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Charlotte Bobcats News

Raymond Felton pushes the pace in Blazers' rout of Bobcats
February 2
Oregonian
 
"It would be foolish to make any grand declarations following a blowout victory against the worst team in the NBA. But a subtle, yet important development materialized Wednesday night for the Trail Blazers as they throttled the lowly Charlotte Bobcats 112-68 before 20,608 at the Rose Garden. The oft-maligned Raymond Felton brought the fast break back to the Blazers, and the Blazers brought the fun back to the court."
For LaMarcus Aldridge, blowout win means a rare chance for a short stint in a game
February 2
Oregonian
 
"What's the value of a 44-point victory? For the Trail Blazers, who absolutely walloped Charlotte 112-68 on Wednesday at the Rose Garden, one of the biggest benefits was surely rest, especially for leading scorer LaMarcus Aldridge. Aldridge played 26 minutes, 16 seconds and got his time's worth, scoring 22 points on 8-for-16 field goal shooting and 6-for-6 free-throw shooting. "I don't think I've played 26 minutes since my first year in the league," Aldridge said. "It's definitely going to be big.""
Blazers power up against woeful Bobcats
February 2
Portland Tribune
 
"The lights were on and the public-address system was working, but there was very little electricity in the Rose Garden Wednesday night. A sellout crowd announced at 20,608 – the Trail Blazers' 170th straight – enjoyed the 112-68 beat-down their team laid on the woeful Charlotte Bobcats. There was virtually no drama, though, as Portland (13-9) sent Charlotte (3-20) to its 10th consecutive defeat."
Bulls have expressed interest in free agent Przybilla but he reportedly has offer from Heat
February 2
Chicago Tribune
 
"Veteran big man Joel Przybilla is nearing a decision on where he will resume his playing career, according to his agent Bill Duffy. The Tribune reported the Bulls' interest in Przybilla in early December. They also have had conversations with other reserve big man possibilities like Leon Powe, a league source said. Duffy said the Heat also has offered Przybilla a contract, and the Sporting News reported Przybilla's choice will come this week. Przybilla, 32, has been spending time with his family in Wisconsin after playing 36 games with the Trail Blazers and Bobcats last season. In 10 NBA seasons, Przybilla has averaged 4 points and 6.3 rebounds in 553 games."
Blazers deal Bobcats 10th straight loss
February 2
Charlotte Observer
 
"Jamal Crawford scored 24 points in 21 minutes, helping the Portland Trail Blazers rout Charlotte 112-68 on Wednesday night for the Bocbats' 10th straight loss and the worst in franchise history. Gerald Wallace, traded to the Blazers from Charlotte last year, scored 23 points while LaMarcus Aldridge added 22 before Portland sat all of its starters in the fourth quarter. Gerald Henderson led the hapless Bobcats with 16 points. Charlotte's 44-margin of defeat topped the previous franchise-worst in a 120-80 loss at Denver last March 2."
LAKERS 106, CHARLOTTE 73: It's just like old times for Lakers
February 1
L.A. Daily News
 
"For a while, it seemed nostalgic. The Lakers sized up a weaker opponent Tuesday night at Staples Center, figured out its weaknesses within a few moments and exploited them again and again and again. The Lakers played with ruthless efficiency, showing no mercy. They used to do this all the time when they were winning NBA championships back in the day. You know, like, two seasons ago. They used to beat a lesser team into submission early, rest their starters and turn the game over to their backups. Led by Kobe Bryant, the Lakers charged in front of the lowly Charlotte Bobcats in the opening seconds of the game, built a 24-point lead by halftime and completed an easy 106-73 victory with their"
Lakers enjoy rare easy night in 106-73 win over Bobcats
February 1
Los Angeles Times
 
"The big, bad Charlotte Bobcats came to town and the Lakers didn't even flinch. Turns out the Bobcats aren't very big and they're really, really bad, but the Lakers will take any victory they can these days. They rolled over Charlotte, 106-73, Tuesday at Staples Center, breaking the 100-point barrier for a second consecutive game, the first time that's happened all season."
Henderson, White, Williams all ready to play for Bobcats vs. Lakers
January 31
Charlotte Observer
 
