And he lives to tell about it. Read and Enjoy

Hey, even the crowd started to get into it in the final few minutes –
as opposed to numerous lulls in the action when there was legitimately
not a sound heard in the entire arena. Fortunately, for the super fans
3 rows in front of us, they made sure to scream loudly "Put Okafor In."
Then, quite a few folks in the crowd would laugh (from various corners
of the arena), Sam Vincent would look embarrassed and Morrison would
take an insulin shot behind the bench.

In today’s Charlotte Observer Sam Vincent had this to say 

"We don’t need 26 3-point shots. We need to get to the rim," coach
Sam Vincent said of his Bobcats’ love affair with 25-footers. "We don’t
need jumpers when we’re trying to get the ball to Emeka."

That
would be center Emeka Okafor, who is shooting 54 percent from the field
this season. Not that his teammates recognize that. Okafor took all of
seven shots (making four).

Backup PG Jeff McInnis followed that comment up with this:

"I love playing with a big man. He makes things easy," McInnis said.
"And I’ve been telling Mek he’s got to yell for the ball more. I’ve
played with Rasheed (Wallace) and Z (Zydrunas Ilgauskas) and they yell
when you don’t give them the ball.

"Maybe that’s not his personality, but I know Emeka’s got to touch the ball more than once every 11 minutes."

I’m happy that rookie coach Sam Vincent realizes that having his perimeter players jacking upoff balance threes and ignoring their only interior scoring threat  is not in his best interest, but it is his responsibility to DEMAND that it happens on the court. If he has players that aren’t following his instructions then they need to be benched. There should be no room on this roster for players who are not following the program… especially during a 7 game losing streak.

This was the lone Bobcats highlight from an otherwise ugly performance in last night’s game against the Heat.

 Enjoy this fantastic freestyle  by Papoose found via Youtube!

In a recent interview linked here Raymond Felton discusses how hes been spending his off season, Sean May’s focus, the Jason Richardson acquisition, his role in the new up tempo offense, Adam Morrison’s basketball IQ and the critical need for the Bobcats to get off to a fast start this season because of the brutal scheduling in the second half of the upcoming season. Because of the CIAA, ACC and NCAA tournaments, the Bobcats are going to be on the road for more or less 3 straight weeks. He feels that its a must that we hit the All-Star break a .500 team or better.

For Bobcats fans out there, this is a good listen. Enjoy!