Charlotte fans are getting a quick peek at what could be the roller coaster ride the play-offs will be for their Bobcats. For the second game in a row, the ‘Cats let a huge margin evaporate (26 points tonight) and had a tough fight on their hands to win the game. Tonight saw the Bobcats go through a 35 point swing, 26 points up to 9 points down, and have to fight back to get a win against a determined Hornets team. There were lots of first for the Bobcats …

There are many good ways to spend a Saturday evening. Unfortunately for us Bobcats fans, none of those ways involved anything that happened in last night’s Bobcats game.
For starters, we had Emeka Okafor come back to town. Emeka is a nice guy, and to be honest with you he was one of my favorite players during his time as a Bobcat. With that being said, it was more than a little bit painful watching him put up 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocked shots and 1 steal while playing solid …

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I’ve had 24 hours to reflect, relax and seethe.  I didn’t quite give you a complete picture of how pissed I was.  It was one of those writhe on the couch like you got shot, sorry Plax, every time D-Wade got fouled.  I was so miserable, even throughout the incredible Panthers’ second half, I was incredulous.  I simply can’t believe the calls that guy is given.  Dwayne Wade is a great slasher, makes a lot of open jumpers, doesn’t pass great, plays decent …

All right, just like Sean May and Adam Morrison, my car’s back to near-functionality, and I’m ready to talk Bobcats basketball! But one thing before I do: you want to know an interesting conversation to overhear? An insurance company rep haggling with an auto-mechanic. This is what happened after I took my broken-in car to the nearest shop for repairs. The insurance company miraculously agreed to pay for the damages, so I put them on the line …

These feelings were expressed by longtime BobcatsPlanet member TheBeagle, but they are feelings that are shared among 99% of our membership.
Yeah, I’ve pulled against Charlotte since they left; I loved it when the got busted in the 1st round against Miami their first year in NO. I loved it when they moved west and figured they wouldn’t see the playoffs in the next 10 or so years….and for a while it looked that way. Seeing the success they’ve had this year, and the attendance rising because of the playoffs has …

Forgive me, O Spirit of Matt Devlin, for I have sinned: I didn’t watch the Miami-Charlotte game on Saturday.  I have no excuse, either.  It was on, I was home, but I just couldn’t do it.  And to be honest, I don’t know how much I’ll watch of the remainder of the season, given that much of it will take place on the West Coast, and therefore it won’t start until around the same time Cinemax begins airing episodes of The Pleasure Zone and Kinky Kong.  In my defense, I …

The Bobcats went 1-for-2 against the West this weekend, as well as 1-for-2 in uniforms.  Saturday night was “NASCAR Night” at Bobcats Arena, a promotion that makes no more sense to me now than it did last year.  It’s pretty hard to come up with a smaller cross-section than “Bobcats/NASCAR” fans—it’d be like Mike Huckabee suddenly trying to appeal to his “Hispanic/Jewish” contingent—yet not only do we hold a NASCAR Night, we even unleash some ridiculous “checkered flag”-style uniforms.  Unbelievable.  I’m assuming NASCAR doesn’t have a “Bobcats 400” race, so …

The headline in today’s Charlotte Observer read “2nd-Half Meltdown Gives Familiar Look to 7th Loss in 8 Games.”  Actually, whoever wrote that was not being entirely accurate, unless they meant the “2nd-half of the last half of the fourth quarter.”  We had a 7-point lead with three minutes to go and the ball.  As Mike once strategized in Dazed and Confused, all we had to do was "get one or two shots in there, play defense, and wait."  The Bucks didn’t have Michael Redd, neither of these teams is going …

Whew!  Sorry it’s been so long since I wasted your time with yet another pointless column, but I’ve been busier than Digital Underground rappers in a Burger King bathroom.  First it was entertaining the in-laws, who were visiting the Big Apple for the very first time.  We showed them around all the usual places, and you just can’t imagine how much fun we had.  It was so much fun that I enjoyed those precious few minutes I wasn’t stuck in some mobbed tourist trap by holding a gun to my …

Last night’s  effort against the Hornets was puzzling to say the least. Lately we seem to be falling into a pattern of not giving an all out effort until the 4th quarter when the game is inevitably out of reach. BobcatsPlanet member Keetch gives his analysis after attending last night’s game.

Except for JRich and maybe Felton; I don’t see anyone really playing
hard on Defense.  I know Wallace has a way of moving around and cutting
off passing lanes, and is good for one or two spectacular blocks, but
otherwise he’s often way …

Friday night the New Orleans /  previously Oklahoma City / originally Charlotte / rumored to be Seattle in a few years Hornets come to town to play the Bobcats.

Its very doubtful that George Shinn pictured to the left will makie his way to town. He’s far too busy with his hobbies of biting the heads off chickens, practicing witchcraft, drinking infant blood and getting 666 tattoos… busy, busy, busy.

While we won’t have Shinn here to kick around on Friday, we will have Chris Paul who has been playing out of …

The big news prior to last night’s game was that Michael Jordan sent a “State of the Bobcats”-type of letter to the season ticket holders—cool!  I wonder if he gave it some sort of official “Jumpman” seal in the letterhead.  Not sure if he created a Bobcats Fan Bill of Rights, but MJ basically accepted responsibility for everything except leaving customers on an airport tarmac for ten hours.  Apparently His Airness is also “disappointed” with our 19 wins (although with this lineup, one wonders how many he expected at this …

In our forums we’ve had an ongoing debate on whether Chris Paul is really any better than Raymond Felton . Yeah, I know that CP3 is your runaway favorite to be the 2006 rookie of the year, hes everybody’s media darling, solid citizen, everybody loves him, blah blah blah, but lets look at it a little more closely. As always, numbers don’t lie. {mosgoogle} Games which they’ve played more than 35 minutes: Felton 16.7 points, 6.6 assists, 5.1 rebounds 46%FG …