Can I get a bounce back? The Hornets will try to move along quickly from their loss to the lowly Warriors in New Orleans last night when they take on those old familiar Spurs in San Antonio at 7:30pm Central. The Spurs are 31-14 on the season, 17-7 at home and winners of 6 of […]

There’s the letdown. The Hornets won four of five games without Tyson Chandler and David West, four games they didn’t really have any business winning. And tonight they came up against a team they really should have beaten. But they didn’t. Two steps forward, one step back? Something like that I guess. Let’s get to […]

Since Tyson and West went out, we’ve played a bunch of games we had no business winning, and we won them anyway. Tonight it looks like we’ll get West back, and we’re playing a team we should definitely beat. Let’s hope there’s no letdown. G-State are just 14-32 on the season, 4-21 on the road. […]

A tough one tonight for the Hornets as the Nuggets roll into town. Coming in with a 30-15 record, Denver are a game ahead of us in the standings, having won 10 of their last 13 despite losing Carmelo Anthony to a hand fracture earlier in the month. The Nuggs cruised by the Grizzlies in […]

The Sixers game yesterday marked the halfway point of the season for the Hornets (incidentally, we were the last team in the NBA to play game 41 on the schedule). No better time to try spot some shooting trends via NBA.com’s Hot Spots. If you’re unaware, Hot Spots shows you how teams and players have […]

Ten games left before the All-Star break, and it looks like Tyson Chandler will miss them all, and David West probably a handful. Luckily, eight of these next ten are at home, but there’s no more than a day of rest between them. Tonight we’ve got the Sixers in town. Game tips at 7 Central. […]

Some trivia to pass the time. No prizes for this one but methinks we’ll have another giveaway soon. Anyways, have at ’em… Who’s foot did Tyson Chandler land on to twist his ankle last week? During the final game of his NBA career in a game against the Charlotte Hornets, he hit a buzzer-beating three-point […]

The Hornets are in Minneapolis today to take on the T-Wolves. Those guys are just 13-27 on the season but they’ve won seven of their past nine overall, and four of their last five at home. Minnesota won’t be a pushover inside with the likes of Al Jefferson and Kevin Love in the paint, so […]

Nothing like a few injuries to shake things up and turn what should have been a couple of ho-hum games into two of the most interesting nights of Hornets basketball this season. Why exactly has Julian Wright been rotting on the bench all this time? When was the last time Peja grabbed 10 boards before […]

Devin Harris leads the 19-22 Nets into New Orleans Arena tonight. Tip off is at about 7pm Central. The Nets have lost three straight, their most recent defeat coming at the hands of the Celtics on Saturday. Lawrence Frank benched both Harris and Vince Carter for the second half of that game, but apparently they’re […]

Today, ESPN launched the TrueHoop Network, and we here at Hornets247 are excited to be a part of it. Excited like drunk teens at an Irish wedding, you might say. Henry Abbott has posted all the details about the network over at TrueHoop. I think you’ll agree that we’re headed in a great direction. Here […]

Local kid Danny Granger and the Indiana Pacers are in town today to take on the Hornets. It’s an early tip (2:30pm Central) because of MLK day, and the first 8,000 folks through the door get a little David West with a loose head. The Pacers are 15-25 on the season, 6-16 on the road […]

The Hornets are on their way back to New Orleans after beating the Pistons to finish their road trip with a 2-1 record. It was a tough trio of games and I’m delighted we got two wins out of it, but I feel the Hornets got no closer to figuring themselves out through it all. […]

The Hornets wrap up their rollercoaster road trip with a stop in Detroit this evening. Will we see the Hornets team from Dallas or the Hornets team from Cleveland? Is there much of a difference? Game tips at 6:30pm Central. The Pistons are riding a four-game losing streak, having lost last night to the Thunder […]

Tonight the Hornets are in Cleveland to battle the Cavaliers and LeBron James, Inc. The Cavs are unbeaten at home this season, but they’re vulnerable right now. Besides staying up late to lose in OT at Chicago last night, they’re also short a few players. Delonte West fractured his wrist in Chi-town, Big Z is […]

Let’s get this road trip underway. It begins tonight in Dallas in a rematch of last season’s first-round playoff battle. Will we see more cheek touching from David West, more stupidity from Josh Howard, more cat-like falls from Jannero Pargo? Methinks nay on the last two, since neither of those guys are playing. Here’s to […]

Not as tough as you might think, actually. Sure, the Hornets will play at Dallas, Cleveland and Detroit in a four-day span, and those three teams have a combined winning percentage of .796 this season on their home floor. In fact, the Cavs have yet to lose in Cleveland this season. But let’s look a […]

Nothing short of a miserable, ugly, horrible, frustrating game at New Orleans Arena tonight. The Hornets never got in an offensive flow and seemed a little unprepared for those New York Knicks running and gunning up and down the floor, as if the game plan was to keep Charles Oakley off the boards and John […]

Pretty big game for the Hornets tonight. Sure, the Knicks are just 5-14 on the road this season and they’re coming off a blowout loss to a short-handed Houston team. But, our next three games beyond this are on the road against Dallas, Cleveland and Detroit, so we need to take care of business at […]

Three banners hang side-by-side from the rafters in New Orleans Arena. The left-most banner features the number 7, retired in honor of “Pistol” Pete Maravich back in 2002 when the Hornets played their first game in New Orleans. The middle banner, unveiled almost eight months ago before Game 1 against the Mavericks, commemorates the Hornets […]