NY Times: Brown's Patchwork Defense May Weave Playoff Tale

thruthefire · Post #1 » by **thruthefire** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:10 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/sport ... bcats.html

The Charlotte Bobcats — Michael Jordan’s Charlotte Bobcats — are mostly a collection of malcontents, castoffs and also-rans. They are also the N.B.A.’s top defensive team.

Fred Williamson · Post #2 » by **Fred Williamson** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:14 pm

malcontents, castoffs? also rans? wtf? We are not the Knicks.

Olajuwon34 · Post #3 » by **Olajuwon34** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:40 am

Good article, great recognition! The vast majority of our team has been a castoff or malcontent at some point though that doesn't matter now.

therebirth · Post #4 » by **therebirth** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:12 am

I am not mad at that description. I remembered when the media used the same term to describe the Pistons team that went on to win the championship.

chrbal · Post #5 » by **chrbal** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:37 pm

its good to see that no one in New York is better.

Mulitple questions/statements

1- How does DJ being selected over Brook, "as many felt should have happened", make him a castoff?

2- WALLACE WAS 21 WHEN THE BOBCATS took him in the expansion draft. Kings exposed him because he didn't fit their system.

3- Theo is 35 years old and was traded because the Spurs wanted to save some money, thats not really a castoff.

And finally rather then go through everything, I'm going to point out the most glaring omission.

HOW DO YOU WRITE AN ARTICLE LIKE THIS AND NOT MENTION NAZR MOHAMMED? The Knicks, Spurs (via free agency, look up the guys they signed instead of bringing him back in 2005<?>), and Pistons all cast him off. He has a history with the Knicks fan base and he was actually cast off. Not passed on, not left exposed, he was cast off.

This Jonathan Abrams is a moron.

e4Nf6 · Post #6 » by **e4Nf6** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:29 pm

That guy laid the platitudes and cliches on pretty thick. I guess thats what you have to do when you've never seen a team play. How could he possibly describe our defense as "bend-but-don't-break?" We trap at half-court! It doesn´t get any more agressive than that.

thruthefire · Post #7 » by **thruthefire** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:48 pm

Yeah, I just thought it was post-worthy because it's The New York Times.

chrbal · Post #8 » by **chrbal** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:20 pm

Yeah, it absolutely is. This time I actually read the "article". So basically he went on ESPN and looked at the game log and then looked through some of the players, well all but the most obvious...Nazr*. Then he hit up NBA.com for some past articles.

*that would've/could've been his whole point.
Sixers trading him to the Hawks as filler, with Theo Ratliff and Toni Kukoc being the main pieces, for Mutumbo.
Knicks traded his expiring contract to the Spurs for Malik Rose (most definitely, not expiring) and two firsts.
The Spurs passed on him, so he could join the Pistons, to sign Francisco Elson and Fabricio Oberto.
The Pistons dumped him off here for two players who weren't playing.
Hell the Jazz drafted him and traded his rights to the Sixers for a future 1st.

Elaborate on that, and that could've been his whole article. How do you miss that and call yourself a reporter?