I suspect the NBA will do the same thing when they expand, but when the Bobcats were picking in '04, the unprotected names were just out there in public. I remember because the Knicks were like HERE TAKE ANYONE YOU WANT, TAKE EVERYONE web.archive.org/web/20040812060721/http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/basketball/nba/charlotte_bobcats/8924771.htm

April 03, 2026 - 19:08 UTC

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bobcats not taking antoine walker was coward stuff and they never recovered from it
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Thank you for enabling me to remember Jahidi White
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my pleasure, truly
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Seeing Gerald Wallace on there for Sacramento
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Underrated “what if” moment in Kings history
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i can't believe McConaughey didn't protect Troy Murphy
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the 2004 New York Knicks: You Could Steal Literally A Third Of Our Roster And We'd Thank You For It™
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Meanwhile, Kevin Durant perpetually putting himself on the unprotected list every year. “I’m available.”

N.B. If you only look at first 2 columns of his basketball reference (18 seasons, 6 teams, 1 year DNP) you think competent journeyman, not first ballot HOFer.
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love how the Kings were so damn deep that the one guy they didn’t need at all (Gerald Wallace) became one of the best players to wear a Bobcats uniform
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did they have a 2 guard NOT on the table that's insane
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Twas a dark time.
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ah, I see now that it wasn't formally public. The league did not allow the list of unprotected players to be disclosed ... but it sure was! www.nytimes.com/2004/06/12/sports/pro-basketball-expansion-bobcats-receive-list-of-players-available-to-them.html
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Now, I don't think there's anyone on the team I wouldn't be at least a little sad to see go
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"take my 2004 penny hardaway, please!"
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Also the peak Jail Blazers begging someone else to take half their team
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A team with so much dead weight that they used the Allan Hositon Rule to waive someone other than Allan Houston
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So many good immaculate grid names in there.
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ISIAH THOMAS PUTTING ON THE DRESS THAT BUGS BUNNY ALWAYS PUTS ON: oh my. i wonder if a big strong team wants allan houston's contract. probably not...
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