- In the ever-growing market of watching games on television at the stadium in which you paid to watch a game live, Time Warner Cable Arena has opened a beer garden. Featuring a set of tables and TVs, fans now have a chance to possibly watch other games rather than enjoy the Bobcats.
Of course, the Bobcats could be winning at the time. The management made strides to be better than the last few teams.
No matter, now with the addition of craft beer, fans can ignore the team win or lose for a tidy (as of yet unfounded) $10 to $12 a beer.
Support mediocrity in style.
-Al Jefferson will be ready for the start of the season. No one really doubted that Jefferson would start game one after he scratched a good deal of the preseason with a right ankle sprain. Veterans often miss a lot of preseason games, even with new teams, so this news is no surprise.
-The roster, after Charlotte cut former top-10 pick Patrick O'Bryant, now stands at its maximum allotment.
Likely fans will say goodbye to Jeff Adrien, James Southerland or both before the season begins. Their unguaranteed contracts stand in the way of 10-day contracts and D-League prospects, since most teams don't carry a max roster for most of the season.
-More and more, people are talking about Cody Zeller as a good pick in a bad draft. Rufus on Fire notes how Zeller ranks second among rookies as voted by GMs. As my friend who came over for NBA Draft night might remind me, I hated the pick so much that I renounced basketball as my only God. Needless to say, my pilot light relit, I beckon Zeller's brilliance. I would even sacrifice the cat that keeps coming onto my porch to please Basketball enough to make Zeller a rookie of the year candidate.
-Oct. 30 marks the beginning of the season, a game against the Houston Rockets. The March Toward Mediocrity begins this week. Needless to say, excitement abounds. By then, this column will be in full swing,
On that note: HELLO EVERYONE MY NAME IS JEFF NICE TO MEET YOU ALL.
Correction: The original version of this story incorrectly identified the day the season starts and which team the Bobcats' will play. The season begins Oct. 30, against the Houston Rockets.