Byron Mullens News

The Bobcats fired rookie head coach Mike Dunlap shortly after the season ended, to the confusion and anger of some, and satisfaction of others.

The Bobcats owe a first-round pick to the Chicago Bulls to complete the Tyrus Thomas trade.

Strengths: For Byron, we might be better off calling this "Areas of Improvement" rather than "Strengths." This year saw a fundamental change in the way Mullens was played; instead of relying on the long midrange jumper, he drastically increased his three-point attempts .

With a 21-61 record, the Bobcats had one win more than the Orlando Magic , but they simply don't have the foundational talent that the Magic have - catapulting the Bobcats atop the list of teams with bleak futures.

And the Bucks made it a runaway in the second half as they piled up the points Monday night in a 131-102 victory, scoring a season-high total and the most points since a 133-point outburst against Dallas in January 2009.

Byron Mullens was a major determinant of the Bobcats' offensive efficiency. When he did good things, so did the Bobcats.

If there was one big cog in the machine that made the Bobcats really tick late in the season, it was Josh McRoberts.

Ben Swanson, editor of SB Nation's Rufus On Fire , joins Lewis to discuss the Bobcats' 2012-2013 season and to look ahead to free agency.

Because sports fans are almost like a family -- and the Bobcats are about as dysfunctional as they get -- I thought it would be a fun idea to go back over the highs and lows of this past season with our writers.

The team that just completed a 21-61 season will have a top-five pick in June's NBA draft.