Hornets in Miami today to take on Dwyane Wade and the Heat. Our guys looking to build on their current three-game winning streak and coming off impressive wins over the Suns and Hawks. How will they fare on the road? Game tips at 5 p.m. Central. Miami were riding high after starting the season 7-2, […]

Yeah, that tanking talk was way premature. Two days after slaying the best team in the Western Conference, the Hornets took down the beasts of the East, putting together four solid quarters of basketball to topple the visiting Atlanta Hawks, 96-88 ( box | recap ). A microcosm of this game came with about 1:30 […]

The Hornets got their biggest win of the season on Thursday, beating the Western Conference leading Suns in New Orleans. Tonight, the league leading Hakes come to town, fresh off a last-second win over the Rockets last night in Atlanta. The Hawks are 11-2 on the season, currently riding a 7-game winning streak. We saw […]

Once again, the Hornets get to face a team that walloped them just a week ago, as the Eastern Conference-leading Hawks come to the Hive tonight.  In the previous game(Jeff Bowers first without CP) the Hornets displayed the first glimmerings of fight all season, fighting off runs and keeping in contact with the Hawks until […]

Tonight, the Hornets simply out-hustled the Phoenix Suns and evened Jeff Bower’s head coaching record at 2-2.  The Hornets owned a +18 edge on the glass and had an astonishing 25 offensive rebounds – one more than the total number of defensive rebounds the Suns had.  The Hornets now stand at 5-8, hardly an impressive […]

Hornets and Suns on TNT tonight, live from New Orleans Arena. Game tips at 7 p.m. Central. We saw the PHX just last week, when they dropped 124 points on the Hornets in Byron Scott’s last game as coach. The Suns lost to the Lakers the next night but have since bounced back with wins […]

The Hornets play the Suns tonight.  I did a preview of this matchup last week before the Hornets went into Phoenix and were absolutely destroyed.  Phoenix has continued its strong play and now stands at the top of the Western Conference at 10-2.  The good news is the weaknesses I listed in the last game […]

Matt McIntosh of Storm Surge Photo was at Mardi Gras World earlier today for the unveiling of the Hornets’ new Mardi Gras uniforms. He sent along some great pics. News release and video at the bottom of this post. Huge version of that Krewe of Hornets poster for you to download here. Hornets players debut […]

Allen Iverson has walked away from Memphis in a huff, making him a free agent once again. Some folks in the comments here and on other sites have been wondering if the former league MVP would be a good fit in New Orleans. Let’s see… The case for Allen Iverson Iverson didn’t enjoy his time […]

Hey folks, I’ll be filling in for Ryan and Niall from time to time, and tonight is one of those times.  Given my handle, I’d make a joke about Medieval Times, but there’s probably plenty of time for that later.  Anyway, the important thing is the basketball, and that is what we’re all here for. […]

Hornets looking to end their three-game slide tonight when they host the Los Angeles Clippers. Game tips at 7 Central. These two teams met just last week in L.A., with the Hornets riding some hot shooting to a blowout victory. Since then, the Clippers have fallen to the visiting Thunder and Raptors, before winning in […]

There’s a lot of doom and gloom as the team struggles to get some sort of consistency going.  That has, of course, inspired a storm of commentary and crazy on the internet.  There are people trying to suggest trading Paul makes sense. (You never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever trade a top 5 talent.  Ever.) […]

One step forward, two steps back.  Tonight the Hornets took on a sharp and confident Hawks team and didn’t lose contact until most of the starters came in a few minutes into the fourth.  Then their starters came in, and the Hornets were quickly swamped.  There were a few highlights, a lot of lowlights, and […]

Hornets in Atlanta this evening to take on the Hawks. Chris Paul will not be playing after suffering a bad ankle sprain against the Blazers last night. I’m hearing he could miss up to two weeks. Rookie Darren Collison will get the starting nod for the Hornets at point, looking to build on an impressive […]

After watching this game, I’m torn.  On one hand, for the first time this season, I turned off a game after a loss and I was fine with it.  Not only was I fine with it, I felt like I had hope that the season would turn around for the first time.  Yes, Paul was […]

Game One After Byron. The Hornets will take on the Portland Trail Blazers at New Orleans Arena tonight, game tipping just after 7 p.m. Central. New Hornets head coach Jeff Bower will roll with the same starting lineup we saw Wednesday in Phoenix, and has said that the emphasis going forward will be on pushing […]

Point Differential There are a bunch of reasons why Byron was fired, but lets be real.  The primary reason was the number -4.7.  That’s the Hornet’s current efficiency differential, meaning that for every 100 posessions the Hornets play, they give up almost 5 more points than they score.  5 points doesn’t seem like much, but […]

The biggest news this morning is that Chris Paul was caught off guard by the decision to fire Byron Scott. Apparently the first he heard of it was at practice yesterday morning. Paul’s words in the Times-Picayune: “I felt like, maybe somebody would have at least consulted with me and asked how I felt before […]

If you missed all the news earlier today, check here. And now for a few bullet points to gather my scattered thoughts: Last basketball season was very disappointing for New Orleans sports fans. At the beginning, the Hornets were talked about as championship contenders, then they struggled to a 49-33 record and got humiliated by […]

As confirmed by ESPN and NOLA.com. The Hornets will make a formal announcement at a press conference scheduled for 1 p.m. Central. Updates will be posted here. 1:16 p.m. Update: From ESPN’s Marc Stein on Twitter: Our own @ricbucher reports that the Hornets are adding head coach to GM Jeff Bower’s duties and bringing in […]