After acquiring Emeka Okafor, I sent some questions about him to Bobcats Blogger Brett Hainline, lord and master of the ESPN Truehoop Network Blog Queen City Hoops.  I’ve always had a warm place in my heart for Brett, since he and I started blogging about our respective teams at about the same time.  You should […]

Since we gave a video welcome to Chukwuemeka Okafor, I feel it’s time to do the same for the newest Hornet, who also sports a name of Nigerian origins: Ikechukwu Somtochukwu Diogu. Before we get to the somewhat dated youtube footage of Ike, I wanted to elaborate a little on why I said stat-geeks like […]

After weeks of being lambasted for not doing anything, Jeff Bower continues his flurry of moves.  ESPN is reporting that the Hornets are close to signing Ike Diogu. Initial thoughts:  He’s better than anything we’ve got behind David West and Emeka Okafor.  Though he’s gotten very little playing time, he’s one of those players who […]

Yeah, that’s his name.  Chukwuemeka means “God has done well” according to NBA.com.  Anyways, Hornets.com just declared it official, so it’s a done deal.  Farewell, Tyson Chandler, I’ll put something up about you a little later.  For now, let’s greet Emeka Okafor with some snazzy Youtube goodness: Okafor Highlight Reel Okafor on the Fundamentals of […]

For my initial take on the Tyson Chandler-Emeka Okafor trade, take a gander at  my previous post.  For stats, keep readin’. The casual fan will look at the raw numbers, see that Okafor has career averages of 14 ppg, 10.7 rpg, and 1.9 bpg  and compare that to Tyson Chandler’s 8.2, 9.0 and 1.4 and […]

According to ESPN.com and various other outlets, The Hornets have agreed in principle to a trade of Tyson Chandler to the Bobcats for Emeka Okafor.  I’m working on a stat-pack post to evaluate the new acquisition, but I wanted to get my first thoughts out there. To be honest, despite that irritating(or so I’m told) […]

The Hornets ended the Summer League on Sunday with a triple overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets, wrapping up with a 1-4 record.  The team fielded by the Hornets was eerily similar to what the Hornets rolled out in the 2008-2009 regular season.  The team was built around a clever, low-mistake point guard who can […]

I don’t think I’ll get a chance to finish my Summer League Wrap up post today, but I figured I’d help you all remember just why we love this team. Kblaze has the best two CP3 highlight reels on youtube.  His music sometimes makes me cringe, but these videos still remain my favorite.  Some great […]

During summer league, Chris Paul gave an interview to Chris Tomasson of ProBasketballNews.com. During the conversation, Paul gave a few lines that has generated three stories and counting.  The quote: “In this league, anything can happen,” said Paul, at the summer league to watch his Hornets. “I can be dealt.” Paul then was asked that surely […]

The Hornets lost to the Clippers last night in summer league 88-86.  The Clippers Sophomore Deandre Jordan and #1 overall pick Blake Griffin dominated in the paint, combining for 37 points, 21 rebounds and 8 assists as the Clippers outrebounded the Hornets 44-29.  None of the Hornets bigs provided much resistance at all, and their […]

Today, Brandon Bass agreed to terms with Orlando, taking another semi-pipe dream free agent the Hornets were said to be interested in off the market.  Bass joins McDyess, Chris Andersen, Zaza Pachulia, and, frankly, Jannero Pargo on that list. I was talking with my buddy about the sorts of players that leaves the Hornets with […]

I said the Free Agency period would be ‘tepid’ and so far, the Hornets have proven that to be a valid prediction.  Other than multiple outlets reporting that Chandler is on the table with Phoenix for Ben Wallace, it seems that most Hornets-related rumors are merely speculation or nebulous at best.  There have been rumors […]

First off, summer league games mean next to nothing.  Many players who shine in the summer league end up doing nothing in the NBA. However, while summer league games mean very little, the rosters that individual teams send can frequently tell you something about the team. The roster the Hornets are sending to Vegas for […]

The NBA Free Agency period commences tonight, as NBA teams may begin negotiating with Free Agents at 12:01 AM July 1st.  Usually, free Agency is usually a time for optimism.  The past few years, the Hornets have identified primary targets, and then gone out and signed them, picking up Peja Stojakovic, Morris Peterson and James […]

Tonight, the Hornets drafted Darren Collison out of UCLA and traded 2 future second round picks to Miami for Marcus Thornton of LSU. That’s a haul I can respect.  Of the players available when we picked, we essentially got my second and fourth choices, with DeJuan Blair slipping fairly deep into the second round with […]

The Spurs have made the first move in the Southwestern Arms Race. ESPN.com is reporting that the Spurs have traded Bruce Bowen, Fabricio Oberto and Kurt Thomas to the Bucks for Richard Jefferson. R.C. Buford and Greg Popovich continue to impress, as they always have.  They spent the last half-dozen years building a team around […]

To my mind, the most intriguing set of prospects in this draft are the ballhandlers.  The draft is chock full of them, with Ricky Rubio, Stephen Curry, Tyreke Evans, Jrue Holiday, Jonny Flynn and Brandon Jennings all ranking as possible lottery picks – so it’s highly possible that a solid prospect who normally would go […]

After drooling for a while over players like James Harden and trying to figure out how Demar DeRozan ranks so highly when he’s shown almost no basketball-related skills, I moved on to evaluating the wing players who might actually fall to the Hornets.  I grabbed any true wing player that fell with 10 picks or […]

Thanks to the excellent Bret Lagree of the Hawks blog Hoopinion, I have access to normalized stats for the top 90 or so US college prospects in the NBA draft.  “Normalized” means he’s adjusted all of the stats for pace of teams by figuring out the players points, assists, turnovers, steals, and blocks per 100 […]

Now that I’ve finished speculating(read: drooling) over trades that will most likely never occur, it’s time to move on to the draft.  Through various methods, the Hornets have indicated that they are most likely not selling their pick this year, and intend to use it.  (Now, to me, that means we’ll probably see a trade […]