--General manager Rod Higgins mentioned G Raja Bell's late season injuries (a calf strain, following a groin strain) as providing added incentive to sign a backup shooting guard this offseason. Bell missed the team's last six games, a factor in the Bobcats slipping out of playoff contention. Neither D.J. Augustin, a point guard, nor Vladimir Radmanovic, a forward, looked comfortable filling in for Bell as a starter.
--GM Rod Higgins expects to work out about a dozen candidates for the 12th pick. That figures to include some players with local ties, since the Bobcats need a shooting guard or a forward. Duke's Gerald Henderson and North Carolina's Wayne Ellington both project as NBA shooting guards, and Wake Forest's James Johnson could play either forward spot. QUOTE TO NOTE: "Do we need a couple of second-round picks? We probably don't. But we have to be prepared for all possibilities." -- Bobcats GM Rod Higgins on having multiple second-round picks in this draft.
