Sakshi won suite tickets to the Charlotte Bobcats vs. the Utah Jazz a week ago Wednesday, because she doesn't care about sports I went with my mom and wanted to share some thoughts about the Bobcats, some of this was written right after the game and some was written more recently (keep in mind that since the game the Bobcats have actually improved their record going 1-3, that in itself should give you an indication of the state of the Bobcats):
-Watching from a suite is a pretty cool experience, all you can eat free food that was actually pretty good, room to move around, nicer seats, and did I mention free food.
-The Bobcats are TERRIBLE, they would be on pace to go 11-71 (now on pace to go 12-70) in an 82 game schedule, but somehow even that doesn’t do justice to how truly bad they are. I don’t think even a single starter could even be called average: zero for five. Every Jazz starter was better than every Bobcat starter, and most weren’t close, keep in mind the Jazz are 19-19 (now 20-22).
-The Bobcats leading rebounder is Boris Diaw averaging 5.6 rebounds a game, making him the 55th leading rebounder in the NBA, meaning that most NBA teams have TWO players averaging more rebounds per game than any of the Bobcats. As a team they shoot 41% overall (last in the NBA and 31% from three (28th out of 30) . . . terrible, and it’s not like they have a good defense, their defensive fg% is 27th out of 30.
-The Bobcats are not just a piece or two away from being decent, if any of the current players were the 4th best player on the team they still wouldn’t be good. They would need 4-5 players that are better than any player on their roster to even just be decent.
-They’re “best” players would be best served as bench players in the case of their best two players redundant:
+Kemba Walker and DJ Augustin are both undersized point guards that their best trait is driving to the basket. Great for coming off the bench, but not a good option for a starter.
+Bismack Biyombo looks athletic, has a great name and appears as though he’s going to a decent rebounder/defender, but to say his offensive game is limited would be an understatement, a more accurate description would be that his hands look like they’re made of stone.
+Gerald Henderson is a solid player, but other than being a decent shooter doesn’t really bring ANYTHING positive to the table and would be best suited a decent shooting guard/small forward coming off the bench.
That’s all that I saw for redeemable assets.
-If you’re going to be bad that’s one thing, but at least be interesting, push the ball, run do something. No, they are just like a regular team, but just REALLY bad.
-If you’re going to be bad, and not interesting, at least be entertaining while they’re not playing. Get the crowd involved do fun stuff, use your cheerleaders A LOT, treat it like a college basketball or minor league baseball game. . . if your product isn’t very good at least make it fun. The cheerleaders were barely used (at least try to rope your teenage boys and possibly their fathers), they did have two guys in inflatable sumo costumes being tackled by the mascot, which I must say was pretty awesome, but that was the highlight of all the halftime/timeout entertainment.
-The name has nothing to do with Charlotte, even when the name was connected to the owner, Bob Johnson, it was a stupid name, but now that he doesn’t even own the team it is even stupider, not to mention how self-absorbed is it to name a basketball team after yourself? Connect the name to the Wright brothers or NASCAR: Flight, Racers, Crash, or the Wreckers, they could even be called the Cougars (after the Charlotte ABA team), which would be hilarious for other reasons.
-The colors are atrocious, orange and blue would be bad enough (see Mets, New York), but it’s reddish orange and greyish blue. Why couldn’t they be the Charlotte/Carolina Flight and have Duke and Carolina blue uniforms, I’m not saying it’s the best look, but it would be better than what it is now and would have some connection to Charlotte.
-And that folks is YOUR CHARLOTTE BOBCATS (in your deepest announcer voice).
+Kemba Walker and DJ Augustin are both undersized point guards that their best trait is driving to the basket. Great for coming off the bench, but not a good option for a starter.
+Bismack Biyombo looks athletic, has a great name and appears as though he’s going to a decent rebounder/defender, but to say his offensive game is limited would be an understatement, a more accurate description would be that his hands look like they’re made of stone.
+Gerald Henderson is a solid player, but other than being a decent shooter doesn’t really bring ANYTHING positive to the table and would be best suited a decent shooting guard/small forward coming off the bench.
That’s all that I saw for redeemable assets.
-And that folks is YOUR CHARLOTTE BOBCATS (in your deepest announcer voice).
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