<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Raymond Felton stated his case for employment with the Charlotte Bobcats yesterday in a strenuous morning workout designed to gauge his readiness to be an NBA point guard. Felton was tired and drenched in sweat by the time that the workout ended at the Bobcats' practice facility, but he hit his jump shots smoothly in one final shooting drill in which he had to stay on the move continuously. The workout was at least his fifth before next week's NBA Draft and was done in the company of Rashad McCants, a teammate at North Carolina, Julius Hodge of N.C. State and Deron Williams of Illinois. Felton thought he made a convincing argument for the Bobcats to take him. The Bobcats will draft No. 5 with the first of two first-round picks and seem interested in point guards. Felton is hearing from NBA personnel in his tryouts and from his agent who is talking with others around the league that he shouldn't last beyond the No. 7 pick. He would like to begin his pro career in Charlotte but knows that nothing will be certain until next week. "It's a blessing; this is a dream come true," Felton said. "I'm living a dream right now. That's all I can say: I'm living a dream. I never doubted (I'd be here) because I always said I was going to work hard to get to this point. I put my mind toward something and I go get it." Felton left UNC with one year of eligibility remaining to enter the draft. The Bobcats have already looked at Chris Paul, a point guard from Wake Forest. Williams was Illinois' point guard. Bernie Bickerstaff, the Bobcats' coach and general manager, is aware also of Jarrett Jack, a point guard from Georgia Tech. Felton wouldn't say he is the point guard that the Bobcats should take from that group of prospects, if a point guard is their choice. "I'm not even going to answer that question," Felton said after a laugh. "There's a lot of great point guards out there."</div> Source
