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This post is a little late, but still worth writing because it is awesome we are in the playoffs.  After watching this team for six years, it was no given that I would ever be able to write an article about the Bobs making the playoffs.  I for one am stoked too.  I know our chances aren’t that great, especially if we play Orlando, but it will certainly give the town something to look forward to at the end of April and hopefully into May.  It will delay and shorten the dead time in Charlotte sports – between the end of Bobcats and the start of Panthers training camp.  I remember when I was a kid and the Hornets were in the playoffs.  The weather was warm, school was almost out for the summer, and you had a huge Hornets national TV playoff game to look forward to every couple of nights.  That feeling is coming back to Charlotte, and this time I think that national TV will actually embrace us.  I can see a lot of camera shots being on MJ courtside.

Did anyone else notice the symbolism of Charlotte new team clinching its first ever playoff spot on the road in the town where its old team now plays?  How about the fact that its old team is not having a good season?  Or, that our new center outplayed the former cornerstone of our franchise?  While the Bobs are winning and have a cool new owner, George Shinn wants out in New Orleans.  Thanks, George.  Steal a franchise and awesome team name from a city only to turn around and sell the team a few years later.  Oh well, the good news is that Charlotte seems to finally be embracing its new team despite the crappy name.  Can’t wait for the playoffs.  They’re only about a week away.  It should be a fun ride, and hopefully a long one.  Go Bobs!

This post is a little late, but still worth writing because it is awesome we are in the playoffs.  After watching this team for six years, it was no given that I would ever be able to write an article about the Bobs making the playoffs.  I for one am stoked too.  I know our chances aren’t that great, especially if we play Orlando, but it will certainly give the town something to look forward to at the end of April and hopefully into May.  It will delay and shorten the dead time in Charlotte sports – between the end of Bobcats and the start of Panthers training camp.  I remember when I was a kid and the Hornets were in the playoffs.  The weather was warm, school was almost out for the summer, and you had a huge Hornets national TV playoff game to look forward to every couple of nights.  That feeling is coming back to Charlotte, and this time I think that national TV will actually embrace us.  I can see a lot of camera shots being on MJ courtside.

Did anyone else notice the symbolism of Charlotte new team clinching its first ever playoff spot on the road in the town where its old team now plays?  How about the fact that its old team is not having a good season?  Or, that our new center outplayed the former cornerstone of our franchise?  While the Bobs are winning and have a cool new owner, George Shinn wants out in New Orleans.  Thanks, George.  Steal a franchise and awesome team name from a city only to turn around and sell the team a few years later.  Oh well, the good news is that Charlotte seems to finally be embracing its new team despite the crappy name.  Can’t wait for the playoffs.  They’re only about a week away.  It should be a fun ride, and hopefully a long one.  Go Bobs!

This post is a little late, but still worth writing because it is awesome we are in the playoffs.  After watching this team for six years, it was no given that I would ever be able to write an article about the Bobs making the playoffs.  I for one am stoked too.  I know our chances aren’t that great, especially if we play Orlando, but it will certainly give the town something to look forward to at the end of April and hopefully into May.  It will delay and shorten the dead time in Charlotte sports – between the end of Bobcats and the start of Panthers training camp.  I remember when I was a kid and the Hornets were in the playoffs.  The weather was warm, school was almost out for the summer, and you had a huge Hornets national TV playoff game to look forward to every couple of nights.  That feeling is coming back to Charlotte, and this time I think that national TV will actually embrace us.  I can see a lot of camera shots being on MJ courtside.

Did anyone else notice the symbolism of Charlotte new team clinching its first ever playoff spot on the road in the town where its old team now plays?  How about the fact that its old team is not having a good season?  Or, that our new center outplayed the former cornerstone of our franchise?  While the Bobs are winning and have a cool new owner, George Shinn wants out in New Orleans.  Thanks, George.  Steal a franchise and awesome team name from a city only to turn around and sell the team a few years later.  Oh well, the good news is that Charlotte seems to finally be embracing its new team despite the crappy name.  Can’t wait for the playoffs.  They’re only about a week away.  It should be a fun ride, and hopefully a long one.  Go Bobs!