2008–09 Charlotte Bobcats season


The 2008–09 Charlotte Bobcats season was the 19th season of the NBA basketball in Charlotte in the National Basketball Association, and their 5th as the Charlotte Bobcats.
The previous season, Charlotte finished 32–50 under coach Sam Vincent, and did not qualify for the playoffs. In response to the dismal season, co-owner and basketball operations chief Michael Jordan fired Vincent and brought in veteran coach Larry Brown. True to his reputation for turning teams around, Brown kept the young team in playoff contention well into April. They ultimately finished four games short of the first playoff appearance in their current incarnation.

Key dates

2008 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalityPositionSchool/Club Team
19United StatesPGTexas
120FranceCHyères-Toulon
238United StatesPGWashington State

Injuries and surgeries

Staff changes

fired coach Sam Vincent on April 27, 2008 and subsequently signed legendary coach Larry Brown 2 days later.

Roster

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Player statistics

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
717137.6.480.298.8047.82.71.70.9416.6
828137.6.408.285.8053.86.71.54.3714.2
815934.0.507.414.6875.34.1.75.6513.2
828132.8.561.000.59310.1.6.591.6613.2
676634.6.437.421.8533.62.1.75.1211.9
721226.5.430.439.8931.83.5.58.0311.8
783118.5.421.401.7412.81.0.59.196.9
6014.0.500.500.6672.01.5.67.174.8
42211.2.510.000.6671.8.6.17.144.1
241212.5.3981.000.7002.9.4.21.173.9
3918.7.406.000.5502.0.2.13.412.7
3318.1.364.303.8001.0.4.24.122.6
3728.2.365.400.857.90.8.30.002.4
3145.9.362.000.7141.00.1.23.192.3
75113.8.433.000.3333.60.4.39.752.3
608.7.571.000.6672.00.0.00.172.0
4010.3.143.0001.0003.00.3.25.001.0

*Total for entire season including previous team

Awards, records and milestones

NBA All-Rookie Second Team

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions