[IggytoWiz_at5]

They better sign a vet PG

[Yao Mania]

Ok here's a more clear picture, I sorted this out from http://www.nba.com/features/expansion_draft2004.html

C Jahidi White Phoenix
C Primoz Brezec Indiana
C Predrag Drobnjak L.A. Clippers
F Brandon Hunter Boston
F Jason Kapono Cleveland
F-C Zaza Pachulia Orlando
F Aleksandar Pavlovic Utah
F Jamal Sampson L.A. Lakers
F Theron Smith Memphis
F Gerald Wallace Sacramento

Unrestricted FAs
F Lonny Baxter* Washington
G J.R. Bremer* Golden State
G Maurice Carter* New Orleans
F Desmond Ferguson* Portland
F Marcus Fizer* Chicago
G Richie Frahm* Seattle
G Tamar Slay* New Jersey
G Jeff Trepagnier* Denver
C Loren Woods*

Considering they have no guards at all under contract I would assume they will make some trades. And they still plan to draft either Okafor or Howard? wow...
I think they will try to sign Frahm, Fizer, and Trepagnier, but that's my opinion.

[jmk]

Originally posted by Cris!





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What does what I said have to do with that blurb? Juan is neither a big contract nor a long one.

[Drewbs]

Perhaps they will draft Livingston with #2 rather than HOward or Okafor. Of course that would really be a shame since they could have drafted Shaun with the 4th pick..

[Conley2385]

I think they did a very nice job, they got a very nice player in Gerald Wallace, who i think will be the only name of any consequence for the future of this team.

So Basically we can figure that they have Dwight Howard and Gerald Wallace to build around. (i seriously expect him to bustout, and be one if not the best player on this team next year)

I also really like Sasha Pavlovic, but it sounds like hes gone to Cleveland.

Everyone else that they keep off this list, will just fill roles for a couple years, and you never know a couple might turn into keepers.

The lack of a PG looks like it will be addressed in F/A and you never know who they may sway to come to Charlotte to get some playing time.

The Bobcats are pretty lucky, they are the first expansion team in this era of extremely young players who spend 3-4 years rotting on the end of benches, before becoming solid players elsewhere. The talent level in the NBA is higher than ever (whether people want to believe it or not), and that also helps the Bobcats in my view.

[Tragedy]

Originally posted by Conley2385!
I think they did a very nice job, they got a very nice player in Gerald Wallace, who i think will be the only name of any consequence for the future of this team.

So Basically we can figure that they have Dwight Howard and Gerald Wallace to build around. (i seriously expect him to bustout, and be one if not the best player on this team next year)

I also really like Sasha Pavlovic, but it sounds like hes gone to Cleveland.

Everyone else that they keep off this list, will just fill roles for a couple years, and you never know a couple might turn into keepers.

The lack of a PG looks like it will be addressed in F/A and you never know who they may sway to come to Charlotte to get some playing time.

The Bobcats are pretty lucky, they are the first expansion team in this era of extremely young players who spend 3-4 years rotting on the end of benches, before becoming solid players elsewhere. The talent level in the NBA is higher than ever (whether people want to believe it or not), and that also helps the Bobcats in my view.

Im gettin that same feeling man.

[Yao Mania]

Originally posted by Conley2385!
The Bobcats are pretty lucky, they are the first expansion team in this era of extremely young players who spend 3-4 years rotting on the end of benches, before becoming solid players elsewhere. The talent level in the NBA is higher than ever (whether people want to believe it or not), and that also helps the Bobcats in my view.

Exactly. Think about how the Grizzlies and Raptors got ripped off by having to share the players in the expansion draft pool, getting the 7th and 8th draft picks, and not allowed a #1 pick until the recent yrs.

[ATM]

Originally posted by Yao Mania!


Exactly. Think about how the Grizzlies and Raptors got ripped off by having to share the players in the expansion draft pool, getting the 7th and 8th draft picks, and not allowed a #1 pick until the recent yrs.

The Raptors did get screwed, we had the #1 pick in Iverson's draft, but we got demoted to the 2 spot and Marcus Camby. Plus if we had the #4 pick in that draft as opposed to the #8, we would have been able to snag a man named Kevin Garnett!
Rough I tells ya.

[Four_Season_Hustler]

not a bad draft but why the heck didnt they get Juan Dixon?

[KG4MVP2]

they are going to be lucky to win 15 games and i wonder why they didnt get dixon. They must be thinking about drafting livingston or trading for a pg.

[Kicito]

So here is a sum up :

C Jahidi White Phoenix $5 884 500
C Primoz Brezec Indiana $1 554 326
C Predrag Drobnjak L.A. Clippers $2 812 500
F Brandon Hunter Boston $620 046
F Jason Kapono Cleveland $620 046
F-C Zaza Pachulia Orlando $620 046
F Aleksandar Pavlovic Utah $1 191 000
F Jamal Sampson L.A. Lakers $620 046
F Theron Smith Memphis $620 046
F Gerald Wallace Sacramento $1 377 045

Salary cap : $15 919 601 (salaries from HoopsHype)

Considering, they gave hints about possible trades of Pachulia (which team ??) and Pavlovic (done deal with the Cavs), that woud make a salary cap of $14 108 555.

That means they now have about $16 000 000 to play with !! Guess they want to get Kobe and some PG !! lol !!

[Conley2385]

Originally posted by KG4MVP2!
they are going to be lucky to win 15 games and i wonder why they didnt get dixon. They must be thinking about drafting livingston or trading for a pg.

As someone stated before, we are not 100% sure that Dixon was even exposed, as no "official List" was ever released.

Second, what would Juan Dixon do maybe give you 17 wins instead of 15?

This upcoming season is a wash, heck the next 2-3 seasons have already been packed in. All they are doing right now is starting to lay the groundwork for about 4 years from now.

This is what the team will look like in about 3 years.
Gerald Wallace
Dwight Howard
05 Lottery Pick
06 Lottery Pick
Free Agents

[Odomiles]

I think there's a possibility they could trade Pachulia for a mid-Secound Round pick and pick up a back-up PG (Chris Duhon?). Right now they're looking really thin at the 1 and 2. I don't think they can totally depend on Free Agency to fix that. That's what the Cavs thought last summer and they ended up with Kevin Ollie.

[jokeaward]

They must be going after Troy Hudson. "Shoot all you want, at any point in the shot clock!"

If they passed on Juan Dixon, Troy Bell, and Qyntel Woods... well then they deserve to win 15 games.

We probably had out expectations too high, and Dixon or whoever wouldn't make that much difference. But Juan Dixon or Maurice Carter? I didn't even know Carter existed. Aren't you trying to win fans? Who would cheer for Jamal Sampson or Primoz Brezec on a 13-win team rather than Dixon or Bell on a 20-win team? And you shouldn't just strand your pick on a dreadful team. Look at Stoudamire and Reeves.

At least they got Wallace. He can do more than dunk, right?