The Purging Begins

Rumors out of Charlotte have new Bobcats' coach Larry Brown up to his old "Nobody buy a house" ways.We'll start with the obvious: blowing up the roster is not exactly along the lines of torching the Sistine Chapel. The 'Cats have never won more than 33 games in a season, and with Michael Jordan as the GM, they've done nothing to counter the argument that the surest way to suck in the NBA is to hire an ex-star player in a personnel advisory role. HOWEVAH -- and yes, one does miss Steven A. Smith from such conversations, if only in theory -- the problem is that Larry's not exactly a genius when it comes to these moves himself. He inherited a team with a tolerable point guard in Raymond Felton and no reasonable power forward on the roster, unless you count Emeka Okafor, who serves as their center. Sean May shows flashes, but can't stay healthy and when on rehab, can't stay thin. So in the draft, Brown pushes for... DJ Augustin, another point guard,...