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Charlotte Bobcats Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Bernie Bickerstaff today announced that the team has waived Brevin Knight.

The 5-10,170-pound guard appeared in 180 games in three seasons for the Bobcats and averaged 10.8 points, 8.3 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 2.0 steals in 30.8 minutes. Charlotte originally signed Knight as a free agent on August 31, 2004.

from http://www.insidehoops.com

different_13

Why the hell did they do that?

As a favor?

How many games (combined) have Sean May, Emeka Okafor, Jason Richardson, Gerald Wallace and Raymond Felton missed in the last 2 years?

Diable

This is absolutely stupid.I guess it's great for Brevin.We're going to set him loose on a market where about ten teams needs points desperately and he's about the fourth best point guard available if you think that Steve Blake is better than him.He's probably going to end up with a nice deal,maybe a chance at a ring

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nutmeged3

What the hell is this. We've been talking about this for about a week so obviously it wasn't anything new so why the hell did we not pick someone to replace him. This offseason already sucks

I guess McInnis is coming back? not much else we can bring in since we aren't going to have any cap

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Right now we have close to 20 million in capspace before we sign Gerald.Without going into how you explain to Gerald why he should take less money than a guy who produced about 70% what he did last year while being about 10% as good a defender,We should have approximately ten million left.Only guy we could pick up who might be better than Brevin would be Steve Blake,but we'd have to overpay him.More than likely we overpay some chucking idiot like Chucky Atkins,Jannero Pargo or such.That's about all that is available...Hell those guys make McInnis look like a capable backup...But none of them would ever threaten to take minutes away from Raymond.

That's the most retarded reason for a move I've ever heard of.If Raymond can't keep Brevin Knight on the bench as his backup then he sucks.If he is threatened by having a competent backup,then he's never going to be worthy of the faith this organization and it's fans have put in him.

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Dee-Zy

wow, I don't understand this move at all...

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Diable

Actually I forgot that BK goes for 4.2M so at this point we have 28.5 million in salary under contract which leaves us approximately 25 million in capspace.If I'm Gerald Wallace I would look at Richardson's contract and say this guy is a damned bum compared to me.I hope he doesn't though.
Of course we have to re-sign Gerald and then it's time to discuss Emeka's extension,but that topic deserves it's own thread probably...I really hate to think about it.

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step

Isn't there some sort of protection that if they waive Brevin before some certain time, it went down to like $2M. Anyways, it was stupid of the team to do so. Trade him for a second rounder, anything for christ sake. Something has to be better than nothing.

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different_13

Yup, 's pretty bad. Not quite as bad as the Suns management, but still bad..

Who have they traded away over the years? Luol Deng, Nate Robinson, Sergio Rodriguez, Rudy Fernandez... (possibly more)

What have they got to show for it? Alando Tucker.
As for the Boris Diaw trade - yes, they got 3 (?) first rounders as well as Boris Diaw - but those first rounders have turned into who? Kurt Thomas and Alando Tucker (oh, and Jackson Vroman)

Christ..

WhoDaBest23

This move makes no sense. At least use him to get a draft pick or something. Just letting him go for nothing when he still has good value? Nice one...

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You're probably overselling his value. I doubt a 32 year old Brevin Knight is going to get 4.2 million on the open market. They probably tried to move him last trade deadline but couldn't get anything worthwhile. The major problem I see here is that the Bobcats after re-signing Wallace, have needs on their bench. I would look to guys like Joe Smith and PJ Brown to fortify the frontcourt. They should be cheap and could be a strong presence in the locker room.

If that doesn't work, I'd also look at Camby, who is only making 7 million per year for a future pick and maybe Othella Harrington. Then Denver gets under the luxury tax which is what they want to do. Because of their ability to absorb contracts, the Bobcats actually have some flexibility.

If they got Camby and brought PJ Brown back on a two year deal as a mentor. Need to find a good backup for Felton, as McInnis won't cut it. I'd like to see Steve Blake if possible also.

G - Felton/Blake (FA)
G - Richardson/Carroll
F - Wallace/Hermann/Morrison
F - Okafor/PJ Brown (FA)/May/Davidson
C - Camby (trade)/Brezec/Hollins

I think if that is the roster or close to it, they got themselves a team that can compete for the playoffs. That's all you ask. You got to get there first.

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Well it does make sense if that dope Bonnell is right(for the first time in his life apparently) about MJ going after Billups.At the time I said that was a ridiculous idea,but now I see that this is exactly what we should expect.The dumber an idea is the more likely it is our front office is going to do it.

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Carbo04

This sucks. This is why I try not to get attached to the Bobcats. Stupid decisions.

gi0rdun

Come to Houston Brevin.

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