Gerald Wallace will move to shooting guard from small forward and will make the team even more athletic. Wallace averaged 15.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. Wallace is not a three-point threat, but he is excellent at driving to the basket and takes high percentage shots. Wallace was a genius pick in the expansion draft by Bernie Bickerstaff.

Matt Carroll will be the back-up at shooting guard, but he’s a one-trick pony. The only skill Carroll really has, is that he is a good 3-point shooter (37.9%). For his career, Carroll has averaged 7.0 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game.

Alan Anderson is in his second year with the Bobcats and will battle Carroll for playing time. Anderson is a good 3-point shooter also (41.4%). Like Carroll, Anderson is a scorer that doesn’t do much else. He averaged 5.8 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.9 assists as a rookie last season.

This is a position that the Bobcats are in perfect shape. They have the young kid in Raymond Felton and the productive mentor in Brevin Knight. The only problem that the Bobcats might run into is how to divide the minutes, because they’re too small to play together without being bullied on defense. Raymond Felton was one of the Bobcats first round picks last season, but he played big minutes in the second half and excelled. The smart money is that Felton plays about 30 minutes a game, just like he averaged last season. Felton needs better shot selection (39.1%), but that should come with experience. Felton averaged 11.9 points per game as a rookie last season and also averaged 3.3 rebounds per game. Felton had a good season dishing out assists (5.6 per game) and stealing the ball with his quick hands (1.3 per game).

Brevin Knight is small, but super-fast. Knight has never been a big scorer, as he has only averaged 8.2 points over his 536 game career. Knight is a good court general at the point guard spot, averaging 6.8 assists per game in his career, despite playing only 26.7 minutes per game. Knight is also a great pick-pocket…..he has averaged 1.9 steals per game for his career.

Coach Bernie Bickerstaff has taken a beating in his first two years as head coach of the expansion Bobcats. Bickerstaff has a record of 44-120 with the Bobcats, but the important thing is that he is teaching the kids the right way to play. Bickerstaff also serves as the team’s GM, and he’s done a fine job of bringing in young talent. The team could start to blossom this season. Bickerstaff has been a head coach now for 12 NBA seasons and has compiled a 381-463 record over those years. He will get that career record over .500 in Charlotte if he keeps adding talent as a GM the way he has the first 3 years!

In five playoff appearances, Bickerstaff has a record of 12-21.