Best/Worst Management Changes

[bobcatniners09]

According to Espn we made the 4th worst management move by kicking bob johnson out and getting mj. Huh? I would argue it's one of the best. But the SAME move was also 5th best. Huh?

ESPN has been to kind in this whole summer forecast series.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/s...t10-Management

[spectre]

That's just stupid. All you have to do is read the latest on the sponsors Jordan has been picking up this offseason to know this is full of it.

[WAM9]

There are a lot of things you can say about the franchise. Most of them I don't agree with but, this is just completely crazy to me.

Jordan vs Johnson is not even in the realm of close. If you only look at the season ticket increases and corporate sponsorships that have been increasing like crazy, I don't know how you could ever make this arguement.

What exactly did Bob Johnson bring to the table? I still can't figure this out. Don't you have to bring something for it to be missed? Even if Elmo bought the freakin' franchise, he would be just as good or better than Bob IMO.

I just don't get it.

[ebrown]

I read the comments to that and the only reason anyone could use was the Kwame Brown excuse but that was in Washington and has nothing to do with the Bobcats. I think we could find our own 93 experts on our forum and come up with a more un-biased analysis than those yahoos.

[Beekizzle]

As a Wizards fan, Bobcats season tix holder I have one thing to say about that. The Kwame pick was almost a decade ago! When will people let it go? It's not like that was a stacked draft anyway. The Oden over Durant goof was def more stupid and No one is all over Pritchard...

[teej]

I think it's the ESPN jackasses thinking about MJ's GM history. What they obviously don't understand is nothing changed on the basketball side, except the ability to spend more money.

[TheBeagle]

I think it's the ESPN jackasses thinking

'Nuff said right there.

Completely OT, how sweet is the new GSW logo? Damn it all, but I think I'm gonna have to get a GSW shirt...won't wear it when they come to town of course, but that is awesome in its retro-ness!

[BETCATS]

The only good things Bob Johnson has done is bringing a team here and making sure it stayed here. Motives be dammed, without him this wouldnt be possible.

[BlockParty]

Bob Johnson also helped absorb tens of millions of dollars in operating loses on top of the $300M purchase price. He also did an fantastic job of being the 'bad guy', on the way out further complaining about Charlotte.

Based of the timing of the Bobcats coming to Charlotte, the recession, and the overall poor management of publically funded ANYthing, we needed a scapegoat. And Bob Johnson fit the bill perfectly.

As far as MJ as a GM, people that bring up Kwame Brown are just not educated on the NBA. Kwame was the sought after high schooler, if Kwame wasn't picked first, Tyson Chandler and his oft-injuried legs would've been. See this draft "preview" to the 2001 draft.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/24/sp...t-preview.html

We have a culture within the Bobcats of making poor draft picks (not just MJ making poor Morrisons-I mean draft chocies, especially in the 1st round. This is best shown via the 2001 draft results, 5 of the 2001 first rounders have been on the Bobcats roster, the best by far is Gerald Wallace picked #25:

ROUND 1 / 2001 NBA DRAFT
1. WAS Kwame Brown, Glynn Academy HS (GA)
2. LAC Tyson Chandler, Dominguez HS (CA)
3. ATL Pau Gasol, Spain
4. CHI Eddy Curry, Thornwood HS (IL)
5. GSW Jason Richardson, Michigan State
6. MEM Shane Battier, Duke
7. NJN Eddie Griffin, Seton Hall
8. CLE DeSagana Diop, Oak Hill Academy (VA)
9. DET Rodney White, Charlotte
10. BOS Joe Johnson, Arkansas
11. BOS Kedrick Brown, Okaloosa-Walton CC
12. SEA Vladimir Radmanovic, Yugoslovia
13. HOU Richard Jefferson, Arizona
14. GSW Troy Murphy, Notre Dame
15. ORL Steven Hunter, DePaul
16. CHH Kirk Haston, Indiana
17. TOR Michael Bradley, Villanova
18. HOU Jason Collins, Stanford
19. POR Zach Randolph, Michigan State
20. CLE Brendan Haywood, North Carolina
21. BOS Joseph Forte, North Carolina
22. ORL Jeryl Sasser, Southern Methodist
23. HOU Brandon Armstrong, Pepperdine
24. UTA Raul Lopez, Spain
25. SAC Gerald Wallace, Alabama
26. PHI Samuel Dalembert, Seton Hall
27. MEM Jamaal Tinsley, Iowa State
28. SAS Tony Parker, France

Read more: http://www.insidehoops.com/nba-draft...#ixzz0x0j2cdRA

[davcbow]

That is some interesting stuff...

Bob Johnson also helped absorb tens of millions of dollars in operating loses on top of the $300M purchase price. He also did an fantastic job of being the 'bad guy', on the way out further complaining about Charlotte.

Based of the timing of the Bobcats coming to Charlotte, the recession, and the overall poor management of publically funded ANYthing, we needed a scapegoat. And Bob Johnson fit the bill perfectly.

As far as MJ as a GM, people that bring up Kwame Brown are just not educated on the NBA. Kwame was the sought after high schooler, if Kwame wasn't picked first, Tyson Chandler and his oft-injuried legs would've been. See this draft "preview" to the 2001 draft.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/24/sp...t-preview.html

We have a culture within the Bobcats of making poor draft picks (not just MJ making poor Morrisons-I mean draft chocies, especially in the 1st round. This is best shown via the 2001 draft results, 5 of the 2001 first rounders have been on the Bobcats roster, the best by far is Gerald Wallace picked #25:

ROUND 1 / 2001 NBA DRAFT
1. WAS Kwame Brown, Glynn Academy HS (GA)
2. LAC Tyson Chandler, Dominguez HS (CA)
3. ATL Pau Gasol, Spain
4. CHI Eddy Curry, Thornwood HS (IL)
5. GSW Jason Richardson, Michigan State
6. MEM Shane Battier, Duke
7. NJN Eddie Griffin, Seton Hall
8. CLE DeSagana Diop, Oak Hill Academy (VA)
9. DET Rodney White, Charlotte
10. BOS Joe Johnson, Arkansas
11. BOS Kedrick Brown, Okaloosa-Walton CC
12. SEA Vladimir Radmanovic, Yugoslovia
13. HOU Richard Jefferson, Arizona
14. GSW Troy Murphy, Notre Dame
15. ORL Steven Hunter, DePaul
16. CHH Kirk Haston, Indiana
17. TOR Michael Bradley, Villanova
18. HOU Jason Collins, Stanford
19. POR Zach Randolph, Michigan State
20. CLE Brendan Haywood, North Carolina
21. BOS Joseph Forte, North Carolina
22. ORL Jeryl Sasser, Southern Methodist
23. HOU Brandon Armstrong, Pepperdine
24. UTA Raul Lopez, Spain
25. SAC Gerald Wallace, Alabama
26. PHI Samuel Dalembert, Seton Hall
27. MEM Jamaal Tinsley, Iowa State
28. SAS Tony Parker, France

Read more: http://www.insidehoops.com/nba-draft...#ixzz0x0j2cdRA