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Hornets Can Contact Free Agents On Monday Morning
ESPN is reporting that NBA teams will be permitted to contact and woo free agents on Monday morning at 9 central time. That’s good news for the Hornets, who will likely be ready to offer at least a few players deals on December 9th, the first day that teams can officially enter agreements with players. […]
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Hornets Beat: Trading Chris Paul
In this edition of Hornets Beat we tackle Chris Paul (no, not literally) and the potential for a trade. It’s not a topic any of us want to discuss particularly, but it appears that Paul and his agent do, so that’s that. Joining us today are a number of internationally renowned basketball writers. Matt Moore, […]
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Dear Chris Paul: Leave New Orleans the Right Way
Dear Chris Paul, Although you’re not my favorite person right now, that doesn’t take away from the reality that you deserve a ticker tape parade for what you’ve done for basketball in New Orleans. Without you, it’s a very real possibility that we wouldn’t still have a professional team anymore. Save maybe Drew Brees, I […]
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Chris Paul and Some of the New Orleans Hornets Media
This afternoon at the first day the Alario Center opened for player workouts, Chris Paul stood in front of a group of 20- some odd members of the media and took some time to answer questions. As everyone gathered around Paul, the guy on the front of half the NBA sections on the planet, it […]
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New Orleans Hornets Preseason Schedule
The New Orleans Hornets will play their first preseason game in Memphis against the Grizzlies on the 16th of December, and will follow that up with a re-match at home on the 21st of December. Those two games will be the only ones of the preseason for both the Hornets and Grizzlies.
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Hornets Beat: Free Agents!
In this edition of Hornets Beat we examine other teams free agents with a focus on who would be a good fit for New Orleans. If you’re hoping for talk about amnesty, you’re going to have to wait until next week. We won’t open that can of worms until we have a better idea of […]
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The Time is Now For Dell Demps
Last year we got a glimpse of who Dell Demps will be as a general manager. Call it Dell 101, if you will. It’s the first real view anyone has had of Dell as a top executive, and he’s so far passed with flying colors. This year, if the tentative deal we’ve heard about holds, […]
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Upcoming Q and A With Hornets President Hugh Weber
Hornets Report has long done a Q and A with Hornets President Hugh Weber with the Q coming from users and the A coming from Hugh. This year we’re going to open up the question asking to Hornets247 people as well. If there is anything specific that you want to ask Hugh, put your question […]
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Hornets Beat: Free Agency and David West
With a shortened free agency just around the corner, the Hornets and Dell Demps have got to be thinking non-stop about who to bring back from last year and who to let go without a fight. Today on Hornets Beat we weight in on the same issues. Tomorrow we tackle other free agents, so stay […]
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While Chris Paul’s Crunch Time Numbers Fell Off Last Year, The Hornets Remained Clutch
With the news that the lockout ended, I started getting back into looking at stats and whatnot from last year. One thing I noticed, which I’m guessing a lot of us probably suspected, is that Chris Paul didn’t bring his usual excellence to crunch time last season. His numbers were down drastically from the previous […]
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Breaking Down the Tentative CBA With a Focus on the Hornets
The following is a guest post by Mason Ginsberg, who writes for HoopDat. AswasmadepublicearlySaturdaymorning, the NBA players and owners have come to alaboragreementwhichwillendtheNBAlockout. Now that we can rest easy knowing our beloved Hornets are back, it’s time to take a look at the finer points of this new CBA and the effect it will have […]
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Hornets Beat: Owning the Ownership Conversation
Hornets Beat is back for a conversation about ownership. Remember last year when billionaire Gary Chouest was announced as the new owner? Yeah, us too. Those were the days… Joining our regulars today are Will Hibert (LSUHornet17) from At The Hive, and Jake Madison from Swarm and Sting. Also, be sure to check out Hugh […]
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Hornets Beat: Examining the New CBA
Hornets Beat is back with a bang this week. We’re rocking five straight days of 5-on-5 discussion to catch you up on everything you need to know going into this season. Read The Beat every day this week, follow the Hornets podcast, and yak it up with fellow fans at HornetsReport and you’ll be as […]
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It’s Tomorrow for Hornets Fans: Time to Think About Chris Paul
On Saturday Michael wrote about how great it was that a new CBA has been agreed upon by the Players and Owners, who will now be collectively known as the NBA. One problem? It doesn’t help the Hornets keep Chris Paul. Let’s review. No hard cap (or anything even close) Luxury tax penalties will start […]
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Link to the Tentative Deal
Right here. We’ll be analyzing it in depth throughout the next few weeks.
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Chris Paul to Host Homecoming Tour Game in New Orleans
((42 sense: The date for this, which was the 4th, not the 7th, has been changed to the 3rd, likely to avoid a conflict with the Saints-Lions game on the 4th. Who: NBPA folks, including New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul What: A charity exhibition game When: December 3rd, noon Where: UNO Lakefront Arena Why: […]
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Chris Paul to Play in Obama’s Star Studded Basketball Fundraiser
President Obama’s fundraising arm, the Obama Victory Fund, has announced that they will be holding a celebrity basketball event on December 12th. Yay. Another chance to watch the players pretend to play a basketball game while really just taking turns on offense. Sick. Of. It. Not so sick that I stopped reading. After all, this […]
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CNN Poll Shows General Public Blames Players Over Owners by Wide Margin
Yesterday’s poll on CNN.com asked readers to assign blame for the NBA lockout, and by an overwhelming margin CNN viewers (who I imagine are fairly representative of the average person) chose both. When I last checked the poll, 24,460 votes had been cast. 5459 (22%) went with the players. Exactly 3000 (12%) chose just the […]
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Lockout Remains: NBAPA Files Disclaimer of Interest
The Players Union immediately stops representing the Players. Boom goes the collective bargaining process. To litigation we go. There was no vote amongst all players, just player reps, who this reportedly still hadn’t even made contact with all of the players they represent. The unions lawyers are “stellar” according to Billy Hunter. One of them, […]
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Hornets247 Server Upgrades
I know the site has been slow for a long, long time. We all know. It’s been a real pain in the you know what, but those days are done. We’re moving to a brand new dedicated server shared only with Saints247 and Hornets Report. This will enable us to handle the high traffic periods […]