GT: Charlotte v. Miami 11-1 7:00pm

[fatlever]

Crash with:

69%
62%
34pts
9 boards
3 assists
2 steals
3 blocks
4 turn overs

That'll teach me to talk up Al Thornton!!

i wasnt going to say anything

[Walt Cronkite]

I had no issues with how Felton played last night. Also, since it was my first time seeing him play this season, I can currently say that he's looked great so far!

[DaBassSource]

Well THAT was some win! Wish we could play against an undersized team every night.

Let me never speak any more about a Wallace trade for anyone other than a superstar. He got it cranked up last night, as did J-Rich. Okafor was strong. Kudos to Dudley and the 2 Browns. I like the work Big Brown did down low, took it to the hoop a couple times, banged for boards. Little Brown wasn't very productive offensively but he did play some nice D on Mr. Wade.

Interesting the way they ran the spread and the pick & roll. Pretty good execution and spacing, which allowed the penetration drives and passes that set up guys well. Perhaps this team is starting to get it.

The other thing that happened, and was confirmed by the Observer's article this morning, was that the team loosened up. Crash talked to coach and told him they were thinking too much (DUH!). He asked if he could just play within the system and apologize later! OK CRASH, APOLOGY ACCEPTED!!

This team can compete depending on matchups. The Heat is not a very good team now. Beasley is a player, as of course Wade is. I love Halsem (he'd be great here but no chance of getting him).

Chalmers outplayed Felton, and he's a rookie! He certainly outplayed DJ. Augs has moments when he gives you a WOW play, but too many others where he's clearly not ready.

GREAT WIN.

I don't think Chalmers outplayed Felton at all...However, I do think Chalmers is going to be a very good player...better than DJ... BTW did you see Crash chew DJ's arse for something...Maybe not getting into the play "he seemed to just dribble in one place..."

[fatlever]

a few more points about the game.

the number of heat fans was down significantly from the last 2 years. just goes to show how many bandwagon fans there are in the world. sad. no doubt all those bandwagon heat fans will show up wearing celtic jerseys later this year. lame bandwagon fans -1.

if i ever have a band i plan to name it "the dwyane wade free throw parade" (DWFTP). it sounds like an lame indie chick band, but i'd blow everyone's minds when i laid down some nasty 70's funk on them, complete with a 10 piece horn line and spandex metallic jumpsuits for all. it's hard for me to truely respect wade as a player when he STILL gets so many calls from the refs. biased refs -1.

i love andre brown on defense. he shows on the pick and roll better than any big man we've had here. plus he has a decent little baby hook in the lane and will put the ball on the floor to get it off. andre brown +1

i think its great that MJ sat behind the bench. this is where he should be anytime he goes to a game. the players and the fans need to see him. he makes a difference. mj +1.

http://scottfowlerobs.blogspot.com/2008 ... -game.html

It was interesting, also, to see Michael Jordan sitting five feet from the Bobcats' bench -- close enough for Larry Brown to put him in the game if he hadn't been dressed in a sports coat. I think it helps both the Bobcats' team to see MJ while they're playing, and for fans to see him visibly involved. He should do more of that, and he can do it anytime he wants -- Jordan bought the seats right next to the Bobcats' bench.

[fatlever]

crash rubs mjs head after block. awesome.

http://www.nba.com/video/games/bobcats/ ... 0020800027

[tsherkin]

Chalmers hit a few nice jumpers, but I don't see where he ran the team very well at all. Did he even have an assist?

Umm, yeah... He had 8 of them. And 7 boards and 17 points.

[BigSlam]

Chalmers hit a few nice jumpers, but I don't see where he ran the team very well at all. Did he even have an assist?

Umm, yeah... He had 8 of them. And 7 boards and 17 points.

I'm pretty sure he only had 2 boards and 6 points????

[doc.end]

Chalmers hit a few nice jumpers, but I don't see where he ran the team very well at all. Did he even have an assist?

Umm, yeah... He had 8 of them. And 7 boards and 17 points.

I'm pretty sure he only had 2 boards and 6 points????

