The Charlotte Bobcats are the worst team in the whole-entire-NBA. Not the CP3-less Hornets. Not the rookie-led Cavaliers and not the “wait, who’s on their team?”Raptors.

What I’m saying is that the Bobcats are pretty bad. They aren’t going to get better overnight and certainly aren’t going to have a huge rebirth next season. But if the Bobcats want to contend or even win more games than a person has fingers, they need to do some things:

Let DJ Augustin Walk…To a Degree.

The Bobcats should probably let the former lottery pick walk in order to let Kemba run the show on a full-time basis. This is going to speed up his development more than if he were coming off the bench or playing the 2. I say to a degree because they should probably work out a sign and trade so Augustin isn’t lost without compensation. And to be honest, the Bobcats should be happy to get any pieces, however they get them, because they need them.

Get Tyrus Thomas’s Contract off the Books.

This could come by amnesty. This could come by trade. This could come by who knows what, but the Bobcats need to move Thomas’ money. The Former LSU Tiger struggled in the Carolinas this year, putting up almost identical point-age and rebounding numbers to his rookie year.

Here is one that a lot of people aren’t going to be overly jazzed about: TRADE BISMACK BIYOMBO.

Let’s say the Bobcats do end up with the top pick in the draft, and the once-in-a-long-while talent that comes with it: Anthony Davis. You’d have a frontcourt of Davis and Biyombo, pretty intimidating defensively and almost the opposite offensively. That’s fine if you’re the Miami Heat or Denver Nuggets with oodles of wing-scoring options. But the Bobcats don’t have any big time scorers at the present time and Kemba needs more time to develop into one. The point here is that Biyombo might be a big commodity for some lottery teams who aren’t overly thrilled with the Sullingers and Joneses of the world. Last season’s lottery pick could fetch a decent return. Like say moving Biyombo to the Hornets for Gustavo Ayon, Xavier Henry and a future first-round pick. The Bobcats get a solid post player to team with Davis while also picking up a running mate for Walker. The Hornets meanwhile would get a strong defensive presence to pair with Thomas Robinson (should he fall to them) to form a strong, youthful frontcourt tandem.

Get Someone to Pay Corey Maggette.

Maggette is in the same boat as Thomas and needs to be shipped out to save the Bobcats money. Surprisingly, the Bobcats have less than a million in cap space. Generally bad teams don’t have a lot of cap room. You might as well throw in Desagana Diop in the same boat.

Go After it in Free Agency.

I’m not saying that they need to sign Steve Nash, but the ‘Cats could use some new blood, guys who could use a change of scenery or larger paycheck like Goran Dragic, Craig Brackens, James Anderson, Ersan Ilyasova, Hasheem Thabeet and Daniel Orton. All of whom could make sense for a young Charlotte team.

Charlotte needs some youth and talent. Maybe this is the offseason when they get it.

PS- We’d like an NBA team back  in Seattle sometime, David Stern. (Sorry had to get that in there, my standard Stern jab.)