Ever basketball person says when dealing with Larry Brown you have to ignore him when it comes to personal decisions. There is no doubt that the Bobcats would be on the right track with Lopez and Oakfur, then drafting an average 5'10 point guard.

Give the coach what he wants and believe in him until your fire him or he retires.

But when the coach asks for Steve Francis, gets him and it blows up in our face, then all of a sudden the buck stops with the GM, right?

When it comes to Larry Brown you're like a McCain/Palin supporter, it doesn't matter what he says or does, you're behind him all the way!

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Posted by 4949:


Compaing Palin/McCain to Larry Brown is a cheap shot.

Yes it is, and I enjoyed it, thank you very much!

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Posted by Ira:

My friend is a Bobcats fan and follows them closely. He says Augustin is a very intelligent pg who has much greater court awareness than Felton. He was hoping to get the big guy on draft day, but now he's very happy with Augustin.

Does your "friend" have the initials "L.B."?

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Frankly it's Bob Johnsons who is at fault here. He gave the keys to Jordan who really doesn't care about his job nor does he know anything about players which is unbelievable since he is the greatest player to ever live.

Kwame Brown was his guy he could have traded the pick for Elton Brand an established young 20pt 10rb big man, but you go with a high school kid?

He could have kept Rip Hamilton, but he wanted Stackhouse.

Then he comes to the Bobcats again possessing no knowledge of the game and it's players

Drafts Adam Morrison over Rudy Gay and Brandon Roy

He trades Brandon Wright who looks like he is going to be a very good player for Jason Richardson and his big contract, who adds a player and loses young talent if you are not making the playoffs (RJ TRADE of this offseason).

He trades expiring contracts for Nazr and his awful long term deal.

He takes a medicore undersized guard when they needed a center?

You have cap room now they have none and they are a 10 seed. The NBA is disgraceful with all the recycled hiring that takes place.

I'm about to watch Trevor Ariza start at the SF spot for the title contending Lakers while Larry Brown watches from the sidelines. I must be disillusional.

Posted by Pharzeone:

I'm about to watch Trevor Ariza start at the SF spot for the title contending Lakers while Larry Brown watches from the sidelines. I must be disillusional.

Saw this game tonight myself - man, what a brick-a-thon. Became hard to watch - a ton of turnovers & a lot of clinking and clanking the whole night long by both teams. I missed the very beginning - what was up with the Clippers playing at the Staples Center and the Lakers playing at the Honda Center? That was weird no? And what was with the taping the net to the rim - was the rim broken and did they not have a replacement???

I came away with two things watching this game:

(1) You can tell Larry has little patience with Ray Felton. "Raymond. RAYMOND, LOOK AT ME!!" he was screaming at him at one point. Not that Felton played awful, but I thought Augustin ran the club much better when he was out there as opposed to Felton. Guys were really getting the ball in the right spot when DJ was at the controls.

(2) Started thinking to myself: Vladimir Radmanovic vs. Danilio Gallinari - who's got the better game? Similar size, both around 6'10", maybe Vlad's a little stronger/heavier at this point. I think if we get this kid Gallo back healthy, he's got a good chance to be a similar player to Radmanovic only a lot better. Radmanovic is little more than a spot up shooter (always has been) - a player who plays a heck of a lot smaller than his height. Gallo, on the other hand, not only has the jumper with range, but unlike Vlad he also shows the nice passing ability and the ability to put it on the floor and get to the rim at will. You'll never see Radmanovic go coast to coast for a bucket the way Gallo can. The next time anyone out there thinks Gallo's got 'stiff legs' watch Radmanovic play then go back and look at tape of Gallinari for a compare & contrast - then tell me who has the stiff legs. Makes for an interesting comparison. When you look at tape of Gallinari then look at Radmanovic play, to me Gallo's the superior talent all the way.