Chapter 9: The Young Lynx

Charlotte Bobcats are the youngest team in the league, joining the NBA's Eastern Conference in 2004, becoming the last piece of the NBA plate structure, the Bobcats have been approved by the league since 2002, but did not officially enter the NBA until 2004.

Many people are very unfamiliar with the city of Charlotte, because of the small size of the team, so they think that Charlotte is also a small city, in fact, Charlotte is the eighteenth largest city in the United States, the financial and trade center of the United States, and the headquarters of many banks are located in Charlotte, including the headquarters of Bank of America, the largest bank in the United States, the entire city has a population of more than 250,000, of which nearly half of the population is engaged in the financial industry, all in all, Charlotte is a highly commercial city.

Emeka Okafor, who is now the New Orleans Hornets' main center, is the first person in Bobcats history to be drafted in the draft, and he was the star of the list, but he won the rookie of the year over talented high school kid Dwight Howard.

In the offseason, the Bobcats signed then-All-Star forward Gerald Wallace to a three-year, $16 million contract, and from there, the team began a long road to a championship with these two people as cornerstones.

On November 4, 2004, in the Hornets' game against the Wizards, Primoz Blaylock, a third-year rookie signed from the Indiana Pacers, scored the first point in Bobcats history with a layup, while also completing the first turnover and first free throw in Bobcats history.

The Bobcats who first entered the league have a clear banner, that is, playing team basketball, six players on the team scored double-doubles, and thirteen players scored more than five points, but the strength of the team is limited after all, and the 18-64 record in the first season is generally okay, especially the Detroit Pistons, the defending champion who has defeated the all-main team in the season, which is impressive.

In the 2005 NBA Draft, the Hornets selected Raymond Felton and Sean May, short point guards from the University of North Carolina with the fifth pick, and these two men, along with Okafor and Wallace, became the initial hopes of the young Bobcats. Rasheed Wallace averaged 15.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 2.5 steals and 2.1 blocks per game, becoming the first player in NBA history to average more steals and blocks per game than 22 per game all season, while Okafor contributed 13.2 points and 10 rebounds.

In 2006, the retired basketball god Michael Jordan entered the management of the Bobcats as the man behind the scenes, and all the Bobcats fans hoped that Jordan would be as invincible and invincible as he played in running the team, but really? Jordan's first shot gave a "big gift" to all Bobcats fans all over the world!

In the 2006 rookie conference, the Bobcats held the No. 3 pick, the Raptors' pick selected Andrea Bagnani from Italy's all-round star nicknamed "Nowitzki Jr.", and the Bulls' pick selected the technical interior LaMarcus Aldridge from the University of Texas, and the Bobcats at that time held the No. 3 pick to see what kind of players were left at that time, Brandon Roy, Rudy Gay, Rajon Rondo, Kevin Lowry, Ronnie Brewer, JJ Redick, Saab Saflosha, Quincy Dolby, Marcus Williams, blah blah blah blah blah all of Jordan who turned down his buddy Barkley's strong suggestion to pick Roy, and then his choice was, Adam Morrison from Gonzag University.

We all know afterwards, Morrison is known as the most watery flower show in history, he only played four seasons in the league, and his average of 11.8 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game in his rookie season turned out to be his peak performance, and his average points per game in the remaining three years were 4.5 points, 1.3 points and 2.5 points per game! And that year, Barkley's favored Brandon Roy won the rookie of the year.

Maybe Jordan can't be blamed for this wrong choice, but it can only be said that Adams's average of 28.1 points per game in college is too deceptive, covering up too many things, such as not being strong enough, not having good physical fitness, being too awe-inspiring towards injuries, and most importantly, he has a very serious diabetes, and at the worst time, he had to inject insulin every game before he could play.

In 2007, the Bobcats used the 7th pick in the first round to select the "Octopus Monster" Brydon White from the University of North Carolina, and then traded to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for All-Star dunk Jason Richardson, the 2002 2003 slam dunk champion is the first star player in Bobcats history with an annual salary of more than 10 million, and the effort will always be rewarded, Richardson soon became a sharp knife on the offensive end of the Bobcats, starting all 82 games throughout the season, Averaging a team-high 21.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game, shooting 44.1% from the field and 40.6% from three-point range, Gerald Wallace has ushered in a metamorphosis this season. Averaging 19.4 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists and 2.14 steals per game, second-year rookie Raymond Filton has also begun to emerge, averaging 14.4 points per game while also delivering 7.47 assists.

