Published 7/3/2009
by Jonathan Slotter
at Bleacher Report - NBA
Ah basketball free agent season. You smell money shifting hands, athletes moving their oversized suits from one city to another, and brings new hope to struggling franchises.
Some key moves have already been made to help their respective teams: Hedo to the Blazers (unless you are Rudy Fenandez), Charlie Villenueva and Ben Gordon to the Pistons, Ron Artest to the Lakers, and Trevor Ariza to the Rockets. Others are on the verge of making signings like Sheed to the Celtics. Then there are other teams who are confusing.
One of these teams is the Bobcats. Now I'm not a huge Bobcat fan or follower, but I feel I can shed some words of wisdom on this issue.
The Bobcats seem on the verge of a breakout season. They have some good talent, Emeka Okeafor, Gerald Wallace, DJ Augestine, and Raymond Felton. They also have some quality role players, who have already reached their peak Boris Diaw and Raja Bell. They were the only team to figure the Lakers last year, inexplicably (I guess Raja is ...
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