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David Aldridge’s NBA.com off-season evaluation of the Hornets drew some  unhappy commentary from our readers.  Like the comments, I’m not really a fan of his take on the Hornets, but there were a couple lines in there that made me grin: GM Jeff Bower keeps his own counsel . . . Quiet, but good. That’s […]

The Hornets announced today that they’ve hired Robert Pack as Byron Scott’s fourth assistant coach. The addition comes just a few weeks after former scout Rob Werdann was hired to replace the disgruntled Kenny Gattison as the Hornets big man coach. The 40-year-old Pack is a New Orleans native and spent 13 seasons playing in […]

The NBA released the 2009-2010 regular season schedule earlier today. You can find the whole beast at ESPN.com, or just check out the 82 games our Hornets will play. We’ll step through those 82 month-by-month in a minute, but first some notable bits and pieces: As reported on TrueHoop this afternoon, the Hornets will play […]

Here it is. Analysis to follow in a later post. October Date Opponent Time (Central) National TV Wed 28 @ San Antonio 7:00 p.m. ESPN Fri 30 Sacramento 7:00 p.m.   November Date Opponent Time (Central) National TV Sun 1 @ Boston 5:00 p.m. NBATV Mon 2 @ New York 6:30 p.m.   Wed 4 […]

Like Hornets Hype said last week, it’s bittersweet seeing Tyson Chandler go; not so long ago we believed he was a key piece in a championship-caliber team, yet there’s no doubt Emeka Okafor is excellent compensation for him. Chandler will be missed for reasons beyond basketball. He came to New Orleans three years ago, spitting […]

After acquiring Emeka Okafor, I sent some questions about him to Bobcats Blogger Brett Hainline, lord and master of the ESPN Truehoop Network Blog Queen City Hoops.  I’ve always had a warm place in my heart for Brett, since he and I started blogging about our respective teams at about the same time.  You should […]

Since we gave a video welcome to Chukwuemeka Okafor, I feel it’s time to do the same for the newest Hornet, who also sports a name of Nigerian origins: Ikechukwu Somtochukwu Diogu. Before we get to the somewhat dated youtube footage of Ike, I wanted to elaborate a little on why I said stat-geeks like […]

After weeks of being lambasted for not doing anything, Jeff Bower continues his flurry of moves.  ESPN is reporting that the Hornets are close to signing Ike Diogu. Initial thoughts:  He’s better than anything we’ve got behind David West and Emeka Okafor.  Though he’s gotten very little playing time, he’s one of those players who […]

Yeah, that’s his name.  Chukwuemeka means “God has done well” according to NBA.com.  Anyways, Hornets.com just declared it official, so it’s a done deal.  Farewell, Tyson Chandler, I’ll put something up about you a little later.  For now, let’s greet Emeka Okafor with some snazzy Youtube goodness: Okafor Highlight Reel Okafor on the Fundamentals of […]

For my initial take on the Tyson Chandler-Emeka Okafor trade, take a gander at  my previous post.  For stats, keep readin’. The casual fan will look at the raw numbers, see that Okafor has career averages of 14 ppg, 10.7 rpg, and 1.9 bpg  and compare that to Tyson Chandler’s 8.2, 9.0 and 1.4 and […]

According to ESPN.com and various other outlets, The Hornets have agreed in principle to a trade of Tyson Chandler to the Bobcats for Emeka Okafor.  I’m working on a stat-pack post to evaluate the new acquisition, but I wanted to get my first thoughts out there. To be honest, despite that irritating(or so I’m told) […]

The Hornets ended the Summer League on Sunday with a triple overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets, wrapping up with a 1-4 record.  The team fielded by the Hornets was eerily similar to what the Hornets rolled out in the 2008-2009 regular season.  The team was built around a clever, low-mistake point guard who can […]

The 2009-2010 Honeybees were selected at Generations Hall in New Orleans on Sunday. 40 hopefuls became 24 actuals, and Matt McIntosh of Storm Surge Photography was once again in the house to capture the dancing and the shaking and the general awesomeness. Pictures for your perusal: That last pic is of course of Honeybee Shannon, […]

I don’t think I’ll get a chance to finish my Summer League Wrap up post today, but I figured I’d help you all remember just why we love this team. Kblaze has the best two CP3 highlight reels on youtube.  His music sometimes makes me cringe, but these videos still remain my favorite.  Some great […]

During summer league, Chris Paul gave an interview to Chris Tomasson of ProBasketballNews.com. During the conversation, Paul gave a few lines that has generated three stories and counting.  The quote: “In this league, anything can happen,” said Paul, at the summer league to watch his Hornets. “I can be dealt.” Paul then was asked that surely […]

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The Hornets lost to the Clippers last night in summer league 88-86.  The Clippers Sophomore Deandre Jordan and #1 overall pick Blake Griffin dominated in the paint, combining for 37 points, 21 rebounds and 8 assists as the Clippers outrebounded the Hornets 44-29.  None of the Hornets bigs provided much resistance at all, and their […]