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We don't need 26 3-point shots. We need to get to the rim," coach Sam Vincent said of his Bobcats' love affair with 25-footers. "We don't need jumpers when we're trying to get the ball to Emeka."
That would be center Emeka Okafor, who is shooting 54 percent from the field this season. Not that his teammates recognize that. Okafor took all of seven shots (making four).
Meanwhile three other starters -- Jason Richardson, Gerald Wallace and Raymond Felton -- took 14 or more on a night when the Bobcats shot 41 percent from the field.
The problem, according to backup point guard Jeff McInnis, is two-fold: Teammates don't look enough for Okafor (10 points, 10 rebounds) in the post, and Okafor doesn't demand the ball.
"I love playing with a big man. He makes things easy," McInnis said. "And I've been telling Mek he's got to yell for the ball more. I've played with Rasheed (Wallace) and Z (Zydrunas Ilgauskas) and they yell when you don't give them the ball.
"Maybe that's not his personality, but I know Emeka's got to touch the ball more than once every 11 minutes."
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I remember on one occasion (I think I made a comment about it in the game thread) J-Rich had Emeka deep in the post, and instead of feeding him he took a fadeaway 3 pointer at the shot clock buzzer. We really, havn't been feeding him but we need to worry about our defense before we worry about getting Mek more shots.
Vincent: Get the ball to Emeka
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