CHARLOTTE, N. Prince Shembo Falcons Jersey .C. -- Michael Jordans Bobcats have a new marketing slogan this season: "Tougher, Faster, Stronger." New coach Mike Dunlap knows his team will need to be all of that and more if the Bobcats hope to be bounce back from a disastrous 7-59 season -- the worst winning percentage (.106) in NBA history -- in which they lost 20 games by at least 20 points. Dunlap, who has brought a hands-on, no-nonsense approach, believes Charlotte has enough talent to be competitive but said his team may need to play an unorthodox style to keep up with the NBAs best teams like Miami, Oklahoma City and Boston. To Dunlap that means playing an up-tempo style game and using his teams young legs to his advantage. While a lot of NBA teams run pick and rolls off what are referred to as "static sets" on offence -- where players set up in certain spots and run off that formation -- Dunlap said that system wont fly with his team. "Were not good enough to do that," Dunlap said during the Bobcats media day. "We have to go into the pick and roll game on the move so that we keep the defence moving. A lot of time the older players in the NBA dont like a cutting offence to deal with. They have to drop and see ball and man and do all of these things and the have to move. "The point is our talent is good enough to be competitive both offensively and defensively but we have to bring a different package to the NBA because we dont have that kind of talent where we can sit them on their spots and allow our opponents to rest. We have to go after them in a fitness way and I believe we can do that, especially with what management has done with youth. Theyve given us a lot of young legs and Im here to use those legs." Dunlap also said the Bobcats plan to play a disruptive, pressure-style defence. "We want to be a hard scout for teams," he said. Thats one of the reasons Dunlap and his staff have had players working overtime on their conditioning and he said almost everyone on the roster will be in good shape when they arrive at training camp Tuesday in UNC-Asheville. Of course, being in shape and being talented are two different things. The big question remains as to whether the Bobcats actually added enough talent this off-season to compete with some of the better teams in the league. Theyve turned over a good portion of the roster with five new players they hope will change the franchises losing culture -- veterans Ben Gordon, Brendan Haywood and Ramon Sessions and draft picks Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, who was selected No. 2 overall, and Jeffery Taylor. And Dunlap feels the team has a decent young nucleus returning in Gerald Henderson, Kemba Walker, Bismack Biyombo and Byron Mullens. Hes also hoping veteran Tyrus Thomas bounces back from a disappointing season a year ago. "Were going to play a different style, and I think its a style guys are looking forward to," said Henderson, who led the team in scoring last year. "We want to attack the rim, attack the paint. Thats how we feel like we can beat people. And on defence we have to be thinking the exact opposite." Dunlap said its also important to limit mid-range jump shots. He said the Bobcats took more of those than any team in the NBA, according to his statistics accumulated by the teams front office. And then theres the atmosphere. For the Bobcats to move forward, they must first put the past behind them. The Bobcats finished last season losing 23 straight games. They havent won a game since St. Patricks Day. In most games, they werent even close even when opposing teams rested their star players down the stretch. "It was a tough season and its something that you just try to forget about," Henderson said. "But this is a new start for us and we have a new coach. Half of the guys here are new so its something they arent even thinking about." Thomas said players like what Dunlap is selling, even though it has meant plenty of hard work in terms of extra running and conditioning. "All of the guys here are eager to buy into his system," Thomas said. "Theyre buying into consistency, buying into a plan. And I think when you have guys that are eager to buy into something it makes it easier." Dunlap has kept the carrot dangling in front of his players throughout the summer months. He said all five starting positions are up for grabs and nobody is guaranteed any minutes. Those positions will be determined in training camp and in the preseason, but that he could rotate players in and out of the starting lineup as the season goes on. "I think thats a good thing," Henderson said. "Then guys dont come in with any expectations on minutes or anything like that. You have to earn everything you get and that kind of breeds competition. And thats what you want. As a coach I never thought it was a good idea to guarantee minutes to anybody because then guys wont work as hard. You dont have anything to work for." Steven Jackson Womens Jersey .Y. -- Buffalo Bills defensive end Mark Anderson has been ruled out for Sundays regular-season finale against the New York Jets. Deion Sanders Falcons White Jersey . A-Rod is also disqualified from any post-season play. So at the tender age of 38, he will miss all of next season. As a result of missing the coming season, hes also out $25 million (which coincidentally is my hourly rate).TORONTO -- Brooklyn coach Jason Kidd tried to see the positives of the Nets 100-95 Game 2 loss to Toronto. "Were right where we want to be," he said in his pithy manner. "We had the opportunity to take the lead late in the game and we came up short." "Again its basketball," he added. "Sometimes they go in, sometimes they dont." They went in more for Toronto in the fourth quarter Tuesday night. The Raptors shot 75 per cent -- 12-of-16 -- in the final 12 minutes to even the NBA playoff series. After trailing 45-39 at the half, the Nets stepped it up to lead 66-64 at the end of the third quarter. Brooklyn led several times in the fourth and it was tied at 85-85 before Toronto pulled away. "We kind of took control there for a little bit," said New Jersey guard Deron Williams. "But we didnt do a good job on keeping them off the boards. And then we allow 36 points in that fourth quarter, which is way too high for us, somebody that prides themselves on defence and getting stops, especially down the stretch. We didnt do that tonight." Added veteran Paul Pierce: "We have to be better in the fourth quarter defensively." Down 79-78, the Nets sent in their shock troops of Kevin Garnett, Joe Johnson and Williams midway through the final quarter. Johnson had done his part in the third with 12 points to drag the Nets back into it. But this time they could not pull ahead as Torontos DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry stole the late show. Piercce, who scored nine of his 15 points in the final three minutes of Brooklyns 94-87 win Saturday, went 2-for-6 in the fourth quarter and finished 2-for-11 with seven points. http://www.nflfalconsus.com/Womens-Dezmen-Southward-Authentic-Jersey/. "It happens," said Kidd, who was in definite glass-half-full mode. "There are a lot of positive things that weve done in these first two games so now we have to go home and protect home." Expect an equally loud and proud crowd at the Barclays Center on Friday. Toronto GM Masai Ujiris Brooklyn slur prior to Game 1 is not likely to be forgotten. Garnett, for one, wondered what kind of reception such potty talk might bring back home. There will be no shortage of resolve on the court. Tuesdays game saw players from both sides throw themselves on the floor to corral a loose ball before an opponent did, as well as one in which pretty much everyone objected to the officiating. The hand-wringing and pained body language would have done Marcel Marceau proud. Given both sides seemed equally irked, the officials probably went home happy. Toronto, which had 19 turnovers in Game 1, coughed up 21 in Game 2. Coach Dwane Casey attributed it to a young team trying to do too much too quickly. On the plus side, Toronto outrebounded Brooklyn 52-30. So the series switches to Brooklyn, with the veteran Nets looking to regain the lead over a young Raptors squad that continues to overachieve. The two have now played each other six times this season, with three wins apiece. "These two teams are very similar," said Kidd. ' ' '
