Going to keep this recap short and sweet, because it’s late, and honestly, the basketball, on both sides, was terrible. Darren Collison sat out the game with an injured knee.  Reportedly, it’s nothing serious and he should play again during Summer League, but they kept him out this game just to be sure.  That left […]

Marc Stein of ESPN.com is reporting via Twitter that Luther Head will join the Hornets on a 2-year, 2.3 million dollar deal. Luther Head is a combo guard, standing 6′-3″, and has spent his career playing in Houston and Indiana to this point.  He’s got a career three-point rate of 38%, though last year was […]

The Hornets came out cold, got back into it, led comfortably through the middle two quarters, and then crashed and burned in the fourth.  The game as a whole was not much of a shooting display, with the Hornets shooting 36% and the Warriors shooting 41%.  The Hornets had the last shot of the game, […]

The Hornets’ summer league entry takes on the Golden State Warriors tonight.  If you have NBATV, you can catch it, starting at 9:00 PM CST.  The Hornets will be led by fan favorites Darren Collison and Marcus Thornton, but there should be some good cameo’s by Quincy Pondexter and Craig Brackins.  All four of those, […]

So LeBron James chose likely championships and comraderie over Cleveland.  I feel for Cavs fans, I really do.  I also identify with them, since that same situation could very well play out here in New Orleans over the next couple seasons.  Still, while I feel a vague sort of horrified comraderie with our bereaved friends […]

  For a moment, I was tempted to entitle this post “Paul joins LeBron James”.  But then, you know, I’d be the same sort of headline-manipulating jerk I complain about all the time.   I bet you someone will do it, though. Anyways,  NBC Sports is reporting that Chris Paul has left his longtime agency Octagon, and […]

Okafor gets a lot of flack from Hornets fans.  Billed as a replacement for Tyson Chandler, I believe most were hoping that he would step in and give us the same highlight-reel alley-oops that Chandler did.  When that didn’t occur, and Okafor was frequently nowhere to be seen in the fourth quarter because of defensive […]

There really is no other way to look at it.  Bower is still under contract with the Hornets, yet the Hornets gave him permission to interview for the soon-to-be-vacant New Jersey Nets’ General Manager position.  If the Hornets wanted to keep him, that would never have happened. Why would they put themselves in competition with […]

I just put up an article in the News section that was speculating on the fact that should LeBron James stay in Cleveland, he and Byron Scott could produce a powerful lure to get Paul to the Cavaliers. However, this is the part I think all of you might find the most fascinating: Hornets president […]

I understand where the Hornets are right now.  They are trying to return to fiscal sanity.  They feel they have a bunch of pieces they need to sort out, and the only real way to do that is to get them on the court together.  Despite the teams leaking their “efforts” to pry Paul from […]

((The following is a post by Michael McNamara, aka loveforhornets)) In Part One we took a look at some players that the Hornets might try to pursue via their numerous trade exemptions. Now we will turn to some possible free agents that the Hornets can choose to target when free agency opens up on July […]

((The following is a guest post from Michael McNamara, aka loveforhornets)) Before the Hornets sent Mo Pete to OKC on Draft Night, it would have been pointless to write an article on possible free agent targets for the Hornets because it just wouldn’t have been an option for them.  With New Orleans already several million […]

Alright, it’s time to drop a full stat-pack on you.  Over the weekend I’ve been collecting various stats we can use to evaluate the value of the picks traded and the players and their production in college.  So let’s get rolling. The Draft Pick Swap The Hornets traded the 11th pick and Mo Pete’s Veteran […]

The dust has settled a bit, and here’s a roundup of some of the reactions to the Hornet’s draft. The ESPN guys seem to like what they accomplished: Chad Ford New Orleans was over the luxury-tax line and had a mandate to get under. Moving Peterson and the pick will save them nearly $7 million […]

This night was a disaster for me.  First, the site went down under the blast of Draft Night traffic.  I’m deeply sorry about that.  We’ll do our damnedest to make sure it doesn’t happen again.  It didn’t stop there, though, as my air conditioner stopped working after that . . .   . . . and […]

Okay, now that we’ve all had a good grumble about the Paul rumors, let’s move on to important things – like who the Hornets be draftin’.  There’s a ton of information floating around out there, and a billion mock drafts that are all complete and total speculation, of course.  Still, there are a few reliable […]

There’s a ton of worry and chatter out there about nationally reported – no, not reported – speculation on several Hornets trades right now.  Most of them involve the Hornets giving up Paul or Collison for, essentially, a hangman’s noose and a pine box.   In case you can’t tell, this somewhat irritates me.  I’ll try […]

The second round of workouts hasn’t happened yet, but there are some rumors flying about I feel should be mentioned here.  First, it seems that Xavier Henry did very well during his interview process.  His demeanor and the way he answered questions about sacrificing personal stats for the team really earned him some points. The […]

The rumors out of the Hornets camp is that they are somewhat interested in a pair of Wing players that may be avialable to them in the draft.  Those players, Paul George and Xavier Henry, could possibly address some of the glaring needs the Hornets have at the wing, so here is a little more […]

Well, I’ve listened to his introduction and the other interviews he’s conducted, and wanted a make a few points.  First, Monty is a solid speaker.  He doesn’t hem or haw, he answers questions directly, and has a fairly deep impressive voice.  I know that sounds shallow, but these things actually do help when you are […]