Location: Charlotte, N.C. | Arena: Charlotte Bobcats Arena (19,026) | Majority Owner: Robert L. Johnson | GM: Bernie Bickerstaff Head Coach: Larry Brown | Titles: 0
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At least this time around, no one will say the coach wasn't ready for his job.
The Charlotte Bobcats replaced Sam Vincent as their head coach with Hall of Famer Larry Brown. Consider the contrast: This season was Vincent's first as an NBA head coach, and he finished 32-50. Brown is one of five coaches with 1,000 or more NBA victories and he's won championships in the NBA (Detroit Pistons) and NCAA (Kansas).
Bobcats management contacted Brown within hours of firing Vincent and introduced him as their coach three days later. Vincent speculated that Brown's availability was a factor in his firing. Michael Jordan, who oversees the Bobcats' basketball decisions, said otherwise.
Jordan said Vincent would have been fired regardless of who else was available, based on player feedback and what Jordan saw during the season.
However, Brown seems a logical remedy for what ails the Bobcats on and off the court. Brown's NBA teams have reached the playoffs in 17 of 24 seasons. Also, Brown's fame and North Carolina connections (he played for the Tar Heels and coached the ABA Carolina Cougars) adds credibility to a franchise struggling to sell tickets.
Jordan said Brown signed a four-year contract and a report in New York Newsday indicated Brown will make around $3 million per season.
Jordan said he anticipates Brown, 67, coaching all four years of his contract.
SEASON HIGHLIGHT For the second straight season, the Bobcats did their best work against the Los Angeles Lakers. Last season, it was a triple-overtime victory in Charlotte, in which the Bobcats fouled Kobe Bryant out of the game. This time it was a March visit to Los Angeles, and the Bobcats so frustrated Bryant that night he was ejected with two technical fouls, the second for kicking a ball at a referee.
TURNING POINT They knew (because of college basketball commitments at their arena) that 26 of their last 41 would be played on the road. They never built sufficient momentum in November and December to overcome that schedule imbalance, and four straight losses out west -- Sacramento, Golden State, Denver and Phoenix -- did them in during early February.
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The Charlotte Bobcats were only 5 games out of a playoff spot this season. I think that just having Larry Brown as the coach will add 5 to 8 games in the win column. With Larry Brown coming in, I expect some free agents to give the Bobcats a better look. The Bobcats are under the salary cap and should be a big player in the draft and free
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I can see that sman1965 bothers almost every team on their message board. While trash talking is fun, just seeing this guys posts makes me fell like I am back in the 3rd grade.
I am proposing a boycott of any thread he starts, and to any posts he makes on other threads as well...
Maybe he will start to talk smart sports conversation or maybe he will jus
This is just absurd. I have been in CLT for 7 years now and have never seen a town so unapprecative of having a NBA franchise in my life!!!!! Isn't NC supposed to be basketball country??? This year the record does not show it but we ( the Bobcats) definitely have a team on the court this year. Not to mentio
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After calling for Vincent's firing and the hiring of Larry Brown back in February, the Bobcats brass have actually done it!!
AND we have been complaining for years in the rest of the state that we cant see the team on TV, AND they signed a contract with FoxSS to televise the games.
I just cant call this place the Time Warner Cable Arena, I cant stand Ted Turner and I dont understand why the Bobcats didnt think about the Atlanta hatred that Charlotte has and the fact that TWC is based in Atlanta, so I'm looking for a nickname;
A source close to Larry Brown says the Hall of Fame coach would be receptive to speaking with the Charlotte Bobcats, should their head-coaching job become available.
Currently that's not the case: The Bobcats are still reviewing the job performance of first-year coach Sam Vincent, whose team finished with a 32-50 record.
i dont know what seed charlotte will be coming in but if they play for the lottery and they get one of the top 5 picks in the draft i strongly suggest that they draft Tyler Hansborough because as
