Charlotte Bobcats: Best Players By Position Of The Modern Era

Gerald Wallace was the only All-Star the Charlotte Bobcats ever had. (US PRESSWIRE)
Gerald Wallace was the only All-Star the Charlotte Bobcats ever had. (US PRESSWIRE)
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Emeka Okafor was the first draft pick of the Charlotte Bobcats in 2004 and was Rookie of the Year in 2004-05. (Photo by Martin Ellis/dreamstime.com/Editorial Use Only)
Emeka Okafor was the first draft pick of the Charlotte Bobcats in 2004 and was Rookie of the Year in 2004-05. (Photo by Martin Ellis/dreamstime.com/Editorial Use Only)

C Emeka Okafor (2004-09)

Okafor was the first draft pick in Bobcats’ history, taken with the second overall pick in 2004 after leading Connecticut to a national championship.

He went on to win Rookie of the Year honors in 2004-05 and was a solid two-way big man in his five years in Charlotte.

Okafor averaged 14 points, 10.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 34 minutes per game for the Bobcats, shooting .506/0-for-1/.584.

Okafor holds single-season record for the Bobcats with 876 rebounds in 2007-08 and 172 blocked shots in 2006-07.

He was the Bobcats’ all-time leader with 3,516 rebounds and 621 blocked shots, is third with 4,630 points, fourth with 330 games and fifth with 251 steals.

Okafor was swapped to the New Orleans Hornets in July 2009 in exchange for center Tyson Chandler and he also played for the Washington Wizards. He spent all of 2013-14 injured as a member of the Phoenix Suns and is now an unrestricted free agent.

Season G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2004-05 73 2600 448 1003 0 1 209 343 795 64 62 125 125 214 1105
2005-06 26 874 131 316 0 0 82 125 261 31 22 50 53 88 344
2006-07 67 2329 394 740 0 0 175 295 757 80 57 172 111 210 963
2007-08 82 2718 460 860 0 0 213 374 876 70 62 138 164 241 1133
2008-09 82 2691 433 772 0 0 219 369 827 53 48 136 144 247 1085
5 seasons 330 11212 1866 3691 0 1 898 1506 3516 298 251 621 597 1000 4630

Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/2/2014.

No apologies necessary, no other player qualified at the position.