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Total Rebounding Rate Numbers For Hornets Players in 2009-2010
While looking through the stats from the first few games, it occurred to me that the Hornets might have some serious rebounding problems this year. In the first two games of the meaningless preseason they were out-rebounded 95-71, which isn’t completely telling since they played the deep bench much of the game. It caught my […]
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Lifting of Oil Moratorium is Good News for Hornets Fans
Back on April 9th Ryan gave you his take on trading Shinn for Chouest, working under the assumption that the announcement of the deal was a mere formality. It’s been over six months since then, and nothing definitive has come out to really reveal who the owner will be at the end of this season. […]
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The Grizzlies Beat the Hornets
The Memphis Grizzlies beat the Hornets, or rather the end of their bench, in the first preseason game of the year New Orleans. The final score (97-90) really didn’t tell the story as the Hornets clearly didn’t try to win, so just ignore that and move on. It was a positive loss for the Hornets […]
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The Arguments for Deron Williams
Utah Jazz fans, and really just D-Willers in general, have recently decided to bring back the old debate about who is the best point guard in the NBA. Most of the arguments are the same, but with Paul’s recent injury a few of them seem stronger. Let’s look at the more common reasons why they […]
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Hornets Release Jannero Pargo
The New Orleans Hornets announced today that they have released guard Jannero Pargo, leaving the training camp roster at 16 players. “We want to thank Jannero for his effort and time here in New Orleans during camp,” General Manager Dell Demps said. “Unfortunately, he is not operating at full speed due to a pre-existing injury. […]
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Live From Hornets Media Day
Hornets media day is today, signaling the start of training camp and the return of competitive basketball to our daily lives. The team goes into the start of camp with 18 players trying to fill out 15 regular season roster spots. If you have any questions for the players or coaches (preferably not Paul since […]
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Hornets Acquire Willie Green
The Hornets have finalized a deal that sends Darius Songaila and rookie Craig Brackins to the Philadelphia 76ers for Willie Green and seven-footer Jason Smith. The move somewhat addresses the question of who will back up Chris Paul, and seemingly leaves the team with a brand new hole at power forward. Frankly it’s a confusing […]
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NBA Jam Unveils Hornets Roster
EA Sports has a new version of NBA jam coming out in October of this year, and today Marc Stein unveiled the rosters for the Western Conference teams. Here is the Hornet’s relevant portion of what he had to say: New Orleans Hornets Players: Chris Paul, David West and Peja Stojakovic Legend: Larry Johnson It […]
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ESPN Experts have Hornets as 14th Best
ESPN.com’s John Hollinger and ESPN the Magazine’s Chris Broussard are doing projections and previews for all 30 NBA teams and have ranked the Hornets as the 14th best. Here is the Hornets relevant portion of the predictions: 14. New Orleans Hornets The More Things Change: First and foremost, Chris Paul, who missed 37 games because […]
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Fine, Let’s Talk About Carmelo and the Hornets (updated to reflect reality)
About a week ago I sat down, thinking about writing something about ‘Melo, but opted against it. The lingering hatred of the Chris Paul rumors stopped me for a while, but with each passing day more and more experts are mentioning New Orleans as a possible landing place for Carmelo and I can’t help but […]
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New Orleans Hornets 2010-2011 Season Schedule
This is the 2010-2011 Hornets Season Schedule. Most notes are at the bottom, but pay special attention to the first 17 games of the season. Only three are against teams which had losing records last year. The NBA didn’t do the Hornets any favors early on. This team and coaching staff is going to be […]
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Should the Hornets Bring Back Pack?
As Monty Williams continues assembling what appears to be a talented group of assistants, one name remains missing. Former Hornets assistant Robert Pack, credited by both Darren Collison and Marcus Thornton as crucial in their development last season, has yet to sign with a basketball team for the coming season. If Monty’s brief track record […]
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Hornets Free Agent and Depth Chart Update
All summer long Hornets fans waited, speculated, and then waited some more for the franchise to open up it’s pocketbook. Finally, on July first the opening bell rang and the money started flowing out, for most teams anyway. A month later, the Hornets faithful were left with only the taste of Luther Head lingering on […]
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Dell Demps Statements After Dealing With Paul
New Hornets GM Dell Demps met with Chris Paul today to discuss the recent trade rumors and to assure Paul that the team is headed int he right direction Below is a transcript from the press conference that followed. Opening Statement First of all I’d like to say I’m really excited to be here today. […]
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Disappointed With Chris Paul
Perhaps nobody informed Chris Paul, but his recent rumblings about wanting to win do nothing but hinder the Hornets, his Hornets, ability to build a contender around him. He claims that his number one goal is to win a title in New Orleans, but the recent leaks from his camp leave the Hornets in a […]
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No Reason to be Surprised by New Orleans
Two months into the season the media and basketball junkies worldwide are going to be talking about the New Orleans Hornets and Chris Paul as if they just crawled out of the swamp to become one of the better teams in the Western Conference. When that happens remember this post. You see, the memory of […]
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Danny Granger To New Orleans an Intriguing Possibility
Looking forward to next season we will be taking a look at Danny Granger and why it might not be so far fetched to think that he could be dealt at some point this season. Yesterday I talked about how the Hornets should just lay low this summer and wait until the season is under […]
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Patience is a Virtue for the New Orleans Hornets
With all the free agent signings going on around the league, Hornets fans feel a little left out. Considering the team went 37-45 last year and Chris Paul wants to win right away, the team needs to make big moves right away, right? Wrong. People seem to be forgetting that the Hornets are going to […]
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Luther Head Fails Physical, Won’t Join New Orleans
The New Orleans Hornets have rescinded their offer to guard Luther Head after he reportedly failed his physical, the TP is reporting. Head was expected to immediately compete for backup minutes in the back court, and potentially would have been Chris Paul’s primary backup had Darren Collison been traded. Head was the only new player […]
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The Top Five Moments In Jeff Bower’s Career as GM
The news that Jeff Bower is done as the Hornets GM may just be exactly what somes fans have been hoping for, but that doesn’t mean that his time in New Orleans was disastrous by any means. Many basketball minds feel that he’s proven himself to be a capable GM. More importantly though, he gave […]