Charlotte Bobcats - Playing Style

[DeeJay]

Hey guys, Bobcats are my favourite team and i've never watched a game and i was wondering, for those of you who have seen them play, what's their playing style like? how do they play?

The reason why i've never seen a game is because I'm in Australia and they don't usually show Bobcat's games here for some reason. It sucks because i've always wanted to see one. I'd love to see what they play like and their style of play.

Are they up-tempo? Are they exciting? Good team to watch? What's their style?

Who do they mainly go to on offense? If they need a bucket, who do they normally go to? What's their main offensive game?

It would be great for some of you guys to answer these question just to give me a better insight on the Bobcats and their type of play. And for those of you who have actually been to a game, even better. Is the atmosphere good in Bobcats home court? A lot of people?

[CatNation]

Hey guys, Bobcats are my favourite team and i've never watched a game and i was wondering, for those of you who have seen them play, what's their playing style like? how do they play?
Team ball, lots of passing which often gets us in trouble with the shot clock.

The reason why i've never seen a game is because I'm in Australia and they don't usually show Bobcat's games here for some reason. It sucks because i've always wanted to see one. I'd love to see what they play like and their style of play.

www.justin.tv hell I don't get the games on TV and I LIVE in North Carolina

Are they up-tempo? Are they exciting? Good team to watch? What's their style?
Geralds fun to watch, I wouldn't callu us up tempo though.

Who do they mainly go to on offense? If they need a bucket, who do they normally go to? What's their main offensive game?

Everyone gets the ball, unfortunately when we really need a bucket its usually Felton who takes it on himself to do it and he's usually unsuccessful. One of the main arguments of us pro AI guys.

It would be great for some of you guys to answer these question just to give me a better insight on the Bobcats and their type of play. And for those of you who have actually been to a game, even better. Is the atmosphere good in Bobcats home court? A lot of people?
I've been to a lot of games and its usually not real crowded unless we are playing a good team. It's really annoying because youll go to the Cleveland, Boston, LA games and see more jerseys for the other team than Charlotte though. I think its starting to change however, and we could use a real home crowd. When I went to a game vs Houston I swear at least half the crowd was Chinese no joke.

[Paydro70]

We are the opposite of uptempo. We were 27 of 30 in terms of pace last year. Our offensive game plan revolves around last-second shots for Felton and turnovers, also getting to the line in order to miss.

[BigSlam]

-- Felton and others are talking a lot about running more this season. This is a team with the speed to run the break, particularly when you add Tyson Chandler's athleticism at center. Brown is all for that, if the wing players are motivated to get out in front of the point guard to make running efficient. We'll see.

http://blogs.charlotte.com/inside_the_n ... erees.html

[Walt Cronkite]

I'd believe it if it literally didn't get said every off season.

[kwohlge]

I've been a few games. I'll say that the crowd is completely dead. But what can you expect from an expansion team that's never made the playoffs?

Watching the Bobcats is like watching an extremely good college team play outstanding defense 24/7, followed by non-existent offense.

Imagine Washington State or Duke but with all NBA athletes and no go-to scorer.

[fatlever]

gerald wallace will have 2 games a month where he absolutely dominates the entire court. his statline in those games usually looks something like: 28pts 12reb 3ast 5stls 4blks and about 6 plays worth of sportscenter highlights. its those games that make being a bobcats fan fun.

diaw is one of the nastiest passers ive ever seen. he wows me at least once a game. but he is also way too unselfish.

dj never misses and open jumpshot.

felton never makes an open jumpshot.

dj cant go left and cant dribble through a trap. not good for a pg.

raja bell has the flattest jumper in the league. i dont think it is scientifically possible for him to swish a jumper. he has a 1% margin for error.

vlad, conversely, has the highest arch on his jumper in the league. if he hits the scoreboard, will bob johnson have to pony up 2 million to raise it?

diop shooting fts is the most stressful thing i have ever witnessed. i have never felt more sorry for a professional basketball player in my life than when watching him shoot fts. its nails on chalkboard painful.

brevin knight smells like cat litter.

felton would play with a beartrap attached to his ankle. if felton was a bad guy in a horror movie you would have to literally shoot him in the face 13 times with a shotgun, severe his head from his body, melt his skull, bury his remains at the bottom of the marianas trench.... and he would still be back for the sequel.

