Aging Theo Ratliff Has Sparked Bobcats' Playoff Rise

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ORLANDO -- The future of the Charlotte Bobcats belongs to guys like Gerald Wallace, Boris Diaw and Raymond Felton.

For now, it's the old war-horse Theo Ratliff who may have become the key to their run toward the first playoff appearance in franchise history.

The Bobcats have younger big men like Tyrus Thomas and Tyson Chandler. They have bigger guys like DeSagna Diop and Nazr Mohammed still on the roster. Yet it's the well-traveled Ratliff, still viewed as an undersized center, who has become their anchor in the late-season drive.

Ratliff, who is playing for the ninth different team in his 14-year NBA career, was obtained from the San Antonio Spurs Feb. 18 in a cup-of-coffee trade (actually, for a 2016 second-round pick) at the insistence of coach Larry Brown, who was looking for someone he could trust.

 

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