Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

NBA.com’s John Schuhmann is pretty big on efficiency. He likes assessing the offensive and defensive performances of teams and players by digging into the stats to see how effectively they can create or prevent baskets. It’s an approach to evaluation that emphasizes economy and execution.

So it’s no surprise that Schuhmann only needed three words to tell you everything you need to know about the 2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats in the latest edition of his NBA.com Power Rankings:

Yep, that about sums it up.

What information lives inside that summation? The Bobcats rank last in the league in both points scored per 100 possessions and points allowed per 100 possessions, which accounts for the horrid “efficiency” numbers that led Schuhmann to his succinct, pitch-perfect conclusion. They’re also first in the league in head-coach facepalms, which doesn’t show up in a box score but does show up in a proprietary statistical system that I’ve developed to help me identify and exploit NBA memes. You’re just going to have to trust me on that one.

Charlotte has lost 17 straight games, including a 28-point loss to the second-worst team in the league, and have a real shot at catching the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers for the lowest winning percentage in league history. Even if they don’t, though, people who blog about the team, like Spencer at Queen City Hoops, now find it “hard to imagine a team once [existed] that was worse than this.”

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WRITTEN BY Dan Devine | Ball Don’t Lie  & FULL STORY HERE