One of the storylines I'm enjoying this season is just how bad the Charlotte Bobcats are. It's not just that they're 30th in the league, it's that they're near the bottom of just about every statistical category: 29th in points for, 29th in points against, 26th in rebounds, 28th in rebounding differential, 29th in steals, 25th in 3point percentage, 21st in assists per game, 28th in shooting percentage, 28th in opponent shooting percentage. The only category they're respectable in is blocks at 5th in the league, but this is offset in that they're 3rd in the league in opponent blocks. They've lost by more than 30 points 5 times already.
I think we'll need to wait until the midpoint in the season (about 9 games from now) before we can start really watching their pace to see how they compare with other historically bad teams, but their ineptitude in every measurable way suggests that they're in good shape to keep close to their current .125 pace, putting them in the bottom 10 of all time.
Of course, this is all probably extremely bad karma for me as they have yet to play the Raptors (their first game is Feb 17), but I'd far prefer the Raptors' current situation to the Bobcats', regardless of what happens head-to-head.
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