--While managing partner Michael Jordan is clearly in charge of basketball decisions, it appears general manager Rod Higgins is taking a higher-profile and more assertive role in day-to-day operations. Higgins announced he wouldn't consider sign-and-trade options, and never stopped focusing on trying to re-sign Emeka Okafor.
--While not as imbalanced as last season, the Bobcats' schedule is again back-loaded with road games. They play 24 of their last 41 away from Charlotte, including a rough finish: six of the last eight on the road, including trips to Eastern Conference powers Boston and Detroit. Last season, the Bobcats played a slew of games on the road in February and March to accommodate college-basketball commitments back in Charlotte.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I was a college player; I knew I wasn't going to see the light of day." -- Emeka Okafor, on how little he played for now-Bobcats coach Larry Brown, with Team USA in the 2004 Olympic Games.
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