[DeeJay]

Hey guys, Bobcats are my favourite team and i've never watched a game and i was wondering, for those of you who have seen them play, what's their playing style like? how do they play?
Team ball, lots of passing which often gets us in trouble with the shot clock.

The reason why i've never seen a game is because I'm in Australia and they don't usually show Bobcat's games here for some reason. It sucks because i've always wanted to see one. I'd love to see what they play like and their style of play.

www.justin.tv hell I don't get the games on TV and I LIVE in North Carolina

Are they up-tempo? Are they exciting? Good team to watch? What's their style?
Geralds fun to watch, I wouldn't callu us up tempo though.

Who do they mainly go to on offense? If they need a bucket, who do they normally go to? What's their main offensive game?

Everyone gets the ball, unfortunately when we really need a bucket its usually Felton who takes it on himself to do it and he's usually unsuccessful. One of the main arguments of us pro AI guys.

It would be great for some of you guys to answer these question just to give me a better insight on the Bobcats and their type of play. And for those of you who have actually been to a game, even better. Is the atmosphere good in Bobcats home court? A lot of people?
I've been to a lot of games and its usually not real crowded unless we are playing a good team. It's really annoying because youll go to the Cleveland, Boston, LA games and see more jerseys for the other team than Charlotte though. I think its starting to change however, and we could use a real home crowd. When I went to a game vs Houston I swear at least half the crowd was Chinese no joke.

Yeah ive tried using justiv.tv but i don't think ive ever seen a Bobcats game on there, probably because i hardly ever check it. Sounds like Felton isn't the best at shot selection.

Thanks for answering all those questions

[DeeJay]

I've been a few games. I'll say that the crowd is completely dead. But what can you expect from an expansion team that's never made the playoffs?

Watching the Bobcats is like watching an extremely good college team play outstanding defense 24/7, followed by non-existent offense.

Imagine Washington State or Duke but with all NBA athletes and no go-to scorer.

Yeah good point about the crowd, but still from what i've seen in the highlights the crowd seems to get fairly into it. But i wouldn't really know. Yeah that's what i've heard about Bobcats, Good D, not a lot of offense. But that's one of the reasons why i like the team, because of their defense.

Btw thanks Big Slam for that link, Sounds good if they can speed their game up a bit. I reckon Chandler would help a lot with running the break with his athletisicm for a center

[DeeJay]

gerald wallace will have 2 games a month where he absolutely dominates the entire court. his statline in those games usually looks something like: 28pts 12reb 3ast 5stls 4blks and about 6 plays worth of sportscenter highlights. its those games that make being a bobcats fan fun.

diaw is one of the nastiest passers ive ever seen. he wows me at least once a game. but he is also way too unselfish.

dj never misses and open jumpshot.

felton never makes an open jumpshot.

dj cant go left and cant dribble through a trap. not good for a pg.

raja bell has the flattest jumper in the league. i dont think it is scientifically possible for him to swish a jumper. he has a 1% margin for error.

vlad, conversely, has the highest arch on his jumper in the league. if he hits the scoreboard, will bob johnson have to pony up 2 million to raise it?

diop shooting fts is the most stressful thing i have ever witnessed. i have never felt more sorry for a professional basketball player in my life than when watching him shoot fts. its nails on chalkboard painful.

brevin knight smells like cat litter.

felton would play with a beartrap attached to his ankle. if felton was a bad guy in a horror movie you would have to literally shoot him in the face 13 times with a shotgun, severe his head from his body, melt his skull, bury his remains at the bottom of the marianas trench.... and he would still be back for the sequel.

Yeah Gerald can record all kinds of stats. He's probably the guy everyone recognises when they think of Bobcats. Totaly agree with you on the Diaw thing, he's an awesome passer especially for a big man. Some of his highlights i didn't expect him to do passes like he does. It's good to see a big man that can pass, makes some exciting plays.

Haha i didn't really think Felton was that bad at shooting. Is his game more driving to the rim?
I hope D.J gets a lot of court time this season, he had some great games last season and it was good to see him play. Yeah i've noticed that aswell, about Raja's shooting, so flat. But because he shoots so flat it makes it look even better when it goes in.

[Walt Cronkite]

Ray developed a nice mid range shot and sweet floater last season. He still misses tons of gimmies and is awful from deep. He is a tenacious defender and truly loves the game, so he's easy to like. He needs a nickname badly. Was Tron about robots? Fats just made him sound like a Terminator, so FelTRON would appropriate, but I've never seen that movie, only tron guy from the internet.

