Team playing terrible?

[BobCatsFanInTx]

I think it funny how people are saying the team is playing terrible when they are playing 500 ball. They started out in a rough way but they are just now beginning to get a feel for one another. They beat a pretty good Atlanta team. Yes the Hawks were at the end of a busy road trip but none the less in that game the Bobcats looked like the team we saw late last year. Now this is what is funny. The Bobcats lose to the Bulls and they are back to playing terrible. What happened to the optimism that was the Bobcats after they beat Atlanta?

The Bobcats did score at least 90 points in regulation against the Bulls so it is not like the game was a choke job. The Bobcats were facing a pretty good Bulls team on a back to back.

By saying the Bobcats are playing terrible it takes away any credit that should go to their opponents. The Bulls were a pretty good team last year and they may be better this year.

I would not say the Bobcats are playing great or even good as of now but they are improving and they are not playing terrible. If they were playing terrible they would have been blown out of EVERY game they have played this season. The team has a few new players and the chemistry has to build. I think in a relatively short time the Bobcats will be a pretty good basketball team. Let us not jump the gun and say they are playing terrible with every loss the team suffers. All teams have nights where they struggle and play terrible. The first few games for the Cats were bound to be what they were. Time will give these players a comfort level and closeness. At least hopefully. Talent wise I think the team is fine they just need somebody to score regularly. I kind of thought Bell could do that but it is hard to say.

Considering that the cats don't have a go to scorer they still will win a fair amount of games. As long as they play smart, fundamental basketball and grow as team they will be flying high in no time. At least I hope so. Still let us not get too down on the team as of now. It is way too early. How many teams do you see start a little slow and then turn things on to make the playoffs? The first ten games are nothing to get to worked up over one way or the other. Give the team time to jell and if they suck we can give them a poor grade.

[BETCATS]

Terrible is too harsh a word to describe how we are playing. I have only seen the word 'terrible' thrown around by people who know NOTHING about this team. Sloppy is a fair assement. We have commited way too many turnovers and made way too many small mistakes to consider ourselves as 'playing good'.

We dont suck, i dont think anyone on here as said we do. Basketball is a game filled with mistakes, and the Bobcats are a basketball team. Most of the mistakes are correctable, and if we just commit less turnovers and cut down on the boneheaded decisions we will get to level we need to be playing at.

[davcbow]

I think it funny how people are saying the team is playing terrible when they are playing 500 ball. They started out in a rough way but they are just now beginning to get a feel for one another. They beat a pretty good Atlanta team. Yes the Hawks were at the end of a busy road trip but none the less in that game the Bobcats looked like the team we saw late last year. Now this is what is funny. The Bobcats lose to the Bulls and they are back to playing terrible. What happened to the optimism that was the Bobcats after they beat Atlanta?

The Bobcats did score at least 90 points in regulation against the Bulls so it is not like the game was a choke job. The Bobcats were facing a pretty good Bulls team on a back to back.

By saying the Bobcats are playing terrible it takes away any credit that should go to their opponents. The Bulls were a pretty good team last year and they may be better this year.

I would not say the Bobcats are playing great or even good as of now but they are improving and they are not playing terrible. If they were playing terrible they would have been blown out of EVERY game they have played this season. The team has a few new players and the chemistry has to build. I think in a relatively short time the Bobcats will be a pretty good basketball team. Let us not jump the gun and say they are playing terrible with every loss the team suffers. All teams have nights where they struggle and play terrible. The first few games for the Cats were bound to be what they were. Time will give these players a comfort level and closeness. At least hopefully. Talent wise I think the team is fine they just need somebody to score regularly. I kind of thought Bell could do that but it is hard to say.

Considering that the cats don't have a go to scorer they still will win a fair amount of games. As long as they play smart, fundamental basketball and grow as team they will be flying high in no time. At least I hope so. Still let us not get too down on the team as of now. It is way too early. How many teams do you see start a little slow and then turn things on to make the playoffs? The first ten games are nothing to get to worked up over one way or the other. Give the team time to jell and if they suck we can give them a poor grade.

