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Leidenball
I am proposing a new basketball system: The Leidenfrost System, or Leidenball, as it will be known. Walking on coals, water dancing on a pan, and sticking your hand in molten lead . . . these are all related physical phenomena. They are all made possible by the Leidenfrost effect. Let’s start with […]
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The Little Things
It seems to me that almost everyone agrees that the greatest area of need for the Hornets is among the bigs, yet far more bytes have been spent on talking about the `littles’ of late. As a result of this seemingly paradoxical behavior, I’ve compiled a little data to generate some structured discussion of our […]
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To Eat, and to Drink, and to Be Merry
Anyone who knows me knows I’m not a ‘Christmasy’ guy, but I do truly appreciate all the aspects of the holiday. It’s about life, rebirth, and hunkering down for the cold winter up north. Swap out cold and hunkering for warmth and beach time for our fellows in the Southern Hemisphere. Orbital Mechanics aside, it’s […]
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Gotta Support the Team . . .
Writers have been saying for years that New Orleans is not a pro sports town, and that we won’t keep the Saints or the Hornets. Some even say we don’t deserve them. I’m sick and tired of it. You know who can’t support professional sports? L.A. They let 2 NFL teams walk (in the past […]
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Through 17 Games . . .
Through 17 games . . . we needed to show something. Why? Someone made that up, but they were pretty adamant about it. It was noted very early on that we needed a hot start. But how could we? Chris, we were told, didn’t want to play here. We weren’t good enough, we weren’t smart […]
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Attendance Through the Years
Since there has been a good deal of attendance discussion lately, I’ve been tinkering with pulling together a post. The article I posted earlier today beat us up pretty good, so I wanted to give a little bit of information in this journal. Looking at the data below, I don’t see how our economy, […]
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Chalk Talk with Dell Demps
Prior to the victory over the Trail Blazers at the New Orleans Arena on November 13, 2010, about 25 people, all season ticket holders or their guests, were invited to the inaugural Chalk Talk with Dell Demps. This is a benefit conferred by the Hornets to season ticket holders through the Lagniappe Program. There are many choices […]
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Conversation with Bob Licht
The other day I had a very nice experience around the city involving the Hornets which I wanted to share it with you in its entirety. Fair warning: not all of it is about the on-the-court product, as there is a good bit of narrative and details about other aspects of the Hornets experience and […]
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My Kingdom for a Four?
Now is the Winter of Our Discontent Made Glorious? Looking back over the recent NOLA stint, which is about to become the second longest stable period in terms of location in franchise history at a whopping 3 seasons and 1 game, we’ve seen quite a few incarnations of this team. There have been come […]
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Notes from Hornets Open Practice
Here is a report from the open practice on October 2, 2010, 11:30 a.m. local time at the New Orleans Arena. Non-basketball Comments on the Practice The Hornets held an open practice Saturday, and if their intention was to excite the locals . . . it worked. I estimate about 1200 people showed up, and […]
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Those Things We Do
I was in the middle of cobbling together a journal on what we needed to get better as a team, what was available, etc. and then we made the Ariza trade which it blew it out of the water. No complaints about the trade, but my journal essentially got sent to Houston. I hope Yao […]
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Gotta Support the Team . . . .
This is a post I made edited into my first journal entry. Enjoy. Writers have been saying for years that New Orleans is not a pro sports town, and that we won’t keep the Saints or the Hornets. Some even say we don’t deserve them. I’m sick and tired of it. You know who can’t […]