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Brown won't rush Chandler back into Bobcats mix

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Published Feb. 9, 2010 at 12:04 a.m.

This much is certain; the Charlotte Bobcats' top two centers have each other's back ... Nazr Mohammed endorses giving up his starting spot to Tyson Chandler, saying he'd expect the same if he'd lost his spot to injury. Chandler replies that, as well as the Bobcats have played in his absence, he wants no part of disrupting the mix ... The coach is in-between those two positions ... "Under normal circumstances, you'd always start'' the guy who lost his spot to injury, coach Larry Brown said

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Is Bobcats' Wallace an All-Star?

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Published Dec. 9, 2009 at 5:25 p.m.

Some of you have approached me lately about whether Charlotte Bobcats forward Gerald Wallace has a shot at being an All-Star. Here's my thinking: ... The five starters for each conference are picked by the fans. The seven reserves are chosen by each conference's head coaches. I think that works in Wallace's favor. No way he'd be a starter, and he's more likely to be appreciated by the coaches than the general public (at least outside Charlotte) ... The East will have at least four forwards and

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Bobcats' Mohammed is happy to roll with his role

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Published Nov. 14, 2009 at 1:19 a.m.

Any good coach has a knack for anticipating the next move. So when Charlotte Bobcats coach Larry Brown heard a question Friday, implying Nazr Mohammed deserved a larger role, he extinguished any debate ... "At the end of the day, Tyson (Chandler) is our starting center," Brown declared, "and that's not going to change." ... Mohammed, Chandler's backup, has no problem with that. He said in the preseason he's better off, as a 12-year veteran, playing 20 minutes as a reserve than 35 as a starter

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It's official: Bobcats trade Okafor for Hornets center

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Published July 28, 2009 at 1:14 p.m.

UPDATE: ... The Charlotte Bobcats' trade of center Emeka Okafor to the New Orleans Hornets is official ... Bobcats general manager Rod Higgins announced that the team has acquired 7-1 center Tyson Chandler from the Hornets for Okafor ... "We looked at this trade as an opportunity to improve our team," Higgins said. "Tyson brings that unique level of athleticism in a 7-footer that puts us in a position to compete night in and night out with the other quality centers in the league." ... Okafor,

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Bobcats' draftee ready for tough NBA road

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Published July 6, 2009 at 10:31 p.m.

Derrick Brown doubted himself when he was a gangly, too-thin freshman at Xavier ... After being ignored until late in the NBA draft, the Charlotte Bobcats' second-round pick began a similar, non-guaranteed road to professional basketball Monday in the Orlando summer league ... Brown is still skinny, but this time full of confidence ... "I want to prove to a lot of people, two or three years down the line when they look at this draft, that they got a real good player that a lot of teams missed

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Peterson says yes to App. St. this time

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Published April 29, 2009 at 11:08 p.m.

Ultimately, Buzz Peterson realized he's not a “behind-the-desk” kind of guy ... So he's trading an appealing desk job – director of player personnel for the Charlotte Bobcats – for a second stint as Appalachian State's men's basketball coach ... It took two pitches over 30 days for Appalachian State officials to woo Peterson back to Boone. But he missed coaching greatly and decided he was better suited for that setting than an NBA front office ... “I'm just not a behind-the-desk

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