Charlotte Bobcats 2012-2013 prediction

The Charlotte Bobcats had one of the worse seasons in NBA history last year, they finished the regular season 7-59 and with the worse winning % in the history of the league. These are the players entering the next season:
G Ben Gordon, F Tyrus Thomas, C Desagana Diop, F Matt Carroll, G Gerald Henderson, G Ramon Sessions, F-C Bismack Biyombo, F Reggie Williams, G Kemba Walker, C Brendan Haywood, C B.J Mullens, F Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, F Jeff Taylor
Free Agents: Dj White, F Derrick Brown

Clearly the big name here is rookie Michael Kidd-Gilchrist who comes in as the second overall pick of this year's draft and with high expectations.  Gilchrist is a 6-7 specimen who will be an elite defender in this league. He can guard anywhere from the 1 to the 3 and perhaps even the 4. His motor is nonstop and he will bring energy to a team that desperately needs it. In addition, Gilchrist will immediately make them better on both ends of the floor. Now, the Bobcats have a lot of issues, particularly with whether to give the big chunk of their minutes to their veterans (and try to get more wins) or their young players (and let them develop). Either way, they are not going to win many games so they should go with their young players in our minds.

The issue begins at the point guard position, where young college legend Kemba Walker seemed to be on his way to becoming the Bobcat's permanent starting point guard with the departure of DJ Augustine, but instead the Bobcats went ahead and brought in Ramon Sessions who is clearly a starting point guard in the NBA. Yet, we believe Walker should be the starting point guard, we already know the ceiling for Ramon Sessions but we have yet to seen Kemba's and he should be handed the keys to the car.
In addition, the bobcats bring in first time NBA coach Mike Dunlap who was the assistant coach at St John's university, Dunlap is widely respected around the NBA for his knowledge of the game and player development, which is key considering the Bobcat's players.

Bottom line, the Bobcats will lose a lot of games, but they need to let Walker, Kid-Gilchrist, Biyombo, and Henderson to develop at their own pace and let the rebuilding process begin. We project the Bobcats to win between 17 and 22 games and finish dead last in the eastern conference.