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2C SPORTS/Ilie Cfiatlottt #ot Thursday, June 30, 2005 Latta makes good Continued from page 1C with the media after di'afting Felton and May Some “experts” had been saying that Illinois’ Deron W^iUiams (chosen third overall) and Wake Forest’s (I^hris Paul (fourth overall) were better than Felton, whom the Bobcats chose with the fifth pick in the draft. But the smile on BickerstafTs face told a different story “In our opinion, there was never the (major) disparity between the (point guards),” Bickerstaff said. ‘We couldn’t come up with any negatives.” And neither could Felton. “I think Fm the only profes sional athlete to ever come out of Latta,” Felton said. “I mean, I think there was a guy who played baseball a long time ago, but that was two or three centuries ago.” Felton probably meant two or three decades ago. But what do you expect? This was the happiest day in the kid’s life. “Now that I’ve made it,” Felton said. “I think they’re going to give guys in small towns a harder look now. I feel really good about that,” And if you just have to keep score, then, yeah, that, and the fact that the team got its coveted point guard, means the Bobcats made a good deci sion by drafting Felton. E-mail columnist C. Jemal Horton at seejemalwrite^- aaU-om. Bobcats turn to pair of Heels Continued from page 1C North Cai*olina as the only Tar Heel to amass 1,000 points, 600 assists, 300 rebounds, 150 steals and 100 three-pointere Felton “puts as much pres sure on the basketball as any player in this draft,” ESPN college analyst Jay Bilas said. “He’s shovm the ability to impi’ove. He’s one year removed from being an absolute non-shooter to a guy that you can’t back off of and that you have to watch for high sa'eens. “He shot the ball 44,45 per cent fix)m three this season, vastly impi*oved to be at that level. He’ll be a really good player in this league.” May was voted MVP of the Final Four after scoring 26 points and gi'abbing 10 rebounds against Illinois in the championship game. The 6-9, 266-pound for- wai’d led North Carolina with 17.2 points and 12.3 reboimds as a junior and was named second team all- America and first team all- ACC. He set a school recoixi with 397 reboimds. “Sean May is a fine young man who led his team to the national championship,” said Bickeretaff. “He has great hands, he has good shooting range and he can be a factor on the defensive end.” “Charlotte made out like bandits with the 13th pick with Sean May” said Bilas. “I think, along with (No. 1 overall pick) Andrew Bogut, he has the best hands of any big guy in the draft. He’s long with a reach of about seven feet. He made a real commit ment this yeai* to get in shape and inm the floor. I think he can be a very pro ductive rebounder in this league, and Charlotte is veiy foitunate to get him at 13.” Lacy, Sting deal with poor start Continued from page 1C Sutton-Brewn said. “The playoffs aio still in our future and we needed to get this one, we need to get Washington twice and we’re right back in the iimning for playoff position.” “You want to see everyone be successful,” Sutton-Brewn said. “Right now as a gixiup, we lose together, we win together. She’s doing a great job ri^t now.” Staley said the big pictiu-e is that the players have to help themselves - and Lacey - by play ing them way into contention. “Any time you start the season 1-9, there’s a lot of tension in the locker room, there’s a lot of tension in the coaches’ loom and it’s hard, but I think it builds character,” Staley said. “But I don’t think anybody in this ixxim didn’t believe throughout we were going to turn it aiound, and we aie going to turn it aiound.” “Honestly we’re not looking that fai* ahead,” Lacey said. “We’re taking it one game at a time and we’re breaking it down to one possession at a time. When we need a stop, we’re focusing on getting a stop. When we need a basket, we’re focusing on getting the best shot we can. That’s how we look at it. We can’t look too far foi-ward.” But it’s far better than looking back. 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