This is a little late but..

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This is a little late but..

Postby Full Surface on Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:50 am

..what exactly was the motive behind the Bobcats not picking Juan Dixon off the list? Now I know I'm glad that he's still with the Wizards but he makes merely $1 million this year which is his last on the contract. Wouldn't have been it smarter to pick this guy who has consistantly shown flashes of his talent rather than a scrub?

If the Bobcats picked him up, he could of easily become their second top player, next to Emeka Okafor (considering if he's not a bust). I think even with horrible teammates, he might of had a chance to average more than 15ppg this year and at least help the Bobcats move on to a better future.
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Postby Rens on Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:45 am

Maybe because he sucks? Because he's a 6'3 SG?
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Postby Full Surface on Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:10 am

Rens wrote:Maybe because he sucks? Because he's a 6'3 SG?


Iverson is 6'0" and I never knew Lonnie Baxter was a better player than Juan Dixon.
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Postby -BHZMAFIA- on Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:48 am

well you can't really say because they play different positions :lol:
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Postby FanOfAll on Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:30 pm

I think Dixon is the far superior talent when compared to Baxter. I was stumped they passed on Dixon (as well as Bell) to take Baxter and Smith...but I guess they didn't feel grabbing little guys was important at this stage...
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Postby Rens on Mon Aug 23, 2004 6:52 pm

Well the reason is cap space. Bernie has the hots for capspace he won't use..
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Postby Andrew on Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:57 pm

The Bobcats didn't really seem interested in taking many guards in the expansion draft. As far as Dixon goes, I guess the Bobcats simply weren't interested in an undersized shooting guard.
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Postby Fresh8 on Mon Aug 23, 2004 11:27 pm

Juan DIxon will be the bomb if he gets PT...too bad he wont though
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Postby Sauru on Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:51 am

if he was better he would get the PT
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Postby Full Surface on Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:08 am

Dixon has capabilities of scoring 20 a night but he rarely gets playing time because of Hughes and Arenas.

I still think it was a mistake of the Bobcats not picking him up, because he only makes around $1 million this season and it's his final year also. They could of easily let him go if he didn't do a good job this year. It wouldn't hurt the Bobcats to at least get some talent to surround Okafor.
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