Apr 23, 2012; Washington, DC, USA; Charlotte Bobcats point guard Kemba Walker (1) dribbles the ball against the Washington Wizards during the second half at the Verizon Center. The Wizards defeated the Bobcats 101 - 73. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-US PRESSWIRE

The Charlotte Bobcats won their fourth straight summer league game last night behind a double-double from Kemba Walker.

The former UConn Huskie scored 19 points on 13 shots and dished out 10 assists Thursday night.

The Bobcats forced 21 turnovers to their 11, and outrebounded the Nuggets 36 to 33.

Bismack Biyombo played his best game of the summer, scoring 12 points on six shots, grabbing seven rebounds and swatting three shots. Jeffrey Taylor shook off a slow start to score 16 points on six-of-14 shooting. He also grabbed seven boards.

Byron Mullens fell back to earth with seven points on 12 shots, but he only played 19 minutes.

The biggest story of the night had nothing to do with a shot, a rebound, or an assist, though. Instead, it was a nasty collision between Kenneth Faried‘s face and a teammate’s elbow. Faried was on the ground for a while, but he walked of the court with minimal assistance and was on the bench for the remainder of the game with some patchwork above his nose.

The ‘Cats play their final game of the summer league at 6:30 ET today, and look to go undefeated… And to think, some random guy on twitter thought the Bobcats’ summer league roster was “underwhelming” before the games began. I wish I had favorited that tweet so I could retweet it at him and ask him his sentiments in regard to that roster now.

Then again, who could blame the guy for feeling that way? This roster, after all, is constructed mostly of players from the team which set the record for NBA futility just a season ago.

April 6, 2012; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Charlotte Bobcats center Byron Mullens (22) grabs a rebound as his team plays the Milwaukee Bucks at the Bradley Center. The Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Charlotte Bobcats 95-90. Mandatory Credit: Mary Langenfeld-US PRESSWIRE

The Charlotte Bobcats have had a busy summer. From Signing Ramon Sessions and Brendan Haywood, to letting D.J. Augustin walk to Indiana (for nothing) and winning their first three summer league games in exciting fashion, they’ve gotten themselves into a little bit of everything.

Here’s a look at some of the noise Charlotte is making right now:

Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer has five impressions from his time in Las Vegas watching the ‘Cats summer league games.

“Bryon Mullens Discovers Defense”. I have to agree. He’s looked like a completely different player this year. Not only has he found out what defense is, Mullens has also developed a little bit of an inside game, too.

“Jeff Taylor Might Be Quite a Find”. Yup. I said as much before the draft. Here.

“This Crazy Trapping Defense is Fun”. Hell yes it is. Will they be able to keep it up for a full 82 game season? No. Not in the full court like they are right now. But, I bet they’ll run some crazy trapping defense in the half court for stretches of every game next year.

“Kemba Walker Is Dramatically Happier” He is. You can tell. But I’m not sure he’s gotten dramatically better since last season ended. That’s what training camp is for, though, I guess.

“Bismack Biyombo Is Struggling.” He is. There’s no way around it. Even when he gets good positioning inside, he fumbles passes, bricks easy jump hooks and looks indecisive. I still believe Biyombo will turnout to be a good draft pick, but right now, all I can say is thank God Charlotte signed a true center this off season.

Tom Sorensen, Bonnell’s colleague, says the Bobcats are becoming worthy of “buzz”.

“I have no idea if Dunlap can coach in the NBA. But he’s wildly enthusiastic about a team that won seven games last season. He believes. Fans are looking for a reason to.”

Finally, SI.com reported the Bobcats pulled their $3 million qualifying offer from Derrick Brown.

“Brown was selected by Charlotte with the 40th overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft. He averaged career-highs of 8.1 points and 3.6 rebounds and 22.2 minutes in 65 games last season for the NBA-worst Bobcats. He’s played in 171 games during his three-year NBA career with the Bobcats and New York Knicks, but became expendable after the team drafted small forwards Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Jeffrey Taylor.”

The Bobcats play the Nuggets tonight at 10:30 on NBA TV in their fourth game of the summer league.

May 8, 2012; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Ramon Sessions (7) passes the ball during game five of the 2012 Western Conference quarterfinals against the Denver Nuggets at the Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE

The Charlotte Bobcats played their first summer league game Friday night and did something they hadn’t done in what seems like millennium; Win, and win big.

Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer had some observations from that win, and says “If the Charlotte Bobcats can maintain anything like the fast tempo of Friday’s first half, this will get interesting. Likewise, if rookie Michael Kidd-Gilchrist can make threes like he did, it will be rough keeping him off the rim.”

Mike Prada, who writes for SB Nation, had this to say about Michael Kidd-Gilchrist after the game:

For the next two hours, Kidd-Gilchrist opened everyone’s eyes, showing any remaining skeptics that the clichés about his energy before the 2012 NBA Draft were far more than clichés. The final numbers — 18 points, eight rebounds, five assists and four steals — were impressive enough, but Kidd-Gilchrist’s breakout was about far more than that.

The money details for Ramon Sessions’ new contract with Charlotte have finally been released.

Guard Ramon Sessions will get $5 million a season in two-year deal with Bobcats, source tells Y! Sports.

— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) July 13, 2012

Finally, here’s this gem from YouTube:

June 28, 2012; Newark, NJ, USA; Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Kentucky) walks off the stage after being introduced as the number two overall pick to the Charlotte Bobcats during the 2012 NBA Draft at the Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-US PRESSWIRE

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was as advertised and Jeffrey Taylor was as I advertised (an absolute steal) for at least one game. In the Las Vegas Summer League. For the first time in centuries, the Charlotte Bobcats won a game.

Kidd-Gilchrist dropped 18 points, dished out five assists and grabbed eight rebounds in his first ever NBA action.

Taylor scored 17 points and hit 75 percent of his threes.

Kemba Walker scored 16 points, almost exclusively at the free-throw line. He was awful from every other spot on the floor. Bismack Biyombo had six fouls in 16 minutes of play, Corey Higgins was average, and Byron Mullens shook off a poor start to score 20 points, and grab seven rebounds.

The defense was strong, and Charlotte did well in transition.

It was just one summer night in Las Vegas, but Bobcats fans finally had something to smile about as their team crushed the Kings 121-87.

Apr 14, 2012; Newark, NJ, USA; New Jersey Nets power forward Kris Humphries (43) controls tip against Boston Celtics power forward Kevin Garnett (5) at the Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Jim O

Aside from the players I listed yesterday, Charlotte will take Ralph Sampson III and Othello Hunter to Las Vegas to be on on its summer league roster.

The other players on the squad will be Kemba Walker, Bismack Biyombo, Byron Mullens, Corey Higgins, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Jeffrey Taylor.

Charlotte plays five games in Vegas, and you can watch any summer league game you want on NBA.com.

The more interesting news of the day comes out of Orlando/Brooklyn. With trade talks somewhat stalled between the Magic, Nets, Cavs and Clippers, Charlotte could sneak its way into a deal that would send Dwight Howard to Brookyn.

Cleveland has been reluctant to take on Chris Humphries in a sign-and-trade for more than one season, and Humphries wants a long term deal.

If the Bobcats are trying to work their way into this trade, they’re probably willing to give Humphries that longer-term contract.

But, who knows if he’ll agree to a contract that keeps him in Charlotte for the foreseeable future.

For a more in depth version of this story (and other NBA rumors) read the always great Rick Bonnell from the Charlotte Observer.

June 28, 2012; Newark, NJ, USA; Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Kentucky), right, is introduced as the number two overall pick to the Charlotte Bobcats by NBA commissioner David Stern during the 2012 NBA Draft at the Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-US PRESSWIRE

The headline of this post might be a little misleading… You see, the Charlotte Bobcats announced their departure for Las Vegas to participate in the NBA summer league, but the team hasn’t issued a roster yet.

The best list I found came from a tweet @Bobcats sent out, but the only guys they mentioned were Kemba Walker, Bismack Biyombo, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Corey Higgins and Jeffrey Taylor. For what it’s worth I couldn’t find any of their names on NBA.com’s list of players taking part in the 2012 summer league.

So. According to that list, Charlotte has a pretty good group of young guys who will benefit from playing in Vegas this summer. I’m interested to see how much Walker has improved on finishing at the rim, if Biyombo will still bite on 95 percent of pump-fakes, and if Kidd-Gilchrist tries to prove his doubters wrong by taking ill-advised threes. One thing I know is this: Mike Dunlap’s high-tempo offense will benefit all of those guys, and the head coach will treat these games like mid-season contests.

What I’m most interested to see is how Jeffrey Taylor performs. I really believe he has a long future ahead of him in this league and he could be a 10 point, 4 rebound guy (not to mention the team’s first or second best defender) off the bench for Charlotte as soon as next season.

June 28, 2012; Newark, NJ, USA; Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Kentucky), right, is introduced as the number two overall pick to the Charlotte Bobcats by NBA commissioner David Stern during the 2012 NBA Draft at the Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-US PRESSWIRE

The Charlotte Bobcats inked their first round draft pick to a four year deal worth around $18 million.

With the new CBA, it wasn’t a surprise to see him sign so quickly, and now Charlotte can turn its attention getting a deal done with second round pick Jeffrey Taylor.

Both players should be on the Bobcats summer roster, and it’ll be fun to see how well they do.

Speaking of the summer league, the NBA announced its schedule recently. Here are the Bobcats games:

July 13 at 10:00 pm vs Sacramento

July 15 at 8:30 pm vs Cleveland

July 17 at 10:30 pm vs Minnesota

July 19 at 10:30 pm vs Denver

July 20 at 6:30 pm vs Memphis

Those games are subject to change and I converted the times into Eastern Standard.

The Summer League might not be a great gauge of how good a team will be, but its not a bad way to figure out how good rookies can do in their first season.

He sees a comeback in his future. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE

Adam Morrison is back in the NBA.

Not with the Bobcats, though. Charlotte drafted the mustachioed college phenom (but widely hailed probable NBA bust) third overall in what was one of the worst drafts in the history of organized sports.

The New J-… Brooklyn Nets (sorry I’m still getting used to that) have signed Morrison to a spot on their summer league roster.

Maybe the Nets want to add a guy with finals experience to their roster. After all, Morrison does have two championship rings.

If nothing else, the guy should have a great experience hippy-ing it up in Vegas. Have you seen his luscious locks lately?