Sean May News

Detroit Pistons Antonio McDyess sits on the bench during the final seconds of Game 4 in the Eastern Conference playoffs between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Detroit Pistons at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan, on Sunday, April 26, 2009.

The Charlotte Bobcats have an owner who's losing millions and looking to sell. They've struggled to move tickets, win games and become relevant in a town that used to adore the NBA.

After contending for their first NBA playoff berth last season, the Charlotte Bobcats are eager to improve their chances of making that next step next season.

Bobcats forward Sean May has been in Chapel Hill this summer, finishing course requirements for his degree at North Carolina.

JUNE 25: NBA Commissioner David Stern poses for a photograph with the twelfth overall draft pick by the Charlotte Bobcats, Gerald Henderson during the 2009 NBA Draft at the Wamu Theatre at Madison Square Garden June 25, 2009 in New York City.

The Charlotte Bobcats continued their affinity for the Atlantic Coast Conference by selecting Duke's Gerald Henderson with the No.

Was the world turning off its axis around 9:15 Thursday night? University of North Carolina basketball icons Michael Jordan and Larry Brown agreed to choose, ahem, a Dukie with their 2009 NBA Draft lottery pick.

Four years ago, they were practically shouting from the rooftops over the good fortune they had just realized in the 2005 draft.

Well, with word coming out that the Bobcats have decided to not extend a qualifying offer to Sean May, the former TarHeel may be the first player to get an End of Season review done who will not be with the team next year.

Charlotte Bobcats general manager Rod Higgins says "we're kind of all over the board right now" concerning the 12th pick.

The Charlotte Bobcats will not make a qualifying offer to forward Sean May , allowing the former first-round pick to become an unrestricted free agent.

When the most recent NBA regular season completed, most league observers saw the Charlotte Bobcats as an up-and-coming fran-chise that would be primed for a 2010 playoff run.

Charlotte Bobcats coach Larry Brown has never believed in drafting exclusively for need.

Would anyone be surprised if Charlotte took Tyler Hansbrough with the 12th pick in the NBA Draft? Sure, that's higher than most projections for the ACC's career leading scorer, and the Bobcats have other needs, but we're talking about the Tar Cats .

1, 2007, file photo, Charlotte Bobcats' Sean May is shown during the NBA basketball team's media day in Charlotte, N.C. Iin the last three years, May has undergone three knee surgeries, ballooned to nearly 300 pounds and has played in only 58 of the Charlotte Bobcats' 246 games.

Not that this is any revelation, but here's the latest from Bobcats general manager Rod Higgins, concerning the restricted free agents: It's a foregone conclusion the Bobcats will make point guard Raymond Felton a qualifying offer, but they're still deciding whether to qualify reserve power forward Sean May .

Larry Brown coached Austin Daye's father, Darren, at UCLA. Now it appears Brown will be joined in the NBA next season by the second generation Daye.

If there was ever a player who could skip an audition in front of a bunch of North Carolina alumni, it's Tyler Hansbrough.

The Bobcats 2009 NBA Draft workouts continued on June 5, 2009 with potential first rounders DaJuan Summers and Derrick Brown in, along with former N.C. State guard Courtney Fells.

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