As Monty Williams continues assembling what appears to be a talented group of assistants, one name remains missing. Former Hornets assistant Robert Pack, credited by both Darren Collison and Marcus Thornton as crucial in their development last season, has yet to sign with a basketball team for the coming season. If Monty’s brief track record […]

In February 2009, I posted a mock interview with Chris Paul, addressing all the times he’s tumbled to the floor, arms flailing, at the lightest of bumps.  Here are the pertinent parts: Ryan: It sure looked like you were in pain on the court – what’s up with that? Paul: Well, you know how it […]

All summer long Hornets fans waited, speculated, and then waited some more for the franchise to open up it’s pocketbook. Finally, on July first the opening bell rang and the money started flowing out, for most teams anyway. A month later, the Hornets faithful were left with only the taste of Luther Head lingering on […]

This will be the last column I write on a possible CP3 trade- I PROMISE. Like many of you I am sick of hearing about it, reading about it, being asked about it, and speculating on it. But I am a sucker for playing Devil’s Advocate and after reading Ryan’s amazing column on possible CP3 […]

The inescapable truth for this off-season is that Chris Paul trade rumors will fly until he is moved or the Hornets take the floor in October for their opening game.  That, of course, will be frustrating for many Hornets fans, and depressing for others.  For a while, I’ve been sitting in the ‘depressing’ camp, but […]

Imagine you found a door in your house that entered Dell Demps mind today- allowing you to manipulate his thoughts and words. For those of you who have seen the 1999 film Being John Malkovich, you can relate to this scenario. For others, I know it seems rediculous, but go with me here.  Now Chris […]

New Hornets GM Dell Demps met with Chris Paul today to discuss the recent trade rumors and to assure Paul that the team is headed int he right direction Below is a transcript from the press conference that followed. Opening Statement First of all I’d like to say I’m really excited to be here today. […]

Well, the Hornets and Paul had their sit-down.  The Hornets were doing the presenting, with Hugh Weber, Dell Demps and Monty Williams doing the talking.  Paul and his agent Leon Rose were listening – and there’s no word about if they were doing any presenting themselves. (of lists, that is)  Paul’s first statement, via twitter: […]

Perhaps nobody informed Chris Paul, but his recent rumblings about wanting to win do nothing but hinder the Hornets, his Hornets, ability to build a contender around him. He claims that his number one goal is to win a title in New Orleans, but the recent leaks from his camp leave the Hornets in a […]

Dell Demps goes into Mondays meeting with Chris Paul needing to sell him on his vision. He must show the frustrated face of the franchise that it is possible for this roster of mismatched parts to be transformed into a contender. Moves will have to be made that will give the Hornets a legitimate opportunity […]

It’s time to move on.  And no, this isn’t about Chris Paul.  Well, it’s about Chris Paul some, but not entirely.  You see, the Hornets have entered a brand new phase and as a result, I think we all need to start over.  There is no longer any reason to carry the baggage of the […]

For those of you still limber enough to play pick-up basketball, you will probably recognize a trend that has become the norm over these last few years. On the blacktop we call this trend Stacking. Stacking takes place when the best player on a losing team calls “last downs”- that is he forgoes his opportunity […]

[Update:  It appears he’s the Hornets new GM, that’s who.] Most major news outlets are reporting that Dell Demps is the frontrunner for the Hornets vacant General Manager job.  But, you may ask, who is Dell Demps?  Honestly, I’d never heard of him either, but apparently the Suns and Hornets are competing for his services. […]

There’s a lot of rumors floating around out there about the Hornets.  That’s to be expected considering how much of the front office and ownership continues to be unsettled. One of the rumors is that the Hornets Owners are no longer on speaking terms due to the negotiations around the sale of the team.  The […]

With 2.3 seconds left, Craig Brackins hit a three pointer which could have given the New Orleans Hornets their first summer league victory of 2010. In the end it wound up being just another nice shot by the Hornets rookie. Washington guard Lester Hudson hit a crowd pleasing jump shot as time expired. There was […]

Two months into the season the media and basketball junkies worldwide are going to be talking about the New Orleans Hornets and Chris Paul as if they just crawled out of the swamp to become one of the better teams in the Western Conference. When that happens remember this post. You see, the memory of […]

Looking forward to next season we will be taking a look at Danny Granger and why it might not be so far fetched to think that he could be dealt at some point this season. Yesterday I talked about how the Hornets should just lay low this summer and wait until the season is under […]

With all the free agent signings going on around the league, Hornets fans feel a little left out. Considering the team went 37-45 last year and Chris Paul wants to win right away, the team needs to make big moves right away, right? Wrong. People seem to be forgetting that the Hornets are going to […]

The New Orleans Hornets have rescinded their offer to guard Luther Head after he reportedly failed his physical, the TP is reporting. Head was expected to immediately compete for backup minutes in the back court, and potentially would have been Chris Paul’s primary backup had Darren Collison been traded. Head was the only new player […]

With Collison off to get his college degree and Marcus Thornton sitting on the bench watching, the only reason to watch the game was the Hornets 2 rookies.  Unfortunately, after a nice start, Craig Brackins hurt his ankle and was out the rest of the game, so we were left with the Quincy Pondexter and […]