As Bobcats sit idle, East is improving

(By Rick Bonnell, rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com) You know that prediction I made that the Charlotte Bobcats would make the playoffs next season?I might need a mulligan on that one.Most anyone in the know in the NBA would endorse the reasoning that if you're not getting better, you must be getting worse. In the face of what the Washington Wizards and Toronto Raptors are doing, the Bobcats got worse the past few weeks.The Raptors and Wizards both finished behind the Bobcats last season – the Raptors with two fewer victories, the Wizards with 16 less. Since then, the Wizards effectively exchanged the fifth pick for veterans Mike Miller and Randy Foye and the Raptors came to terms with Orlando free agent forward Hedo Turkoglu.Meanwhile, the Bobcats have done nothing to address that lack of depth at power forward. Think the Raptors and Wizards are still looking up at the Bobcats? Me, neither.Obviously, free agency just started and there's plenty that could be done before training camp o...