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The Charlotte Bobcats are a professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association.

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After a woeful season like no other, Bobcats hope to jump from worst to first in draft lottery

After the worst season in NBA history, the Charlotte Bobcats could use a player such as Anthony Davis.

Unfortunately for Michael Jordan's team, it's been a long time since lottery luck shined on the team needing it most.The Bobcats hope that trend ends Wednesday, when they have the best odds of earning the No. 1 pick in next month's draft.Charlotte has a 25 percent chance of victory, the reward for its 7-59 record that was the lowest winning percentage (.106) in league history. Davis is the college player of the year after leading Kentucky to the national championship. He is considered the top prize available.Not since 2004, when the Orlando Magic drafted Dwight Howard, has the team with the worst record won the lottery. Minnesota dropped a spot to second last year, when the Cleveland Cavaliers moved up with a pick owed to them by the Los Angeles Clippers and took Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving.The Bobcats, who dropped their final 23 games, appear in much more dire straits than some te...

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    Michael Jordan spoke confidently in late October, insisting that despite key personnel losses in the offseason, his Charlotte Bobcats were a "better off team than we...

  2. Home of Charlotte Bobcats' Stephen Jackson stormed by armed robbers, wife locked in bathroom

    Armed men broke into the home of Charlotte Bobcats player Stephen Jackson , holding his wife at gunpoint before locking her in a bathroom, police said.Three men brok...

  3. Longtime NBA coach Larry Brown is out as coach of the Charlotte Bobcats ; Paul Silas takes over

    After a miserable start to the season in which he took shots at his players and himself, Larry Brown is out as coach of the Charlotte Bobcats in another messy exit i...

  4. Jordan becomes owner of Charlotte Bobcats

    By Larry FineNEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Jordan became the first former NBA player to be the majority owner of a team when he was unanimously approved to take over ...

  5. Charlotte Bobcats beat New Jersey in Nets final game at Izod Center

    EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Stephen Jackson had 17 points and nine rebounds and the Charlotte Bobcats got a big game from their bench to beat New Jersey 105-95 Mond...

  6. Stephen Jackson's 28 points help Charlotte Bobcats upset Orlando Magic 96-89

    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Stephen Jackson scored 28 points, Raymond Felton had 16 and the Charlotte Bobcats held on for their sixth straight victory, 96-89 over the Orlan...

  7. Nelson scores 32 to help Orlando Magic squeak out 98-89 win over Charlotte Bobcats

    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jameer Nelson scored 24 of his 32 points in the first half, and the Orlando Magic nearly blew a 22-point lead before beating the Charlotte Bobca...

  8. People familiar with the situation: Ewing among several candidates Bobcats interviewing

    Patrick Ewing is one of several candidates the Charlotte Bobcats will interview for their head coaching vacancy and the Hall of Fame center will meet with team offic...

  9. Magic top Bobcats , clinch East's sixth seed

    J.J. Redick scored a career-high 31 points and the Orlando Magic clinched the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 102-95 win over the Charlotte Bobc...

  10. Bobcats aim for rare win vs. Kings

    If the Charlotte Bobcats hope to avoid a rather humiliating fate, they may want to get it done on Sunday when the lowly Sacramento Kings visit the Queen City.The Bob...

  11. Bobcats take another shot at halting franchise-record skid in D.C.

    There are only three games remaining for the dismal Charlotte Bobcats in their quest to avoid finishing with the worst winning percentage in league history.Charlotte...

  12. Bobcats lose to Knicks, finish with worst winning percentage in NBA history

    The worst season in NBA history is over for the Charlotte Bobcats.Meanwhile, the New York Knicks are looking ahead to the playoffs.The Bobcats couldn't even beat a K...

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    Donnie Walsh, the former basketball chief in Indiana and New York, hated the NBA Draft Lottery, once calling it "a convention of losers."Walsh, a competitive guy, al...

  2. 2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats Preview

    Michael Jordan's Charlotte Bobcats are still stuck in a Larry Brown hangover, failing to follow up on the back Paul Silas.When Brown's shelf life in the Queen City e...

  3. Michael Jordan-owned Charlotte Bobcats could become worst team in NBA history

    Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest NBA player ever, is poised to become the owner of the worst team in league history.His embarrassingly bad Charlotte Bobcats hav...

  4. Jordan agrees to purchase Charlotte Bobcats

    CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hall of Famer Michael Jordan has agreed to buy a controlling interest in the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats , majority owner Bob Johns...

  5. Hornets win No. 1 pick in NBA Draft

    Hornets coach Monty Williams called his team blessed.The Charlotte Bobcats probably feel a little snakebit.The Hornets won the NBA Draft Lottery on Wednesday night, ...

  6. Stephen Jackson, Charlotte Bobcats rally past Golden State Warriors 121-113 in overtime

    Stephen Jackson scored 31 points, including a tying 3-pointer in the final second of regulation, and the Charlotte Bobcats rallied for 121-113 overtime victory again...

  7. Hornets win draft lottery after dismal season

    The New Orleans Hornets were awarded the top pick in next month's National Basketball Association (NBA) draft after winning the annual lottery that favors weaker tea...

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