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Hornets Center Emeka Okafor Faces an Uphill Battle for the All-Star Game
Emeka Okafor. Sexy. Unless you’re of the female gender, or just appreciate how a jacked man with shoulders the size of basketballs looks, those two words mix together as well as shrimp and crude oil. Press most Hornets fans and they will acknowledge that his basketball game is really more girl next door than Girls […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Kings
The Hornets head to Sacramento tonight to take on the suddenly red-hot Kings. I say that only half-jokingly because Sacramento actually appears to be playing their best ball of the year, even though they are only 2-5 in their last 7 games. Their two wins, however came at Portland and at LA, as they defeated […]
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Last Call: Bee-Zanies Tryouts Today From 2-5 at Harrah’s
For all the information check out our previous post on the Bee-Zanies Tryouts. The skinny is that if you can prove to be one of the best 50 fans to show up and audition between 2 and 5 at Harrah’s, then you get free lower bowl tickets for the rest of the season to sit […]
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Hornets Ten Game Winning Streak Box Score Bomb
As the Hornets look ahead to Sacramento in hopes of extending their season high ten game winning streak, we are going to take a look back at how the individual players performed in their previous wins. These are all the typical box score numbers from the past 10 games. Without further adieu, let’s jump right […]
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Hornets Defensive Improvement Among the Greatest of All-Time
(This article was co-authored by Michael McNamara and Agent Ziko) Coming into Wednesday’s game with Golden State, the Hornets were 26th in the league in points per game, they had an offense rating of 105.0 which was good for 22nd in the league, and they didn’t have a single player averaging 20 PPG, and yet […]
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Chris Paul is Clutch
I linked it up in the News section, but every one of you who even remotely likes Chris Paul or Stats or both should read this article by John Schuhmann over at NBA.com. Tremendous stuff.
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David West won’t Sign an Extension
A few days ago Adrian Wojnarowski published an article stating that the Hornets and David West were unlikely to sign an extension before the Feb 24th deadline. The article quotes sources that state “It’s hard to see an extension happening here.â€Â Wojnarowski also states that David West will likely opt out of the final year […]
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Hornets hold on to defeat Warriors, capture 10th straight victory
Just as they did in the first meeting, the Hornets controlled the first three quarters of the game. This time, however, they were able to withstand a 4th quarter Warriors run to start off their road trip with a 112-103 victory. (box). All five starters scored in double figures, as David West and Trevor Ariza […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Warriors
The Hornets travel to Golden State tonight for their first game of a three-game West Coast road trip that will see them face three squads that are unlikely to make the playoffs this year. These are the kinds of games that you look have to win when you are fighting for home-court advantage in a […]
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Chris Paul’s Where Amazing Happens Commercial
Hat tip to CP3’s twitter account – and Dime Magazine.
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Hornets Press Conference Regarding Attendance Benchmarks
This is the press conference with the Governor, Mayor, City and team leaders in which they announce that the Hornets have met attendance benchmarks.
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Hornets and Bulls Headline All-Improved Teams at the Midpoint
Each year I like to go through a little exercise to tell me exactly how the league’s NBA teams have improved. Now, I’m sure some of you would just point to the standings and say “Duh! Look there!” but you have to remember that I like statistics even more than I like playing at least […]
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D-West’s Game Winner
I could watch that all day, and that might just be what I do. Oh, and with 56 thumbs down (and counting) and a lone thumb up, this is the least popular comment in the History of our comment ranking system: “I hate David West with everything I have in me. But tonight, AND ONLY […]
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Hornets Outlast the Thunder
The Hornets beat the Oklahoma City in an instant classic, 91-89 behind late game heroics from Chris Paul and David West. Paul came up with a steal with 10 seconds to go that allowed David West to take a game winning shot in the closing second, which he calmly nailed. It was a bittersweet victory, […]
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Game On: Thunder @ Hornets
Matchup: Thunder (28-15) @ Hornets (29-16) Off Efficiency: Thunder 107.4 (6th), Hornets 103.0 (17th) Def Efficiency: Thunder 105.0 (16th), Hornets 98.5 (3rd) Pace: Thunder 95.8 (11th), Hornets 91.1 (30th) The Hornets look to continue a fantastic January against the Oklahoma City Thunder tonight in front of what is expected to be another big crowd. With […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 14: Fear the Ostrich
Ryan and Michael talk about the 8-0 streak, Emeka Okafor and whether he’s worthy of an All-Star nod, what weaknesses we do still see for this team, plus Ryan talks about D&D and find out that Michael would rather fight a Grizzly Bear than an Ostrich. Yes, Michael may be an idiot. Oh, and we’re […]
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Drink, Pray, Watch Basketball
(edit- Once in a blue moon the prayer is done by a Rabbi. Not sure how I missed that over the years.) Before each and every Hornets game for as long as the team has been in existence, a Christian invocation is done at half court before the national anthem, in which everyone is asked […]
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Video: Paul Breaks Parker’s Ankles and makes Popovich sad
The Atlanta and Spurs games have me on a bit of a high right now. So . . . Parker has left the building!
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Sometimes, a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Don’t you agree? I worry about Karma with this sort of gloating, but this image was priceless.
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Hornets Beat Down the NBA Best San Antonio Spurs
I was proud to be a Hornets fan tonight. In the third quarter the team played the best basketball I’ve ever seen at any time in my entire life. They were absolutely on fire on both ends of the floor and there was nothing that San Antonio could do to stop them. The Hornets absolutely […]