<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Felton gets his chance: Bickerstaff loves to say you don't learn by osmosis, and that's what held rookie Raymond Felton back the first third of the season.Attrition solved that problem quickly. Kareem Rush kept re-injuring his thumb, and every time Felton filled in at shooting guard, something good happened. So Bickerstaff went with what worked, long after Rush's return to the active roster. Then Felton had that wild game in Cleveland (30 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds) and Bickerstaff asked Brevin Knight to play more off the ball. Felton and Knight could have ended up in an edgy rivalry. Instead they co-exist well as student and mentor. The kids get thrown in the water: Had the Bobcats stayed as healthy this season as they were last season, Bernard Robinson, Matt Carroll and Alan Anderson never would have gotten the opportunities they did. Robinson and Carroll would have played a little, but Anderson might have spent the whole season on the inactive list. Instead, they all showed they're worth keeping around. Anderson is a find because he didn't cost even a second-round pick to acquire. The Keith Bogans-Lonny Baxter trade didn't work out, except in this regard: It opened up minutes for Anderson, as a longer version of what Bogans did as a defender. MORE OF THE BAD May "redshirts'': That's what Bickerstaff calls May's rookie season -- a redshirt year. May missing most of his rookie season is worse than Okafor missing about the same number of games in his second season. The difference is Okafor learned and retains how to play NBA basketball. May didn't get that chance and now must start virtually from scratch.</div> Source
