<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Observer NBA writer Rick Bonnell poses and answers five topical questions as the Charlotte Bobcats leave for summer league in Salt Lake City. Q. How good is Sean May? Better than I anticipated. The Bobcats desperately need rebounding, so I figured if he was superior at that, and little more, he'd be worth a late lottery pick. But based on a week of practices in Fort Mill (he left Thursday for the ESPY Awards, but will meet the team in Utah), he's a better outside shooter and passer than he displayed in Chapel Hill. He was the Tar Heels' only true post player, surrounded by face-the-basket guys in Marvin Williams and Jawad Williams. So we didn't see the 17-foot jumpers he's made the past week, or the decisive passing from the wing. The question with May is more about being an athlete. Is he quick enough to compete with players who are just as long and seemingly more fleet? We might not have that answer until midseason. Q. What about Raymond Felton? May has impressed me more, perhaps because I haven't seen anything from Felton that he didn't display in college. Predictably, he's better in the open court than in a halfcourt setting. Just as coach Bernie Bickerstaff said, Felton needs to attack at every opportunity, because the limitations of a 6-foot point guard become more apparent at a walk-it-up pace. Defensively, it's obvious he's a guy who relies on his quickness to run around, rather than fight through, screens. He's going to face point guards in the NBA who are just as quick, so he needs to accept the physical punishment that comes with pursuing his man. Mentally, point guard is the hardest position in basketball, so he deserves time to figure it all out. Q. Are any of the undrafted new guys keepers? Michigan State's Alan Anderson and Louisiana Tech's Antonio Meeking have the best shots at being invited to training camp in October. Anderson plays on the perimeter and Meeking in the post, but they share a sense of toughness the Bobcats lacked last season. Q. Any sleepers? Center-forward Wesley Wilson, who played for Georgetown, is intriguing because he's such an aggressive rebounder at both ends. There was a time in the NBA when every team had a specialist such as Wilson. The Bobcats need rebounding in the worst way, so he will get a look.</div> Source
