Don't draft Alex Len

Alex Len attempts to guard Nerlens Noel, a legitimate NBA lottery pick. Source: sportsnola.com

The Bobcats have made more mistakes than GOB since their inception in 2004. Should we list them? We should list them. They named their team after an owner who jumped ship five years later, started their first season with Primoz Brezec's face on season tickets, drafted a fat point guard and a fat forward from UNC in the same year, allowed the Man Who Still Swears By Kwame Brown to run basketball operations, gave a green light to Adam Morrison's mustache, decided DJ Augustin was better than Raymond Felton, immediately blew up the only team to sniff the playoffs, let future Olympic gold medalist Tyson Chandler walk for nothing and still haven't edited their own Wikipedia page to not have a major section titled The Gerald Wallace Era (!!!!).
That said, drafting Maryland center Alex Len would be the biggest mistake the idiots in Charlotte have ever made. Sadly, as more and more mock drafts settle on the eve of the NBA Draft, it looks like the Cavs, Magic and Wizards have finally stopped joking that they may use their selections on Len. Which will leave the Bobcats with the obvious choice of taking the available one of Anthony Bennett, Ben McLemore or Otto Porter. Or, sigh, Len.
For people who think basketball is played on a computer screen, Len looks OK enough. He's 7-1, 255 and is long enough to alter shots, solid enough to bang on the blocks and European enough to make people think he possesses skill. Why, then, would drafting Len be such a colossal mistake for the Bobcats, or any team in the Association for that matter?
Because he averaged 12-8 his sophomore season in an incredibly weak ACC. Because when people started saying he was considering going pro — not even that he might be a lottery pick, just that he was considering going pro — everybody's reaction was, "Really?" or "Him?" Because he had exactly two good games his entire college career. Because he never once showed the consistent ability to shoot, dribble or pass. Because he was injured during the pre-draft circuit and execs never got to see just how disappointing he is in person. Because he never once made an All-ACC team, not even the third team that included Akil Mitchell and C.J. Harris.

"Him?" Source: Jason Szenes/Getty

Basically, we're five years away from this Stephen A. Smith rant 2.0. (Click the link, it couldn't be more perfect).
The only person who has anything to gain by Len being drafted in the top five is Hasheem Thabeet, who can now point to Len and say it's his turn to be the butt of all the good NBA jokes.
No, it's not a novel opinion, but Len will be an NBA bust. Bobcats, you have good mojo going by changing your name to the Hornets. You did the right thing by taking MKG last year. Don't do this to yourself.