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November 16, 2007
Good news, bad news for Bobcats
It was a good news/bad news day, concerning Bobcats big men at practice Friday.
Good news: Othella Harrington will be activated for Friday’s game against the Seattle Supersonics, according to coach Sam Vincent. Vincent has been pushing Harrington to test his surgically repaired left knee. Harrington said he’s ready and should help defensively.
Bad news: Primoz Brezec took a shot to the nose, thanks to an inadvertent elbow from Emeka Okafor. It happened as the two played one-on-one after the main practice concluded. Brezec hit the floor for several minutes, seemingly dazed, but walked off the court without assistance and said he’s fine.
Posted by rbonnell on November 16, 2007 at 02:10 PM | Permalink
Comments
Good news about Othella, because giving up 60% shooting is not something that should happen to a playoff team.
Posted by: Michael Procton | Nov 16, 2007 3:50:45 PM
I don't see Primoz's injury as bad news. Granted he is an experienced big man, but over the last two years he hasn't been able to make an open jump shot and he is definately a liability on defense. So someone please tell me why it's a big deal if a slow, seven footer who can't shoot, can't run, can't get loose balls, can't rebound, can't block shots, can't play defense, and can't contribute much of anything is a bad thing.
Posted by: Cody Paul | Nov 16, 2007 4:33:51 PM
Bonnell, once again you make a reporting mistake. The game vs. Seattle is on Saturday not Friday.
Posted by: Wrong | Nov 16, 2007 4:43:40 PM
Oh, no...how dare you lead us astray again, Bonnell? Thank goodness this guy could use his litany of resources to figure it out. Hey, buddy, I'm sure the Observer is taking applications if you think you could do a better job.
Posted by: Michael Procton | Nov 16, 2007 5:15:27 PM
Procton at least he has a job unlike you.
Posted by: steve | Nov 16, 2007 6:11:15 PM
Brezec = Deep bench and leave him there.
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Posted by: Cory | Nov 16, 2007 11:00:54 PM
Procton, don't get mad b/c the guy pointed out another mistake by Bonnell. If he's going to report on what he calls the "local team" aka Bobcats, he should atleast give correct information. Stop making excuses for the guy.
Posted by: Bobcats Fan | Nov 17, 2007 12:32:39 PM
Park him on the bench. He doesn't contribute anything to this team besides being a big body. Give somebody else a shot.
Posted by: G.M. | Nov 17, 2007 3:09:43 PM
13 with 12 assists for Felton tonight. Pretty good pg production. I'm glad to see Hollins playing so well. He's looking more and more like he could actually develop into some kind of player down low (surprise, surprise). Brezec should not be in the NBA, simple as that.
Posted by: BustaCat | Nov 17, 2007 11:37:44 PM
Othella looked a mess tonight. I'll chalk it up to first live game action in a minute but it was bad, short but bad. Hollins caught the ball and finished inside something Okafor had problems doing Saturday night.
Posted by: In-Person | Nov 17, 2007 11:48:01 PM
Hey Procton, actually in some instances I do think I could do a better job. As a journalist your biggest responsibility is accuracy and any college program will teach you that right off the bat. Bonnell is a professional and shouldn't be making mistakes that could be easily avoided.
Posted by: Wrong | Nov 18, 2007 1:17:58 AM
Bonnell is a clown!
Posted by: CHillyDoggy | Nov 18, 2007 10:46:50 AM
I have some questions about our frontcourt situation. And while I am not about living/thinking in the past, here goes:
1) What would the cap implications have been for cutting Primo and Othella and signing Jake Voskuhl?
2) Was the holdup in signing Jake, the amount of money or the amount of years?
3) Was the preference for Primo due to hoping he could regain his early form, being concerned about the hit we would take cap wise, or planning to let him go at the end of the year?
I ask these things, b/c to me Jake made more sense than Primo and Othella. And that was not just in retrospect. Jake is no all-star, but with the Bobcats and Felton he had seemed to develop a good pick and pop chemistry (with a quicker release) that Primo once had while MORE IMPORTANTLY providing more toughness than Primo ever has. If someone told me that we had no plans for Primo or Othella past this year and were just trying to squeeze what we could out of them for this year to save money for the future, I guess I would get it.
Posted by: jperry | Nov 18, 2007 11:23:08 AM
Bob Johnson needs to add some people of color to his team. He has too many slow white guys playing.
Posted by: jessee | Nov 18, 2007 6:56:54 PM
I am the walrus goo goo g'joob.
Posted by: Dave | Nov 18, 2007 10:56:13 PM
Too many slow white guys...as opposed to too many slow black guys like may and harrington and mcginnis
Posted by: Cody Paul | Nov 19, 2007 12:50:29 AM
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