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An Improved Charlotte Bobcats Team |
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Written by Max Petari
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 08:30 |
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The Charlotte Bobcats have never made the NBA playoffs. They are hoping that might change this season. While the Bobcats have never been a successful team, they quietly had their best season in franchise history last year, finishing with a 35-47 record.
by MaxPetari
The Charlotte Bobcats have never made the NBA playoffs. They are hoping that might change this season. While the Bobcats have never been a successful team, they quietly had their best season in franchise history last year, finishing with a 35-47 record.
While this is by no means a record to celebrate about, they just missed the playoffs by four games. The Charlotte Bobcats also played some of their best basketball toward the end of the season, and this left many NBA fans wondering whether the team might be able to continue moving into the direction of a competitive basketball team.
The Bobcats were on the verge last season but fell just short. They did show signs of being a potential playoff team in the near future.
A young basketball team typically does not know how to win close games and don't do well on the road - this should change to a degree this season.
The Bobcats in the 08'- 09' season were a pretty good team at home, 23-18 - but the road record is what prevented them from making the playoffs, 12-29. If the Bobcats can maintain a good home record like a season ago and improve their road record, they will be close to a .500 team.
The loss of Emeka Okafor may hurt the Bobcats in rebounding in the long term - Okafor was 10th in the NBA in rebounding averaging 10.1 per game.
The Bobcats did acquire Tyson Chandler - who can be an effective rebounder. Over the course of Chandler's career he has averaged 9 rebounds per game. Chandler wasn't happy initially about being a Bobcat at first but he should be a major contributor this season. If the Bobcats want to be a playoff threat, point guard D.J. Augustin must raise his game to a whole new level.
Keep an eye on the Bobcats this year. A young team that's only getting better, they can definitely make some noise.
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