According to this script, the next 3-5 years of the Bobcats can be expected, but at this time, the management of the Bobcats made another controversial trade, they traded Jason Richardson, who performed well last season, to the Suns in exchange for Boris Dio, Raga Bale and Sean Hellit. The last one disappeared after only playing in the league for two seasons, Bell played 50 games for the Bobcats in two seasons, and then was traded to the Warriors, in fact, he was able to get close to 20+5|+5 Richardson per game, and only exchanged for an interior player who averaged only 10+5 per game, the team's strength stopped, the year before achieved the twelfth place in the East, this year only achieved the tenth place in the East, and still missed the playoffs, after Richardson was traded away, Gerald Wallace became a veritable " Elvis Presley, averaging 16.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game, and DJ Augustin, a short rookie who was picked with the ninth pick in this year's draft, averaged 11.8 points per game on the offensive end.

The 2008-2009 season was one of the most memorable in Bobcats history, the year the Bobcats reached the playoffs for the first time, they traded the wrinkled "Captain" Steve Jackson, and they also signed and traded, Emeka Okafor, who had hoped for but not improved for many years, to the Hornets in exchange for the famous "boxing king" Tyson Chandler.

Although Jackson only played for two short years with the Bobcats, he still became the second player in the history of the Bobcats after Richardson to average more than 20 points per game, this season Steve Jackson averaged 21.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, "Elvis" Wallace averaged 18.2 points, 10 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, 06-07 season, Gerald? Wallace averaged 16.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.9 steals and 0.8 blocks per game.

On February 1, 2007, the Charlotte Bobcats defeated the New York Knicks 104-87 at home to make it two wins in a row. The scores in the fourth quarter were 26-30, 30-24, 22-18, 26-15. Gerrard? Wallace scored a game-high 42 points [5].

On March 1, 2007, the Bobcats lost 120-135 to the Kings. Wallace had 31 points, six rebounds, nine assists, two steals and two blocks in the game[6].

07-08 season, Gerrard? Wallace played in 48 games, averaging a career-high 20.9 points and 2.3 steals per game[7].

Gerrard? Wallace averaged 29.0 points, eight rebounds, 4.8 assists and three steals per game between January 15 and 19, 2008, leading the Bobcats to a best-of-four record. On January 15, in the Bobcats' 119-116 win over the Nuggets, Gerald? Wallace scored 40 points for the fourth time in his career, contributing eight rebounds, six assists, five steals and two blocks; On January 17, in the 99-93 victory over the Magic, he scored 36 points, contributed 14 rebounds, and created a career-high 8 offensive rebounds; On January 19, in the 84-112 defeat to the Hornets, he contributed 12 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists; On January 19, the Bobcats beat the Grizzlies 105-87. Wallace contributed 27 points, seven rebounds, six assists and seven steals [8].

08-09, Gerrard? Wallace improved his free-throw prowess, shooting above 80 percent from the field, but scoring dropped.

09-10, Gerrard? Wallace had 24 points, 20 rebounds and four steals against the Nets.

10-11, Gerrard? Wallace played in 26 games, averaging 39 minutes, 16.5 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.

On December 15, 2010, the Bobcats sprinted in the final minute of the fourth quarter and ended the game with an 8-2 spurt, and in the end, the Bobcats defeated the Toronto Raptors 97-91 at home. Wallace scored 16 points [10].

On February 15, 2011, the Bobcats played the Lakers, and the Bobcats defeated the Lakers 109-89. Gerrard? Wallace played 32 minutes and posted a double-double of 20 points, 11 rebounds and one steal. He made 9 of 16 shots, including 2 of 4 three-pointers, and shot 56 percent from the field. [2] Wallace has a whopping +21 efficiency rating throughout the match, making him the second-highest player on the team.

On February 25, 2011, the Charlotte Bobcats traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, and the Bobcats traded for Gerrard? Wallace traded for Trail Blazers center Joel? Purzbilla, striker Dante? Cunningham and two first-round picks.