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Saturday morning at the Arena. 2009-2010 Honeybee auditions. 124 tried out. 40 survived and went on to the finals, which will be held next Sunday, July 19. Thanks to the legendary Matt McIntosh of Storm Surge Photography, we have photographic evidence of the fantasticness. Have at ’em… Bunches more photos from the auditions uploaded to […]

Today, Brandon Bass agreed to terms with Orlando, taking another semi-pipe dream free agent the Hornets were said to be interested in off the market.  Bass joins McDyess, Chris Andersen, Zaza Pachulia, and, frankly, Jannero Pargo on that list. I was talking with my buddy about the sorts of players that leaves the Hornets with […]

I said the Free Agency period would be ‘tepid’ and so far, the Hornets have proven that to be a valid prediction.  Other than multiple outlets reporting that Chandler is on the table with Phoenix for Ben Wallace, it seems that most Hornets-related rumors are merely speculation or nebulous at best.  There have been rumors […]

First off, summer league games mean next to nothing.  Many players who shine in the summer league end up doing nothing in the NBA. However, while summer league games mean very little, the rosters that individual teams send can frequently tell you something about the team. The roster the Hornets are sending to Vegas for […]

The NBA Free Agency period commences tonight, as NBA teams may begin negotiating with Free Agents at 12:01 AM July 1st.  Usually, free Agency is usually a time for optimism.  The past few years, the Hornets have identified primary targets, and then gone out and signed them, picking up Peja Stojakovic, Morris Peterson and James […]

Last night, the Hornets selected UCLA point guard Darren Collison with the 21st pick in the draft, and later acquired LSU 2-guard Marcus Thornton (43rd pick) from the Heat in exchange for their 2010 and 2012 second round picks. Both players will be introduced by the Hornets today at 3 p.m. Central. More info on […]

Tonight, the Hornets drafted Darren Collison out of UCLA and traded 2 future second round picks to Miami for Marcus Thornton of LSU. That’s a haul I can respect.  Of the players available when we picked, we essentially got my second and fourth choices, with DeJuan Blair slipping fairly deep into the second round with […]

The TrueHoop Network has come together to host one mega live chat during Thursday’s NBA Draft. Ryan and I may not be able to partake due to other commitments, but there will be plenty of good commentry and insight from the other infamous Network bloggers (check the roster via the drop-down menu at the top […]

The Spurs have made the first move in the Southwestern Arms Race. ESPN.com is reporting that the Spurs have traded Bruce Bowen, Fabricio Oberto and Kurt Thomas to the Bucks for Richard Jefferson. R.C. Buford and Greg Popovich continue to impress, as they always have.  They spent the last half-dozen years building a team around […]

So the 2009 NBA Draft goes down this Thursday, June 25, in NYC. This past week, Ryan has been busy figuring out what kind of player the Hornets should draft with the 21st pick. The conclusion has been that the available bigs leave a lot to be desired (unless DeJuan Blair slips through somehow), there […]

To my mind, the most intriguing set of prospects in this draft are the ballhandlers.  The draft is chock full of them, with Ricky Rubio, Stephen Curry, Tyreke Evans, Jrue Holiday, Jonny Flynn and Brandon Jennings all ranking as possible lottery picks – so it’s highly possible that a solid prospect who normally would go […]

After drooling for a while over players like James Harden and trying to figure out how Demar DeRozan ranks so highly when he’s shown almost no basketball-related skills, I moved on to evaluating the wing players who might actually fall to the Hornets.  I grabbed any true wing player that fell with 10 picks or […]

Thanks to the excellent Bret Lagree of the Hawks blog Hoopinion, I have access to normalized stats for the top 90 or so US college prospects in the NBA draft.  “Normalized” means he’s adjusted all of the stats for pace of teams by figuring out the players points, assists, turnovers, steals, and blocks per 100 […]

Now that I’ve finished speculating(read: drooling) over trades that will most likely never occur, it’s time to move on to the draft.  Through various methods, the Hornets have indicated that they are most likely not selling their pick this year, and intend to use it.  (Now, to me, that means we’ll probably see a trade […]

The Hornets will need to cut about 10million in salary space.  With a Salary Cap around 55 Million next year, the following teams will be significantly below the cap and able to take on salary freely next season: Atlanta – 40 Mil, Qualifying offer to Marvin Williams for 7Mil outstanding Detroit – 34 Mil Memphis […]

Before we get to the meat of this post, I do want to say speculationg about trading Peja makes me feel a little sad.  I like Peja, and I think he’s still a valuable player.  Unfortunately, I also think he is redundant, and that Posey, Butler, or in some respects, Julian Wright, can provide similar […]

I love trade speculation as much as the next guy.  Usually, I don’t share my ideas  much, because I’ll admit I have an eye biased towards the Hornets, and that makes my trades a little lame.  Well, this year I’m going to share anyways.  Hope you enjoy them. I’ve been working on a series of […]

You can add tables to your blog/journal posts using the toolbar in the editor. The table-related buttons are on the third row, as shown here: You can hover over each button to see its description. Adding a table To add a table, click the appropriate button (as shown below) and you’ll be presented with a […]

Since the end of the season and the Game That Will Not Be Named, the knee-jerk reaction of a lot of fans to the question “What do the Hornets need” has been “everything”.  I’d prefer to go with a much more quantifiable list, so I’ve put together what I think is a pretty solid set.  […]

In my last installment of Valuations of Hornet’s players under contract for 2009-2010, I’ll focus on the team’s ballhandlers.  One of the oddities(and weaknesses perhaps) about last year’s Hornets was just how easily the players fit into my three favorite categories of Bigs, Wings and Ballhandlers.  They just weren’t a really versatile bunch, with only […]