"The injury report improved dramatically Monday for the Charlotte Bobcats. Coach Paul Silas anticipates Gerald Henderson, D.J. White and newcomer Reggie Williams all playing Tuesday night when the Bobcats play the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center. That's the closest to full strength the Bobcats have been in weeks. Henderson missed both games last week against the Washington Wizards with a lower-back contusion. He aggravated that injury in Philadelphia, while taking a charge. He didn't practice Monday, but said the injury was feeling much better, so he expects to play against Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles."
Uh-oh, here come the . . . Bobcats?
January 31
Los Angeles Times
 
"For all their championships, Hall of Famers and All-Stars over the years, the Lakers have a losing record against two teams. One makes sense — the Boston Celtics, the only franchise the Lakers trail in NBA titles. The other is a head-scratcher: Charlotte. The Lakers are 6-8 against the Bobcats, not close to the historical context of their 121-153 record against Boston but an irritant nonetheless."
Charlotte Bobcats' guard Augustin won't play anytime soon
January 30
Charlotte Observer
 
"Charlotte Bobcats point guard D.J. Augustin played through three ankle sprains the first dozen games of this NBA season. He knows the difference between a little pain and a debilitating injury. The right big-toe injury Augustin has suffered is debilitating. So much so that Augustin likely won't play in any of the upcoming four road games that start Tuesday against the Lakers in Los Angeles. In an exclusive interview Sunday with the Observer, Augustin said sitting out now is necessary, not only to this season, but potentially to protecting his career."
Bobcats' rookie Biyombo's journey to the NBA anything but typical
January 29
Charlotte Observer
 columnist Scott Fowler
"Bismack Biyombo is the youngest active player in the NBA. He also seems to be one of its oldest souls. Biyombo, 19, has taken one of the strangest routes ever into the league -- from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Yemen to Spain to Charlotte. The Bobcats selected him No. 7 overall in the NBA draft in June -- trading up to get a teenager hardly anyone had heard of six months before -- and have bet millions that the 6-foot-9 post player with the 7-foot-7 wingspan will become one of this struggling franchise's cornerstones. For now, Biyombo is a backup center on a Bobcats team that may be the worst in the NBA. But Bobcats owner Michael Jordan has compared Biyombo to a young Hakeem"
Bobcats' drive to compete lost over time
January 29
Charlotte Observer
 columnist Rick Bonnell
"Paul Silas might be 68, but he's no curmudgeon. You won't hear him ramble about the days when televisions had three channels and you adjusted rabbit ears to get the best picture of Doris Day. But in his two stints as an NBA coach in Charlotte - first with the Hornets, now with the Bobcats - Silas has always honored what made him a great power forward: A commitment to work, an appreciation of how lucky he was to make money playing a game. Now he wonders, at the tail end of his career, how those values got lost in modern sports culture. Thursday in Philadelphia, the Bobcats had a rare full practice in this compacted, post-lockout schedule. Silas didn't like his players' body language, their"
Bobcats put up fight before falling to Wizards
January 29
Charlotte Observer
 
"It looked good. It felt good. It certainly represented progress. But a triple-double wasn't something Charlotte Bobcats rookie Kemba Walker would make a goal. "It's not the kind of thing you plan," Walker said, after totaling 20 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in a 102-99 loss to the Washington Wizards. "It just happens." This was just the third triple-double in Bobcats history. Boris Diaw and ex-Bobcat Stephen Jackson each assembled one. Walker struggled greatly the previous three games, while taking over primary playmaking responsibility with D.J. Augustin injured. So he huddled with the coaches to see what he's been missing in terms of setting up his teammates, on a team that"
Bobcats go big, but still go down
January 28
Charlotte Observer
 
