Si's Mid Season Team Grades

Post #1 » by **BigSlam** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:53 pm

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/w ... index.html

Charlotte Bobcats: With 10 victories in the last 17 games, Larry Brown is starting to get results from a team that is retooling on the fly. But only the Lakers have played as few road games as Charlotte's 17 -- and the Bobcats haven't built up quite the same cushion at home. Rookie D.J. Augustin has turned Raymond Felton into trade bait. Grade: C+

C+ is about right IMO.

W_HAMILTON · Post #2 » by **W_HAMILTON** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:14 pm

I don't care about that home game, away game stuff. This is a team that if it's winning, it can win anywhere. Homecourt ain't exactly much of an advantage for us, anyway.

Post #3 » by **Walt Cronkite** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:23 pm

W_HAMILTON wrote:I don't care about that home game, away game stuff. This is a team that if it's winning, it can win anywhere. Homecourt ain't exactly much of an advantage for us, anyway.

Totally agree

Rich4114 · Post #4 » by **Rich4114** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:34 pm

Exactly, what are the 7,000 people who show up to our games going to intimidate the visiting teams? If we do fill the arena up it's because it's fans of the Celtics/Cavs/Lakers/Knicks. We seem to play better on the road sometimes.

Felton for Pres · Post #5 » by **Felton for Pres** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:37 pm

I agree C+ feels about right.

I don't agree at all on the road game stuff. Clearly our record shows that we play better at home, 12-13 vs 5-12 (no, I haven't compared SOS). While I agree that we don't really have that much of an advantage at home at least the other team doesn't either, so no advantage to either side. Clearly on the road we will be at a disadvantage. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the Bobcat fans don't travel well.

Dexmor · Post #6 » by **Dexmor** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:00 pm

I didn;t realize they had so many home games. That kind of sucks.