Brown's comments last night - undersized Bobcats

[playoffs...PLAYOFFS?]

After hearing Brown talk about the Bobcats being undersized and trying to address the situation....I'm again confused on why we picked Alexis Ajinca.

I'm sure this was talked about in the boards after draft night...But now, more than ever, is apparent that we are struggling against teams that are bigger than us.

Any thoughts why we picked Alexis? Do you think they regret picking him? I still don't see the logic in this pick.

I haven't seen enough of him...But if he is going to contribute to our team, I doubt it will be this season.

[ammofan]

We picked AA because Larry thinks he would have been a lottery pick if he came out next year

[SWedd523]

I see the logic in picking Lex. He most likely won't be great this year, but he's one of those guys with unlimited potential that can develop into an amazing athlete

Will he realize his potential? Who knows. If he does, our PF problem is pretty much answered

[amour217]

Here's a snapshot of some of the 2008-2009 bobcats during practice:

[dnbman]

Here's a snapshot of some of the 2008-2009 bobcats during practice:

Armour, get serious. Aside from Sean May, those guys are way too thick to be Bobcats.

[WarioVsMooChicken]

Maybe because Ajinca is big?

I DUNNO!

[coordinator0]

Given the Bobcats current PF situation, I believe that Ajinca should play more. I don't think that he will learn much sitting on the bench, especially when the 'cats are getting blown out. What would it hurt to give him some garbage time? I hate it when coaches don't play players because they don't think that they are ready.

[dnbman]

Given the Bobcats current PF situation, I believe that Ajinca should play more. I don't think that he will learn much sitting on the bench, especially when the 'cats are getting blown out. What would it hurt to give him some garbage time? I hate it when coaches don't play players because they don't think that they are ready.

There's a fine line there. If a guy is pretty much ready, I typically agree. However Ajinca has some pretty significant things to learn before he can play more than the last couple of minutes of the game. You don't want to destroy the guy's confidence because he gets destroyed in garbage time. That being said, I think Brown can play him a little bit more than he has.

Also, last night, we still could have made an attack with two minutes left. I think we got to within 12-15 at some point around that time where we could have made a couple of buckets and got it to a manageable score for the closing minute, especially if they stopped shooting lights out.

I think by January, we'll start seeing more Ajinca.

[TheBeagle]

I see the logic in picking Lex. He most likely won't be great this year, but he's one of those guys with unlimited potential that can develop into an amazing athlete

Will he realize his potential? Who knows. If he does, our PF problem is pretty much answered

He already is a special physical specimen, it's just he's so raw, it'll take some time to get the skills fine-tuned to be a starter. He's played garbage minutes in each of the first three games this season, and already exhibits an ability to rebound the ball on either end of the court. He's been stuffed at the rim on a dunk attempt, and been blown by and stuffed on by some no-name from Detroit, but even an idiot like me can see a potential star in Lexy!

Also, he's got a really good touch from the 3 point line in, and is a good passer from what I've seen, with outlet passes and passing from either the post or at the top of the key. Because we need help so badly at the 4 THIS year, it's hard to justify picking him 20th in the draft, but Larry sees the stardom down the road for Lexy, and just having seen him play a handful of minutes and pre-game and halftime shootarounds, I see that "it."

[davcbow]

I think LB is working towards next year as a goal of doing things right. Drafting Lexx and letting him learn this year and then play him maybe even start him next year or sooner. I think he has at least a 2 year plan going on, so I'm on board with that thinking.