You know that's Miami Heat.

[Flash3]

@ the D-Wade Free Throw Party Band

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a few things i noticed yesterday....

there isn't a scoreboard anywhere in the arena, showing the score at all times, the stats at all times and the players on the court at all times, like I've seen at the arena down in Miami -- is their a reason why they don't do that at the TWC Arena?

the crowd is very quiet throughout the game, save for when the team scores a basket; do you guys feel the same way?

[Flash3]

a few more points about the game.

the number of heat fans was down significantly from the last 2 years. just goes to show how many bandwagon fans there are in the world. sad. no doubt all those bandwagon heat fans will show up wearing celtic jerseys later this year. lame bandwagon fans -1.

if i ever have a band i plan to name it "the dwyane wade free throw parade" (DWFTP). it sounds like an lame indie chick band, but i'd blow everyone's minds when i laid down some nasty 70's funk on them, complete with a 10 piece horn line and spandex metallic jumpsuits for all. it's hard for me to truely respect wade as a player when he STILL gets so many calls from the refs. biased refs -1.

i love andre brown on defense. he shows on the pick and roll better than any big man we've had here. plus he has a decent little baby hook in the lane and will put the ball on the floor to get it off. andre brown +1

i think its great that MJ sat behind the bench. this is where he should be anytime he goes to a game. the players and the fans need to see him. he makes a difference. mj +1.

http://scottfowlerobs.blogspot.com/2008 ... -game.html

It was interesting, also, to see Michael Jordan sitting five feet from the Bobcats' bench -- close enough for Larry Brown to put him in the game if he hadn't been dressed in a sports coat. I think it helps both the Bobcats' team to see MJ while they're playing, and for fans to see him visibly involved. He should do more of that, and he can do it anytime he wants -- Jordan bought the seats right next to the Bobcats' bench.

I felt otherwise, just because of who he is, MJ!

IMO, he's a daunting figure in his ownright. And, if he's on the bench and close to the players, are the players fully focused with what's going on during the game and such? I just feel, owners/execs such as Cuban and Jerry Jones should not be on the field of play.....

[amcoolio]

:rofl: @ the D-Wade Free Throw Party Band

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a few things i noticed yesterday....

there isn't a scoreboard anywhere in the arena, showing the score at all times, the stats at all times and the players on the court at all times, like I've seen at the arena down in Miami -- is their a reason why they don't do that at the TWC Arena?

the crowd is very quiet throughout the game, save for when the team scores a basket; do you guys feel the same way?

I'm pretty sure the Bobcats fired that person, and just haven't figured out how to do that themselves. Part of those 45 layoffs.

[Flash3]

Ahh, I see.

Well, I don't see the need for 2 dance teams, when you guys have the "lady cats" and then the "rally cats." -- Why not have 1 of the groups, and pay the "stats guy"

and, im surprised they can't find anyone already employed to take care of that, unless it needs to be someone in particular....

[floppymoose]

I bet the dancers are unpaid.

[Vanderbilt_Grad]

If memory serves they get something like $35 per game. But I don't remember where I got that. Could be brain fart.

[Felton for Pres]

I was very disappointed to see that the stats guys is gone. Honestly, can't they just have a high school student do it for free? Give him free food or something and you're all set. Even if the individual stats are 30 seconds/1 min delayed, its better than nothing. You paid for the technology, use it.

[chabber]

Seriously is that what happened? I figured they were having some technical difficulties or something. How do we know he was fired? Other than reading a few of us posters saying that's why we didn't have stats I haven't read this in print? Did I miss it somewhere?

[fatlever]

i dont think he was fired. i was just making jokes. they were working on getting the stats up. at one point they had them up but everyone's pts said 88. then they took it back down. just a tech glitch, i'm sure.

[chabber]

I thought I remembered seeing that too but with a few people saying what they did about stats I thought I must have been imagining things. Either I missed your post that had the implied humor or it just struck me as something I wouldn't put past them to do.

Stats were up and working great tonight though and Fabio recieved a good cheer when he came into the game. I even saw two people wearing #5 jersey's in his honor!