Hornets back on the road today (uh-oh), battling the Bulls in Chicago. Game tips at 7 Central. The Bulls have started out with a disappointing 10-17 record, and followed up last week’s OT win over the Hawks with losses to Sacramento and New York. The loss to the Kings saw them blow a 35-point third-quarter […]

As the Hornets continue to prove that the team this year is a fairly average crew, more and more writers(like the always entertaining Bill Simmons) – and “fans” – are arguing that blowing up the team and starting over is the best course.  The first thing we need to address – and let’s make no […]

The Hornets defended their homecourt tonight from an injured-plagued yet determined Warriors team, wining 108-102.  The Warriors, despite their record, are pretty much custom-built to give the Hornets fits as Paul and company routinely struggle in shutting down quick guards. Tonight was no exception as Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry routinely got to the rim […]

Warriors in town today to take on the Hornets in a merry game of basketball. Game tips at 7 Central. The Warriors are 7-20 on the season, 3-13 on the road. They’ve lost six straight and ten of their last eleven. They’re third in the league scoring 106ppg, but the 112ppg they give up is […]

The Hornets had an early game up in Toronto, and once again were unable to get it done on the road, falling to a fairly weak Raptor squad.  The Hornets had several things go wrong for them tonight, but this was a very winnable game.  .500 will have to wait. Chris Paul I’m a little […]

Hornets taking on the Raptors this afternoon at the Air Canada Center Centre in Toronto. Them Raps have disappointed this season, starting out with a 12-17 record. They blew out the visiting Nets on Friday but had lost four of five before that. They’re 8-5 at home this season. Meanwhile, the Hornets are coming off […]

In a repetition of the past few games, the Hornets let a big defecit grow in the second, and then stormed back in the third and fourth behind a furiously scoring star.  Tonight it was enough as Paul(and some Peja) propelled the team over the Nuggets. There was a lot of interesting things in this […]

Hornets vs. Nuggets tonight at New Orleans Arena, for the first time since… well, never mind. The Nuggets roll in with a 19-7 record and winners of three straight. Most recently they knocked off the Rockets in Houston on Wednesday behind 38 points from Carmelo Anthony; his fifth straight game scoring 30-plus. Chauncey Billups will […]

Today, I’m going to eschew numbers and keep this preview on a personal level. Matchup: Nuggets(19-7) @ Hornets(11-13) Off Efficiency: Nuggets 109.9(3rd), Hornets 103.1(19th)Def Efficiency: Nuggets 102.9(13th), Hornets 106.9(22nd) Rematch.  Vengeance.  Or not, because there isn’t much that can be done tonight to expiate what happened last season against this Nuggets team.   Even if the […]

I came into this game wanting to write about David West.  I was determined to watch him this entire game to get a fair read on his play.  And after watching him almost single-handedly lead the Hornets to a 95-87 win against the visiting Detroit Pistons with a huge night on the stat sheet (32 […]

Hornets back home this evening to take on the 11-13 Detroit Pistons. Honeybee night at the Hive. Game tips at the usual 7 Central. The Pistons had won five straight games before losing 96-107 in Houston last night. Detroit’s starting backcourt of Rodney Stuckey and Rip Hamilton combined to score 38 points while Charlie Villanueva […]

Watching the Hornets take on the Mavericks in Dallas on Monday, I began to wonder if Chris Paul is buying into what the Hornets’ coaches are trying to do offensively. That is, get the ball moving more and cut down on the amount of dribbling. We saw moves in the right direction after Byron Scott […]

Some of Peja’s people sent along info about his 3rd Annual Charitabowl fundraiser this Thursday. All proceeds from the event go to the Peja Stojakovic Children’s Foundation. This year, the whole thing will be streamed live online at peja16.com and on swaggmedia.com. Turns out SwaggMedia was co-founded by David West, which is nice. Here’s all […]

This started as a response to comments, but it got huge.  So I’ll go full out blog post here, because that’s how I roll. People are focusing on the end of the game last night, and the two bad shots Paul jacked up.  They should.  They were bad shots.  Honestly, however, those are pretty rare […]

The Hornets played some of their worst basketball of the season to fall into an early 21-point hole tonight in Dallas, but clawed back into the game thanks to some unlikely contributions from the likes of James Posey, Julian Wright and Hilton Armstrong. In the second half it was Chris Paul putting on a show […]

Tough game for the Hornets tonight as they’re back on the road and taking on the 17-7 Dallas Mavericks. Game tipping at 7:30 Central. The Hornets and Mavs met six weeks ago in New Orleans, with the Hornets prevailing in overtime thanks to some bricked free throws by Dallas and a clutch three from Peja. […]

Matchup: Hornets(10-12) @ Mavericks(17-7) Off Efficiency: Hornets 103.4(18th), Mavericks 106.2(11th)Def Efficiency: Hornets 107.4(24th), Mavericks 99.8(5th) The Hornets beat the Mavericks earlier this year – in a game they really had no business winning.  It’s not often that you can spot a team a three point lead and four free throw attempts with less than a […]

.500 will have to wait. After delivering great offense and decent defense before halftime, the Hornets got blitzed in the second half tonight, falling to the visiting Knicks, 113-96 (boxscore). It looked like we were in for another tight finish midway through the fourth quarter after James Posey scored a layup to put the Hornets […]

Knicks in town tonight, gunning for their fourth consecutive win just like the Hornets. Game tips at the usual 7 Central. New York have won four of five after a 3-14 start, and much of the credit is being given to Al Harrington’s book club. Well, that and not playing Nate Robinson (DNP-CD the past […]

For about 20 minutes of that game, the Hornets weren’t even competing.  Lazy passes, terrible rotations, constant miscommunications on defense, too much watching Paul dribble, and some of the worst transition defense I’ve ever seen.  They would brick shots, Paul would get back, and three Timberwolves would follow him in for a layup as Devin […]