This eve at the Hive: Hornets vs. Timberwolves in the last home game of the season. Tons of giveaways and a t-shirt for everyone in attendance. Tip off is at 6 Central. The T’Wolves are the worst team in the West, and it’s not even close, as their 15-64 record puts them 9 games behind […]

Marcus “Buckets” Thornton has been labeled by just about everyone as a pure scorer. Like it or not, the media has him portrayed as that, he scores a lot, and that’s that, right? Nope. Not even close. What Marcus Thornton can be is so much more important than simply a one dimensional guy who puts […]

An oft-spirited, oft-inconsistent game by the Hornets tonight. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The first half was fast-paced and the teams matched each other blow-for-blow, balanced scoring for both clubs. The third quarter was where the Hornets lost it, as the Jazz flipped the switch to playoff mode and raced out to […]

The Hornets host the Jazz tonight in the third-last game of the season, and their penultimate home game. Tip off is at 7 Central. The Jazz are 51-28 on the season, 19-20 on the road and have lost two of their last three. On Wednesday they got blown out by the Rockets in Houston, 96-113. […]

It now appears to be a near certainty that Gary Chouest will purchase a controlling interest(and probably the entire interest) in the New Orleans Hornets in the very near future.  With that, an era will end.  George Shinn has owned the controlling interest in the Hornets for the entire existence of the team, having rebuffed […]

Just when you thought there was no more excitement to be had this season, the Hornets almost pull off the biggest comeback in franchise history. Down 26 in the second quarter with the Bobcats flexing their defensive muscle and Jeff Bower ejected, the Hornets turned this one around by pushing the gas pedal and rolling […]

With just four games left in the season and distractions abound, the Hornets take on the playoff-bound Bobcats at the New Orleans Arena this evening, tip off at 7 Central. The Bobcats are 41-36 on the season, but just 11-27 on the road. They’ve won six of their last eight, but only two of those […]

According to Peter Vecsey in the New York Post yesterday, Hornets’ majority owner George Shinn is looking to sell the franchise. Vecsey’s words yesterday, emphasis added: Don’t put any stock in Avery Johnson interviewing for the Nets job unless he’s the sole candidate under consideration. At least, that was his haughty stance when the 76ers […]

The following is a guest post by Michael McNamara (a.k.a. loveforthehornets). Last month we took a look at the prospects the Hornets might be interested in with their upcoming first round pick. Now that March Madness is behind us, let’s examine who’s stock went up and who’s went down. Stock Up Al- Farouq Aminu  Last […]

((First, let me get out this disclaimer:  This piece is entirely speculation.  I don’t have any special source with the Hornets that lends any special credence to what I’m about to write. It’s purely my thoughts, based on how I’ve seen the team act in the past, and on what I think that means for […]

It happened. Facing one of the worst teams in NBA history, the Hornets made it very clear how far they have fallen in the last couple months. The Nets absolutely obliterated the Mosquitos (that’s the bug I find easiest to squash). Let’s take a look at the positives first, and then touch upon what went […]

Come on now, Hornets, surely you can muster enough interest to beat the Nets at 6:30 Central tonight. The Nets are just 10-65 on the season, 6-32 at home, but they have won three of their last five, including a W over the visiting Spurs (sans Parker and Ginobili) last Monday. On Wednesday they got […]

So the results of the Stumbling on a Contest Contest are in.  Some of you did well, while some of you . . . well, didn’t.  The one who answered the most questions right was Corndeaux, who managed to nail every single one of them.  Good on ya. Unfortunately for Corndeaux, the contest wasn’t about […]

With the season winding down, the last two games have made it pretty clear – some of the Hornets are already on vacation.  Chris Paul, Marcus Thornton, and Darren Collison wanted that game.  The rest of the team was there. For the first half, it was the same problem that the Hornets struggled with all […]

The Hornets are in Memphis this evening to take on the Grizzlies, both teams lottery-bound and trying to keep their heads held high in the last two weeks of the season. Game tips at 7 Central. The Grizzlies are 38-36 on the season, 22-16 at home and have lost three straight, the last two in […]

With the Hornets officially eliminated from the playoffs, and their lottery position looking more and more predictable, it seems like a good time to take a detailed look at the NBA lottery, how it works, and what the Hornets’ chances are to improve their pick Why a Lottery? The main reason that the NBA uses […]

There really is no excuse for what transpired tonight in New Orleans. Coming off what may have been their best win of the season, and facing a team struggling as much as any other in the league, the Hornets gave away what some (me) had predicted as a sure fire victory. Worst of all was […]

The Hornets delivered perhaps their best performance of the season on Monday against the Lakers, and tonight they’ll try keep it rolling against the visiting Washington Wizards. Game tips at 7 Central. The Wizards are 21-52 on the season, 9-28 on the road and have lost a whopping 16 straight. Yes, they haven’t won a […]

One of the perks of writing a sports blog and focusing on advanced statistics is that sometimes you get to have conversations with the guys who came up with those advanced statistics.  Another perk is we also sometimes luck into great giveaways as a result of our unique non-traditional audience. Well, today, I get to […]

The biggest crowd of the season saw the Hornets at their best tonight, getting an early jump on the Lakers, building up big leads and refusing to surrender. They were physical and acted like they had something to play for, even though they’re just a couple of weeks away from certain vacation. Some might argue […]