The Bobcats played hard in this game especially on defense holding the Knicks to 38.8% shooting from the floor. But offensively the Bobcats were also tossing up a lot of bricks in this game as they only shot 38% from the floor. Raymond Felton led the way for the Bobcats in this game with 22 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals in 49 minutes tonight. Gerald Wallace also was very busy in this game finishing with 18 points, 15 rebounds and 2 blocked shots in 53 minutes tonight. Boris Diaw had a true stat sheet stuffer game with 17 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocked shots in 52 minutes. The Bobcats are now 1-1 on the season as they will get on a plane and head to Cleveland to play tomorrow night.

The Charlotte Bobcats really sucked tonight as it is very hard to sugarcoat just how poorly they played. The Bobcats did not score more than 18 points in any quarter tonight. The Bobcats shot the ball horrible from every single distance tonight hitting 31.1% from the floor, 0% from three point range (0 for 10) and 52% from the free throw line! That is pathetic! Gerald Wallace was the only Bobcats’ player in double figures last night with 10 points, 12 rebounds and 2 steals on 3 of 9 shooting from the floor. Raymond Felton was also shooting bricks (3 of 11 from the floor) as he finished up with 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in only 23 minutes. Rookie 2nd round pick Derrick Brown was the only player that was impressive for the Bobcats tonight as he finished with 9 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocked shots in 21 minutes in his NBA debut. The Bobcats are now 0-1 and they are going to lose a lot of games this season if they don’t improve their effort.

The Bobcats are not a very good basketball team. They might be without starting shooting guard Raja Bell for a while and the trade of Emeka Okafor to the Hornets for Tyson Chandler was a huge downgrade. The Bobcats will be lucky to get 50 games out of the injury prone Chandler this season. The Bobcats don’t have a lot of depth and the talent on the active roster looks pretty darn weak. The only thing that scares me about taking the under is that Larry Brown is a genius. Still, I would take the under with the Bobcats as I don’t see them winning near 38 games this year.

Starting shooting guard Raja Bell has a partially torn ligament in his left wrist. If it requires surgery he will miss most of the 2009-2010 season. The Bobcats then would likely have to decide between shifting Raymond Felton to shooting guard and playing him alongside with 2nd year man D.J. Augustin at the point. Or if they don’t want to go that small they can leave Raymond Felton as the starting point guard and play first round pick Gerald Henderson at shooting guard. All three of those players are capable of playing well which will cushion the loss of Bell but they will still miss his defense.

Larry Brown is the NBA’s nomad as all he does is move to new cities every couple of years and turn his new team into a winner. Brown led the Bobcats to a 35-47 (42.7%) record in his first season there. With Emeka Okafor traded off to the Hornets for Tyson Chandler, Brown has his work really cut out for him this year. Brown has a career regular season record of 1,045-847 (55.2%) and he is also 189-100 (52.9%) in the post season. Brown lead the Detroit Pistons to a NBA Championship during the 2003-2004 season. Brown will have done a great job coaching this team if he can win as many games as he did last season but that won’t be easy.