Charlotte Hornets

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wa na gyod ayo CHA ani nga season.....

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mga bata pa man gud kaau ni cla.Si Jordan na bahala ani.hahahaha

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Charlotte Bobcats fire coach Mike Dunlap

"(General manager) Rich Cho and I conducted our season-ending review and met with Coach Dunlap to reflect on this season. As an organization, it was decided that we needed to make a change with the head coach position," Bobcats president of basketball operations Rod Higgins said in a statement. "We want to thank Mike for his contribution and wish him the best in his future endeavors."

The good news is, now we know that the Bobcats did have a head coach!

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Their epic meltdown continues ... losing to the soon-to-be Pelicans . They blow their 17 point lead .

The only Bobcats fan on this forum got muted .

Yikes .

way unay sir!

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BOBCATS had a new head coach from the LAKERS.... former ASST. COACH of the LAL...STEVE CLIFFORD

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Turnaround begins as Clifford takes over Bobcats


CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Steve Clifford said he isn't one to back down from challenges.

That might make him a good fit for Charlotte. The Bobcats are a long way from being a legitimate NBA playoff contender.

The team introduced Clifford as their new head coach at a press conference Wednesday. Clifford becomes the Bobcats' sixth different coach since the 2006-07 season and inherits a team that went a combined 28-120 over the past two seasons, by far the worst record in the NBA.

"Steve has worked quite a few years in this league and we feel very positive with that with our young competitive core that he is the right fit for us," said Rod Higgins, Bobcats president of basketball operations.

Clifford said after meeting with Higgins and general manager Rich Cho last week he feels confident they share the same vision for the Bobcats.

"When I met with them I left here thinking that the three of us could work very effectively together," Clifford said.

His core players includes no big-time NBA stars, but rather young and developing players like four-year NBA veteran Gerald Henderson, second-year veterans Kemba Walker and Bismack Biyombo and last year's rookie Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.

That may have scared some coaches away, but not Clifford.

He called that foursome "above average competitors," and said that's exactly what he wants from his players.

"I think every coach in basketball has his own priorities in terms of judging players, but for me it starts with competitiveness and then skill level, in particular shooting," Clifford said. "Coach (Bill) Parcells once said he wanted guys who are competitive on their own without the aid of coaches and in this league when you're playing four and five nights a week there aren't many times you can address the group and have some magic word to get them to play hard.

"You either have the right kind of guys or you don't. When you have young guys who are naturally competitive you have the opportunity to build the kind of culture that you want."

Clifford said there will be an emphasis on improving the team's defense, pointing out that the top six teams in overall defense this season all reached the quarterfinals of the NBA playoffs.

"Any good coach has a clear and definitive vision of how they want their team to play and practice -- and I have that," Clifford said. "I have seen what the right amount of work and the right amount of communication can do for a team.... Yes, I am inexperienced (as a head coach), but I'm confident and I know how I want to do it."

Clifford comes to Charlotte after spending last season as an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Prior to that he spent five seasons (2007-12) working as an assistant under Stan Van Gundy in Orlando. He was also as an assistant coach under Jeff Van Gundy with the Houston Rockets for four years and was an assistant with the New York Knicks for three seasons.

This is his first NBA head coaching job.

Jeff Van Gundy, who now works as a NBA television analyst, believes Clifford is up to the task of building the Bobcats into a competitive team. The Bobcats have only been the playoffs once and have never won a postseason game.

"Steve is the type of guy who can coach young teams that are rebuilding, teams on the verge of the playoffs and experienced teams, I really believe that," Jeff Van Gundy said. "I think he has great people skills and he's a quality basketball coach."

The Bobcats made the move to hire Clifford one day before he was slated for a second interview with the Milwaukee Bucks for their coaching vacancy.

Clifford replaces Mike Dunlap, who was fired after just one season.

"Anytime you make the tough decision to change you want, if at all possible, to address some of the things that you didn't get from your prior" coach, Higgins said. "We felt very good with making the change with Steve to adhere to some of the issues we might have had here, whether it's on the court, in the locker room or trying to compete every night. ... I think we're getting close to becoming a very good team."

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SCOTTIE PIPPEN should be included in this CHARLOTTE HORNETS franchise...

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What's up with my team? HORNETS na ba ni?

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NBA Trade Rumors: Golden State Warriors Interested in Acquiring Bobcats’ Michael Kidd-Gilchrist



As we get closer to the NBA Draft and the beginning of free agency, the rumor mill spins faster and faster.

The latest report out there comes from Joe Kotoch of Sheridan Hoops, who says that the Charlotte Bobcats are looking to trade forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, and the Golden State Warriors are interested.

Kotoch reports that the Bobcats are targeting Warriors’ forward Harrison Barnes, but it would take more than just MKG for the Warriors to give up their budding star.

Drafted second overall in the 2012 NBA Draft, Kidd-Gilchrist performed a bit under expectations, averaging 9.0 points and 5.8 rebounds per game in 78 games played for Michael Jordan’s team.

Barnes, as the seventh pick, averaged 9.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per game for the Warriors.

While their stats are very similar, keep in mind that the Warriors were already loaded with the likes of Stephen Curry, David Lee, and Klay Thompson in their starting lineup, so they did not have to depend on Barnes as much.

Meanwhile, the struggling Bobcats had guys like Kemba Walker and Ramon Sessions to anchor their team. Kidd-Gilchrist had a rather inconsistent season, finishing seventh on his team in scoring.

However, keep in mind that the Warriors would likely have drafted Kidd-Gilchrist in last year’s draft, had he been available at the No. 7 pick.

It’s all talk for now, but look things to heat up in the coming weeks.

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OK ba ni c CODY ZELLER?