The Hornets get started on their four-game road trip tonight, visiting the Timberwolves in Minneapolis. Game tips at 7 Central. The T’Wolves are the worst team in the Western Conference. Losing ten of their last twelve puts their record at 9-34 on the season. They’re scoring 9.4 points less than their opponents per game, which […]

Another game down to the wire in New Orleans Arena, and since it was in New Orleans, it ended up a win.  The Grizzlies had a few mental errors at the end (That lob play at the end was TERRIBLE, and putting rookie Carroll on Posey?  Really?) and the Hornets capitalized on them like the […]

Tonight we’ll see the first meeting of the season between New Orleans and division rivals Memphis, game tipping at 7 Central. The Grizz have been turning a lot of heads lately, knocking off top teams, winning 12 of their last 15 games and now sitting a game ahead of the Hornets in the standings with […]

It’s pretty clear that the Hornets aren’t going very far this season.  It’s just as clear that the Hornets need to clear out some of the dead weight they have at the wing positions.  Now, I’m not one of those people howling to “blow it up now”.  The Hornets are already out of the running […]

Yeah.  I said it.  It’s not Chris Paul.  It’s not D-West.  It’s Emeka Okafor. Now, before any of you blow a gasket, I’m not saying Emeka Okafor is better than Chris Paul.  That’s not even a contest.  What this post is about is depth and skill sets, and in my opinion there is one player […]

Facing their toughest opponent in weeks, the Hornets failed to measure up today at New Orleans Arena. The Spurs built up a big lead in the first quarter and seemed to easily answer every Hornets run until the final buzzer. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 25 points while Tim Duncan delivered 21 and 14 […]

MLK Day at the Hive, with the Spurs in town to take on the Hornets for the second time this season. The first meeting between these teams was the season opener in San Antonio back in October, which saw the Spurs cruise to a 113-96 victory behind a 61-17 edge in bench scoring. The Spurs […]

Unlike in Detroit, where the teams made competing big runs all night long, the Hornets came out and did just a little more than the Pacers did each quarter, en route to a typically close win on the road. The Hornets didn’t shoot particularly well, but for one of the only times this year, they […]

The Hornets play a segababa today in Indianapolis, trying to shake off last night’s overtime loss in Detroit and beat a surging, up-tempo Pacers team. The Pacers (14-25) have won three straight, averaging 116ppg in beating the Raptors, Suns and Nets. They were in New Jersey just last night, but got up big early and […]

The Hornets came up against a throwback Pistons team tonight, with the likes of Rip Hamilton and Ben Wallace playing like it was 2004. New Orleans got down big early and seemed to be fighting back for most of the game. It was tight down the stretch and Chris Paul was able to send it […]

The Hornets play the first game of a back-to-back in Detroit tonight, taking on the 12-25 Pistons. The Pistons had lost 12 straight games before their 9-point victory in Washington on Tuesday. Charlie Villanueva poured in 23 points off the bench in that game, while Rip Hamilton and Rodney Stuckey contributed 19 points apiece. Both […]

Friday night the Hornets hit Detroit and then travel south on Saturday to take on the Pacers in their fourth and fifth games in seven nights. So that means a double preview.  Yay?  Double the fun? Matchups: Hornets(20-17) @ Pistons(12-25) & @ Pacers(13-25) Offensive Efficiency: Hornets 104.1(16th), Pistons 100.0(24th), Pacers 98.8(26th) Defensive Efficiency: Hornets 105.6(20th), […]

So, the Hornets get their second double-digit win of the season, against the Clippers, who they got their other double-digit win of the season against.  I don’t much care who it was against.  It was just nice to not be on edge during the fourth quarter for once.  The ball movement in the third was […]

Baron Davis and the Clippers (17-19) in town tonight to take on the Hornets (19-17). Game tipping at 7 Central. This will be the third of four meetings between these teams this season. The Hornets won the previous two battles, with that 112-84 result in L.A. on November 9th still standing as their lone blowout […]

Ten years now since Bobby Phills passed away. Just a quick post to commemorate him. If you want to know more about Phills, check out the lengthy post we did last year. We also set up a Bobby Phills Facebook page a year ago and it’s nice to see that 504 people have become fans […]

It seems that every game recap I write contains the words “Chris Paul let the team carry the scoring load in the first half, and then kicked into gear in the second.”  In the Sixers recap, I noted that again, and Corndeaux brought up in the comments the fact that the announcers on ESPN/TNT broadcasts […]

Sometimes, you just have to make your shots.  The Hornets outrebounded the Sixers by 8, including a 10-offensive rebound advantage, they matched them in turnovers, and fouled less often than them. The Hornets even finished well on the 31 shots they took at the rim, an unusually high number for them.  It was their bread […]

The Hornets roll into Philadelphia this evening, searching their souls for a way to beat the 11-25 Sixers sans Hilton Armstrong. The Sixers have split their last six games. On Saturday they dealt the Pistons their 12th straight loss, and have had impressive wins against the Nuggets and Blazers in recent weeks. All those victories […]

The news was broken this afternoon by Adrian Wojnarowski at Yahoo! Sports: The New Orleans Hornets have traded center Hilton Armstrong and cash to the Sacramento Kings in a salary-clearing move, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. The deal removes Hilton’s $2.8 million salary from the Hornets’ payroll, leaving them only a little more than $500,000 […]

From the Twitter account of Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski: The Hornets have agreed to trade Hilton Armstrong to the Kings, an Eastern Conference exec with knowledge of deal says. More details will be posted here as we hear them. 12:10 p.m. UPDATE: More from Wojnarowski on Twitter: The Hornets have traded forward Hilton Armstrong and […]