2008–09 Charlotte Bobcats season

2008–09 Charlotte Bobcats season
Head coach	Larry Brown
Arena	Time Warner Cable Arena
Results
Record	35–47 (.427)
Place	Division: 4th (Southeast) Conference: 10th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports South, SportSouth
Radio	WOLS

The 2008–09 Charlotte Bobcats season was the 19th season of the NBA basketball in Charlotte in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their 5th as the Charlotte Bobcats.

The previous season, Charlotte finished 32–50 under coach Sam Vincent, and did not qualify for the playoffs. In response to the dismal season, co-owner and basketball operations chief Michael Jordan fired Vincent and brought in veteran coach Larry Brown.^[1] True to his reputation for turning teams around, Brown kept the young team in playoff contention well into April. They ultimately finished four games short of the first playoff appearance in their current incarnation.

Key dates

June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City.
July 1: The free agency period.
March 7: Charlotte recorded its longest winning streak in franchise history at 6 following a 114–105 win over the New York Knicks.

Offseason

2008 NBA draft

Main article: 2008 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	School/Club Team
1	9	Augustin, D. J.D. J. Augustin	United States	PG	Texas
1	20	Ajinça, AlexisAlexis Ajinça	France	C	Hyères-Toulon (France)
2	38	Weaver, KyleKyle Weaver	United States	PG	Washington State

Staff changes

Michael Jordan fired coach Sam Vincent on April 27, 2008 and subsequently signed legendary coach Larry Brown 2 days later.

Roster

Charlotte Bobcats roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
6.0 !C	21	FRA !	Ajinça, Alexis	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	France
1.5 !G	14	USA !	Augustin, D. J.	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Texas
1.5 !G	19	VIR !	Bell, Raja	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Florida International
4.0 !F	32	FRA !	Diaw, Boris	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	France
5.5 !F/C	7	Senegal !	Diop, DeSagana	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	Oak Hill Academy (Virginia)
1.5 !G	20	USA !	Felton, Raymond (C)	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	North Carolina
4.0 !F	5	USA !	Howard, Juwan	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Michigan
1.5 !G	2	USA !	Jefferson, Dontell	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	Arkansas
2.5 !G/F	1	USA !	Martin, Cartier	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Kansas State
4.5 !PF	42	USA !	May, Sean	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	266 lb (121 kg)	North Carolina
6.0 !C	6	USA !	Mohammed, Nazr	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Kentucky
5.5 !F/C	50	USA !	Okafor, Emeka	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Connecticut
4.0 !F	10	SER !	Radmanović, Vladimir	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	Serbia
1.0 !PG	44	USA !	Singletary, Sean	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Virginia
4.0 !F	3	USA !	Wallace, Gerald (C)	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Alabama

Head coach

Larry Brown (North Carolina)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Emeka Okafor	DeSagana Diop	Nazr Mohammed
PF	Boris Diaw	Sean May	Alexis Ajinça
SF	Gerald Wallace	Vladimir Radmanović	Juwan Howard	Cartier Martin
SG	Raja Bell	Dontell Jefferson
PG	Raymond Felton	D. J. Augustin	Sean Singletary

Regular season

Standings

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Orlando Magic	59	23	.720	—	32–9	27–14	14–2	82
x-Atlanta Hawks	47	35	.573	12	31–10	16–25	11–5	82
x-Miami Heat	43	39	.524	16	28–13	15–26	9–7	82
Charlotte Bobcats	35	47	.427	24	23–18	12–29	5–11	82
Washington Wizards	19	63	.232	40	13–28	6–35	1–15	82

#	Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Cleveland Cavaliers	66	16	.805	—
2	y-Boston Celtics	62	20	.756	4
3	y-Orlando Magic	59	23	.720	7
4	x-Atlanta Hawks	47	35	.573	19
5	x-Miami Heat	43	39	.524	23
6	x-Philadelphia 76ers	41	41	.500	25
7	x-Chicago Bulls	41	41	.500	25
8	x-Detroit Pistons	39	43	.476	27

9	Indiana Pacers	36	46	.439	30
10	Charlotte Bobcats	35	47	.427	31
11	New Jersey Nets	34	48	.415	32
12	Milwaukee Bucks	34	48	.415	32
13	Toronto Raptors	33	49	.402	33
14	New York Knicks	32	50	.390	34
15	Washington Wizards	19	63	.232	47

Game log

2008–09 game log

October: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)

November: 5–10 (Home: 4–7; Road: 1–3)

December: 6–10 (Home: 4–5; Road: 2–5)

January: 8–7 (Home: 5–1; Road: 3–6)

February: 6–7 (Home: 3–2; Road: 3–5)

March: 9–5 (Home: 6–2; Road: 3–3)

April: 1–7 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–6)

