This is one of the most interesting articles written about the Bobcats to date: <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Charlotte Bobcats barely exist. There's a logo, there's a coach and there sure are T-shirts for sale, but there also is a front office that operates out of four different locations, not to mention an arena that's just a few bricks beyond the pile-of-dirt stage (it'll be ready in 2005). If you think that's rough going for a team scheduled to debut in eight months, consider the Bobcats roster: There isn't one. That might make the Bobcats a non-entity to most, but around the NBA, Charlotte's blank roster looms large. It is part threat, part opportunity and, sometimes, a little of both. The team's expansion draft is scheduled for June 22, and though the rulebook governing that draft is thick and packed with lawyerly obfuscation, the overall guidelines are simple: Teams can protect eight players but not unrestricted free agents; Charlotte then has its pick of the unprotected players but can take only one from each team.</div> Click here to read the rest of the article.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"I've been in the league for 30 years," says Bickerstaff. "I've gone into rebuilding situations before, but even with that, you start with assets. Here, we have no assets." Which is the Bobcats' biggest asset of all.</div> So true.