I imagine bobcatplanet would be a helpful resource for you in about a month if you want to see the team play some for yourself.

[DeeJay]

Ray developed a nice mid range shot and sweet floater last season. He still misses tons of gimmies and is awful from deep. He is a tenacious defender and truly loves the game, so he's easy to like. He needs a nickname badly. Was Tron about robots? Fats just made him sound like a Terminator, so FelTRON would appropriate, but I've never seen that movie, only tron guy from the internet.

I imagine bobcatplanet would be a helpful resource for you in about a month if you want to see the team play some for yourself.

Oh ok cool, ill keep bobcatplanet in mind, thanks for the help

[Olajuwon34]

Being a northerner the only Bobcats game Ive seen live was the double overtime one in Boston this april where ray allen buried us first nba game and it was amazing but really disappointing it was funny though because the bobcats would score and id be literally the only one cheering.

League pass worked well for me last year and I was able to watch most of they're games but if you cant get it/dont have the money myp2p.eu has most games and is usually more reliable then justin.tv.

On the team playing style they for the most part play very hard and pass the ball a ton its rare to see them get outworked but they still walk the ball up the court almost every time unless its GW taking one of his rebound coast to coast for crazy lay up and foul that he gets a few of every game.

I'm hoping Chandler can get the same type of respect Okafor did because you would rarely see guys try and drive over him!

[DeeJay]

Being a northerner the only Bobcats game Ive seen live was the double overtime one in Boston this april where ray allen buried us first nba game and it was amazing but really disappointing it was funny though because the bobcats would score and id be literally the only one cheering.

League pass worked well for me last year and I was able to watch most of they're games but if you cant get it/dont have the money myp2p.eu has most games and is usually more reliable then justin.tv.

On the team playing style they for the most part play very hard and pass the ball a ton its rare to see them get outworked but they still walk the ball up the court almost every time unless its GW taking one of his rebound coast to coast for crazy lay up and foul that he gets a few of every game.

I'm hoping Chandler can get the same type of respect Okafor did because you would rarely see guys try and drive over him!

Oh yeah, i remember that Boston game. Seemed like Ray Allen was sinking 3's left right and center. Yeah hopefully Chandler gets that type of respect

[Rich4114]

I'd believe it if it literally didn't get said every off season.

EXACTLY, they've said this the past 3 years and then opening night comes and we walk the ball up the court each possession. This team is BUILT to run but we play half court for some reason.

[Walt Cronkite]

We have definitely been built to run, especially since we already turn the ball over so much. I guess depth would've been a huge issue in the past, but still... just another thing to add to the long list of things the franchise has gotten wrong.

[spectre_]

QCH:

Last season, the Bobcats had an offensive efficiency of 106.82 and a defensive mark of 109.18 when they played a game with a pace below 90 possessions per 48 minutes (I looked at possessions per 48 minutes so as to accurately reflect games that were fast not games that were long (overtime and beyond)). Those are bad numbers, but they get better - sort of - when the Bobcats quickened the pace, to 90+ possessions: The offense dropped to 102.76 but the defense plummeted to 101.84. Sure, the offense was horrendous, but at least they won doing it.

Thoughts on those numbers: Almost entirely a function of turnovers - forced and committed. In the slow games, the Bobcats committed turnovers on 17.0% of possessions and forced them on just 15.0%. When the pace quickened, those rates went up: 18.3% by the Cats and 18.8% by their opponents.

I have not seen anything so far that makes me waver - it seems to be in the Bobcats interest to follow through on this pledge. It helped them last season to play a quicker pace and now they have a roster even better suited to that style of play.

[Dexmor]

There playing style is good. They do the best with what they have.
It's a very painful thing being a Bobcats fan though because they have only been around for a couple years and are by far have the worst front office in all of sports history.
If there fo was compared to a president they would be George Bush with a lower iq.

Back to there style think A poor team's version of the Detroit Pistons in 04. The Pistons actually had 2 allstars but they were dubbed as a team with no stars but all good role players.
Bobcats are really a team with all good players in the starting lineup but no allstars, not even close.
5 Role players can not win.
They need to make moves but hopefully they win the lotto because winning John Wall would be the only thing they can do to turn it around hoping he can grow an inch or 2 and he can play the 2 and be a Wade.

[Olajuwon34]

Idk how you can be so negative dexmor seeing as they've been around 5 years and already are showing signs of life compare that to a team like the Clippers that has seen decades of ineptitude!