I don’t have a lot I want to say about this game.  I remember repeating a lot to myself “Anyone want to guard Okur?”, particularly when Melvin Ely was in the game for his brief stint.  The guys didn’t lay down and die, but thet pretty much lived on long jumpers – which both killed […]

That was a damn fine game.  Sure, the Hornets had two great chances to win it in regulation, but I don’t care much about that.  The guys are showing heart and proving that they are the team everybody thought they were at the start of the season.  Can’t ask for anything more than that. Observations: […]

Last year, the Hornets exploded in January behind an easy schedule, running off a 12-2 record for the month.  It propelled West into the All-Star game, Paul into the MVP discussion, and the Hornets to the 2nd seed. This season January and February were not easy, and the difficulty of the schedule was compounded by […]

I think I’ve wallowed enough now.  I’m not going to rip Shinn or Bower in this post.  I’m not happy with what happened, but I don’t have anything to say about it that hasn’t been said in a dozen other places.  It’s time to move on and get to what we received and how it […]

All-Star weekend came and went, and it wasn’t quite as exciting for me as last year’s event.  Of course, part of that was location, as last year it was in New Orleans and marked a turning point for the NBA in that city.  From all I’ve heard, the arena food became better, fan awareness sky-rocketed, […]

Chris Paul relishes contact, lapping it up like LeBron James laps up media coverage, and he’s been that way since his rookie season. I can remember in his first game against Houston he dribbled up the court in front of Yao Ming, spotted the lumbering giant out of the corner of his eye and smoothly […]

Out of necessity, my recap is going to have to be short.  My broadcast was so bad that I didn’t even see half the plays in the first quarter, and the second and third were only marginally better.  The fourth was fairly clear, but I would have rather had the other three quarters.  I hope […]

Game Preview Matchup: Celtics(42-11) @ Hornets(30-19)Off Efficiency: Celtics 108.3(5th), Hornets 106.7(10th)Def Efficiency: Celtics 97.9(1st), Hornets 103.6(11th) The Celtics arrive in New Orleans tonight for the final Hornets game before the All-star break this weekend.  The Celts are 8-2 over their last ten, with the two losses being by narrow margins to the Spurs and Lakers.  […]

Through League Pass, I got to hear the game called by the Timberwolves announcers, and I thought they were a pretty solid pair.  The color guy, in particular, uses efficiencies and pace factor and all the little stats I love.  Early in the fourth, their color guy said “Chandler and Paul are out, West was […]

The trade rumor about the Hornets that is floating around right now is a trade of Tyson Chandler to the Heat for Shawn Marion.  At first glance, this galls me no end because it’s a clear salary dump.  Marion will come off the books at the end of the year, and we’ll probably be left […]

Matchup: Raptors(19-32) @ Hornets(28-18) Off Efficiency: Raptors 104.5(15th), Hornets 106.8(9th)Def Efficiency: Raptors 107.0(24th), Hornets 103.8(13th) The Raptors and Hornets both have 4-game losing streaks going, and both are sporting injured star point guards.  The Raptors have gotten back their injured Center, Jermaine O’Neal, but no one is really certain if that’s a good thing or […]

The Bulls came out, smacked the Hornets in the mouth in the first half, and it was pretty much over.  I know last game against Portland there was much criticism about the Hornets offense with Paul out – how Byron’s schemes were at fault – how the guys aren’t cutting enough, but here’s the reality […]

Back at the start of the season, I launched a Blogger’s Power Rankings that has been passing its way around the blogosphere.  Today, it returns to Hornets247 for your reading enjoyment. The fine blogs that joined us in voting and providing commentary this week are; 3 Shades of Blue A Stern Warning Blue Blitz Bust […]

The reports out of New Orleans is that Chris Paul has a minor groin strain and will be listed as day to day.  Since I’ve now been relieved that Paul won’t be out too long, I wanted to bring up something that my buddy and I saw a couple weeks ago.  The game after Tyson […]

Matchup: Hornets(28-16) v Trailblazers (29-17) Off Efficiency: Hornets 107.0(7th), Trailblazers 110.6(2nd)Def Efficiency: Hornets 103.4(11th), Trailblazers 105.6(18th) First off – the banner Dariusz put together for tonight’s game is priceless.  The Tyson Chandler-Joel Przybilla hate-fest that threatens to explode every other game between Portland and New Orleans is entertaining as hell, and that picture chronicles a […]

Though(as you’ll see in the bullets) there were some things that made me pretty hot during the game, I don’t really  feel this was a bad loss.  The Hornets missed Tyson badly as Parker and Ginobili made it to the hoop at will and had no trouble finishing, Posey continued to slump and the wing […]

Today it was announced that David West will be heading to Phoenix to take part in the All-star game again this season, and much like last year, there’s a bit of storm raging around the internet about his selection.  I have to admit that at first I was a bit torn by this selection.  I […]

If someone had told you Paul was going to score 12, Posey was going to go 1-13, Rasual Butler was going to play only 17 minutes and score 2 points, and that Julian Wright, replacing David West, was going to score 4 points . . . and we’d win, I’d call you a liar.  Or […]

Matchup: Nuggets(30-15) @ Hornets(27-14) The Hornets have already played the Nuggets twice – with one of the games being fairly recent, so I’m going to avoid my typical full-scale Game Preview, make a couple comments, and then move on to other things I wanted to talk about. Unlike last year, the Nuggets are a team […]

Matchup: 76ers(21-21) @ Hornets(26-14) Off Efficiency: 76ers 102.8(22nd), Hornets 107.5(7th)Def Efficiency: 76ers 103.0(8th), Hornets 103.9(14th) Philadelphia arrives in New Orleans tonight to try and continue a recent surge up the standings.  After starting the season 13-19, they’ve won 8 of 10 contests on the back by locking down defensively and using their athleticism to force […]