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I just had a thought, who is “them” that I’m referring to? Over the first three drafts, it was Robert Johnson, Bernie Bickerstaff and then after the 2nd year, the addition of Michael Jordan as Director of Basketball Operations (Rod Higgins’ new title). He was an ancilary player that the Bobcats hoped would work out, it didn’t and he didn’t and they cut ties with him. But at least he wasn’t the basket that the Bobcats put that year’s drafts eggs into. He lived off his size and skill in college, and did well with it. Sean May was just fat, lazy and his knees couldn’t keep up with the rigors of an NBA season. All those led to a horrible injury in pre-season play that landed him out of basketball for an entire year and probably derailed any chance he had of being a star or even a consistent contributor in the league. Then they should have looked at his physique, his body and his work ethic. He was happy to score when he could, but defense wasn’t a priority, rebounding was something other guys did, and taking over games was just meant for just the right moment, moments that rarely came. They guy didn’t care much about playing the NBA game. It was a glaring hole that festered and turned into a gaping chasm: passion. There are hundreds of fans that were drawn in by “The Great White Hope.”īehind all that, the Bobcats should have looked deeper into his personal interviews and gauged his personality better. You see our staff writer Nic Watson’s twitter handle is “MustachioGato” because of Morrison. The highest scorer from the NCAA, a white kid, the only guy who had his own commercials on draft night and an impassioned baller who cried when his team lost in the NCAA tournament. It fell right in line with the Bobcats putting together a core that would both carry them for several years and appeal to the broadest part of an NBA fanbase that it could. It wasn’t gutsy, it wasn’t outlandish, it wasn’t out of character. Morrison was the Bobcats second highest pick ever at #3 the Bobcats looked past guys like Tyrus Thomas, Brandon Roy and Rudy Gay and took Morrison. The others you can certainly consider busts are Sean May and Adam Morrison. Taking a flier on a 7′ bean pole from France that might have some outside shot at #20 is what Malcolm McDowell or whoever is it calls “an outlier.” That was one, Larry Brown wanted him, Rod went and got back into the first round after taking DJ Augustin and picked Ajinca. There has only been one real bust, saw it coming a mile away and reached for the guy that would never and has never turned out to be an semblance of a good player in Alexis Ajinca. Gerald Henderson and Derrick Brown were both solid character guys finishing their college careers as First-Team all-ACC and second team All-A10, respectively. Raymond Felton and DJ Augustin were both Bob Cousy award winners. Adam Morrison was a player of the year in college. Okafor and the next year’s second first round pick, Sean May were both MOP in the NCAA tournament. Starting in 2004 with Emeka Okafor, the Bobcats have picked players with outstanding college pedigree.
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The limited draft history of the Bobcats reads like a who’s who of solid college players who haven’t blossomed at the pro level and a sprinkling of “upside” guys that never panned out. It’s hard to say which concepts that will determine the players selected and how they will be utilized but hey, we can speculate can’t we? Now a third coaching staff, a different ownership structure, a new general manager and a new title. We can look at Rod Higgins’s history as a GM, but his 3 drafts that he actually had picks in he’s had2 different coaches and completely different rosters and needs.
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But, such little history to go off of, Rich has never run his own draft as GM. He’s an additional, highly analytical, intelligent voice in the room when it’s “On the Clock” time. I like that it was elevating Rod Higgins and bringing in Rich Cho, not a complete shift and wiping out the prior regime. Bringing in a new GM 10 days before the draft is so bold, so different, so much of a curveball. I have no clue what the strategy is, what the plan is, what they want, what they value highly and things they’ll overlook.