Who really cares about records? What is important is ball movement. If that results in a statistical assist for Paul or not doesn't make any difference. Sometimes the most important pass is not the assist itself, but the pass that sets up the assist. CP had 16 on opening night and everybody is saying that he was only 3 off Stockton's opening night record. Well what about the fact that Rajon Rondo had 17 on opening night against the Heat? I love CP and I love the Hornets. I don't care if we have anybody at the top of any statistical category at all. That's not what basketball is about. I want the team to play smart and with passion. I want to feel about the team the way I felt in '08. We look good with Monty's offense and the new personnel. The statistical categories that mean the most to me are the ones pertaining to team defense. I think we looked great defensively against Milwaukee the other night. I saw a lot of comments on the other post slamming Okafor. If you know anything about basketball you know that Mek had a good defensive game. As far as the "Wooooo", it's tired. We wear everything out. Same with the Peja heads. In '08 it was cool because it was something new that was brought out for the playoffs. I was disappointed the next season when we were doing it for every game. Things like that should be reserved for what should be emotional high points late in the season or in the playoffs. That kind of 'trying to hard' is what was so disappointing in the '09 season. Everybody thought that it was going to be a continuation of the playoffs. Well it doesn't work that way. New Orleans gets a little too overexcited every time we have the smallest taste of success. We should reign it in a bit. Just my opinion.

See you there tonight!

Slightly off topic, but come on, 247, CHANGE YOUR POLL! I don't believe anyone is getting traded right now, nor do I want anyone traded. Love my Hornets. All of them. Even Joe Alexander (He has, by far, the best hair on the team.) It still reeks of the offseason and the cries to blow this team up. I agree with the optimism in this post and with most of the comments. This will be a good season (and post-season). Woooooooooo!!!

Isn't Bologna where Belinelli's from ? I like the whoooo , but it's almost entirely because of Ric Flair , But heres what I think : Belinelli scores the jumbo-tron flashes and face pic of marco and goes MARCO ! at which point us the fans go POLO why is that not happening

Wow I jus watched 24 hours with Chris Paul on NBATV and after watching this I am certain he is devoted to the City of New Orleans and the Hornets, He and all the Bologna from the summer is forgiven!!! CP3 woooooo! Lol

I think the hornets should seriously look at packaginh Peja and some future picks to the nuggets to obtain Mello. CP3 and Mello are already great friends and could be dangerous together in the big easy with Ariza and West.

One distinct thing I noticed from the game last night was all of the OFF-BALL movement! Belinelli, Ariza, Thornton were all actively trying to get open for a good look. That will drastically improve the teams ability to keep the defense off guard. Another great improvement in the offense is the ball movement. CP will pass it earlier in the shot clock, and if nothing is there CP will get it back, dribble around a bit and dish it again. I've noticed more passing the rock between players that aren't CP as well. More decisiveness, less stagnant play = more success

Yes, it could. Looking at the game from last night, it's clear that there's been a change. There will continue to be change, but there already been some. With the departure from things past comes hope, not just for us, but for Chris. Let's be both frank and very specific. Chris wants to win. He isn't satisfied with the team winning with him hobbled on the bench, and clearly not with them losing while he's hobbled either. He wouldn't want to in a suit on the Lakers bench and win a ring. That ring would taunt him. I don't think he wants to be `the man,' just that he wants to be an indispensable contributor to his team. Just as no tire is any more important than any other on a car, Chris wants to be on a team where he's not carrying the load, but where no one can say he was expendable (Bosh). I think knowing that he has a chance to build a team like that would appeal to him on a fundamental level. I think he wants to do this his way and Dell and Monty are going to take care of his wishes. All the flap this summer may have been exactly what he stated: I'm open to a trade if you aren't committed to winning. Some of that may have been fueled by his injury though, being sidelined. When you are sidelined, you are expendable. We were going to make the playoffs without his contributions (narrowly construed, but an emotional person might think like this) and that had to hurt someone who wants nothing other than to be healthy and to be helping. He's good enough to be shooting guard on any team, but he's built, inside and out, to play the point. He wants to contribute and distribute. He's built that way. He's unapologetic about it. Chris is going to break records if his team performs, no doubt, but if Chris leaves I don't think it'll be to a team where he or anyone else will get Boshed. He's too classy for that.

I want to see him get 30+

I love how the arena announcer hits the "woooo" button everytime he makes an assist and scores! He's like, "blah blah blah....from C...P...3.....woooo :insert noise: woooo" gotta love it. Especially if I can hear that on an average of 16 times (assists) per game! I really feel this is our year, because everyone doesn't expect it, we are thought of as the underdogs... Little do they know, we have a huge chip on our shoulders! Let's GOOO!

Also, he put up 16 assists while the team was only playing at a pace of 94.0, the league average from last year. If they do speed up, he could put up crazy numbers.

Then those 3:2 odds on bodog for him leading the league are looking pretty good.

i hope the rewriting of record books is accompanied by wins :)

I love the optimism.