<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> Stray thoughts in the midst of the Bobcats’ four-game losing streak:</p> -- A couple of you have e-mailed, asking if I could picture the Bobcats making a play for restricted free agent Anderson Varejao. Frankly, no. The Bobcats aren’t big spenders or risk takers.</p> Varejao hasn’t re-signed with Cleveland because he wants a lot of money and a lot of years. He’s more of a complementary energy guy than a proven starter, but he wants to be paid like a borderline star.</p> I’m not sure adding Varejao would clinch the playoffs for the Bobcats, and I can’t see them paying that kind of money for anything less than a difference-maker.</p> -- If Jared Dudley keeps playing like he has, he deserves to be second-team all-rookie. The guy has a mature understanding of the game that you don’t see much among first-year players with kids turning pro so early. He gets possessions, he passes intelligently and he makes open shots.</p> -- Primoz Brezec has had some of his better games (offensively, at least) against Shaquille O’Neal. Shaq isn’t willing to stray far from the basket on defense these days, so Brezec gets plenty of open jump shots on the pick-and-pop play.</div></p> Source: Charlotte Observer</p>
