Charlotte Draft(Expansion) Possibilities

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  1. Vintage

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    Little-known fact about the expansion draft in June: Each NBA team must make at least one veteran available to the Charlotte Bobcats, regardless of how few players that team has signed through the 2004-05 season.

    Teams with more than eight veterans under contract in '04-05 can protect eight of them from the expansion draft. But you might be surprised how few players some teams have under contract beyond '03-04. For instance, the Miami Heat has four players -- eight short of a full roster -- under guaranteed contract in the fall of '04.

    At first, this sounds like a coup for the Bobcats -- an opportunity to snag a great player off another roster. But all of the teams with lean rosters in the fall of '04 are rebuilding, and would probably love to dump an overpriced contract on the Bobcats.

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    http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/sports/6605114.htm


    It goes on to name that Camby(Denver) and Jones(Miami) are possibilities.

    Also look for Mutombo to be exposed, as well as Baker, Dampier, Robinson, and Stoudamire to name a few.

    Dampier would be a solid pickup, as it would give Charlotte a legit starting center(and allows GS to dump even more cap).

    I expect Charlotte to grab one player who is overpaid by today's standards from a team. And as a result, that team will also have to expose a young prospect or 2 as compensation.

    Ex: Celtics leave Kedrick Brown unprotected under the condition that Charlotte takes Baker off their hands.

    I am not saying that this particular combination will happen, but some team will try to lure Charlotte to do this(and don't think Boston wouldn't do this; they'd do it in a heartbeat).

    Charlotte will have many interesting options to explore.
     

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