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With Kidd-Gilchrist, there is hope for the Bobcats

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

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If there was a silver lining to the ‘ seven-win season a year ago, it had to be the odds of landing Anthony Davis with the draft’s No. 1 pick.

Sadly, and true to luckless form, the Bobcats were leapfrogged in the lottery by the New Orleans Hornets and missed out on the once-in-a-generation player, receiving instead the No. 2 pick and selecting swingman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Davis’ teammate at Kentucky.

But as far as consolation prizes go, you’d be hard-pressed to find a player with more two-way upside than “MKG.”

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On December 5, 1953, Cliff Hagan scored 51 points against Temple.

 

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