Across the forum there have been several people calling for the Front Office to trade Diaw now we have Tyrus Thomas on a starter’s contract. I think if Diaw was traded no one would argue with it or say they never saw it coming, considering he was almost traded to Toronto. However if Diaw was not moved before the start of the season there would be some benefits.
Throughout Diaw’s career, he has always been one of the most versatile players in the NBA and can quite literally play any position. …

Welcome to Charlotte Erick,
A few words of advice… Rent don’t Buy. With a contract that calls for you to be paid $13 million unguaranteed, there is about a 99.999999999% chance that you are going to be traded or possibly even waived sometime between the time that Wipeout comes on tonight and this season’s trade deadline. Speaking of Wipeout:

Now back to Dampier. We would all like to give you a heartfelt welcome to town. Please enjoy your stay (as brief as it will certainly be).
Do you guys have any words of …

As part of the Bobcats/Mavericks trade, we would like to welcome former fan favorite  Matt Carroll back to the Charlotte Bobcats.
In his last go around with the Bobcats in the 2007-2008 season, Matt only saw 14 minutes per game of  court time. At the time, the thought was that his game didn’t really seem suited to be a Larry Brown type of perimeter player ( long, rangy, athletic, defensive minded ).  Although I seriously doubt that he has added those tools to his toolbox, I hope that he does …

In baseball, there’s a man named Jack McKeon. He’s known in baseball circles as “Trader Jack.” He’s a retired manager who is the oldest manager to win a World Series. But what does all this have to do with the Bobcats? Well, Trader Jack is very similar to Michael Jordan.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

The Bobcats traded a 19-year-old—who by all accounts isn’t NBA-ready—for a 26-year-old shooting guard with career averages of 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 1+ steals per game.  Obviously, they were among the biggest losers of the draft last night.  At least, that was the opinion hollered by Stephen A. Smith, the Ann Coulter of NBA broadcasters.  Chad Ford also criticized the move, albeit it in a slightly more humane manner, calling it “a chance to overpay Jason Richardson.”   With all due respect to Ford, and with NONE to Smith, I …

The Charlotte Bobcats in a completely uneventful trade moved Melvin Ely to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for Eric Williams, a 2009 2nd round draft pick and cash considertions. The Bobcats have mastered the art of making deals that simultaneously have zero impact on the win loss column while simultaneously increasing salary cap space and keeping more money in ownerships pockets. Who can forget where they were during some other Bobcats moves such as the free agent signing of Othella Harrington this summer?
Great Georgetown big men: Patrick Ewing …