Very good post tex and optimistic too. Im not down on the team at all and yes I agree that we will get better as the guys gel, I was upset with Ray just standing there bouncing the ball, weather it was waiting on a box out or waiting for a shooter to get open, but he just stood there and then would take a desperation shot and miss. Like I said, good post.... Well done...

[ohara831]

I dont think we are playing terrible. I think we are just not a very good team. WE have 1 player who could start on most NBA teams - Crash. Everyone else is of backup quality. We are simply poorly constructed, and we have done a pathetic job in the Drafts.

[dav7z]

I dont think we are playing terrible. I think we are just not a very good team. WE have 1 player who could start on most NBA teams - Crash. Everyone else is of backup quality. We are simply poorly constructed, and we have done a pathetic job in the Drafts.

I for one thinks this team of back up quility . Poorly constructed players will make the playoffs. We playing 500 ball, guys this early with Larry Brown . Look at Browns records . His teams all ways start slow . All the different plays and sets he requires you to learn takes time. Damn we lost to very good teams. Boston , Clevland, Bulls on the road
We even beat a play off team in Atlanta just six games in . Im pleased to have this group now. Ill stick with this bunch of misfits, back ups . What ever ? To the play offs this year.

For the record im stating our one starting player takes us to a sixth seed and a playoff spot this year.

[Toocool]

I agree with OP. We aren't playing bad, we're actually starting to play some good decent basketball. We just need to get this on a consistent basis and the sky is our limit...and the scoreboard.

[Chef]

actually raymond, no pf and no sg are the limit for this team. either that or the sky really needs to fall some.

[Felton for Prez]

Agreed with all that terrible is too strong. The thing that drives me crazy (and I'm sure all of you) is the long stretches, usually in the 1st or 3rd qtr, where we all of sudden forget how to play the game. I thought that by this point in the LB era, those long stretches would be less frequent, shorter in duration and much lower on the "painful to watch" scale. 4 of our 5 games had EXTREMELY painful sections to watch and that is what sticks in our head, win or lose. So a 10min meltdown (~20% of the game) causes us to say the team played terribly.

I think we all are trying to buy into LB and the "play the right way" stuff and expect the to team to actually play the right way. Its a little funny that we've bought into the LB hype so much either due to his experience and track record or because we are all so desperate for something to give us some hope (hence the rallying cry of ILBIT). Its also kind of a shame that we don't have a player to really inspire that hope and that we are relying on a guy who can't take the clutch shot or grab a key rebound.

[BRNC]

There is no real problem with LBs "play the right way" mantra...the problem I have is (and always have had) with LB is his player rotations...someone on the thread (this one or another we have going) poihnted out LB pulling Flip when he was "hot" against the Bulls and letting him sit for so long...I had a problem with him leaving Vlad in after his third foul (only to pick up a fourth) in the first half...guys become really ineffective after getting a fourth in the first half...Ray (IMO) is most effective when his minutes are between 25-30...Bell, DJ, Flip, and Hendo need those other minutes...work still needs to be done on boxing out "energy" type bigs like Noah which really hurt us...but terrible...no

[dunnlx]

I for one thinks this team of back up quility . Poorly constructed players will make the playoffs. We playing 500 ball, guys this early with Larry Brown . Look at Browns records . His teams all ways start slow . All the different plays and sets he requires you to learn takes time. Damn we lost to very good teams. Boston , Clevland, Bulls on the road
We even beat a play off team in Atlanta just six games in . Im pleased to have this group now. Ill stick with this bunch of misfits, back ups . What ever ? To the play offs this year.

For the record im stating our one starting player takes us to a sixth seed and a playoff spot this year.

This team isn't going anywhere without a bonifide power forward!!!!!!!