CHARLOTTE BOBCATS
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Farmerbrown50@hotmail.com CHARLOTTE BOBCATS 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014
Player Salary Salary Salary Salary
Richard Jefferson.......$15,200,000
Nate Robinson............$5,500,000...$5,940,000...$6,415,200...$6,928,416
Elton Brand................$15,959,000...$17,059,728...$18,160,355
David Andersen...........$2,500,000...$2,500,000...$2,500,000
Sebastian Telfair......... $2,700,000
Caron Butler.............. $10,561,690
Josh McRoberts......... $885,120
Randy Foye ................$4,000,000...$4,000,000...$4,000,000...$4,000,000
Daniel Gibson..............$4,000,000...$4,000,000...$4,000,000
Luke Harangody..........$750,000
Jon Brockman.............$1,350,000...$1,500,000
Sofokilis Schortiscinitis.$750,000 (D-League)
Mikeal Pietrus.............$5,300,000...$5,300,000...$5,300,000...$5,300,000
Jermaine O'Neal..........$6,000,000...$6,000,000...$6,000,000...$6,000,000
Manny Harris..............$750,000 (D-League)
Total Salary $75,455,810...$46,299,728...$46,375,555...$22,228,146
Cap Difference +$20,455,810...-$8,700,272...-$8,624,445...-$32,771,854
TRANSACTIONS LOG
1.Traded Boris Diaw and DeSagna Diop to Philly for Elton Brand
2. Traded Tyson Chandler for Jared Jeffries, Darell Arthur, David Andersen and Sebastian Telfair.
3. Traded Nazr Mohammed,Jared Jefferies and D.J Augustin for Richard Jefferson
4. Traded Gerald Wallace for Jodie Meeks, Manny Harris and Caron Butler
5. Waived Larry Hughes and Steven Graham
6. Signed Nate Robinson to a Max MLE deal
7. Waived Theo Ratliff
8. Sign & Traded Tyrus Thomas,Jodie Meeks,Derrick Brown and Darell Athur for Willie Green, Kris Humph/ries, Rights to Sofokilis Schortiscinitis and a 2011 POR 2nd
9. Reannounced the rights to Sofokilis Schortiscinitis
10. Traded Willie Green and a 2011 CHA 1st for James Johnson,Ryan Hollins and Luke Harangody
11. Demoted Sofokilis Schortiscinitis to the D-League
12.Signed Jon Brockam to a 2 year deal
13. Traded Stephen Jackson and Ryan Hollins for Jermaine O'Neal and Mikeal Pietrus
14. Traded Kris Humphries and James Johnson for Randy Foye and Josh McRoberts
15.Traded Gerald Henderson and Alexis Ajinca for Daniel Gibson
ROTATION
Starting Lineup (Min) Bench Players 3rd Stringers
Center/ Jermaine O'Neal (29) /David Andersen (15) /Josh McRoberts (4)
Power Forward/ Elton Brand (33) /Jon Brockman (12) /Luke Harangody (3)
Small Forward/ Richard Jefferson (32) /Mikeal Pietrus (14) /Caron Butler (2)
Shooting Guard/ Caron Butler (28) /Randy Foye (16) /Mikeal Pietrus (4)
Point Guard/ Nate Robinson (31) /Daniel Gibson (15) /Randy Foye (2)
DRAFT PICKS
I have: 2011 POR 2nd, 2011 CHA 2nd, 2012 CHA first, 2012 CHA 2nd Etc..
I owe:2011 CHA 1st
WIN NOWSTRENGTHS
My strengths are that my team is very balanced, with Some very able scorers (Robinson, Jefferson,Butler) and though my post is a little past there time, they can stil produce on both ends. I have one of the better benches around, its almost a second unit. With Daniel Gibson's range and youth, Foye's quickness and scoring, Pietrus's defense and shooting, Andersen's post defense, and Brockman's rebounding ability, our bench comtemplates are starting unit well. Our starting backcourt unit likes to slash and cut while out bench backcourt is full of great shooters.
OFFENSE
Our offense will be based around Brand's and O'Neals post play and the Slashing of Butler and co. O'Neal is a key part as he can spread the floor and leave the paint open for Post play with Brand and Slashing from Butler and Jefferson, then this is when the bench will come into play, with its shooting when the likes of Jefferson and Butler slash they can kick it out. Our tempo will be alot slower, allowing us to get the best looks at the lane using Iso plays for O'Neal and Brand and pick 'n' rolls with Butler and Brand. Robinson will take care of most of the ball handling duties, as whe like his pace he can be used as a pick n roll player. He can be questioned as an able passer but I'm sure he will fall into the mold, he did in the playoffs with Boston with some big games.
DEFENSE
Our defense is not terribly bad but it isn't terribly good either. Out post defense isn't bad, O'Neal is not as a good defender as he was, but he can still contribute and Brand is an excellent rebounder, but after some below par years with Philly, i'm sure he can correct that now he is in a team with a more of a win now mode. Butler is an above average defender and his size and muscle can be of great use at the two guard. Although Robinson's size is questionable, throughout the 2010 playoffs he showed us that he can defend, because of his quickness and his energy. Jefferson isn't fantastic, but he showed glimpses of good quality defense with the Spurs, just not on aconsistent basis. If he can correct that, we wwill have an above average defensive team.
RIVALS
I believe we can contend in the East and I would'nt be suprised if we were a top four seed. Although we may not have the star players like Orlando,Chicago and Miami, we certainly have a depthy squad and plenty of experience.
BEST TEAM FOR THE FUTURE THE AGE OF YOUR CORE
The age of my core is relatively old. They have experience and the youth to contemplate them though (Gibson/Brockman/Pietrus and Foye).
YOUR PROSPECTS AND POTENTIAL ALL-STARS
I Dont really have any potential All-Stars, unless one of my guys has a major break out season, the only player realisticly getting an All-Star nod would be Caron Butler. Daniel Gibson, Jon Brockman and Manny Harris are my prospects. Daniel Gibson is interesting, he could really become a starter/extended role player if he shows us what he can do, with is bring energy and hit three's but we want more than that. and if he works hard this off-season , he might get more minutes. Jon Brockman is into his second year now, after a lack-luster first year, he gets a opportunity for more minutes in an winning enviroment. We really like his rebounding ability and he is only 6'7 so he can guard multiple positions. We really want him to work hard on this Offense though, if he does he could Shawn Marion 2.0
DRAFT PICKS
To be honest, I havent really done much at all. I sent my 2011 First away to aquire James Johnson and got a 2011 POR 2nd for Tyrus Thomas and co. I still have a stable future with future picks with my 2012,2013 and 2014 First and Second rounders all still in tact.
CAP SPACE
This year, I am just a shade over $20m into the cap, which isnt a worry, Micheal Jordan won't worry, especially since he still collects around $45m in endorements each year. The good thing is, Butler and Jefferson are both big expirings giving us room to move them around if need be. We can just keep them and let them expire ; next year we will hve around $8m in cap room which is good and gives up flexibilty to (S&T) players like Butler and Jefferson.
PROOF I DID A GOOD JOBWhen I became Charlotte GM, we had some bad contracts, (Diop,Diaw) Felton was a FA and we had a team that was terrific on Defense and rubbish on Offense. What I did was use Micheal Jordan's deep pockets to bring in some offense (Robinson,Butler,Jefferson) while maintaining over $7 million in cap space for next season. Although my starting lineup is old and pretty average at shooting, I contemplated by bringing in youth to the bench with a shooting status. I Now our team is a second tier team in the east, behind the likes of Chicago, Miami and Orlando. We feel that the 4th seed is for ours to take. And thats why I think I did a good job.