"If the Charlotte Bobcats must lose, and coach Paul Silas is held accountable for those losses, then he at least will lose on his own terms. That means starting veterans, playing those vets extensively, and making the development of young players a secondary goal. That was the message after a seventh straight loss, 89-72 Friday night to the Philadelphia 76ers. The approach was different - Silas started Gana Diop at center and Boris Diaw at power forward. The result was substantially the same: The Bobcats were down 13 at the end of the first quarter and 22 at halftime. They've lost the past three games by a combined 67 points and never led Wednesday against the Washington Wizards or Friday"
Bobcats have worse down; better next?
January 28
Charlotte Observer
 columnist Tom Sorensen
"They are the young Bobcats. I hear the term so frequently, and use the term so frequently, I say we make it official. Get on your feet and meet and greet the Young Bobcats. Charlotte is the worst team in the NBA. That's no surprise. The surprise would be if the Bobcats weren't. I wrote before the season that the Young Bobcats were the 2010 Carolina Panthers because what else could they be? Rather than spend eternity going 7-9 and 9-7, the Panthers jettisoned their veterans, sent rookies and second-year players onto the field and lost 14 of 16 games. To become better they became worse. Those 16 games felt like 32. Watching them was punishment. "Kids, you stop fooling around and go to sleep"
Bobcats' Diop to start against the 76ers
January 27
Charlotte Observer
 
"Little-used center Gana Diop is moving back into the Charlotte Bobcats' starting lineup, and if that sounds odd, consider this: In back-to-back blowout losses to the New York Knicks and Washington Wizards, the Bobcats gave up 104 points in the lane. It's been absurdly easy of late for opposing big men to post up or guards to drive to the rim. Whatever Diop isn't (and that covers a lot of ground), he's 295 pounds of barrier between opponents and the rim. That, combined with a bruised hand suffered by center Byron Mullens against the Wizards, add up to Diop's fourth start of the season when the Bobcats play the Philadelphia 76ers tonight. Diop isn't the only change. Injuries are cropping up."
Charlotte Bobcats sink to new low in 92-75 loss to Wizards
January 26
Charlotte Observer
 
"The first two games in D.J. Augustin's absence, Charlotte Bobcats coach Paul Silas let rookie point guard Kemba Walker find his way. Now, after two losses by a combined 50 points, Silas takes back the offense. Expect a heavy dose of called plays when the Bobcats take on the Philadelphia 76ers Friday night. "I don't want him taking 19 (shots), and only making four,'' Silas said of Walker following a 92-75 loss to the Washington Wizards. "We'll start executing the offense, not just (leaning on) the high pick-and-roll, not jacking up shots. He'll learn.''"
New Coach Randy Wittman gets first win with Washington with 92-75 victory over Charlotte
January 26
Washington Post
 
"Randy Wittman didn't get any sleep the night before he made his debut as the 23rd coach in Washington Wizards franchise history. After taking over as a midseason replacement in Minnesota nearly four years ago, Wittman vowed that he would never do it again, and he wasn't especially eager to step in for his longtime friend, Flip Saunders. But when Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld presented him with the opportunity, Wittman decided to take over, believing that the talent on the roster far exceeded the record and that he could convince the players to share that sentiment. He set roles and challenged each player individually in a lengthy, pull-no-punches meeting early Wednesday morning, then"
'Embarrassment' for the Bobcats? Oh, yeah
January 25
Charlotte Observer
 
"Charlotte Bobcats rookie Kemba Walker's term -- "embarrassment" -- was actually a kind description of a 111-78 home loss to the New York Knicks. Consider the evidence: The Bobcats played a team that lost six straight. A team whose leading scorer, Carmelo Anthony, shot 0-of-7. A team that already lost at home to the Bobcats and nearly lost to them twice at Madison Square Garden. A team that plays little or no defense, yet held the Bobcats to 33 percent shooting. A team that outscored the Bobcats 59-36 in the second half. Oh, yeah. This was an embarrassment."
Anthony scores career low as Knicks cruise
January 25
New York Post
 
"That's what Carmelo Anthony scored last night in a stunning — and perhaps telling — result. With Anthony muted, the Knicks (7-10) bombed the Bobcats, 111-78, last night at Time Warner Cable Arena to break their six-game losing streak. Anthony's one point was a career low, and it was the first time he failed to sink a field goal since Nov. 28, 2005. "I needed a night like this, where I didn't have to do too much and we still won the game by a lot,'' Anthony said. "We just had it going. Everybody had it going. I needed a night like this when I score one point and we win by 20. We all got tired of losing.''"
Bobcats guard Augustin will miss 4 games
January 25
Charlotte Observer
 
