Bobcats sign Derrick Brown

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Source: Bobcats.com

Charlotte Bobcats General Manager Rod Higgins announced today that the team has signed second-round draft pick Derrick Brown. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The 40th overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, Brown earned Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors last season as a junior at Xavier University. The 6-8 forward led the team in rebounding (6.1 rpg) and three-point percentage (.433) and ranked second in scoring (13.7 ppg) and field goal percentage (.504). Brown ranked among the Atlantic 10 conference leaders in scoring (15th), rebounding (T-10th) and free-throw percentage (10th). He scored in double figures 27 times, including four double-doubles.

In 106 career games at Xavier before declaring for the 2009 NBA Draft, Brown averaged 10.3 points and 5.6 rebounds, while shooting .573 from the field and .415 from beyond the three-point line. Brown, who was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team in 2006-07, ranks 36th on Xavier’s all-time scoring list with 1,096 points in his career.

“I’m blessed to be in this position,” Brown said. “I’m looking forward to getting in here soon and working hard to show everyone that the Bobcats made a great pick.”

Brown played with the Utah Jazz entry in the 2009 Orlando Pro Summer League last week, where he averaged 12.6 points and 3.0 rebounds in 18.8 minutes per game, while shooting .531 from the field.

[d-run]

Good news, I think he may be in for some solid playing time this year behind Diaw. It looks like we may hold pat during FA.

[bLACKpANTHER]

Good news, I think he may be in for some solid playing time this year behind Diaw. It looks like we may hold pat during FA.

sad but true..

i just want to clear cap space so we have options if an injury occurs or sumthin.. man we are handcuffed :sad:

[RedMage138]

sad but true..

i just want to clear cap space so we have options if an injury occurs or sumthin.. man we are handcuffed :sad:

We still have the MLE

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

We still have the MLE

Actually with the signing of Brown and Henderson, I think we may be down to the Vet Minimum.

[Murph]

Higgins is scheduled to meet with Felton's agent in Vegas later this week. Maybe a contract can be finished in the next week or so and we will know exactly how much space we have left before hitting the luxury tax limit.

With Felton signed, it will put us with 12 on the roster. I'm guessing we sign one more PF vet (J. Howard perhaps) and one other perhaps a rookie that impressed at camp or another small time UFA. Remember last year we waited and signed Shannon Brown late for very little money. He didn't work out all that well here but he obviously still had talent with the right team.