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Danny Green is quite a shooter. You don’t make 16 of 23 3-pointers in the NBA Finals without skills.

I think the Charlotte Bobcats trading for Miami Heat big man Chris Bosh would turn out like when the Carolina Panthers acquired defensive lineman Sean Gilbert.

With Tim Duncan inside and Tony Parker outside, San Antonio matches up against Miami in a way that no other team could have.

Grant Hill was and is one of the more eclectic and intellectually curious athletes I’ve met. To define him purely as a basketball player disregards what made him so interesting.

The Charlotte Bobcats, a team assured of drafting no lower than fifth in the first round and having no second-round pick, seem oddly curious about players projected to be drafted in the middle of the first round.

The Bobcats face long odds of Stephen Curry joining the team once his contract expires in 2017.

There’s a rush on underclassmen leaving college to enter the NBA draft. That will make it more difficult for prospects like Lorenzo Brown, C.J. Leslie and Reggie Bullock to go high in the draft.

Anyone drafting Kentucky freshman Nerlens Noel in June will be taking a significant risk.

I’m a voter for the NBA’s various post-season awards. Here’s how my ballot looks as the season winds down:

For the first time in nearly two months the Charlotte Bobcats’ most expensive player going forward played Monday.

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Rick Bonnell
Rick Bonnell covers the Charlotte Bobcats and the NBA for the Charlotte Observer. You can reach him by email.