"Charlotte Bobcats point guard D.J. Augustin will miss at least the next four games (over the next five nights) after getting a second diagnosis on inflammation in his right big toe. Charlotte physician Dr. Bob Anderson examined the injury, and Augustin will go through electric stimulation and other therapies, rather than the injection initially suggested when Augustin was examined in New Jersey Sunday night."
Bobcats rookie Kemba Walker to take over point
January 24
Charlotte Observer
 
"Charlotte Bobcats fans clamoring for more of rookie Kemba Walker should get all they want the rest of this week. Point guard D.J. Augustin is out the next two games and probably longer for treatment of an inflamed right big toe. Augustin has been in serious pain most of the past two weeks, and finally had to leave Sunday's loss to the New Jersey Nets during the first quarter. Augustin was scheduled to have an injection to relieve the pain, but there's no timetable for how long he'll be out."
Gritty Williams, Nets find a way
January 23
New York Post
 
"With injuries, late signings and all the scheduling goodies the NBA has dumped upon them, the Nets looked at their current plight and saw that delightful little scenario known as the back-to-back-to-back death march, three games in three nights. Last night they were in the middle of that horror. They had already completed the first segment, a loss to the Thunder on Saturday. Looking ahead, they saw the best team on the planet, the Bulls, in Chicago tonight. It's not being overly negative to say no one feels all warm and fuzzy about the Nets' prospects there. So they needed the middle segment last night against the struggling Bobcats. Needed it real bad. So they went after it early,"
Bobcats' Kemba can do
January 23
New York Post
 
"One of the bright spots for the Nets so far this season has been the play of rookie MarShon Brooks. In a 97-87 loss to the Nets last night at Prudential Center, Kemba Walker showed why he's arguably the lone bright spot for the Bobcats. Playing without starters Corey Maggette and D.J. Augustin, who sat after playing a few minutes in the first quarter, Walker led the Bobcats with 16 points, six rebounds and four assists in 32-plus minutes. "I hope Kemba can continue to play well," Bobcats coach Paul Silas said. "He's got to get his rest, eat properly ... all of those things."
Charlotte Bobcats lose D.J. Augustin in another loss
January 23
Charlotte Observer
 
"Charlotte Bobcats guard D.J. Augustin will have an injection soon intended to treat a slight crack between two bones in his right big toe, Augustin told the Observer on Sunday. Augustin, the Bobcats' assist leader and second-leading scorer, had to leave in the first quarter of a 97-87 loss to the New Jersey Nets. Augustin has suffered from chronic pain for about 10 days, and it became so severe about six and a half minutes into the game that he sat down for the night. "It's two bones in my big toe, and it's kind of cracked," Augustin told the Observer. "The shot would fill in the crack, and give it time to heal -- take some of the pain away.""
Bobcats still a rough draft
January 22
Charlotte Observer
 
"A caution about the Charlotte Bobcats: Anything you see, hear or read about this team should be stamped with the label "Subject to change." Is Bismack Biyombo really an NBA center? Subject to change. Is Boris Diaw a reserve? Subject to change. Can D.J. Augustin and Kemba Walker play in the same backcourt successfully? Subject to change. That's how it should be for a team that lost 12 of its first 15 games and doesn't figure to be dramatically better in the remaining 50 or so this season. I believe coach Paul Silas means it when he says this group will be a better team in a month. I just don't know how much difference that will make in the record. So both Silas and president of basketball"
Bulls dig in, top Bobcats 95-89
January 22
Charlotte Observer
 
"Listen to Charlotte Bobcats coach Paul Silas' description of Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng. "He's very experienced. He knows exactly when to shoot and he knows how to play defense," Silas said after a 95-89 loss to the Bulls at United Center. "He's all about, 'I'm going to be successful every game.' "He breaks your heart." That sounded like everything Silas' Bobcats weren't, Saturday night or in general, so far this season. There is no heart-breaker on this team, no one consistent enough to be successful every night, no one as efficient offensively or versatile defensively as Deng was in this game. Former Duke star Deng carried the Bulls with 22 points, eight rebounds, four assists and"
Michael Jordan mentors Gerald Henderson
January 21
Charlotte Observer
 
