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Random Thoughts about Power Forwards
I was watching the Conference Finals a bit over the weekend, and I had a funny thought I figured I’d share. Where did all the power forwards go? Seriously. In this round of the playoffs, every team but the Lakers field a set of fours that don’t exactly provide a complete set of those skills […]
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Establishing Market Value: The Wings
Though the Hornet’s front court was paper thin – there was no question that the Hornet’s got the least amount of production out of its stable of Wing Players. A few days ago I did my valuation of the Hornet’s Big Men. Here’s my comprehensive valuation of those players in an effort to figure out […]
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MACHINE : A New Beginning!
A little video to get you pumped like Machine for tonight’s action. Man I cant stand the lakers, but I can watch them all night just to create my own Machine commentary while I watch. GREAT STUFF!
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Establishing Market Value: The Bigs
Before I get to what the Hornets need, I’m going to spend a little time on what they have – and what they are worth. There are 10 players under guaranteed contracts for next year, and one player, Devin Brown, who(I believe, I’m struggling finding confirmation about this) has a player option to return next […]
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Paul Loses to Kobe Bryant’s Hype Machine Again
All of the NBA’s regular season awards have now been announced. Chris Paul landed himself on the 1st Team Defensive squad, the 2nd Team All-NBA squad, Fifth in the MVP Voting, and 6th in the Defensive Player of the Year award. That’s an impressive set of awards, but I’ll be honest: CP3 deserved the 1st […]
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Defending Bower and Looking Ahead
Back in October, I wrote a sunny piece about Jeff Bower, talking about how he’d worked with Byron Scott to build a great team. Though there are a few items in it that make me look a bit silly now(I trashed Denver’s GM) the central theme of the post was about Bower’s ability to juggle […]
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Trades, anyone? Anyone?? 2nd edition- Part 1
We all expect one of our better players to be moved this offseason (which sucks, honestly) so I’ll just jump right into this. The obvious choice a few months ago was Tyson Chandler, but his trade value is (or should be) extremely low right now due to the rescinded trade with OKC because of concerns for […]
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Know Your Hornets: Pistachio Edition
Five quick brain-scratchers for your Friday afternoon. Answers in the comments or on a postcard. Top prize is a hearty congratulations. At New Orleans Arena during a Hornets game, who would you usually find in section 102, row 8, seat 16? Which current Hornet has never fouled out of an NBA game? Which Hornet has […]
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Pargo on Hornets: The effort was so different than it was last year
Here is an article with some interesting comments from Pargo on his experience abroad, signing problems with the Hornets, and the Hornets’ difficulties last season. His comments regarding his absence’s pressure on Chris and the second unit echo many of the posters on 247. Also, DraftExpress has done a few other pieces on Pargo’s experience […]
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Star Trek: New Orleans Hornets
I was talking with my buddy Josh about the Hornets yesterday, and he mentioned that he thought everything had gotten a little morose since the end of the season. He thought that maybe I should try to inject a little levity into things, and you know, he’s right. It’s kinda silly how much doom and […]
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Players I’d like to see the Hornets Draft
In particular preference We only have one 1st round pick this year to my knowledge. Biggest Needs- PF/C, backup PG 1A. Tyler Hansborough- I know his ceiling isn’t ridiculously high but the man is all hustle and plays hard every night. He is basketball savvy (have to know the game somewhat to be #1 all […]
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Should Byron Scott Go?
This one is hard for me to write. I think I’ve changed my mind three times over just the last weekend about whether I think Byron Scott should go or not. There are perfectly valid reasons why he should go. There are perfectly valid reasons why he shouldn’t. In an effort to fully evaluate Byron […]
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The Season that Never Was…
The article read “Cornerback Tracy Porter is a player the New Orleans Saints are counting on this season”. It was a nice little upbeat article on a promising player who had his rookie season cut short by injury. The first (and only at the time) comment on the article? “As long as he doesn’t take […]
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Our playoff performance
I hope that since game one between the Nuggets and Mavericks is in the books everyone that is a Hornets fan can kinda breath easy and relax and see that we aren’t that bad off. We do not have Dirk, the JET, JKidd or Josh Howard and we still made Ãt a point to hang […]
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5 Most and Least Favorite Players in the NBA
List may be biased considering the 09 Playoffs. Let’s start with the least favorite players: 1) Rajon Rondo- This may be a little cliche considering the nonsense he’s gone through in the first round but I have NEVER disliked watching someone in such a high profile situation so much. He barely got touched by Miller […]
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Where To Now?
Unlike last season, which ended with happiness, hope and high expectations for the next year, this season ended with disappointment, pessimism and a spectacular disaster. Things had gotten so bad over the past month or so that I’ll admit I felt a weird sort of relief when the Hornet’s lost last night. Sad, but true. […]
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Hornets vs. Nuggets: Thursday News Wrap
Because we’re sadistic, we’ll do one final news wrap before settling into the summer. Before I dive in though, a quick reminder about our Journals section, where any registered user can write and publish feature-length articles. If you have a bunch of thoughts on the Hornets right now, that’s a good place to post them. […]
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Looking ahead (a quick look at 2009 Free Agent class)
Hurts that our season is over with but I just thought I’d quickly post this before I turn in for the night. Here’s a link to the list of free agents for this summer (and next) http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=FreeAgents-09-10 I looked over the list and compiled my own list of affordable free agents that I’d like the […]
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The Nuggets beat the Hornets; the Hornets’ season is over
It’s over. The Hornets hung tough for 30 minutes tonight, doing their best to show some pride and not go down without a fight. The Nuggets looked laid back all the while, knowing that they’d put together a back-breaking run at some point. That came at the end of the third quarter, with Carmelo Anthony […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Nuggets – Game 5
Let’s see what our Hornets are made of tonight. Will they roll over and let the season die, or do they have enough pride and fight left in them to bring the series back to New Orleans? We’ll find out at 9:30 Central on TNT. Linkage: Journals: The Four Words I Want to Hear Most […]