ESPN Future Rankings

[SWedd523]

Can any insider share what they have to say about us this time? Are we still "dead last by a wide margin"?

[bobcats3wallace]

Can any insider share what they have to say about us this time? Are we still "dead last by a wide margin"?

Not an Insider, but I'll bet you we are.....

[Felton for Pres]

Oh yeah. We are. PHX is 29

[Snidely FC]

Here you go, Swedd

30. Charlotte Bobcats | Future Power Rating: 338
PLAYERS MANAGEMENT MONEY MARKET DRAFT
47 (30th) 33 (28th) 137 (9th) 23 (28th) 98 (1st)

HOW FUTURE POWER RATING IS DETERMINED
PLAYERS (0 to 600 points): Current players and their potential for the future, factoring in expected departures
MANAGEMENT (0 to 200 points): Quality and stability of front office, ownership, coaching
MONEY (0 to 200 points): Projected salary-cap situation; ability and willingness to exceed cap and pay luxury tax
MARKET (0 to 100 points): Appeal to future acquisitions based on team quality, franchise reputation, city's desirability as a destination, market size, taxes, business and entertainment opportunities, arena quality, fans
DRAFT (0 to 100 points): Future draft picks; draft positioning

This is why we had Charlotte ranked dead last for most of the past two years even as it was challenging for the playoffs. With the roster bereft of young talent, the roster capped out and the management lacking, it was inevitable that the Bobcats would end up in the position they're in right now.

The good news is that the recovery is slowly under way. We rated Charlotte's roster last given its glaring lack of star talent, but it has five or six young players who have established themselves as decent rotation players. And while we had Charlotte's management 28th -- it's tough to inspire too much confidence in Michael Jordan's stewardship after the ridiculous Tyson Chandler trade in the summer of 2010 -- newly hired general manager Rich Cho managed to pluck Byron Mullens from Oklahoma City and steer the Bobcats away from the tragic cap moves that were previously their standard course.

Charlotte will have draft picks and cap space, including a first-rounder from Portland in 2012, and while it owes a pick to Chicago from the Tyrus Thomas trade it's not likely to be conveyed to the Bulls until 2015 at the earliest -- which is beyond our three-year window for this evaluation. Keep an eye on that time bomb, however, as it could give Chicago a high lottery pick in 2016 when it becomes unprotected.

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story/_/ ... 0208/26-30

[advanced]

i like how ESPN revisionist historians have gone back and acted like Tyson Chandler was actually good or had trade value and not the injury prone bum that lost his job to 500 year old Theo Ratliff and Nazr Mohammad

[Benjamin Linus]

Yeah, it is still by a decent margin. Here's kind of an idea of how were rank relative to some other teams using their "Future Power Ratings" numbers.

1. Thunder (845)
2. Heat (827)
3. Bulls (817)
4. Clippers (749)
5. Pacers (748)
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26. Rapters (434)
27. Hornets (428)
28. Pistons (400)
29. Suns (350)
30. Bobcats (338)

Seriously, we're 96 points behind the Rapters!?!?!?

[BigSlam]

We don't have the Blazers 2012 1st round pick...............do we?

I thought we had their 2011 and 2013 1st round picks?

[Jaruff]

We don't have the Blazers 2012 1st round pick...............do we?

I thought we had their 2011 and 2013 1st round picks?

We had the New Orleans 2011 and have Portland's 2013 but it's lotto or top 10 protected.

[bobcats3wallace]

We don't have the Blazers 2012 1st round pick...............do we?

I thought we had their 2011 and 2013 1st round picks?

Yep. I also believe that we will be giving that pick back to the Bulls before 2016. I guess ESPN is anticipating us drafting in the top 3 every year from here on to 2016.....

[captaincrunk]

We don't have the Blazers 2012 1st round pick...............do we?

I thought we had their 2011 and 2013 1st round picks?

that was new orleans