"Imagine you're a computer programmer, and it turns out Bill Gates is your boss … Or you're starting out as a financial planner, and Warren Buffett takes you under his wing … That essentially describes Gerald Henderson's good fortune as a Charlotte Bobcat. The guy who owns the team happens to be the best basketball player ever. More specifically, he was an NBA shooting guard, just like Henderson. So there's a download of information going on that Henderson considers a windfall. Bobcats owner Michael Jordan recently gave Henderson a video that Jordan helped edit. For lack of a better description, it was the good and bad of Henderson's first dozen games this season: Plays that succeeded,"
Bobcats coach Silas: Bismack Biyombo will play center
January 20
Charlotte Observer
 
"Charlotte Bobcats rookie Bismack Biyombo is now a center. That was coach Paul Silas's declaration Thursday, in response to Biyombo's 10-point, 11-rebound game in Orlando. Biyombo did a respectable job guarding Magic All-Star center Dwight Howard, so Silas now plans to use Biyombo primarily, if not exclusively, as Byron Mullens' backup in the middle Mullens and Biyombo are markedly different players. Seven-footer Mullens has excelled offensively, with shooting range that extends to the 3-point line. Biyombo, 6-9, is a shotblocker/rebounder who is physically strong enough not to yield to a player of Howard's size and explosiveness."
Charlotte Bobcats' glut of power forwards
January 20
Charlotte Observer
 
"There seemed to be a lot of questions among the fan base after coach Paul Silas chose not to play D.J. White in Orlando, one game after White made seven of nine shots for 15 points Monday against the Cleveland Cavaliers. First, Silas was not expressing displeasure with White's performance. Second, these things are going to happen until something changes regarding the glut at power forward."
Biyombo comes up strong, but Orlando still wins
January 18
Charlotte Observer
 
"It took about a dozen games, but rookie Bismack Biyombo offered evidence to Charlotte Bobcats fans Tuesday why he was the seventh overall pick in the NBA draft. He's what Southerners would call "country strong'' and what coach Paul Silas called the one truly tough guy on this roster. Biyombo did his best to stand up to the baddest dude in the NBA - Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard - and for a while, it worked. Biyombo played a big part in Howard committing five fouls. It wasn't enough to hold off the Magic in the Bobcats' 96-89 loss at Amway Center, but it held promise for the future, concerning the springy 6-foot-9 big man from the Congo."
Magic win 5th straight behind big nights from Dwight Howard, Von Wafer
January 18
Orlando Sentinel
 
"The Orlando Magic looked tired Tuesday night. But Dwight Howard, Von Wafer and Glen Davis provided a spark. Playing their second game in as many nights, and with another one looming Wednesday, the Magic overcame a listless start and eked out a ragged 96-89 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats at Amway Center. It wasn't pretty, but it still counts as Orlando's fifth consecutive win. "It's not like any other season where we get chances to get breaks and rest here and there," said Howard, who scored 25 points and collected 17 rebounds, both game highs."
NBA in Charlotte: Good, bad and rebuilding
January 17
Charlotte Observer
 
"If you like basketball, Monday afternoon's Bobcats' game was not a waste. Cleveland's Kyrie Irving and Charlotte's D.J. Augustin and Kemba Walker provided an array of virtuoso moves. There were four quarters of old-school, run-the-court NBA basketball. There was occasional defense, including 11 Charlotte steals (compared to six for the Cavaliers) and eight Charlotte blocks (compared to five for Cleveland)."
Bobcats give one away
January 17
Charlotte Observer
 
"The raw numbers alone are less than striking: The Charlotte Bobcats average 3.4 fewer points in the third quarter than their opponents. But the players know better. For some reason, the Bobcats become listless and mistake-prone in the third quarter in a way that has handicapped them all season. The final nine minutes of the third quarter Monday, the Cleveland Cavaliers burned through all of the Bobcats' 14-point lead. That was good for a 102-94 victory in a game the Bobcats lost more than the Cavaliers won."
Daniel Gibson's defense propels Cavs to win over Bobcats
January 17
Akron Beacon Journal
 
