The news that Jeff Bower is done as the Hornets GM may just be exactly what somes fans have been hoping for, but that doesn’t mean that his time in New Orleans was disastrous by any means. Many basketball minds feel that he’s proven himself to be a capable GM. More importantly though, he gave […]

New Orleans – The New Orleans Hornets announced at a news conference today that they have selected a replacement for Jeff Bower as the new General Manager of the Hornets. “We wanted a proven winner, a guy with unceasing desire to win.” President Hugh Weber said, “Last year, this candidate displayed remarkable ability to develop […]

The Times Picayune is reporting that Jeff Bower has left the Hornets organization and that the search for a new GM is on. This isn’t exactly as a surprise.  Last week I posted that Bower had a foot out the door. Bower has had mixed results as the Hornets GM, presiding over a both a […]

So I’m sitting here in sunny Las Vegas getting ready to head over to see my first Summer League game. The opportunities for interviews and conversations are endless and I know you guys want to get the goods on what’s going on with the team. Here’s your chance. Ask whatever you want to whoever you […]

Yeah, he does.  He’ll qualify it with, “if the Hornets aren’t focused on winning”, but he does.  He doesn’t think they are improving the team to a contender status, and you know what?  So far, he’s right.  Last year, if everything had gone right, the team would have tread water, won about 48 games, and […]

Supposedly Chris Paul had some interesting things to say at Carmelo Anthony’s wedding and they didn’t concern the honeymoon or the electric slide. According to a person who spoke with Amare Stoudemire, Paul made a reference during a speech of a potential union of himself, Stoudemire and Anthony, saying, “We’ll form our own Big 3,”. […]

Going to keep this recap short and sweet, because it’s late, and honestly, the basketball, on both sides, was terrible. Darren Collison sat out the game with an injured knee.  Reportedly, it’s nothing serious and he should play again during Summer League, but they kept him out this game just to be sure.  That left […]

Marc Stein of ESPN.com is reporting via Twitter that Luther Head will join the Hornets on a 2-year, 2.3 million dollar deal. Luther Head is a combo guard, standing 6′-3″, and has spent his career playing in Houston and Indiana to this point.  He’s got a career three-point rate of 38%, though last year was […]

The Hornets came out cold, got back into it, led comfortably through the middle two quarters, and then crashed and burned in the fourth.  The game as a whole was not much of a shooting display, with the Hornets shooting 36% and the Warriors shooting 41%.  The Hornets had the last shot of the game, […]

Hornets247 would like to congratulate New Orleans Hornets coach Monty Williams on the birth of his son Micah Andrew Williams on 7/8/2010. Currently he’s projected to be an early lottery pick in 2032.  

According to Wikipedia, which obviously is the end-all source on everything, the Hornets don’t have a rival. That makes me remarkably sad considering the deep seeded mild anger that I feel toward opposing ball clubs. If we don’t have a rival, how will anyone know which games matter most at the beginning of the season? […]

The Hornets’ summer league entry takes on the Golden State Warriors tonight.  If you have NBATV, you can catch it, starting at 9:00 PM CST.  The Hornets will be led by fan favorites Darren Collison and Marcus Thornton, but there should be some good cameo’s by Quincy Pondexter and Craig Brackins.  All four of those, […]

So LeBron James chose likely championships and comraderie over Cleveland.  I feel for Cavs fans, I really do.  I also identify with them, since that same situation could very well play out here in New Orleans over the next couple seasons.  Still, while I feel a vague sort of horrified comraderie with our bereaved friends […]

  For a moment, I was tempted to entitle this post “Paul joins LeBron James”.  But then, you know, I’d be the same sort of headline-manipulating jerk I complain about all the time.   I bet you someone will do it, though. Anyways,  NBC Sports is reporting that Chris Paul has left his longtime agency Octagon, and […]

Okafor gets a lot of flack from Hornets fans.  Billed as a replacement for Tyson Chandler, I believe most were hoping that he would step in and give us the same highlight-reel alley-oops that Chandler did.  When that didn’t occur, and Okafor was frequently nowhere to be seen in the fourth quarter because of defensive […]

There really is no other way to look at it.  Bower is still under contract with the Hornets, yet the Hornets gave him permission to interview for the soon-to-be-vacant New Jersey Nets’ General Manager position.  If the Hornets wanted to keep him, that would never have happened. Why would they put themselves in competition with […]

I just put up an article in the News section that was speculating on the fact that should LeBron James stay in Cleveland, he and Byron Scott could produce a powerful lure to get Paul to the Cavaliers. However, this is the part I think all of you might find the most fascinating: Hornets president […]

I understand where the Hornets are right now.  They are trying to return to fiscal sanity.  They feel they have a bunch of pieces they need to sort out, and the only real way to do that is to get them on the court together.  Despite the teams leaking their “efforts” to pry Paul from […]

The Hornets have announced their full NBA Summer League Roster, which includes second year guards Marcus Thornton and Darren Collison. It may come as a surprise to some, but as of now the Hornets two first round picks, Quincy Pondexter and Craig Brackins, are not on the roster despite what numerous media outlets are reporting. […]

((The following is a post by Michael McNamara, aka loveforhornets)) In Part One we took a look at some players that the Hornets might try to pursue via their numerous trade exemptions. Now we will turn to some possible free agents that the Hornets can choose to target when free agency opens up on July […]