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Emeka Okafor’s Importance to the Hornets by the Numbers
To get straight to the point, I’m a pretty big believer in Emeka Okafor’s role as the key to the Hornets’ success on defense. Below, I utilized four key statistical categories to demonstrate just how important Okafor is; not just to the defense, but to the Hornets’ overall style of play. Thanks to Hoopsstats for the advanced […]
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Get Better, Emeka!
Although Jason Smith and David Andersen are playing well offensively in the absence of Emeka Okafor, they don’t have the same presence in the paint as Mek. As long as Okafor is out, we will still be lacking that force in the paint that other teams fear. Emeka plays such a huge role for this […]
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Anatomy of a Defense and Game On: Hornets @ Thunder
Matchup: Hornets(32-18) @ Thunder(30-17) Off Efficiency: Hornets 103.3(16th), Thunder 107.4(7th) Def Efficiency: Hornets 99.0(3rd), Thunder 105.0(17th) As always, thanks to the estimable Dariusz for the game day banner. We’ve talked about the Thunder a lot on the podcast, and it feels like we’ve been playing them All. The. Time. So I’m only going to talk […]
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The Hornets Defense – or Why New Orleans is 5-0
This morning, the Hornets awake sporting the 5th most efficient defense in the league. While that sounds good, I want to put it in perspective. Unlike many teams sporting tough defenses, the Hornets have now played the 4th, 6th, 11th, 15th and 29th ranked offenses in the league. The average efficiency of those five teams […]