"D.J. Augustin was entering the University of Texas as Daniel Gibson was leaving, so the two never played together. Still, Gibson knows plenty about Augustin's game. That was evident in the Cavaliers' 102-94 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday, when Gibson locked down Augustin, the Bobcats' biggest scoring weapon, in the second half. Cavs coach Byron Scott has called Gibson his best perimeter defender for two years running. Monday he showed why. After Augustin wore out Kyrie Irving defensively for 19 points in the first half, Gibson limited him to one basket in the third quarter. Augustin finished with 24 points, but the Cavs' defense stiffened enough to finish the season's longest"
Defense leads the way as Cleveland Cavaliers rally in second half to top Charlotte
January 17
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"Daniel Gibson and D.J. Augustin never played together at Texas. In fact, it was Augustin who succeeded Gibson as the Longhorns' point guard after Gibson left for the NBA. But as longtime pals and friendly rivals, Gibson has studied Augustin extensively, and he knew the Cavaliers were in trouble when Augustin put up 19 points for the Charlotte Bobcats in the first half on Monday afternoon, 13 in the second quarter. "I definitely felt if we were going to win, he would have to get slowed down," Gibson said after watching Augustin hit seven of his first nine shots and dish out six assists. "If he kept playing the way he was playing, we had no chance of winning the game.""
D.J. Augustin - Kemba Walker backcourt could energize Bobcats
January 16
Charlotte Observer
 
"The debut was spectacular: Shifting to a D.J. Augustin-Kemba Walker backcourt and moving forward Boris Diaw to the bench resulted in a 112-100 victory Saturday over the Golden State Warriors. Just don't think this is a panacea to the Charlotte Bobcats' struggles, and that there's nothing more to adjust. The Bobcats are quicker, faster, more attacking and more energetic, based on Saturday's performance. They scored 48 points in the lane and shot 50 percent from the field. Walker scored a career-high 23 points on 8-of-15 shooting."
Bobcats shuffle lineup, end losing streak
January 15
Charlotte Observer
 
"Desperation invokes change. For the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday night, that meant ending power forward Boris Diaw's streak of 235 consecutive starts. It also meant an end to the Bobcats' six-game losing streak. With rookie guard Kemba Walker replacing Diaw as a starter, the Bobcats were smaller, quicker and dramatically more energetic in a 112-100 victory over the Golden State Warriors. It was apparent something had to change regarding Diaw. He'd scored four or fewer points in four of the Bobcats' past five games. Coach Paul Silas was openly frustrated, wanting a faster tempo and a more attacking style. Saturday, with a small but aggressive backcourt of 6-foot D.J. Augustin and 6-foot-1"
Michael Jordan calls out Bobcats after 6th straight loss
January 14
Charlotte Observer
 
"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"
Silas: Starters have 'just kind of given up now'
January 13
Charlotte Observer
 
"There's no shame in losing a road game to the Atlanta Hawks. There's shame in being outscored in each of four quarters. There's shame in being outrebounded 55-30. There's shame in the coach saying the starters looked disinterested. These are troubling times for the Charlotte Bobcats. Shooting guard Gerald Henderson articulated that well following a 111-81 loss at Philips Arena Thursday. "If you're going to give that performance, then you're not better than the final score,'' said Henderson, who finished with 16 points. "That's who we are.''"
No Horford, no problem for Hawks in rout of Bobcats
January 13
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
 
"If the Hawks still want to make the playoffs they have to handle struggling opponents such as Charlotte, especially at home. And without center Al Horford, Josh Smith and Joe Johnson are going to have to have a lot of nights like this. Facing Charlotte hours after they learned Horford could be out for the season, the Hawks leaned heavily on Johnson and Smith while blowing out the Bobcats 111-81 on Thursday night at Philips Arena."
Mr. Fix-it working through repairs as a Charlotte Bobcat
January 12
Charlotte Observer
 
"Reggie Williams defied gravity Wednesday, which has to be the most fun he's had since signing with the Charlotte Bobcats in the preseason. Three weeks removed from surgery to repair torn cartilage in his left knee, Williams was cleared to start running. But with a catch - he'd need to use the Bobcats' Alter-G machine, which reduces gravity's effect on the legs. Williams ran for 15 minutes with his legs wrapped in a bag full of compressed air. That allowed him to run on a treadmill without any pounding to his joints. "Didn't feel like I was running," he said, comparing the experience to space-walk videos. "Then I got out and said, 'Oh yeah - my wind.' ""
Rockets get 82-70 win in Charlotte
January 11
Charlotte Observer
 
