The Times-Picayune is reporting that Devin Brown, who last played in a Hornets uniform in 2006-2007, was signed by the Hornets last night.  I like the signing, and the other day I actually thought about Devin and wondered if there was a chance he'd come back now that Jannero Pargo is gone.  To refresh your […]

So Pargo is gone, off to earn in one year what teams in the NBA were only willing to pay him over two years.  I don't feel betrayed or backstabbed or any sense of anger like I've seen on a few of the fan boards.  Pargo learned early in his career that his hold on […]

Several weeks ago I was sucking up all the basketball related news I could find and stumbled across a bunch of comments at Ira Winderman's Sun-Sentinel Heat Blog.  To my surprise someone there had brought up my Evaluation of Peja's defense from earlier in the year, sparking a sporadic discussion about whether I had any credibility at […]

So here's the most important observation I have about the Olympic game – and it may be the reason why our team seems to really struggle in the half court: When you watch the other teams, who are experienced with international ball, they initiate their offensive sets about six to eight feet back from the three point line.  Their […]

So Team USA has begun exhibition play in preparation for the Olympics, destroying Canada 120-65.  The team fielded this year is crazy strong, and I would be astonished if they didn't trash the competition.  One thing, however, has irritated the hell out of me in the coverage of this team:  Jason Kidd is being pushed as […]

The Sacramento Bee is reporting today that Bobby Brown, the star of the Hornet's Summer League team, has signed with the Kings for a two year minimum deal worth a little over a million dollars.  The Hornets did reportedly make a play for Bobby's services, offering him a one year deal, but Brown had received […]

Despite being thoroughly convinced that the NBA Summer League games aren't worth much, I went ahead and watched four of the Hornets games.  Anything to fight the symptoms of basketball withdrawl. I also wanted to watch the players and see if any of them were going to be candidates for immediate trades – like Kirk […]

It's said that fans have a tendency to overrate their own teams players – a tendency that General Managers can fall into as well.  Part of this is due to watching those players every day and developing attachments to pieces and parts of their game.  I love West's baseline fadeaway, the deadly pick and roll […]

Ha ha!  My nefarious plan worked perfectly.  As soon as I said the Hornets would do nothing this off-season, they had to go and prove me wrong.  It's something I love about their front office – they clearly watch for my opinions, and then set out to make me look foolish.  Too bad I'm on to […]

All the signs were there.  I should have known the Hornets wouldn't be making much noise in this off-season.  The finances alone pointed to it.  This team doesn't want to spend past the Luxury Tax line.  As a team with the cheapest ticket in the NBA and one of the smallest markets – they really […]

First, let me get this out of the way:  CP3 is signing an extension!  It hasn't been decided on if it's three years or five years – and there are financial reasons he would like either that I won't get into here – but the fact remains, he's in New Orleans for at least 4 more years.  There had been […]

"People never Change" I don't actually believe that.  People can change.  But I do believe that people don't truly change unless something seriously life-altering occurs.   All those seminars to teach people how to be more effective, or more motivated, or more disciplined?  They don't work.  At best, the person may pick up one thing to […]

No new breaking news yet about who the Hornets are pursuing on this, the first day of Free Agency.  There have been rumors here and there that the Hornets will Pursue James Posey of the Celtics or Corey Maggette of the Clippers, but nothing concrete has cropped up. Either of those two players are possible, […]

Alright – I've listened to the interview Jeff Bower gave the collective reporters about the trade of the 27th pick to Portland for Cash, and I've got to say I'm a bit irritated. Irritated with the source that broke the news, and more irritated with the Times-Picayune continued coverage of the news.  The T-P reporters […]

I've seen some confusion in various places about what selling the 27th pick means for the Hornets financially. For those of you who want to know these things, this is the financials for the Hornets: The Hornets have $58.8 Million in Salaries currently on the books for Peja, Chandler, West, James, Peterson, Paul, Butler, Armstrong, […]

My prediction was right.  There will be no 1st round pick for the Hornets this year.  No second round pick either, apparently.  Funny, isn't it?  I spent so much time posting about how unlikely(71% chance of a bust) it is to get a viable player from a pick so late in the draft, but when […]

This is one of my favorite times of year in the NBA calendar.  I'm a major draft nut, and every day I visit nbadraft.net, DraftExpress, ESPN, and a half-dozen other sites that carry even peripheral information about the draft.  Something about the rampant optimism that leads up to the draft is  attractive to me.  It's […]

Unless something major changes over the next few days with the workouts for the Hornets, I'm feeling pretty certain about one thing: The Hornets won't be drafting in the first round. The Hornets have only brought in three players who are generally accepted as possible 1st round prospects: Mario Chalmers, Gary Forbes and Courtney Lee.  When Lee was […]

The Hornets have been working out players all this week in preparation for the June 26th draft, bringing in no less than seventeen players in to take a look at.  They have another workout scheduled for Saturday – though the number of players, or who they will be, has not been announced.  The Hornets could […]

Okay – I had so much fun with that last post, I decided to use my mad photoshop skillz and elaborate.  So, I present to you your Hornets Starting Five! At Bard, 6'6" from Michigan State, Morrrrrrriiss PETERSON!! At Ranger, 6'9" out of Xavier, David "Fluffy Nowitzki Hunter" West!!  At Barbarian, 7'2" out of Dominguez High […]