2015–16 season schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Wallace, Gerald !Gerald Wallace	71	71	37.6	.480	.298	.804	7.8	2.7	1.70	.94	16.6
Felton, Raymond !Raymond Felton	82	81	37.6	.408	.285	.805	3.8	6.7	1.54	.37	14.2
Diaw, Boris !Boris Diaw*	81	59	34.0	.507	.414	.687	5.3	4.1	.75	.65	13.2
Okafor, Emeka !Emeka Okafor	82	81	32.8	.561	.000	.593	10.1	.6	.59	1.66	13.2
Bell, Raja !Raja Bell*	67	66	34.6	.437	.421	.853	3.6	2.1	.75	.12	11.9
Augustin, D. J. !D. J. Augustin	72	12	26.5	.430	.439	.893	1.8	3.5	.58	.03	11.8
Radmanović, Vladimir !Vladimir Radmanović*	78	31	18.5	.421	.401	.741	2.8	1.0	.59	.19	6.9
Jefferson, Dontell !Dontell Jefferson	6	0	14.0	.500	.500	.667	2.0	1.5	.67	.17	4.8
Howard, Juwan !Juwan Howard*	42	2	11.2	.510	.000	.667	1.8	.6	.17	.14	4.1
May, Sean !Sean May	24	12	12.5	.398	1.000	.700	2.9	.4	.21	.17	3.9
Mohammed, Nazr !Nazr Mohammed	39	1	8.7	.406	.000	.550	2.0	.2	.13	.41	2.7
Martin, Cartier !Cartier Martin	33	1	8.1	.364	.303	.800	1.0	.4	.24	.12	2.6
Singletary, Sean !Sean Singletary*	37	2	8.2	.365	.400	.857	.90	.8	.30	.00	2.4
Ajinça, Alexis !Alexis Ajinça	31	4	5.9	.362	.000	.714	1.00	.1	.23	.19	2.3
Diop, DeSagana !DeSagana Diop*	75	1	13.8	.433	.000	.333	3.60	.4	.39	.75	2.3
Jones, Dwayne !Dwayne Jones	6	0	8.7	.571	.000	.667	2.00	.0	.00	.17	2.0
Brown, Andre !Andre Brown	4	0	10.3	.143	.000	1.000	3.00	.3	.25	.00	1.0

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

Awards, records and milestones

NBA All-Rookie Second Team

D. J. Augustin^[2]

Transactions

On July 7, the Bobcats hired Herb Brown to be an assistant coach.^[3] Herb Brown spent the past four seasons as an assistant in Atlanta. Charlotte is the ninth team he's worked for as an assistant. He served as head coach in Pistons for three seasons from 1975–78.
On July 25, the Bobcats agreed to terms with restricted free agent Ryan Hollins.^[4]
On July 29, the Bobcats agreed to terms with restricted free agent Emeka Okafor.^[5] The Charlotte Observer reported the deal is for six years and $72 million.^[6]

Trades

August 12, 2008	To Charlotte Bobcats 2009 2nd Round Selection	To Oklahoma City Thunder Kyle Weaver^[7]
December 10, 2008	To Charlotte Bobcats Raja Bell, Boris Diaw, Sean Singletary	To Phoenix Suns Jason Richardson, Jared Dudley, 2010 2nd Round Selection^[8]
January 16, 2009	To Charlotte Bobcats DeSagana Diop	To Dallas Mavericks Matt Carroll, Ryan Hollins
February 7, 2009	To Charlotte Bobcats Vladimir Radmanovic	To Los Angeles Lakers Adam Morrison, Shannon Brown

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Shannon Brown^[9]	August 6, 2008	Chicago Bulls
Juwan Howard^[10]	December 12, 2008	Denver Nuggets

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Othella Harrington	July 1, 2008
Earl Boykins^[11]	August 6, 2008	Virtus Bologna (Italy)

References

↑ "Bobcats Name Larry Brown Head Coach". Charlotte Bobcats. April 29, 2008. Retrieved August 9, 2008.
↑ "Augustin Earns 2008-09 All-Rookie Second Team Honors". Charlotte Bobcats. April 30, 2009. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
↑ "Herb Brown Added to Coaching Staff". Charlotte Bobcats. July 7, 2008. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
↑ "Bobcats Re-sign Ryan Hollins". Charlotte Bobcats. July 25, 2008. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
↑ "Bobcats Re-Sign Emeka Okafor". Charlotte Bobcats. July 31, 2008. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
↑ Ron Green Jr. (August 6, 2008). "Okafor gets just what he wanted in new contract". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
↑ "Bobcats Acquire 2009 Second-Round Draft Pick". Charlotte Bobcats. August 11, 2008. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
↑ "Bobcats Acquire Boris Diaw, Raja Bell and Sean Singletary from Phoenix". Charlotte Bobcats. December 10, 2008. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
↑ "Bobcats Sign Shannon Brown". Charlotte Bobcats. August 6, 2008. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
↑ "Bobcats Sign Juwan Howard". Charlotte Bobcats. December 12, 2008. Retrieved February 4, 2009.
↑ Marc Stein (August 6, 2008). "Cats' Boykins latest NBA player to bolt for Europe, signs $3.5 million deal". ESPN. Retrieved September 4, 2008.

External links

Charlotte Bobcats official website

Charlotte Bobcats / Hornets seasons

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2010s

2008–09 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto

Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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