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Determining a Rival for the Hornets
According to Wikipedia, which obviously is the end-all source on everything, the Hornets don’t have a rival. That makes me remarkably sad considering the deep seeded mild anger that I feel toward opposing ball clubs. If we don’t have a rival, how will anyone know which games matter most at the beginning of the season? […]
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Game On: Summer League Hornets v Warriors
The Hornets’ summer league entry takes on the Golden State Warriors tonight. If you have NBATV, you can catch it, starting at 9:00 PM CST. The Hornets will be led by fan favorites Darren Collison and Marcus Thornton, but there should be some good cameo’s by Quincy Pondexter and Craig Brackins. All four of those, […]
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MVP wide open for CP
With the hottest player movements of the summer finally wrapped, the stars are finally aligned – for our boy Christopher Paul to nab himself a nice heavy trophy. Most of the Eastern Conference’s talent is headed to the beach for the next six years, and the stats traffic jam in Miami doesn’t seem […]
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No Shame in Being a Vulture; Time for Trade Speculation
So LeBron James chose likely championships and comraderie over Cleveland. I feel for Cavs fans, I really do. I also identify with them, since that same situation could very well play out here in New Orleans over the next couple seasons. Still, while I feel a vague sort of horrified comraderie with our bereaved friends […]
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Why Not Take A Dive In FA?
Ive been thinking a lot lately about who we could pick up in FA to make our team instantly better and i think ive come to a player who has a lot to offer… Who could this person be u may ask? well none other than Josh Howard. sure in the past few years […]
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Chris Paul Fires Agent
For a moment, I was tempted to entitle this post “Paul joins LeBron James”. But then, you know, I’d be the same sort of headline-manipulating jerk I complain about all the time. I bet you someone will do it, though. Anyways, NBC Sports is reporting that Chris Paul has left his longtime agency Octagon, and […]
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Good Move by the Hornets to Not Budge Yet in Free Agency
Making a move now would be a bad choice. It likely means overpaying for a player who likely won’t do much for your team. Look what happened with Channing Frye, Amir Johnson, Steve Blake, and Hakim Warrick. All of those guys are making millions more than their production would suggest. Mike Miller is going to […]
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Implications of the New Salary and Luxury Tax Lines
A journal article was requested, so I am happy to oblidge. Today the NBA released both the salary cap and the luxury tax numbers and they were higher than anticipated. This is how it relates to our favorite team: The Hornets have 9 players under contract at around 66.3 million. Figuring that they sign their […]
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Knocking Down Some Okafor Myths
Okafor gets a lot of flack from Hornets fans. Billed as a replacement for Tyson Chandler, I believe most were hoping that he would step in and give us the same highlight-reel alley-oops that Chandler did. When that didn’t occur, and Okafor was frequently nowhere to be seen in the fourth quarter because of defensive […]
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How the Hornets can become CHAMPIONS
There has been lots of talk lately about the hornets future options with trades and cap flexibility. A lot of ppl are expecting one of the following things if not both: 1) Collison is traded for cap space/talent 2) Hornets’ expiring contracts are traded for mid-lvl talent + cap space Both of these moves […]
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GM Jeff Bower has a Foot Out the Door
There really is no other way to look at it. Bower is still under contract with the Hornets, yet the Hornets gave him permission to interview for the soon-to-be-vacant New Jersey Nets’ General Manager position. If the Hornets wanted to keep him, that would never have happened. Why would they put themselves in competition with […]
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Out of the Box Trades- Open to All Hornets Fans
Okay, so we hear the same proposals from Hornets fans day after day- “Let’s move DC and Okafor for… or DC and West for Bosh. CP3 for… And on and on. I just want to throw some outside the box proposals out there and invite some of you to do the same. My trades will […]
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5 Reasons Why Melo will Be A Hornet in 2011.
First Post, So I hope it is a Good One. 1. Peja and Posey’s Contract will Be gone. This will give us a chance to grab a big name and a not so big name, while relatively loosing nothing. 2. Thornton’s Emergence. We have the top PG. We have a good PF in David […]
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The Hornets Will Surprise In The WEST
Anyone else tired of the ESPN rumors about cp3 or tired of hearing him talk about winning now, well i believe were not that far away. We have 2 all-stars in DW and cp3 and DC and MT5 who will help in their second year. Another thing is if Chris Paul realized that he is […]
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Paul Hype
I can’t understand the Chris Paul Hype. He is a fine athlete. He may have been ruined by Byron Scott’s Nagin-style non-coaching: “I let Chris do what he wants to.” Kobe Bryant is by no means my favorite player, but he is very good–and he does know how to play on a team instead of […]
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How Much Help Does Chris Paul Need?
Before I start, I want to say that outside of those in his immediate family, I believe I am the biggest Chris Paul fan in the world- both on and off the court. I have played basketball at relatively high levels since I was six years old and I have never seen a combination of […]
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Hugh Weber: Chris Paul will be a Hornet
I just put up an article in the News section that was speculating on the fact that should LeBron James stay in Cleveland, he and Byron Scott could produce a powerful lure to get Paul to the Cavaliers. However, this is the part I think all of you might find the most fascinating: Hornets president […]
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Would it Hurt to Try?
I understand where the Hornets are right now. They are trying to return to fiscal sanity. They feel they have a bunch of pieces they need to sort out, and the only real way to do that is to get them on the court together. Despite the teams leaking their “efforts” to pry Paul from […]
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Collison, Thornton Highlight Hornets Summer League Roster
The Hornets have announced their full NBA Summer League Roster, which includes second year guards Marcus Thornton and Darren Collison. It may come as a surprise to some, but as of now the Hornets two first round picks, Quincy Pondexter and Craig Brackins, are not on the roster despite what numerous media outlets are reporting. […]
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Teams Spending Money in 2010 Might Soon Come to Regret It
“If you put a gun to my head right now, I would say yes. Yes there will be a hard cap under the new CBA.” These words came four days ago from an Eastern Conference executive that has quite a bit of knowledge regarding the upcoming labor talks. He went on to state that he […]