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October 22, 2007
Replacements for May, Morrison? Not yet
With Sean May out for the season and Adam Morrison almost certainly headed in that direction, the Bobcats have to be free to sign replacements, right?
Not necessarily so, under NBA rules.
Once the regular-season starts, the NBA allows a team to have a maximum 15 players under contract, with 12 of those players active for any given game. The Bobcats already have 15 players under guaranteed contract.
The Bobcats would have to cut May or Morrison to avoid counting either one against that total of 15. Obviously that won’t happen, since their contracts are guaranteed.
The league will occasionally grant a team an exception to push the roster up to 16. However, to get that exception, a team must demonstrate it has three or more players already out for a length of time. Serious as May’s and Morrison’s injuries are, the Bobcats haven’t reached that situation yet.
Posted by rbonnell on October 22, 2007 at 09:43 AM | Permalink
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Bonnell, the posters are all over your case for saying that losing morrison won't be so bad. That is unfair to you. It will be bad, of course, but your commentary on depth at the SF was on the money. What, I wonder, has Coach got against playing Walter extended minutes? Is he that defensively deficient? He is not as weak as Adam was., and he is a bigtime scorer
Posted by: jimhat | Oct 22, 2007 1:40:17 PM
Maybe now Walter Herrmann will finally get the look in he deserves in the rotation.
Despite his poor shooting (or the lack of opportunity he recieved) in the first game, he pulled down a whopping 14 boards highlighting something that niether Carroll or Morrison could offer.
He should fit the SF role nicely.
Posted by: Simon Fox | Oct 22, 2007 6:45:41 PM
While his commentary on the SF position only is probably accurate (depth there) the overall effect on the team isn't minimal. With May gone and now Morrison, depth is a major issue. This is a team fighting for a playoff birth and some sense of a backing in Charlotte.
To ever say that losing a starter won't be bad in a situation such as Charlottes is just that you can't see the big picture. Not only is the team lacking this year, this possibly puts Charlotte back further in the overall development of the team.
Posted by: Fred | Oct 23, 2007 10:55:22 AM
Well Bonnell, you could always write a blog about how since we'd be getting an injury exception, it wouldn't be such a big loss to lose another young guy for the entire season.
Posted by: Will | Oct 23, 2007 11:44:54 AM
Morrison has never really grown as a pro. He has always been a weak defender with streaky shooting. Now the questions are will he lose a step upon returning and where do we send walter hermanns most improved award
Posted by: CSH | Oct 23, 2007 12:48:53 PM
"Morrison has never really grown as a pro".....you do realize that he is coming off his rookie season, don't you? You can't make a statement like that without taking a period of time to see whether it to be true or not.
There was not/is not enough evidence to remotely make that statement and if you were to do so, his play during the preseason actually showed the opposite - he has grown as a player.
Posted by: Fred | Oct 23, 2007 12:56:29 PM
Have any of you considered that Morrison came out after only three years in college. Many first year pros had five years(counting the red shirt), and Morrison could well be a senior at GU this year. His upside is very good.
Posted by: Jerry Smith | Oct 23, 2007 2:17:07 PM
Umm, actually, Jerry, hardly ANY marquee players redshirt in college, barring some kind of major injury. Also, Morrison would have finished his fourth year LAST year regardless. As for Morrison, yes, it's tough to lose any player who figured to be a prominent guy in your rotation, but given that we have almost the exact same player (with better defending and rebounding) in Matt Carroll, it really was about the best season-ending injury we could have had (outside of, say Othella or a catastrophic heart attack to Sean May...oh, wait, I guess that'll be next year's injury.)
Posted by: Michael Procton | Oct 23, 2007 4:37:05 PM
If I remember a lot of great NBA players have had to deal with a season ending injury. I don't see morrison not learning from this experience and not training his hardest to come back... I like morrision not for his quickness but for his basketball iq which equates to bb skill ability. I wonder what the combined basketIQ is on the babcats team? Or for that matter the fans... I also wonder if a jerry sloan basketball system might not suit M's game a bit more. If I were a typical babcats fan I would trade morrision...and hate?
Posted by: Toby Depaolo | Oct 30, 2007 1:33:49 PM
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