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.

A caution about the Charlotte Bobcats: Anything you see, hear or read about this team should be stamped with the label "Subject to change."

This was no scoot around the corner to pick up milk, bagels and the morning newspaper.

Three weeks into his first NBA season, Charlotte Bobcats rookie Kemba Walker isn't anything like dominant.

Rick Bonnell: His first two seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder, 7-footer Byron Mullens played so little he often wasn't in the same city as his team.

The neat thing about Paul Silas in his last NBA coaching gig is he feels no need to remind people he's in charge.

The Bobcats will play 10 games over the next 14 days with six of their next eight on the road. You combine back-to-back games with constant travel, and even the most well-conditioned bodies wear down.

Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan knows the NBA is about stars. Through long-range planning with their salary cap, the Bobcats have placed themselves in a position each of the next two summers to sign one.

The team's new center plays pickup games with inmates at an Ohio prison.

If there ever would have been a time to make Chris Paul a Charlotte Bobcat, this wasn't it.