D.J. Augustin At the Point Will be the Key to Charlotte Bobcats' Season

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ORLANDO -- Two minutes after Charlotte Bobcats coach Larry Brown had finished with point guard D.J. Augustin, veteran Stephen Jackson was tutoring him on the sideline following their game day morning practice.



A few minutes later, it was an assistant coach who was lecturing Augustin, making sure he understood what both Brown and Jackson had just told him. And just before they were leaving the gym, veteran Gerald Wallace had sidled up to Augustin, clarifying what the other three had said.



The object of everyone's attention just smiled.



"My turn has come,'' Augustin said Thursday when everyone finished. "And everyone just wants me to do well.''



With his safety net gone, Augustin has become the quiet key to the upstart Charlotte Bobcats, prepared to show now he belongs in the NBA, and they belong back in the playoffs.



"Nacho Libre (Augustin), he's the head to this monster,'' Jackson said. "And as he goes, we'll go this season. We need him to succeed. We need him to run things the proper way. And I think will. He's going to surprise all those people who already counted him out.''

 

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