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Game On: Hornets @ Raptors
The Hornets look to go 2-0 on their most recent road trip, as they face off on the new look Toronto Raptors, who feature the recently acquired Schwan-favorite Rudy Gay and two bigs who have just returned from injury in Jonas Valanciunas and Andrea Bargnani. If they want to walk out of Canada undefeated this […]
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The Missing Piece: For What They’re Worth
When the topic of free agency comes up, the conversation always finds its way to the price tag, (i.e.) – How much would you pay this guy? What is he worth? How much will other teams offer? If you like a guy, you don’t want to underpay and risk losing him to someone else, but […]
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Hornets clamp down in third, clip Hawks
Vasquez posted the first triple double of his career as he and Eric Gordon pumped in 48 points from the backcourt. Throughout the game, it was clear the Hornets starters could hang with the the Hawks starters, but in the second things got brutal as over a six minute stretch the Hornets second unit couldn’t […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Hawks
The Hawks have been a tough nut to crack at home. Will the Hornets crack or be cracked?
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Beneath the Screen: The Extra Pass
Despite the win the other night, the Hornets have looked pretty bad on the court over the past week–with Saturday’s loss to the Timberwolves the worst. After that game Monty Williams had a very interesting quote. “We had 100 possessions, but only had 164 passes. That’s not how you’re going to win games. Typically you […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 118: Ryan wants to be Devastated
A win!? We were so excited we got Gerry V to join us to talk Anthony Davis’ dwindling minutes, Eric Gordon’s dwindling shot numbers, whether the frontcourt needs an upgrade or not, and why Austin Rivers is getting long minutes. Then we talk the Phoenix game, talk about how badly I was thrashed in the […]
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Hornets use strong 3rd Quarter to fly past the Suns with 93-84 victory
In a battle of the teams with the two worst records in the Western Conference, New Orleans protected their home court over Phoenix in their one home game between January 25th and February 13th. Before the game, Coach Williams expressed his desire for the Hornets to keep the team’s turnover total around 12. Mission accomplished, […]
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Game On: Suns @ Hornets
The Suns make their only trip to New Orleans tonight in the Hornets’ lone home game within a 19 day stretch. When looking at the box score from the Hornets and Suns’ first meeting in Phoenix back in late November, it may be tough at first glance to understand how the Hornets lost. New Orleans […]
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New Orleans Hornets 2012-13 Power Rankings – Week 14
In what may have been the team’s ugliest week since Eric Gordon’s return, the Hornets posted an 0-3 record, finishing with an embarrassing 29-point loss to the Love-less Timberwolves. That being said, Gordon only played in one of those games, as the other two were the latter halves of games on consecutive nights. Week […]
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Scouting the NBA: Week Fifteen — Hornets Home For Suns Then Back On Road
By February the 11th the New Orleans Hornets will have played 8 of their last 9 games on the road. For a young team this is the signs of growing, development and all around perseverance. If the last two games were any indication it was that this team was tired and in need of rest. […]
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Hornets Beat: Austin Rivers, Anthony Davis, and Future Free Agents
Our writers discuss the playing time of Anthony Davis, the ideal location for Austin Rivers, the Lakers, free agents, and Brian Roberts. 1. Do you agree with how Monty is handling the playing time of Anthony Davis? Michael McNamara: Short answer- No. I understand Monty’s reasoning and Davis does look better when he only has […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 117: Anthony Davis and a Vintage Hornets Draft
Michael and I were so disgusted by the last two games we only spend a brief amount of time talking about them before playing a Vintage Hornets Draft game, where we each select a team of classic Hornets and let them go head to head for your votes. Then, we do a whole bit evaluating […]
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Slowing Down
It’s not how fast you can go The force goes into the flow If you pick up the beat You can forget about the heat More than just survival More than just a flash More than just a dotted line More than just a dash — Marathon, Rush Sports The New Orleans Hornets 5-game Super […]
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Hornets crushed in Minnesota
If I tried as hard to write this recap as the Hornets did in that game, I’d stop right about-
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Game On: Hornets @ Timberwolves
It’s been a long, ugly roadtrip that has shattered what faint hope the Hornets had for the playoffs. Tonight, playing their fourth game in five nights, the Hornets get to finish things off against a desperately struggling Minnesota Timberwolves. The Wolves have been bitten by injuries all across the board, and even though Ricky Rubio […]
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The Missing Piece: Waiting for 2014
It has been assumed for the past couple of months that the Hornets would make a large splash either in Free Agency or via Trade sometime between now and August, resulting in us acquiring the ‘Missing Piece’ and moving forward with a complete, dangerous team. But the purpose of this year long series is to […]
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Turnovers Doom the Hornets in 113-98 Loss
The first thing Hornets play by play man Joel Meyers said after the final buzzer was, “Tough loss.” In a way, yeah, any game where you turn the ball over 22 times (versus 9 for the Nuggets) and allow 32 points off those turnovers (7 for the Hornets) and yet really only lose by 12, […]
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Game On Hornets @ Nuggets
The Hornets Super Bowl road trip hasn’t gone too well so far with consecutive losses. Tonight doesn’t get any easier with a tough test in Denver against the Nuggets. This will be the second matchup between these two teams with the Hornets falling 84-102 on the road. I’ll be honest the Hornets don’t matchup too […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 116: Low Minutes and Ranking Vasquez
In this show Michael and I spend long minutes dwelling on the short minutes a lot of the best Hornets players have been getting recently. Is winning a priority for this team? Then we take some listener’s calls and end up talking a lot of Vasquez, including going through the list of Point Guards in […]
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Beneath the Screen: The Passing Bigman
One thing I’ve noticed more and more in the Hornet’s game plan is the effort to get Anthony Davis looks on the blow block under the basket. I looked at the film to see what he’s doing to get open. And it turns out it’s not that hard. No matter how the play is designed, […]