

A quick note from KCBD.com
In an effort to cut costs, the Charlotte Bobcats likely will hold next season’s training camp at their own practice facility and not field a summer league team.
Coach Larry Brown says Friday that the weeklong training camp will probably move from UNC Wilmington to the team’s practice court at Time Warner Cable Arena. The Bobcats likely won’t have a team in the Las Vegas summer league as they did a year ago.

Tags: summer league, training camp

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[24 Sep 2008 | No Comment | ]

Note: ** This was written prior to the Carl Landry signing  
Okay, maybe Ziggy is right. There really is NOTHING going on in Bobcats Universe right now. So, with so much time to think about the team and no games to watch or news to read (the Donell Taylor signing wasn’t exactly BIG news) I have all these crazy ideas going around in my head and most of them are just that- crazy. However, every once in a while I’ll have one that I think is actually a good …

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[18 Apr 2008 | No Comment | ]

The Bobcats season ended with a whimper on Wednesday—a literal whimper, that is, as owner Bob Johnson complained about a lack of “support” (or in other words, “money”) from Charlotte businesses.  As always, Johnson’s timing was perfect…ly bizarre.  Just a few days earlier, Johnson had publicly praised the “commitment of the community.”  All of a sudden, however, Johnson was “absolutely concerned,” about the local corporations’ lack of “commitment to be a part of the Bobcats.”  Jeez, talk about a flip-flop!  We might be dealing with multiple personalities here—can somebody get …

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[15 Apr 2008 | No Comment | ]

BobcatsPlanet member TheBeagle reponds to comments made by Charlotte Bobcats owner Bob Johnson.
 I live about 70-75 miles north of Charlotte.  I only venture to the Queen City to see the Cats and go to the Heroes ComicCon once every few years and to see Panthers playoff games (which averages to one game a century!).  I’m totally ignorant of the politics, its populace, its populace’s politics, etc.  Therefore my input about the relationship between Charlotte and its sports comes only from assumptions and inferences.