"The Charlotte Bobcats are on a six-game losing streak, longest active in the NBA. They have the worst point-differential in the league, losing by an average margin of 13 points.

And the player coach Paul Silas needed as a centerpiece, power forward Boris Diaw, has scored three points in his past two games. What will it take to right Diaw, and by extension, the Bobcats?

"I really don't know," Silas said after Friday's 98-81 loss to the Detroit Pistons, a team emerging from its own six-game losing streak. "I think (Diaw) has been around for a long time and nobody has been able to do it."

It's clear Silas and Diaw aren't on the same page and that this team is drifting fast at 2-10, the league's second-worst record. Owner Michael Jordan entered the locker room postgame, telling the players this was unacceptable at home against a team just as limited in talent.

But talent isn't the Bobcats' only flaw. They allowed the Pistons to score 52 points in the lane, a clear indication of poor defense and nonexistent toughness. Silas has been harping on his team's lacking toughness - he said rookie Bismack Biyombo is the closest thing to a tough player right now."