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The ladies above were all selected to the Honeybee dance team at the House of Blues in the French Quarter yesterday, and will be responsible for the dancing and the cheering and the looking good on our way to the NBA Finals next season.

We should have more photos from the Honeybee Finals coming soon. For now I'll just say thanks to the legendary Matt McIntosh of Storm Surge Photography, to Brittany Cranston of the Hornets for her consistent fantasticness in helping us out, and to the House of Blues for doing such a great job hosting the event yesterday.

Leaving you with some bonus Honeybee linkage:

• Shannon the Honeybee
• Honeybees at the Draft Party
• Big Easy Buzz Blog Honeybee update