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The Missing Piece: Unveiling the Big Board
It’s that time basketball fans. Whether you get sucked into March Madness for the pure love of the game or for the love of your bracket, we will all be watching closely these next few weeks, and when we do we should have our scouting glasses on. While Dell will have plenty of money to […]
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Beneath the Screen: Upside Down
As I wrote in my post on Tuesday, the Hornets have been breaking out an inverted offense somewhat frequently over the past handful of games. I’m going to illustrate how this creates offense in today’s post. If you want a deeper breakdown of how this works, especially against the Lakers, click here. To the Madistrator! […]
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Eric Gordon: Crunchy?
Eric Gordon, will you please score? You’ve made a few baskets, But we need many more You aren’t the same this season You don’t play like before So pick it up, man We want buckets galore In my first post, I took a look at Eric Gordon and formulated some expectations based on the production […]
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New Orleans Hornets 2012-13 Power Rankings – Week 19
The Hornets have just a two point last-second victory over Portland to show for their most recent slate of games, finishing them with a 1-3 record and an average scoring margin of -6.25. Let’s try to find some bright spots in the team’s play over the past week, shall we? Week 19 1) […]
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Observations, Thoughts and Ruminations on the Lakers game and Monty Williams
Now that the dust has settled some, and we’ve had a moment to take a step back from the debacle that was the last 7 minutes of the game last Wednesday against the Lakers, I want to be slightly masochistic and revisit it. In the aftermath of the game, the Achilles-like rage at Monty Williams […]
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Will a Lack of Rivers Help the Hornets Flow?
Austin Rivers has experienced a rough rookie season overall, but how will his absence impact the Hornets (and consequently, their NBA Draft Lottery standing) for the remainder of this season? For those teams who will be watching the NBA postseason from home, the loss column is arguably more important than the win column at this […]
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A Week of Collapse
When the air that we breathe becomes air that we choke When the marsh fever spreads from the swamps to our homes When your home on the range has been torn down and paved and The buffalo roam to a slaughterhouse grave What more will it take For us to know This is not a […]
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The Missing Piece: Building an Advanced Team
Last Week, the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference took place in Boston, and some interesting presentations were made that might or might not influence decision makers in the NBA, both now and in future generations to come. There is an old school vs. new school debate going on right now in NBA circles, with the […]
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Pros and Cons 2013 – 2014 Pelicans Season Ticket Holder Changes
All New Orleans Hornets Season Ticket Holders know that it’s time to `renew’ and get their 2013 – 2014 New Orleans Pelicans Season Tickets lined up. Since this is the first season where the renewal process took place with Tom Benson in the captain’s chair, let’s take a look at the differences from prior seasons […]
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New Orleans Hornets 2012-13 Power Rankings – Week 18
The Hornets finished their most recent week of games with a 1-2 record, sandwiching a win over Detroit between very bad losses to the Thunder and Magic. The same team that stepped up in crunch time against the Pistons folded down the stretch against the Magic, as New Orleans inexplicably blew a nine point lead […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Lottery Projections (updated through games on 4/3/13)
With three quarters of the 2012-13 NBA season in the books, it’s impossible to avoid looking towards the 2013 NBA draft this summer. Given each team’s remaining schedule, where are the Hornets most likely to end up? It’s a question on everyone’s minds, but likely one that not many want to talk about. Though many […]
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Five Reasons To Keep Watching The New Orleans Hornets This Season
With the season winding down and the Hornets well and truly out of the playoff race, I think it’s time to reflect on why we should keep watching. A team like this needs fans like us. I’m quite sure we all want to say we we’re there in the beginning right? Well, let’s do that […]
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Hornets Beat: Rookies, Tom Benson, and the Future
This week on Hornets Beat our writers take on Austin Rivers, Darius Miller, the future, and the first season of Tom Benson’s ownership. 1. What will the Hornets record be the rest of the season? James Grayson: 10-12. (edit–portion removed) Portland, Golden State, Los Angeles and Utah are all fighting for playoff positions and […]
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A Hero Falls
We are falling – falling to rise Pain is the guide out of the wastelands We don’t need a hero We are falling – falling to rise No charlatan to show you the light We don’t need a hero — Edguy, We Don’t Need a Hero Sports A 2-2 week for the New Orleans Hornets […]
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The Missing Piece: Modeling Models
The easiest way to figure out an answer to a question is to find someone else who has already solved it and “borrow” the answer from them. My teachers used to frown upon this practice in school, but the NBA has no rules against one franchise copying another franchise’s successful model. In fact, it is […]
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Beneath the Screen: Give Me Some Space
Good to see you all again! I’m back in the land of video after having trouble with my internet connection for the past few weeks. And I’m here to talk about Anthony Davis. As you may have seen/heard Davis has jumped to the top of David Thorpe’s Rookie Watch list. There are multiple reasons why: […]
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Eric Gordon Progress Report
Here is another reader post. Thanks to Michael and all of our readers –42 Key Stats Opp MP FG FGA FTA TRB AST TOV PTS DAL 31 7 19 9 3 2 4 23 SAC 29 6 13 5 1 8 5 17 BRK 29 4 15 2 1 6 1 10 Dallas (Loss) […]
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New Orleans Hornets 2012-13 Power Rankings – Week 17
Despite posting a scoring margin of +2 for the week, the Hornets won only one of the period’s four games. The team started off week 17 with a 5-point loss in Cleveland followed by a very disappointing 4 point home loss to Dallas. Fortunately, they were at least able to hand a 15 point beat […]
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Hornets Beat: Emotion Town and Eric Gordon
After a short hiatus for Mardi Gras and the ensuing recovery, Hornets Beat heads to Emotion Town. Try to hold it together, will ya? 1. What’s the happiest moment you ever experienced as a Hornets fan? Mason: This game. Nobody, Hornets fans included, gave the Hornets a prayer of winning this series, especially with David […]
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Some Dominoes Fall, Others Do Not
No control of destiny Wake me up to reality I can just see Anarchy And there ain’t no telling who’s in charge here Hey, ho, let the bombs blow Let the dominoes fall I ain’t got control — Rancid, Dominoes Fall Sports The New Orleans Hornets All-Star break was not as effective as breaks other […]