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Who are these 'Cats, anyway?

By Chad Ford
ESPN Insider

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

FORT MILL, S.C. – Welcome to the inaugural training camp of the NBA's newest team, the Charlotte Bobcats – name tags required. "Training camp is usually a little bit like a class reunion," team president Ed Tapscott says. "You get together with teammates and begin the process of becoming familiar with each other again. This week was like the first day of class. No one knew anyone else." Tapscott wasn't kidding. Not only have the Bobcats never played together, many of them litera ...

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