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4 Team Mega-Deal
Its trade season in the NBA, and almost every franchise is rumored to be involved in some sort of trade. The Hornets are not one of those teams, as they have already made the trades they wanted to make this year. Of course none of these were spectacular, make the team better type trades, but necessary […]
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Hornets True Stories
I own a comedy theater in Austin, Tx. The fix-it-all guy at our theater is a Spurs fan. One of our best up-and-coming improv students is a Mavericks fan. A fella I work with occasionally on some off-site bookings is a Grizzlies fan. My lawyer is a Rockets fan. The first time I talked basketball […]
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Game On: Jazz @ Hornets
Back from the All-Star break, and the Hornets have a tough task to start the home stretch. The Utah Jazz are in town, ready to cause trouble at 7 Central. The 33-19 Jazz have been playing extremely well of late, with the lone loss in their last eleven games coming against the Lakers last week. […]
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A Dream I Had
Another dream last night that I was hosting the Hornets annual team picnic. This time, it was less of a stress dream and more of a weird-everything-is-something-else kind of a dream. Like, Peja was eating potato salad but it wasn’t Peja it was my grandmother and it wasn’t potato salad it was cubed jello. Anyway, […]
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Un-Posied
When new orleans signed away James Posey fresh off his nba 7th manChampionship with the Boston celtics. They thought the were getting a legit 6th man. He was suppose to be the legitamte veteran swingman they needed.(Stojakovic anyone?) Year one with the hornets wasn’t impressive. Year two is dismal.He is playing half as good (5.7ppg) […]
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June 28, 2005
Draft Day The day was finally here, Draft Day. One of the most exciting days of the NBA off-season and for all NBA fans, a chance to glimpse the future of their franchise. Little did everyone know, on this day the fortunes of 3 teams would be linked through a single trade. I look forward […]
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More Thoughts on Julian Wright
As Niall noted below, yesterday Julian Wright vented some of the frustration he must have been feeling all season via Twitter. He then, unsurprisingly, spent the next 9 hours or so defending the series of tweets as various followers jumped on him. He ended with this statement: Ok, I apologize for venting and making anybody uncomfortable. […]
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Julian Wright wants out
A few posts from Julian Wright on Twitter yesterday: Off to practice, thinking bout how I’m jealous of all these players that managed to get traded before Thursday… # Just saying, might need a change of scenery, of course I love New Orleans! Bought a house here. # Not bout blaming anyone. Just thinkin bout […]
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Missing St. Paul
Chris Paul is a player whose ability defies superlatives. The best point guard in the NBA. One of the 5 best players in the league. A gifted passer who can get to the rim at will and shoot from anywhere on the floor. His game is nearly without flaw, and yet, due to circumstance alone, […]
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30 August 1993
Second grade was so rad today. Mom finally let me wear my new Larry Johnson shoes even though I got them a month ago. I got to wear my new No Fear shirt too and everyone said it was cool. Larry Johnson is my favorite player so it was so cool that I got his […]
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Stuck in the Middle with New (Orleans)
The 2007-2008 New Orleans Hornets took the NBA by storm, recording 56 wins and taking the defending champion Spurs to 7 games in the Western Conference semifinals. Chris Paul emerged as hands down the best point guard in the league and the supporting cast around him was mostly young and extremely well suited to his […]
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The Angelina Jolie of Sports Leagues
Many on the blogosphere these days commit what’s called the Fallacy of Self-Supposed Normalcy, wherein the writer makes an assumption that what he does or thinks is the social norm. Keeping this in mind, I think that in many ways the NBA is shooting itself in the foot via the very things for which people […]
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Can T-Mac Solve the Hornets’ Problems?
As a Hornets’ fan, this deal tortures me. As a realist, this deal makes a ton of sense. New Orleans trades David West, James Posey, and Morris Peterson to Houston for Tracy McGrady. Hornets Pro: Ridding themselves of the nearly $30m due to Posey and Peterson over the next three years will […]
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1st half of the season for NOH
Very disappointed 1st half for the Hornets so far, only couple games above .500, CP is out about 4-6 weeks with the knee injury, the chemistry is getting better, but not perfect yet. Collison and Marcus both lift the Hornets to the winning record, I realized it is fun to watch the rookies […]
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Rookie Report: Inside the Numbers
To start with let’s run down the recent happenings regarding the Hornets. Chris Paul had successful surgery on his torn meniscus, and has been rehabbing the injury twice a day. He claims his therapy is going as planned, so expect to see him back before too long. As far as the actual injury goes, I’ve […]
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Let’s Become the Magic
With the obvious struggles and budget concerns its clear the Hornets are not at the level they were at two years ago and won’t be for some time. They also have several immovable contracts and the ones they could move are those of their two all stars, Paul and West. That leaves two options: continue […]
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What we don’t know when a play goes wrong
Journal contest: Close game. Down by 1. Who cares what play they run if you’ve got CP3? I feel good about it. We know what’s coming: pick and roll. But what if it doesn’t work? After we’ve watched it in real time, slo-mo, and super slo-mo, we think we know the exact point […]
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Off-season Tweets from the Team
Below is a sampling of [fanciful, wholly made-up, but still somehow completely accurate] tweets logged by various people on and around the team during this upcoming off-season. @CP3’s_Tibia: Where’d that comfy cushion on top of me go? I’m naked! @CP3’s_Femur: Pleased to meet you, @CP3’s_Tibia. I have a feeling we’ll be growing closer together […]
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DC
I watched DC play basketball for 4 years at UCLA. I saw most of his 130 games and have heard the story about his track athlete parents literally at least a hundred times. I saw him as the backup to a much superior Jordan Farmar in first year and then grow into a potential first […]
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What’s next for NOLA?
The Hornets are a franchise in transition but the future looks clouded. Financially and technically, New Orleans is stuck with a team talented enough to be outside the basement of the Western Conference but not good enough to be in playoff contention. But why are the Hornets on a tough spot? Because they do have […]