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Magic Johnson Should Consider Buying the Hornets
The NBA is looking for a new Hornets owner, and Magic Johnson’s interest in purchasing an NBA team is well documented. His recent sale of Starbucks franchises and shares in the Lakers netted him around 100 million dollars in cash, so it’s inevitable that someone is going to ask the question of why not buy […]
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The Spurs crushed the Hornets
Chris Paul came to play. I’d like to leave it there. Or maybe go to the “Both Teams played Hard” standby that Rasheed Wallace went to, but that would be a lie. The Spurs played hard. The Hornets, for the first seven minutes of the game, didn’t play hard. The middle two quarters of the […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Spurs
Before I get to the game, I wanted to address one thing. For those of you who aren’t aware, there are rumors flying hot and heavy that the NBA could be purchasing the Hornets from George Shinn at any moment. Yeah, the NBA, not Chouest or some other buyer. Crazy, eh? Questions, questions, questions. Are […]
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Introducing Homegrown Night
The Hornets, more than any NBA team, put on quite a show for their fans. Nobody else does pregame parties every game with live music. There isn’t another team that gives free beer to their season ticket holders, while charging only a dollar for everyone else. There are inflatable games and basketball hoops outside the […]
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Sonics Fans Make Me Throw Up a Little Bit in My Mouth
Take a look at any comment section of any article related to the Hornets sale and what do you see? Three hundred comments from Sonics fans about how the Hornets are moving there. They say New Orleans doesn’t have basketball history. They say we can’t support a team and point to the New Orleans Jazz […]
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Chris Paul Becoming more Aggressive is not the Answer
There is a common fear building amongst Hornets fans and it concerns the best player in franchise history. Now that losing has become a part of the Hornets reality again and the days of sitting atop of the NBA standings seem like a distant memory, fans want to know why victories are suddenly so hard […]
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Knicks Continue their Domination over the Hornets
After two long years of losses, the Hornets should have wanted it more. The Knicks took them down 100-92 behind a strong performance by Amare Stoudemire. In a word, the Hornets were apathetic. Monty wasn’t aggressive late with his substitutions and was content to just let lesser players stay on while the team got closer […]
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Game On: Knicks @ Hornets
Matchup: Knicks (10-9) @ Hornets (13-5) Off Efficiency: Hornets 103.6(15th), Knicks 107.7 (6th) Def Efficiency: Hornets 98.4(2nd), Knicks 105.9 (19th) Thanks to the amazing Dariusz Ejkiewicz for the Game Day Banner. The theme of the night will be conflicting styles, as the Knicks bring their fast paced offense (2nd fastest) to New Orleans (4th slowest). […]
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Eff the Hornets Attendance Problem
I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. Not because I’m worried about the team actually being moved, or because the seemingly arbitrary (although probably not) number of 14,735 is particularly meaningful to me. No, it’s because I’m sick of playing defense. I’m sick of having to defend New Orleans as a basketball city. […]
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Hornets Beat the Bobcats
As expected, the Hornets beat the Bobcats 89-73 before what very well may have been the sparsest crowd since 2007. I’m fairly good at estimating crowd size, and it’s quite possible that everyone in attendance could have fit in the lower bowl tonight. I can’t express my frustration with the crowd issues in writing right […]
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Game On: Bobcats @ Hornets
Matchup: Bobcats (6-11) @ Hornets (12-5) Off Efficiency: Hornets 103.6(15th), Bobcats 103.8 (14th) Def Efficiency: Hornets 99.2(3rd), Bobcats 104.4 (15th) Thanks to the amazing Dariusz Ejkiewicz for the Game Day Banner. The Hornets look to end a two game slide (their longest of the year) tonight against the Charlotte Bobcats. After winning 11 of their […]
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43 Minutes of Crunch Time
That’s how much basketball we have watched with less than five minutes left on the clock and the Hornets within five points of their opposition. Those 43 minutes have arguably been the biggest of the year for the Bees, as they have determined games, momentum, a power ranking ascension and decline (unless Marc Stein really […]
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The Thunder beat the Hornets
The Hornets are starting to perfect the art of the late collapse, getting outscored in the fourth and losing to the Thunder 95-89(Box Score). The Hornets gave up their lead through a series of turnovers, poor execution, and repeated attempts to take advantage of one player in the fourth who didn’t have it going or […]
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Hornets247 Podcast Episode 6: In the NO?
McNamara and Schwan talk turkey as the Hornets play like turkey over the course of the Thanksgiving week. They address the defense, Jarrett Jack, CP3’s play, Monty Williams, and McNamara’s bladder-loosening fear of the Thunder. Wimp. We also try out a new podcast name, suggested by the excellent hewhorocks. If you like it, maybe he’s […]
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Game On: Hornets at Thunder
Matchup: Hornets(12-4) @ Thunder(11-6) Off Efficiency: Hornets 104.6(12th), Thunder 106.4(8th) Def Efficiency: Hornets 97.6(3rd), Thunder 105.4(18th) Thanks to the amazing Dariusz Ejkiewicz for the Game Day Banner. This is a bit of a role reversal for the Thunder this year. Last year, they got by on exceptional defense and ordinary offense. This season they have […]
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Spurs Overcome 17 Point Deficit to Demolish Hornets
At the end of the first half, the New Orleans Hornets received a standing ovation from their fans after playing a nearly flawless half of basketball. From the way they played the rest of the game, it appears New Orleans thought the game was already over. The Hornets led 61-44 and were on fire, shooting […]
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Game On: Spurs @ Hornets
San Antonio Spurs (13-2) at New Orleans Hornets (12-3) Offensive Efficiency Ratings: Hornets 106.6 (15th) Spurs 111.5 (2nd) Defensive Efficiency Ratings: Hornets 100.6 (2nd) Spurs: 103.3 (9th) The Spurs and Hornets battle for first place in the Southwest division today as the Hornets play their first home game in over a week. The Hornets come into the […]
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Sipping on Some Stats
Nothing fancy here, just a little rundown of the Hornets overall stats this year. The most important thing to look at right now is the 12 wins because as we all know, making the playoffs comes first. Even though the team is currently third in the conference, and only a game out of first, they […]
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The Hornets beat the Blazers
The Hornets got back to their winning ways tonight as they delivered a nutshot to the MASH unit masquerading as the Portland Trailblazers. Oh wait, that was Brandon Roy delivering the nutshot to teammate Rudy Fernandez midway through the game while going for a loose ball. It looked pretty ugly. Regardless, that play was the rest […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Trailblazers
Matchup: Hornets(11-3) @ Trailblazers(8-6) Off Efficiency: Hornets 103.7(16th), Trailblazers 105.2(12th) Def Efficiency: Hornets 98.5(4th), Trailblazers 103.8(15th) Thanks to the amazing Dariusz Ejkiewicz for the Game Day Banner. As the Hornet’s offense continues to choke and sputter on bad shooting from deep and an over-reliance on isolations, the New Orleans defense continues to chug along, keeping […]