New Jerseys!

[ncstamey]

t A) they kept it quiet. B) they had it ready in time for the draft tonight.

the draft isn't until June 28th so there's plenty of time to announce/debut a new design before then. Tonight will just be a bunch of dudes in suits standing around. No Bobcats apparel necessary.

[ncstamey]

pretty generic/standard response from NBA store:

Dear Nicholas,


Thank you for contacting Customer Service at www.NBAStore.com.

We searched our website to see if we had any Charlotte Bobcats hat
and/or shirts available for the 2012 Draft. Unfortunately, we do not
carry this item at this time. We operate a real-time inventory system
that updates our web store catalog according to what is available in our
inventory. If an item, size, or color is not available, we remove it
from the Internet store to avoid any confusion. In addition, we are
unable to provide estimated arrival times for product replenishments
unless otherwise indicated on the website.

We are always adding new products to our online inventory and want to
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[Mustachio]

the draft isn't until June 28th so there's plenty of time to announce/debut a new design before then. Tonight will just be a bunch of dudes in suits standing around. No Bobcats apparel necessary.

Good call. getting a bit ahead of myself over here. Nerves are getting to me. But seriously how cool would that be if we do win #1 tonight. Anthony Davis walking across the stage holding up a brand new Bobcats jersey. Major PR win and major basketball operations win in the same moment.

[JGib23]

@ncstamey- that was a weak/standard response. Why would they not carry that but, carry the same item for every other team..

I guess it does confirm that it wasn't an error on the website, they truly aren't offering it.

Something is going on.
No one from the team, media has responded to any of my tweets.

[SWedd523]

This is weird, but the timing makes me think its more of a mistake than anything. We are about to be bombarded with publicity ("Bobcats win number 1/Anthony Davis!" or "Bobcats Bad Luck Strikes again") So why would we be changing our colors this season, but still have Anthony Davis walk across the stage and hold up our old jersey? Because there is no way that A) they kept it quiet. B) they had it ready in time for the draft tonight.

Unless of course this is the best kept secret in sports, and Anthony Davis will not only be a Bobcat, but walk across stage and for the first time publicly unveil the new look design. If thats the case, then the Bobcats win best marketing group of the century. It just doesnt seem likely. With the Bobcats luck, I'm much more inclined to think the website just straight up forgot about us.

You know the minute we don't get the first pick, ESPN and the like are going to be trashing Jordan AGAIN. They'll be spreading all sorts of shit like "Jordan gambled and lost again" or "Yet another example of MJ's failures as an executive"


And RealGM is going to be filled with:

"Haha what a joke!"

"MJ is a terrible GM!"

"They deserve to miss out on the #1 pick!"

"lolcats suck!"

"contract that joke of a franchise!"

[JGib23]

You know the minute we don't get the first pick, ESPN and the like are going to be trashing Jordan AGAIN. They'll be spreading all sorts of shit like "Jordan gambled and lost again" or "Yet another example of MJ's failures as an executive"


And RealGM is going to be filled with:

"Haha what a joke!"

"MJ is a terrible GM!"

"They deserve to miss out on the #1 pick!"

"lolcats suck!"

"contract that joke of a franchise!"

Yep!

We have a 25% chance of winning and if we don't we will get LeBron level hate

[Mustachio]

You know the minute we don't get the first pick, ESPN and the like are going to be trashing Jordan AGAIN. They'll be spreading all sorts of shit like "Jordan gambled and lost again" or "Yet another example of MJ's failures as an executive"

And RealGM is going to be filled with:
"Haha what a joke!"
"MJ is a terrible GM!"
"They deserve to miss out on the #1 pick!"
"lolcats suck!"
"contract that joke of a franchise!"

I totally agree but in my opinion. The only bad press is obituaries or in our case a contraction notice.

[ND22]

Somewhere, that Bobcats employee who leaked this info months ago is yelling, "AND THEY SAID I WAS CRAZY!"

If its not an error and they really aren't offering it, this sounds like we are changing the logo and/or colors.

[Mustachio]

Just had a semi interesting email exchange with Paul Lukas the guy who runs ESPN's Uni-Watch. Homeboy knows everything about uniforms. I'll just post the exchange.

Paul,

There has been a big movement in Charlotte to get the Bobcats to re-re-brand to the Hornets and New Orleans is wanting a change as well.

A quick trip here to the NBA draft section - http://store.nba.com/search/index.js...A/2836124&sr=1
shows nothing about the Charlotte Bobcats, a team that could possibly win number 1 overall.

Couple that with the fact that the Bobcats team store has EVERYTHING 60% off and I'm starting to wonder. I know the team sucked last year and theres a chance that they just want to dump the gear and they know no one will pay full price. But my question to you is, do you know of any re-brand coming down the line. Maybe not the Hornets switch, but just a Bobcats color re-branding and jersey change.

I know you can't go spilling secrets to random fans on the internet, but I will even accept vague ominous hints.

Thanks,
Nic Watson

literally 2 minutes later he responded with

"I know you can't go spilling secrets to random fans on the internet... " No, I can't. I would say that your logic is not far-fetched, however.

hmmmm

[ncstamey]

nice... now I'm getting anxious to know whats going on with this whole thing.