"On a night when most of the other Charlotte Bobcats slogged through an 82-70 loss to the Houston Rockets, reserve center Byron Mullens was full of energy. Why not? He had two seasons in Oklahoma City to catch up on his rest. Mullens finished this miserable game with 15 points and 10 rebounds on a night when the Bobcats shot just 34 percent. Coach Paul Silas was forgiving afterward, saying , "I can't fault them; they played as hard as they could play. They just didn't have it.""
Bobcats' Thomas wanted to play against Rockets
January 11
Charlotte Observer
 
"With forward Tyrus Thomas showing signs of leg fatigue, Charlotte Bobcats coach Paul Silas chose to sit him, with hopes he'll play Thursday in Atlanta - the first of three games in three nights for the Bobcats. Thomas missed the first six games of the season with a sprained ankle. His return coincided with Corey Maggette's hamstring strain, so Silas inserted Thomas into the lineup at small forward and played him heavy minutes - an average of 29 per night. Silas said Thomas wanted to play against the Houston Rockets, but Silas vetoed that idea."
Rockets 82, Bobcats 70: Parsons and Hill power squad to first road win
January 11
Houston Chronicle
 
"The celebration consisted of showering, dressing and leaving rapidly, as if the Rockets wanted to get out of town before a recount. Or worse, before something stuck. They did defend better. They got head-turning performances from Chandler Parsons and Jordan Hill. They even proved the NBA still requires that someone win every game. Most of all, though, they broke through this season's winless road start, taking an 82-70 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Tuesday. The win came almost by default, but it certainly beat the alternative. "I tell you what: That was, uh, an interesting game," Rockets coach Kevin McHale said. "It was an ugly win, but I'd rather take an ugly win than a really"
Jordan Hill feels right at home in win over Charlotte
January 11
Houston Chronicle
 
"Jordan Hill might not have gotten home cooking, but some familiarity seems to work well for him. With about 30 family members making the hour drive from South Carolina, Hill had 12 points and 12 rebounds and matched his career high with five blocked shots, all in just 18 minutes off the bench. It was his best night since he had 16 rebounds against Atlanta, also matching his career high that he also set against Atlanta, where he grew up when not in South Carolina. "It feels good, man, Hill said. "They can't make all my games. Having them here and seeing me on the floor feels good. I just want to go out here and have fun for them."
Bobcats stay close, but fouls prove costly
January 10
Charlotte Observer
 
"Let's say the only thing you read about Monday night's Charlotte Bobcats game was that New York Knicks stars Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire shot a combined 13-of-43 from the field. Bobcats win, right? Nope. No matter how poorly Anthony and Stoudemire shot, each one took 13 trips to the foul line. That was good for 20 points, accounting for the Knicks' 91-87 victory at Madison Square Garden."
Bobcats notes: Diop losing weight
January 10
Charlotte Observer
 
"It looks like Gana Diop starting at center for the Charlotte Bobcats could be more than a one-game gig. Seven-footer Diop started Saturday vs. the Indiana Pacers to match up size-wise with Roy Hibbert. Diop didn't do a lot statistically (four points, one rebound, one block in 17 minutes), but coach Paul Silas was encouraged enough to start Diop on Monday against the New York Knicks. "We need what he can provide - the defensive abilities, the shot-blocking. He can't really block a lot of shots now, but if he loses the weight, down the line he's really going to help us," Silas said at morning shoot-around."
Chandler misses Mavs fete to help Knicks top Bobcats
January 10
New York Post
 
"Tyson Chandler couldn't be at the White House yesterday to be feted along with his former Mavericks teammates for winning last June's NBA championship. Chandler admitted to being "disappointed'' at the timing, but he had a more important matter at hand: Saving the Knicks form another disastrous result against the Bobcats. With Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire stinking it up offensively, Chandler came through with his most impactful game as a Knick, willing his team to an important 91-87 revenge victory over Charlotte in which at least the defense showed it is on the right track."