This is a quote from Brevin Knight following Friday night's loss to the Sonics.

We win one game, we play well in another, and we think we've arrived. … We don't have stars on this team. We don't have anything. We need to work hard if we're ever going to win.

My question is which Bobcats player is getting under Brevin's skin ?

• Can't be Emeka, hes playing his ass off. In fact, through the first 5 games of the season Emeka is averaging 17.4 ppg, 11.6 rpg and blocking 3.6 shots per game. (Chew on those numbers Dwight Howard)
• Could be Raymond. Even though he didn't play in that game because of the rib injury he has been vocal in his playoff predictions for this season.
• It could possibly be Adam pMorrison. I could see how Brevin could be jealous of the hype that Adam brought when he came to the team, plus as soon as Adam gets adjusted to the NBA, BK will be sent to the bench.
• Sean May possibly, The problem with that is Sean May's role isn't getting enough minutes to cause those kind of problems on the court.
• Crash??? If there were some heat between Brevin and Gerald Wallace, that would be interesting, but not playing hard enough has never been Gerald's problem.
  

If anyone has any deeper insight into this, I'd love to hear it.

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Recently Bernie Bickerstaff said that this was Brevin Knight’s team and its up to Brevin to decide when he wants to step down or be traded. As far as playing time, anybody that has seen Raymond Felton play at all over the past two months can see clearly that this team performs at a higher level with him running the point. With Felton running the show, they play a more uptempo pace thats clearly more suited to the Bobcats roster. I have a hard time understanding in this situation, why the coach doesn’t do whats best for the team instead of whats best for the ego of one of his veteran players. Theres nothing to gain by giving Knight heavy minutes, because by the time this team becomes competitive, he’ll be long gone.

from a trade standpoint, to allow any non superstar player on a building team absolute veto power over potential trades is irresponsible and counter productive from a GM standpoint. On an expansion team like this, you have to willing to deal players that aren’t part of your core long term plans in order to stockpile young talent.
Lets hope that management grows a spine in the near future and stops catering to their favorites.

Its time to go ahead and give Raymond the starting point guard position. Yes, at this point in time Brevin Knight is the superior player, but Felton is not going to develop as a pro point guard and as the future floor general of this team getting a few minutes here and there backing up Brevin or minutes at shooting guard.

As noble as it is to give Brevin the minutes because for now he is giving the team the best chance to win now, The Charlotte Bobcats are not a threat to any of the playoff contenders this season, so lets give the bulk of the minutes to the players that are going to help us the most in the long haul

With the February 23^rd trade deadline looming, I am hopeful that Bernie Bickerstaff will bite the bullet and make a move. The biggest chips that he has to play are starting point guard Brevin Knight and power forward Melvin Ely.

Brevin Knight has been the subject of trade rumors all season, most recently with the Memphis Grizzlies. Knight would be of interest to many playoff caliber teams because he could be a solid backup to an established point guard or because of his improved jumper and solid ball handling he could log starter minutes if needed.

Why he is expendable: Raymond Felton, The Bobcats invested the 5^th pick in the 2005 draft in Felton, so there is absolutely no way that Knight gets significant minutes following this season.

Melvin Ely would also be an excellent addition to a playoff caliber roster, he is a fantastic low post scorer and a solid rebounder. In the NBA you can never EVER have too much low post scoring.

Why he is expendable: Emeka Okafor and Sean May: As much as the Bobcats claim that Sean May might be able to play multiple positions, and claim that Okafor can play a little center. The hard cold truth is that they are both power forwards and having a 3^rd quality power forward in Ely is a luxury that this team just can’t afford at this stage of their development. That along with his contract situation makes him a likely candidate to be moved.

Lets hope that the Bobcat’s front office looks at the big picture and tries to get something for either or both of these two players rather than keeping them on the roster just to salvage a few extra wins this season.