This is part one in a ten part series, counting down the top ten players that the Bobcats had at one point or another that, for whatever reason, didn’t work out.  

As a fan of the Charlotte Bobcats, we haven’t had a whole lot of talent.  Only one guy made the All-Star game from this team.  There have been some guys who get lots of attention, I don’t know, maybe they say crazy stuff and got involved in a brawl up in Auburn Hills, Michigan years ago?  There have been some high draft picks, national players of the year in college, one rookie of the year even and not much else, if you’re looking for guys who made an impact on the NBA in their time, particularly their time in Charlotte.

There are a few that hold magic places in my heart, and I think other fans as well but they got gone.  Either they were traded, burned out of the league, ate their way out of basketball completely, had injury issues, weren’t meant to be drafted in the NBA in the first place or simply, let go in free agency.  That’s what, or rather, whom this list is all about.

As soon as I came up with the concept of this list, there were several names that came to mind, obviously, at least 10.  Largest among them, in the annals of Bobcats History, was Jason Richardson.  J-Rich was one of those guys and I mean those guys who really, seriously changed the face of the franchise.  He wasn’t a Bobcat for very long, just a season and a stub, 96 games in total but he raised things to a new level that we hadn’t seen previously in Charlotte.  Well, not since the Hornets, but that’s a different story. (more…)