If the Charlotte Bobcats do not make the playoffs what will happen?

[TheBeagle]

Like dnb says, it's hard to speculate not knowing the reasons why we wouldn't've made the playoffs, but.......

I'll say there won't be any massive changes. Really, it's the same story as every year....what can we do with what we have? We have a couple pieces other teams covet, but they won't give us anything resembling fair value. I mean, we've seen some of the underwhelming names associated with GW trades over the last couple years, and he's our arguably our best player!

I don't think it'll be panic time at all. We just really need Larry's youngins (DJ, 12, UPS, and to a lesser extent this season, Lexy) to continue to develop alongside our core, and I think good things will happen.

Lord knows I hope the ownership situation is resolved by that time also, hopefully with MJ on board in some capacity. Still, I'm always cautious about what Larry will want to do. When he was at Carolina, he was my mom's favorite player as a kid, she met him a few times, gushed over him, and continued to be a fan of any team he coached, and for that reason alone, I'll always have a soft spot for Larry, but he is a damn restless soul for all his basketball genius, and I have no clue when he'll up and leave. Seriously, I was prepared for him to not to be our coach this upcoming season. I hope spectre is right in thinking that as long as MJ is here, he'll be here as well, but I don't know. Assuming MJ is still here, I think Larry will be back for the final year of his contract, and continue to build the team into a winner for the long-term, and give us a core of young guys to be the starters of tomorrow.

[BigMike]

While every team is getting better and making moves, we have stood there unable to address are most inmediate needs -

A couple of things, some of those teams making moves to get better... were so bad that ANY move made them better.
Larry made most of his moves in the middle of last season, so he didn’t have much that he wanted to change this off season. Instead the team that was hodgepodged together mid season last year will finally get few months of workouts with Larry and truly learn from him.

The team that played the final 2 months of basketball last year was a first round playoff team, above average but with issues. This year with more of those wrinkles ironed out, a significantly improved bench, players that are used to each others style, and all the other things a preseason together brings, I believe we will be a late round playoff team.
I do wish we could be real contenders but the Cavs and Lakers are just in a different world right now in teams of $$$$ and players. So we need to focus on, settling this owner crap, and having 3 – 5 years of quality late round playoffs. This will bring a larger fan base, greater financial stability and show the players on other teams that Charlotte is a good market, so they aren’t afraid to come to the black hole of the NBA in terms of sponsorships and visibility. THAT’S how you build a championship team.

[teej]

A couple of things, some of those teams making moves to get better... were so bad that ANY move made them better.

Exactly

Good to see you BigMike, where ya been?