<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="bi">Not Worried</div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Oct 2</span> - There was no hesitation, no hint of a contract dispute or even a worry about his future. Emeka Okafor said Monday he was "positive" he'd soon be signing a long-term extension with the Charlotte Bobcats.</p> </p> "I'm positive that it's going to happen," Okafor said during the team's annual preseason media day. "You just have to be patient and let things work out for themselves."</p> </p> Neither Bobcats part-owner Michael Jordan or general manager Rod Higgins would comment on the negotiations. But team spokesman B.J. Evans said Jordan and Higgins told him they were as committed to signing Okafor to a long-term contract as they have been since last spring, when Jordan said Okafor was a team priority. -- <font color="#000000">Gaston Gazette</font></p> </div></p> </div>
