This just in from NOLA.com: The New Orleans Hornets are close to finalizing a three-team trade deal this morning that will send Mike James to the Washington Wizards in exchange for guard Antonio Daniels. The trade deal also includes the Memphis Grizzlies. Since Tuesday, the Wizards with the Grizzlies have been trade negotiations. The Grizzlies […]

Matchup: Bobcats(7-14) @ Hornets(11-6) Off Efficiency: Bobcats 99.1(26th), Hornets 108.0(4th)Def Efficiency: Bobcats 103.1(12th), Hornets 103.3(14th) Earlier in the season, the Hornets came in against the Bobcats 3-1, played sloppy and cocky in Charlotte, and managed to lose by 3. Tonight the Hornets get a chance to avenge their loss in New Orleans, and the game […]

The recent word is that Byron Scott has removed Julian Wright from his rotation due to the 2nd year forward’s erratic play.  I’m not shocked by this – Julian has been up and down, sometimes out of control, sometimes aggressive, and sometimes indecisive.  Byron also has the luxury of several swingmen, Peja, Posey, Peterson, and […]

This game was over once the second unit had given up it’s requisite 9-0 run to the other team at the start of the second quarter.  Then Byron put inserted West and things got back under control as the Hornets eventually stretched the lead to 32 in the third quarter.  The fourth was garbage time […]

Lookie here. The Grizzlies are 5-14 on the season, and will be looking for their first win streak tonight, having beat the woeful Clippers last night in Memphis. Rudy Gay and OJ Mayo combined for 45 in that one to break a seven-game skid for the Grizz. Game gets tipped a little after 7 in […]

  Matchup: Grizzlies(5-14) @ Hornets(10-6) Off Efficiency: Grizzlies 99.3(26th), Hornets 107.4(4th)Def Efficiency: Grizzlies 104.8(20th), Hornets 103.7(16th) Before the season started, I called out the Grizzlies as a team that would push to be one of the worst of all time.  I was thinking they’d be lucky to hit 15 wins.  Well, so far they’re proving […]

I know the last thing you want to do on a Friday evening is think, but here’s some trivia anyways. How much are the Hornets worth? What’s David West’s middle name? Who does Jannero Pargo play for? Which Hornet has the most technical fouls so far this season? Tyson Chandler = Pale Ale. Why? What’s […]

I stumbled across the following tidbit in a random blog recently: 11/28/1992:Scoring 57 points in only 38 minutes, Reggie Miller hits 16 of 29 from the field and 21 of 23 at the foul line as he leads the Indiana Pacers to a 134-122 rout of the Charlotte Hornets at the Hive. It seemed odd […]

The Suns came in wounded, playing without Shaq and Nash, and predictably couldn’t keep up down the stretch and fell to the Hornets by 13.  I know a lot of people will grumble about this game because the Hornets didn’t crush them, but they need to remember this is the NBA, and the Suns are […]

After a three-game road trip followed by a five-day layoff, the Hornets finally return to the New Orleans Arena tonight to do battle with the Phoenix Suns. Those guys are 11-7 on the season, having lost their last two in the desert to the Heat and Nets. Dwyane Wade and Devin Harris combined for 90 […]

Before we get to the game, I wanted to address one item about the Hornets: Is Rebounding the Problem? The steady drumbeat coming from Byron Scott during this entirely too long five-day layoff has been that the Hornets big men aren’t rebounding enough.  Both Chandler and West have had some pretty steep declines in their […]

Alright, time for some quick updates which don’t have much to do with the actual crossover dribbling and the three-point shooting and the boxing out of the opposing bigs because man we really could do with grabbing a rebound every now and then. Let’s go… Holiday Watch Party People say our season launch party was […]

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Forgive the echo chamber this blog became the past few days – I got hit with probably the worst cold I’ve ever had and am still kinda slow, even managing to exhaust myself today by simply venturing out to purchase a new Christmas Tree.  Yeah, I feel pathetic.  I didn’t even participate in this weeks […]

I really shouldn’t complain too much about the game tonight. A 2-1 result on this road trip was about as good as I had hoped for. Beating the Nuggets last night was a nice surprise, but taking out the Blazers in Portland on a segababa is a lot to ask. The Rose Garden is a […]

The Hornets will try to build on yesterday’s impressive win in Denver when they visit the Portland Trail Blazers tonight, game tipping a little after 9:00 in the p.m. We’ve already seen the Blazers once this season, beating them 87-82 at New Orleans Arena two weeks ago. They’re 5-2 and since then, 10-6 overall, and […]

It’s no secret that the Hornets have been struggling this season. The offense has often looked stagnant, the defensive effort has been lacking, and Bill Simmons thinks he has a feeling that maybe there could be some tension brewing between Byron Scott and Chris Paul. Recent beat downs of some of the L’s worst teams […]

Due to our Hornets being all watchable and stuff, they get a primetime matchup with the Denver Nuggets tonight on TNT. Game tips a little after 9:30 Central, by which time we should all be good and fat and blurry. The Nuggs beat the Clippers in a tight one out in L.A. last night, and […]

My initial reaction was much the same as our fellow Hornets Blogs when I read ESPN’s Bill Simmons’ most recent NBA article.  I’m sure most of you have seen it by now, but in a nutshell he says that Chris Paul is showing signs of having turned on Byron Scott. I wanted to dismiss it, […]

The Hornets handled the short-handed LA Clippers in Los Angeles, surging ahead in the third quarter, which finally allowed West and Paul to play less than 40 minutes for once.  Despite strong shooting by the Clipper’s rookie Eric Gordon, the rest of their team couldn’t keep pace and weren’t able to get back in it […]