Sessions and Haywood Introduced to the Organization

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Lang Greene: The Charlotte Bobcats will officially introduce Ramon Sessions and Brendan Haywood tomorrow,according to team press release. Twitter

Ramon Sessions

Charlotte Bobcats President of Basketball Operations Rod Higgins announced today that the team has signed free agent guard Ramon Sessions. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“Ramon is a quality point guard who can both distribute and score,” Higgins said. “We are excited to be adding a player of his caliber and ability to our franchise.”

A five-year NBA veteran, the 6-3 Sessions has played in 323 career games with the Bucks, Timberwolves, Cavaliers and Lakers, posting averages of 11.1 points, 5.0 assists and 3.1 rebounds in 25.4 minutes. The Myrtle Beach, SC, native was originally selected by Milwaukee with the 56th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft after three seasons at the University of Nevada, where he helped the Wolf Pack to three straight Western Athletic Conference championships.

Sessions split the 2011-12 season between the Cavaliers and Lakers, with overall averages of 11.3 points, 5.5 assists and 3.3 rebounds in 26.7 minutes. He also shot a career-best .443 from beyond the three-point line, making 43 three-point field goals on the season after totaling only 13 in his first four NBA seasons combined. Following a trade to the Lakers on March 15, Sessions averaged 12.7 points, 6.2 assists and 3.8 rebounds in 30.5 minutes, starting 19 of his 23 regular-season games with Los Angeles. While with the Lakers, Sessions shot .479 from the field and .486 from beyond the three-point line.

Sessions’ first name is pronounced ruh-MAHN.

Brendan Haywood

Charlotte Bobcats President of Basketball Operations Rod Higgins announced today that the team has been awarded center Brendan Haywood off waivers from Dallas. Haywood was designated by the Mavericks as the team’s amnesty player.

An 11-year NBA veteran, the 7-0 Haywood has played in 733 career games for the Wizards and Mavericks, with 531 starts. He has career averages of 7.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 23.7 minutes. His career field goal percentage of .534 ranks seventh among active players and 28th in NBA history.

Haywood was a member of Dallas’ 2011 NBA Championship team, and has appeared in 53 career playoff games, averaging 6.4 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks, while shooting .564 from the field.

The Greensboro, NC native played four seasons at the University of North Carolina before being selected by Cleveland with the 20th overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft. His rights were traded on draft night to Orlando, who later traded him to Washington.

Interviews, gallery's, and releases are posted on the Bobcats website.

Go Cats!!!

[carolina-chuck]

I want Jose Calderon and maybe Robin Lopez

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Robin Lopez was traded to the Hornets and the Raptors have no plans in trading Calderon, they want him to back up Lowry.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Damn thing keeps double-posting.

[carolina-chuck]

Robin Lopez was traded to the Hornets and the Raptors have no plans in trading Calderon, they want him to back up Lowry.

I know. That's why I was wondering how'd we weren't even in consideration for making a trade for RLopez. Even though he's not as great as his brother, he has great size and very young.

For Calderon, he has said he have no needs to be a backup PG. He's one of the most underrated PG bc he's stuck in Toronto. A pretty good shooter and damn good passer.

Would've love to have Calderon and Lopez more than Sessions and Haywood, but whatever. Wishful thinking

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

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[TheOracle]

I know. That's why I was wondering how'd we weren't even in consideration for making a trade for RLopez. Even though he's not as great as his brother, he has great size and very young.

For Calderon, he has said he have no needs to be a backup PG. He's one of the most underrated PG bc he's stuck in Toronto. A pretty good shooter and damn good passer.

Would've love to have Calderon and Lopez more than Sessions and Haywood, but whatever. Wishful thinking

The problem is your misunderstanding of the English language.

You said "WANT", not "WANTED". Want says you still do because there's a possibility that it could happen, not that you PREVIOUSLY did but you now understand that you can't.