<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">-- Welcome to the age of hard choices for the Bobcats. They retained Gerald Wallace and Matt Carroll and traded for Jason Richardson?s huge contracts. They also cut Brevin Knight (reducing a $4 million-plus guarantee to a $1.5 million buy-out) and chose not to re-sign Jake Voskuhl. I?m particularly surprised they didn?t find some way to retain center Voskuhl, particularly since Jake got just one season from the Milwaukee Bucks. Some players are defined by their stats. Jake wasn?t one of those guys. He was hockey-player tough. When he fouled, it avoided a basket, and, frankly, the Bobcats are hurting for tough guys. Primoz Brezec, while a more skilled player than Voskuhl, might not be as useful to this team. Ryan Hollins has big athletic potential, but I saw nothing last season to suggest he?s ready to be in an NBA game at crunch time with the playoffs at stake. If the Bobcats miss the playoffs by a victory or two, the absence of Knight?s and Voskuhl?s experience could be a deciding factor.</div> Source: Charlotte Observer
