Hornets Release Jannero Pargo

In a fantasy, if the Hornets could have 20 guys on the team, Pargo would be a good energy guy. But in reality this is one move I've been waiting for. I'm more intersted in the potential of a hungry Tupac, and I'm actually happy to see Green on board as a proven vet. Pargo just isn't that good. You have to find a balance between competition for minutes and players knowing their roll, and eventually set rotations. Green backs up Paul. Belli backs up Thornton. Tupac is insurance/hungry practice player/garbage time all-star.

42(0)- You're right about the physicals. The teams always weigh the risk of signing a player. Even if a player "passes" a physical the team still has the right not to take on what could be an injury risk (Chandler's toe in 08). What the Hornets did to Head was not wrong or illegal. Like you said, if the reaction was anything more than grandstanding by Bartelstein, the Hornets would have had a lawsuit on their hands.

The door was left open for him to return post-rehab. We'll see, I suppose, but I'm not holding my breath. That's not saying I want him here, I'm just saying the door is open. It sounds to me like they are letting him down easy and with leaving him some dignity saying it's the injury and not his potential, probably both publicly and in conversations with him, which is nice. Of note is we've brought in and let go a couple of folks who were later let go due to medical concerns. The theory was floated before that the it was a tactic to back out of a contract in the Head case. Does anyone think that to be the case here? If so, do you think we've gone to the well too often? The toe issue was used to rescind the Tyson-OKC deal (on their end), but I'm wondering if our medical folks are poor evaluators. Regardless, have these guys been turned over during the regime change? My personal thoughts after following Head, and seeing Pargo not do much in the practice Saturday is that both evaluations are correct and it's a matter of living with someone rehabbing or not. The Hornets said no in both cases. It seems Head got a contract in Sacramento, but one that is not guaranteed, at least that's what I gather from here: http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/kings-cut-training-campers-donald-sloan-and-jr-giddens.php These guy seem to think Head is at least 50-50 to make the team, so he shouldn't have a guaranteed deal, right? And maybe his performance is suffering as well. Also, I haven't heard anything about papers filed in court by Head about the Hornets on any grounds, which was a hinted reaction due to the allegedly baseless statements justifying pulling the contract that was offered.

¡Ay, caramba Joe Gerrity! How could this be? Is Demps thinking he could move more jerseys with buzz names like Shakur and Strawberry?

This is not at all surprising to me, given the way he looked at the open practice. It was clear from the beginning, in the dynamic warmups, that he was not physically up to par.