Commitment to Excellence or Equestrians
RealGM posted up a story about how the Bobcats are the first team in 12 years to finish their season on a four game road trip. They are trying to make the playoffs and this won't help but Gerald Wallace said that the NBA can't be blamed completely and that it was a call that came from the front office.
The Bobcats have their arena occupied by the Charlotte Jumper Classic, a horse jumping event, this weekend. Owner Bob Johnson's daughter competes in the event.
"It's no secret that our owner's daughter is an equestrian and he has a huge affinity for the jumping business," Bobcats president Fred Whitfield said. "It's just one of the events that he feels strongly about, that he feels should be a part of the whole cultural experience that we offer in this building."
This is the type of thing that makes this Charlotte franchise seem like a joke. The Bulls have their circus trip (when the circus comes to Chicago and fill their Arena) but that's in the first half of the year. How can you push a team that some people had making a run for the playoffs this season out of their home court for the last four games of the season?
Hopefully Bob Johnson will learn from his mistake and not do this next year.
