Charlotte
Bobcats
Southeast
| Team Rating | |
| Offense | Defense |
| 104.6 | 106.6 |
| 27th Overall | 7th Overall |
Statistics through 1/25/09
W
18
L
26
PCT
.409
GB
18
CONF
10-20
DIV
3-4
HOME
13-13
ROAD
9-12
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Category | Grade | ||
 Emeka Okafor and Gerald Wallace, two guys who have spent a lot of time injured in recent years, have been stalwarts this season and average a combined 30.3 points and 18.3 boards per game.
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B- |
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 Raymond Felton's name is always mentioned in regard to trades, but he's been solid with 13.5 points and 6.4 assists per game and Raja Bell is a far better defender than Jason Richardson.
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C+ |
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 This is a Larry Brown coached team. They play defense. Under Brown, the Bobcats have slowed the pace and gone from the lower third to seventh in efficiency. They don't give in.
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B |
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 Rookie D.J. Augustin is the bench. He's the only reserve averaging more than 4.6 points or 15.0 minutes per game. Adam Morrison and Matt Carroll have been disappointing.
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D |
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 Brown doesn't have much after his starting five, but he's been able to work two new players -- Bell and Boris Diaw -- into the starting lineup. Of course, the gritty Bell is Brown's type of defender.
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B |
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C+
Summary
You can see that this is a Larry Brown coached team. The pace is deliberate and they play tough defense. The trade that brought Bell and Diaw to Charlotte in exchange for Jason Richardson alleviated a log jam on the wing and has allowed Wallace to be the slasher he is.
The Bobcats need that defense because they are seriously deficient on the offensive end. Augustin has been a pleasant surprise off the bench. And while Wallace has his moments and Felton has ably run the show under Brown's direction, they don't have a consistent go-to guy in crunch time.
Despite the lack of offensive firepower, the Bobcats, for the first time in franchise history, are on the edges of the playoff race in the Eastern Conference. -- Rob Peterson
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