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In Defense of Point Guards
Building a championship team around a point guard has been unsuccessful in the past 20 years, but that’s not to say that it isn’t still a good course of action. Zach Harper poses the question, “Should you build your team with a point[guard]?“, in a recent article on TrueHoop: You’ve got a chance to draft […]
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The Hornets beat the Heat
That was enjoyable as the Hornets beat a badly depleted Heat team 90-76.(Box Score) For most of the game, the Hornets held a comfortable lead – except for the stretch where Bosh got hot and put the Heat on his back. It still bugs me that people dismiss him. The dude is an efficient scorer. The […]
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Hornets Sign DJ Mbenga
The Hornets have agreed to terms with free agent D.J. Mbenga. The 7-0 center played in 49 games for the Los Angeles Lakers last season, averaging 2.1 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. He will immediately try to challenge Aaron Gray for the backup center job, but Gray is simply a better player. Mbenga is […]
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Game On: Heat @ Hornets
With Lebron taking an unnecessary night off, Dwayne Wade hurt, and David West sitting this one out as well, this game lacks the excitement that was anticipated when fans first saw it on the schedule. Expect nothing more than a few minutes from Bosh. The Hornets will be looking to find some player combinations that […]
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Total Rebounding Rate Numbers For Hornets Players in 2009-2010
While looking through the stats from the first few games, it occurred to me that the Hornets might have some serious rebounding problems this year. In the first two games of the meaningless preseason they were out-rebounded 95-71, which isn’t completely telling since they played the deep bench much of the game. It caught my […]
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Chat Hornets Today!
Joe Gerrity and I will be doing the Daily Dime Chat over at ESPN.com between 12:00 and 1:00 CST. Stop by and give us a break from all the “If my team gives you two journeymen veterans and a swirlie, can we have Chris Paul?” questions. No one likes a swirlie, people.
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Lifting of Oil Moratorium is Good News for Hornets Fans
Back on April 9th Ryan gave you his take on trading Shinn for Chouest, working under the assumption that the announcement of the deal was a mere formality. It’s been over six months since then, and nothing definitive has come out to really reveal who the owner will be at the end of this season. […]
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Marco Belinelli’s Dark Secret
At least it was Marco’s dark secret back in his rookie year. I’ll make sure Joe puts that season credential to use and finds out this season if it is still his bete noire. Oh, what am I talking about? Cookies, of course! American cookies, actually. From the archives of our fellow THN blog BallinEurope.com […]
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Being Realistic about a Stojakovic Trade
For as long as I’ve followed the Hornets, there has been an oddity roaming the NBA’s contractual landscape. Most of the time it’s despised, but for one brief period, usually 3-6 months, it becomes a highly sought-after commodity that has enabled some of the most lopsided trades in league history.  I’m talking, of course, about […]
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The Magic Demolish the Hornets
When High School and College teams schedule their Homecoming games, they often place a sacrificial lamb on the schedule in order to guarantee an enjoyable weekend for their fan base. Tonight the Orlando Magic had a Homecoming of sorts as they played their first game ever in the brand new Amway Center, and the Hornets […]
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The Grizzlies Beat the Hornets
The Memphis Grizzlies beat the Hornets, or rather the end of their bench, in the first preseason game of the year New Orleans. The final score (97-90) really didn’t tell the story as the Hornets clearly didn’t try to win, so just ignore that and move on. It was a positive loss for the Hornets […]
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The Arguments for Deron Williams
Utah Jazz fans, and really just D-Willers in general, have recently decided to bring back the old debate about who is the best point guard in the NBA. Most of the arguments are the same, but with Paul’s recent injury a few of them seem stronger. Let’s look at the more common reasons why they […]
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The State of the Rotation
Sifting through what Monty Williams has said(and not said) to the media the past couple days, I think we’re pretty close to a preliminary rotation. Here’s what I think Coach Williams is hinting at – and I have my own thoughts, of course. The Starting Lineup PG: Chris Paul – There’s not much to say […]
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Out of Sight, out of their Minds
The NBA GM Survey just came out. It’s a pretty extensive questionnaire that asks NBA GMs to rank all sorts of things, including likely MVP, best player at each position, fastest player with the ball, etc, etc. One thing is very apparent from the survey, however. Chris Paul’s injury-marred season and rumor-marred off-season has harmed […]
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Hornets Release Jannero Pargo
The New Orleans Hornets announced today that they have released guard Jannero Pargo, leaving the training camp roster at 16 players. “We want to thank Jannero for his effort and time here in New Orleans during camp,” General Manager Dell Demps said. “Unfortunately, he is not operating at full speed due to a pre-existing injury. […]
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Notes from Hornets Open Practice
Here is a report from the open practice on October 2, 2010, 11:30 a.m. local time at the New Orleans Arena. Non-basketball Comments on the Practice The Hornets held an open practice Saturday, and if their intention was to excite the locals . . . it worked. I estimate about 1200 people showed up, and […]
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Welcome to the new Hornets247.com
All may look pretty much the same around here, but I assure you that a lot done changed. I’ll run through the newness for you in a second, but first and foremost, like I mentioned on Thursday, you may need to re-register with the site since we were only able to transfer a handful of […]
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Fun with Media Day
First, if you haven’t read Niall’s earlier post about the site updates this weekend, do so now or the earth will swallow you and kittens will perish. Then, after you mourn the death of an era, come back here to lighten your hearts, for Media Day has come and gone, and as usual, it has […]
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Site update this weekend
Good news: We’re upgrading Hornets247.com this weekend so it will be all super-fresh and ultra-fantastic in time for the new season. The design isn’t changing much, but we’ve got a bunch of new features ready to be unleashed and we’ll finally be waving goodbye to the slow-load problems. Yay. The bad news is that we may […]
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Live From Hornets Media Day
Hornets media day is today, signaling the start of training camp and the return of competitive basketball to our daily lives. The team goes into the start of camp with 18 players trying to fill out 15 regular season roster spots. If you have any questions for the players or coaches (preferably not Paul since […]