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Chipper Jones takes swing at critics - MLB - Baseball - Rumors - FanNation

Bobcats continue to give away their best player(s)

In the past six months, the Bobcats gave away three of their best four players (Ray Felton, Gerald Wallace and Tyson Chandler) with two first-round picks to show for it: New Orleans' 2011 first-rounder (in the 20s) and Portland's 2011 first-rounder (ditto). That's a catastrophe. Even worse, you can't totally blame them: Nobody goes to their games, nobody watches them, and if they can't compete for a title, what's the sense of competing at all?

Carolina stands tall in Backyard Brawl

The Wolfpack did what I thought they were going to do last night.  They lost to #19 Carolina at the RBC Center.  The Backyard Brawl was actually a dogfight until the last 4 minutes of the second half when Carolina shut the door with a 10-2 run including 2 putback jams by preseason All-American Harrison Barnes.  It was a tough game to watch for Wolfpack fans as the pack watched a 10 point lead dwindle to a 2 point deficit at the half.  Along with a four minute stretch where the pack could not find the bucket when the game hung in the balance,  Sidney Lowe's game plan of forcing the ball into Tracy Smith only works when he's one on one.  It's ineffective against a zone with the league's leading shotblocker John Henson and 7 footer Tyler Zeller, especially when Smith is only 6'8".  The Wolfpack could have used Smith as a decoy.  They could have thrown it down to Smith then have Scottie Wood on the backside wing waiting for Smith to kick it out for the wide open three.  It also didn't help the Wolfpack's cause when freshman Ryan Harrow had a 3 on 1 break with CJ Leslie streaking down the middle of the floor but instead turned the ball over to Kendall Marshall of the Heels with a little over 2 minutes left and the Wolfpack down by 5.  These are the little things that determine the wins and losses and more often than not this season the Wolfpack has been on the losing end.

The Case for CJ Leslie Frosh of the Year in the ACC

CJ Leslie is the Freshman of the Year.  Ever since coach Lowe suspended CJ Leslie for unspecified team rules, he has played like a man possessed.  CJ lead the way in a blowout against Wake including 5 showtime dunks.  On Wednesday against Clemson, he did a little of everything, dropping 18 points including 11 boards and a few blocks.  Not to mention, hitting a couple threes to keep the Pack in it early in the first half.
These are the facts, he's third among freshmen in scoring, first in rebounding(top ten in the ACC), and first in block shots.  If the Freshman of the Year award goes to the best all around player, its CJ Leslie hands down.  Even though, he plays on the second worst team in the ACC.  There's not much else this freshman can do to help the Wolfpack win.  His high-level of play is the main reason for NC State's 2-game winning streak.  Let's see if he can keep it up the rest of the season.

I vote for CJ Leslie

A Tribute to the Birthday Boy

It’s Time To Back The Bobbies

(Quick points about the curious case of the Charlotte Bobcats)

As we enter the All-Star break, one has to wonder where our season goes from here. We’re nipping at the heels of the eighth playoff spot. The exact same position we took last year and failed to win A game against the Magic. Not to mention, we have injuries to the point where I struggled to find a uniform on the bench as we lost to the Bulls last night. Also, my man Steve Martin had a call when Stephen Jackson got taken out of the game early on that went something like this “Jack-off the floor”. He said nothing before that and put the two words together so quickly that it was not great to hear. Now, I may be a bit immature but come on, that’s a miscue. With all that said, it is tough to be a fan, but I still am.

I see things differently with the squad we have. I can feel a new buzz around the arena, the players play extremely hard for Silas, we have young athletic talent that is fun to watch, and at times it feels as if you’re watching a block party on the defensive end.
Shaun Livingston is by far and away my favorite player. Yes, that’s right. A 6-7 PG who is still young and is just now living up to his projected talent straight out of high school. He can handle the rock, bury the mid range jumper, post any guard in the league, and he brings excitement to the crowd. In my opinion, he’s a microcosm of where we’re headed as a franchise. We actually look like a team who plays for our coach and one another (Sorry Larry). We are truly exciting to watch. Whether it is Shaun ballin’, Jack getting T’d, or us swatting away shots, we have that (most over used word) “swag” about us. And that’s exactly what it’s going to take to bring playoff basketball to Charlotte.
If we could get the fans involved we might have something here. Let’s rally behind this ball team! The Hornets are gone…get over it…we have MJ there just about every night…Our arena is top notch…We are fun to watch…who in the hell wants to hear about the Panthers or the NFL bargaining agreement anymore and Hockey’s just not for us and minor league at that.
So, “Get on your feet…and greet…your Charlotte Bobcats.” If we can pack TWC out we will win more games, it would help businesses downtown, we would have at least one respectable franchise in Charlotte, but most of all…it would breathe a new sense of pride into the QC. I, for one, would love that!
We’ve needed Charlotte before, now Charlotte needs us.
“It’s Time To Back The Bobbies”

J.J. Hickson HUGE block on Blake Griffin's dunk (Feb. 11, 2011)

How bout them Bobbies

The Charlotte Bobcats handed the LA Lakers their worst loss in five years. Running their dominance of the defending champs to 8-3 in last 11 games.  Gerald Wallace had a game-high 20 points and 11 rebounds.  With the help of his teammates, Gerald shutdown the league's most dominant scorer, Kobe Bryant.  Bryant who was coming off the flu, was held to 20 points.
The Bobcats match up well against Kobe and the Lakers because we have a plethora of small forwards on this team. With the other Gerald (Henderson) coming into his one as of late, we used that depth to wear down Kobe and give every Bobcat fan a nice valentine with a smack down of the Lakers.

Keep it up Bobbies!

Happy V-day from MJ

Great article about the Wolfpack BBall troubles

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/14667646/nc-state-fans-must-realize-theyre-the-ugly-duckling

Sidney Lowe needs to go

After an impressive recruiting class this year, the wolfpack fan base had high hopes for this young squad.  Especially after opening up conference play with a beatdown of Wake. I thought we were off and running but after going 1-7 the rest of the way, with embarassing losses to in-state rivals, if we can call them that, this season looks destined to finish at the bottom of the ACC.  Unless Sidney pulls his conference tourney magic and goes on a run.  I think this is the end of the Sidney Lowe experiment.  When you hire a coach with very little coaching experience on the college level, you're betting on hunch and unfortunately for wolfpack nation this has not worked out in our favor. It sickens me as a wolfpack fan to watch UNC-Duke have all this success in basketball, because it was the pack that was the standard of ACC basketball way back when we had David Thompson and Tom Burleson run the show.  College athletic success is built on great coaching just look at the Everett Case, Norm Sloan and the Jimmy V eras.  Nothing but success, don't get me wrong I'm a fan of Sidney but as a player not as a coach.  Debbie its time to make a move.