CHARLOTTE BOBCATS: Bobcats Blog Squad - Brad Thomas Blog - NEW 11/28/05: “The national media needs to realize that the Hornets play in Oklahoma City, and the BOBCATS are the team that plays in Charlotte. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard the Bobcats referred to as the Hornets recently in print, web or TV lately, but you’d think people would have gotten that straight after the first full calendar year of the team’s on-court presence.

What is even more laughable is that guys like Chris Sheridan from ESPN.com, who are paid to be ‘insiders’ write stuff like this:

‘The Bobcats, especially Gerald Wallace, have made such a positive impression that we at ESPN.com are actually considering a change in official policy to allow for the writing staff to acknowledge the Bobcats’ existence.’ - Chris Sheridan, ESPN.com

Yeah, Chris, they do exist, and they are a pretty good team. The Bobcats are playing better than most people expected so far, beating the Pacers by 32, the 76ers by 17, the Knicks by 13 and the Wizards by 18 last Saturday night.”

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For the third straight week, panthers fans and fans all around the nation blessed enough to be able to watch the Panthers and Falcons game this week will be hearing Sam Rosen and Bill Maas botch names and give idiotic insight on two teams they have no clue about.

STEVEN SMITH!!! STEVEN SMITH!!! STEVEN SMITH!!! DAMMIT, that isn’t even his name!!!! IT’S STEVONNE — PRONOUNCED “stee-VON”, not “STEE-vin”!

DAMMIT SAM ROSEN & BILL MAAS, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOING THIS GAME FOR THE THIRD WEEK IN A ROW, AT LEAST GET THE DAMN PLAYERS NAMES RIGHT!!!!

“TAR-velle Wharton” — IT’S “truh-VELLE”!!! READ THE FREAKING PRESS RELEASES, ISN’T THAT YOUR JOB?!!?!!

There is absolutely no excuse for this crap, and even more importantly, there is no excuse for why we continually get these shitty anouncers!!

In the past, you could turn down the sound on the TV and listen to the radio, but with Mick Mixon as the play by play man on Panthers radio, you might as well just watch it in silence.

ugh. I’m disgusted.

Stats and stuff (maybe this will be in my blog, lol) - BobcatsFans.com: “As of the last time they updated NBA.com and BobcatsBasketball.com –

The Bobcats are just 2.5 games out of first place in their division.

Charlotte has 5 wins and 9 losses.

New Jersey, Boston, New York, Toronto, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, LA Lakers and Houston all have 5 wins or fewer.

Totonto, Atlanta and Houston all have at least 9 losses.

The Bobcats are 4-3 at home, but just 1-6 on the road.

The Bobcats are .500 when Gerald Wallace is in the lineup.

Brevin Knight and Gerald Wallace are #1 and #2 in steals per game in the NBA.

The Bobcats have 3 players averaging double digit points per game, (Wallace, Rush and Okafor) and 2 other players right under 10 (Knight - 9.8, and May - 9.2)”

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CHARLOTTE BOBCATS: Bobcats Blog Squad - Brad Thomas Blog - NEW 11/23/05: “What kind of a league is this where the leading scorer and the most energizing player on your roster is left of the All-Star ballot?

Despite averaging 16.2 points and nearly three steals per game, somehow Gerald Wallace’s name was left off the list when the ballots were released.

Are you kidding me? I may sound like a homer here, but he’s the one guy on this team above all else right now that would deserve to have that kind of recognition.”

Check out the entire blog post HERE as I write an “at least” weekly blog on BobcatsBasketball.com.

BOBCATS WIN THIRD STRAIGHT AT HOME | Charlotte was hitting early and often against Washington in an emphatic 100-82 home win Saturday. Gerald Wallace had 26 points, 14 rebounds and five blocks.

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