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PLAYOFFS RECORDS 10-11 REVIEW PLAYERS BBALL OPS FRONT OFFICE<br />
HISTORY<br />
<strong>NBA</strong><br />
MISC.<br />
MEDIA INFORMATION<br />
BASkETBALL COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT INFORMATION<br />
TIME WARNER CABLE ARENA, 333 E. TRADE STREET, CHARLOTTE, NC 28202<br />
BASkETBALL COMMUNICATIONS GAME NIGHT OFFICE (704) 688-8864<br />
BASkETBALL COMMUNICATIONS PRESS ROW PHONE (704) 688-8867<br />
BASkETBALL COMMUNICATIONS FAx (704) 688-7864<br />
Wel<strong>com</strong>e to the <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong> season of the Charlotte Bobcats! Please familiarize yourself with the following<br />
guidelines and policies in order to ensure a quality work environment. Feel free to contact the Bobcats<br />
basketball <strong>com</strong>munications department with any questions regarding these policies or for any other inquiries.<br />
MEDIA PARkING<br />
<strong>Media</strong> parking will be available in the lot at 501<br />
East Trade Street (directly across Caldwell Street<br />
from the arena loading dock).<br />
MEDIA ENTRANCE<br />
The media entrance will open 2 1/2 hours prior to<br />
game time. Working media should enter Time Warner<br />
Cable Arena from Fifth Street, east of the Presbyterian<br />
Hospital Training Center. Upon entry, media<br />
should proceed downstairs to the media work areas.<br />
PRESS ROOM<br />
The press workrooms are located on the event level,<br />
near the locker rooms and interview room, and are<br />
open 2 1/2 hours before game time. Press room usage<br />
is limited to working media and game staff only.<br />
Telephones, wireless internet access, game notes,<br />
media guides, statistics, quotes and out-of-town<br />
scores are available in this area. Please use <strong>com</strong>mon<br />
courtesy in maintaining a quiet working environment<br />
in the press workrooms.<br />
SINGLE-GAME CREDENTIALS<br />
<strong>Media</strong> members wishing to cover a single game<br />
must submit their requests at least 48 hours prior<br />
to the intended game. Requests for games on Sunday,<br />
Monday or Tuesday must be submitted by Noon<br />
on the preceding Friday. Single-game credentials<br />
will be issued on a space-available basis. First-time<br />
requests must be in written form on <strong>com</strong>pany<br />
letterhead and submitted to Josh Rosen by e-mail<br />
(jrosen@bobcats.<strong>com</strong>) or fax (704-688-7864).<br />
Requests from foreign and international media<br />
should be submitted to Rachel Walsh of the <strong>NBA</strong><br />
international public relations department at<br />
rwalsh@nba.<strong>com</strong> and must be received at least<br />
three business days prior to the intended game.<br />
Credentials can be picked up at the media entrance<br />
of the arena 2 1/2 hours prior to tip-off. Photo<br />
identification will be required when picking up<br />
credentials at the media entrance. Applying for<br />
credentials does not guarantee confirmation.<br />
178 <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong> CHARLOTTE BOBCATS MEDIA GUIDE<br />
COACHES PREGAME &<br />
POSTGAME AVAILABILITY<br />
Bobcats Head Coach Paul Silas will hold his pregame<br />
media session 90 minutes prior to tip-off<br />
outside the team’s locker room for all home games,<br />
and he will conduct his postgame media session in<br />
the main interview room adjacent to the press workrooms.<br />
During postgame media sessions, priority<br />
must be given to those media on deadline (print and<br />
live broadcast), and interviews should be limited to<br />
game <strong>com</strong>ments.<br />
LOCkER ROOM ACCESS<br />
Both the Bobcats and visiting team’s locker rooms<br />
are located down the hallway from each other and<br />
the press work area. In accordance with <strong>NBA</strong> policy,<br />
both locker rooms will be open 90 minutes prior and<br />
close 45 minutes prior to tip-off. Following the game,<br />
locker rooms will open after a 10-minute cooling-off<br />
period. Only credentialed media will be allowed in<br />
the locker rooms. Still photography and autographs<br />
are not permitted in the locker rooms. Cell phones<br />
are also prohibited in the locker rooms, both before<br />
and after games.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHERS<br />
Season passes will be provided to accredited photographers<br />
from daily newspapers and television<br />
stations who cover the majority of Bobcats regular<br />
season home games. Photographers must be on<br />
assignment for a publication to be credentialed. No<br />
photography of any Bobcats game shall be released<br />
to any individual other than the entity for whom the<br />
pass was issued and subject to the rules governing<br />
such use as described on the reverse side of the<br />
credential. All photographers and TV cameramen<br />
must stay at least four feet behind the baseline at<br />
all times. Photographers must remain stationary<br />
and seated at all times, except at quarter breaks<br />
and halftime, and are not permitted on the court at<br />
any time during the game. Photographers are<br />
asked to keep courtside equipment to a minimum<br />
and leave all excess equipment and outside clothing<br />
in the small photo work room. Flashbulbs are<br />
not permitted at any time.<br />
RUBBER LENS SHADES<br />
In order to reduce the risk of injury to players, rubber<br />
lens shades are required for all still photographers,<br />
broadcasters, news and entertainment video and<br />
film crews who are authorized to shoot <strong>NBA</strong> game<br />
action. Any additional light sources or sun guns must<br />
either be removed or covered with bubble wrap.<br />
SEATING<br />
Home and visiting television positions will be on the<br />
main press table at courtside between the team<br />
benches. Radio positions are located in the upper<br />
center court section of 105. Writers will be located<br />
in section 105, below the radio broadcast position<br />
at center court. Additional seating is at the top of<br />
sections 107-1<strong>12</strong>. A seating chart will be posted in<br />
the press room. The quarter play-by-play sheets<br />
and halftime and final box scores are distributed as<br />
quickly as possible to all locations.<br />
SHOOT AROUNDS<br />
Shoot arounds will take place at Time Warner Cable<br />
Arena. All shoot arounds are closed to the media,<br />
with interviews following the shoot around period.<br />
Shoot around times are subject to change. Please<br />
call the basketball <strong>com</strong>munications department for<br />
updated shoot around times.<br />
PRACTICE POLICY<br />
The Bobcats practice at the Presbyterian Hospital<br />
Training Center at Time Warner Cable Arena. Practices<br />
are closed to the public but open to the media<br />
for the final 30 minutes. Players and coaches are<br />
available immediately following practice for interviews.<br />
<strong>Media</strong> will have access to the press work<br />
areas on the event level while waiting for media<br />
availability. Please contact the Bobcats basketball<br />
<strong>com</strong>munications department to confirm practice<br />
times and the availability of the players and coaches.<br />
Interviews intent on lasting longer than five<br />
minutes should be scheduled in advance with the<br />
Bobcats basketball <strong>com</strong>munications department.
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