The veteran center from the Spurs will help shore up an injured frontcourt for the playoff push.

The Bobcats have traded for troubled but talented power forward Tyrus Thomas of the Bulls in exchange for Flip Murray, Acie Law, and a future draft pick.

Gather around the tree little children because tonight is one of the holiest nights on the NBA calendar. That’s right kids, it’s Trade Deadline-Eve!
Yes, that time of year when the merry Rod Higgins-Claus slides down the Bobcats’ chimney to deliver all of the goodies that we as Bobcats fans have been waiting for all season. Will we get a brand new power forward that actually likes to rebound and bang? Will it be a shiny new center with a set of healthy feet that does not have a set of …

The Bobcats announced earlier today that they have acquired Swingman Stephen Jackson from the Golden State Warriors.

I love the movie Bull Durham.  Kevin Costner calls Tim Robbins “meat” the whole time.  You know what he means but “Nuke” doesn’t.  My old roommate and I started calling Chuck James from the Braves “Meat” a couple years ago.  Every time he’d step out there it was like, “How long before somebody just rocks him and he’s got that holy-crap-did-that-just-happen-AGAIN looks on his face?”  You just knew the guy was set up to lose or something but you knew he had a few flashes or hopefully wouldn’t be out …

Rick Bonnell reports here that it is a done deal and will become official Tuesday morning.
There are 3 people who have averaged a double-double in each of the last 5 seasons:

Tim Duncan
Dwight Howard
Emeka Okafor

That’s the list… Chandler has done it once in his entire career.
In the forums, fans are less than happy with this deal because it has this the stench of Bob Johnson dumping salary.
Me… Well, I’m completely baffled how this deal will make us a better team and get us closer to making the playoffs next season.
If you …

We’re done. Stick a fork in us.
Don’t get me wrong, I would love to have the basketball gods prove me wrong and have the Bobcats win their final 5 games while either the Pistons or the Bulls lose their final 5 games, but lets be realists here… That’s not going to happen.
What accepting the Bobcats’ fate does for me now is that allows me to fully reflect on this season without being pulled in a direction by my basketball psyche that’s screaming “We can still do this!!”. After the loss …

Phil Jackson, you will need all of your quote-unquote zen like abilities to turn Adam Morrison into an NBA caliber player.
A couple of issues right off the bat.

In the video below Phil mentions that Adam is a good spot up shooter. Good spot up shooters don’t miss 64% of their shots. 
Adam has confidence issues. Can a player who hangs his head after every missed shot ( and there are plenty of them ) survive with his sanity intact around someone as maniacally demanding as Kobe? Doubtful.
From a defensive …

Matt Carroll and Ryan Hollins are on their way to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for center Desagana Diop.
The general reaction in our forums is relief that we didn’t have to give up Raymond Felton in order to add Diop to the roster. With Felton not involved, this is a trade that is much easier to live with.
Both Matt and Ryan were quality guys that were great with the fans and the community and they will be missed, but neither one was making much of an impact on the court …

If you’ve got to trade someone, you traded the right guy….I guess
I can’t say I fully agree with the recent trade between the Suns and the Bobcats. As a Bobcats fan, I feel like we kind of got screwed with one caveat: We really weren’t lighting the world on fire with J-Rich and Dudley. The 3 players received in return, Diaw, Bell and Singletary add up to more than Jason Richardson and Jared Dudley and a 2nd round pick in 2010. It just sucks when everyone who knows …

Wow…
Its not every day that you trade away your teams top scorer along with one of your “glue” guys.  At first glance this deal leaves a bad taste in your mouth if you’re a Bobcats fan, J-Rich and Dudley were both good guys and fan favorites. Lets look at this deal a little closer though, A fes things that this team desperately needed was  toughness, defense and someone who could guard quick, agile power forwards.
Lets look at the toughness and defense issue first. Raja Bell has long been known as …

Just more evidence that Charlotte Bobcats fan’s have the most brainpower 
BobcatsPlanet member AmpSportsDuo:  
As we’re discussing Gerald Wallace, the uncertainty is amply applicable. With Crash being oft-mentioned in trade rumors, he has admittedly become affected, not in the Spinoza’s Ethics III way, but in the psychological sense (pre or post-cognitive still up for debate). His poor performance (the affect display) against Toronto (the first game) can be explained by his introduction to the stimulus of trade discussions. Because the effect was significant, we can determine that the true cause was …

 Let’s all get a grip. No one is going to be giving us the next KG for Gerald or Matt. A trade for a big is something that needs to be done but that doesn’t mean we should take anything for some very valuable assets that we have. Eddy Curry is a guy who has infuriated the Knicks front office by reporting to camp well over 300 pounds after he was told to make sure he got in shape over the summer if he wanted to play in D’Antoni’s system. …

Raymond Felton, Gerald Wallace and Jason Richardson are sitting at a bar. The conversation is what the best part about being a Bobcat is.
RF: You know for me, the best part about being on this team is having a fellow Tar Heel (Sean May) on the team with me. It makes me feel like I belong. GW: Yeah, I couldn’t agree more, ever since the team picked up fellow Alabama alum Jermario Davidson I’ve felt more …

You know how one man’s trash can be another man’s treasure? In their enduring, Through-the-Looking-Glass style, the Bobcats have managed to create a scenario in which one man’s trash is the same man’s treasure. A year ago, Emeka Okafor laughed at a $12 million-per-year deal. This year, he signed basically the same deal (and I’m guessing he did so with gusto). Similarly, the Bobcats entered this off-season convinced their offer was way too high and appeared committed to playing hard-ball with Mek…until the less-accomplished Andrew Bogut …