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Know Your Hornets – Mediocre Edition
With the Hornets sitting at .500 after losing five of seven, now would probably be a good time for a distraction. So here’s some head-scratchers. Have at ’em. Which player has scored the most points against the Hornets so far this season? Who the hell is Rob Bacage? Which fish gives Tyson Chandler the most […]
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Trades, anyone? Anyone?? 1st edition
Our team’s supposed to be contending for a title this season and I don’t feel like that will happen unless we make a few minor moves. I’ve decided to start my first edition with Mike James. Easy place to start given the fact that he’s been benched in favor of Devin Brown. Even though I […]
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Saintsitis and the Popeyes Curse
Okay folks, Mikey here, with your word of the day… The word of the day is “Saintsitis” Definition Saintsitis: A systemic, debilitating mental condition that precipitates through an entire roster of a New Orleans professional sports franchises, thereby causing them to inexplicably suck beyond belief. Usage: The New Orleans Hornets have suffered thorough a serious […]
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So disappointed
First 3 games: 3-0 Last 7 games: 2-5 That says it all. 5-5 is not bad, not great, and not good. It’s average. We’re average. The New York Knicks have a better record than we do (6-5) at this point in the season. In the last 7 games we’ve: lost vs. Hawks, lost at Bobcats, […]
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The Kings beat the Hornets
I guess it gets worse before it gets better. The odds couldn’t have been much more in the Hornets’ favor tonight. We were hosting a 4-8 Kings team — playing without a pair of starters and a key reserve — that had been blown out the night before in Memphis. Our guys hadn’t played since […]
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Little man or big man?
Which do we need more on our bench? Generally you can’t make a title run without a reliable rotation of at least eight men. Conventional wisdom says that means you need at least a ball handler, a wing and a big man coming off the bench. Clearly we’ve got the wing position figured out (though […]
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Game On: Kings @ Hornets
The Hornets take on the Sacramento Kings at New Orleans Arena tonight, game tipping a little after 7pm. We’ve lost four of six, they’ve lost four of five, so it should be a good old-fashioned battle to determine who sucks less. Seriously though, I’m expecting a much better showing by the Hornets tonight. The players […]
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Week 3 News and Notes
– First and foremost, did everyone see what Anthony Morrow put up in his first real run as an NBA player? 37 points, 11 Reb. on 15-20 shooting. He followed that up with 25 points the next night. He was an undrafted free agent, Warriors have to be happy with that. – Staying on the […]
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Time to Dethrone Some Kings
I started gathering research so I could open up this preview with an analysis of the Hornets defense. Most of the focus over the past couple weeks has been the Hornets lack of creative scoring, but as you can see below, the Hornets defense has been arguably even worse, ranking only 15th overall in defensive […]
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Master and Apprentice
In Julian Wright’s rookie season, you could tell it took him a little while to gain the confidence required to feel like he belonged on the court with the best basketball players in the world. Once he got that confidence, he learned something pretty quick. He learned that he could jump out of the gym, […]
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Hornets’ coaches need to step up
The Hornets have lost four of their past six games. In that stretch, we’ve managed to score 100 points just once, against a visiting Miami Heat team who have given up an average of 102.5 points in their other four road games this season, three of them losses. Through those same six games, we’ve witnessed […]
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Watching the game
I dont have season tickets. Cant afford them. I also have DirectTV which means that I cant watch a Hornets game at home even if its on League Pass, TNT or NBA TV until DirectTV and CST complete their fight to the death. So, here’s my conundrum. I need a place to watch Hornets Games. […]
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The Rockets beat the Hornets
Over the last week or so our posts have been getting progressively morose. Tonight ain’t going to be an exception. The Hornets were handled in Houston. They never challenged. Indeed, they never even made a push. Bullets: There were a few bright spots tonight. The first was Devin Brown, who played aggressively and was big […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Rockets
Okay, I’m being lazy today and I’m not going to produce a proper game preview. Something to do with playing Fallout 3 after the game until late last night and stuff. The Rockets are 5-4, and we are 5-3. Both teams played last night – the Hornets winning against Portland, the Rockets losing to San […]
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The DVR League Pass Report #5
My League Pass almost always shows the broadcast for the team opposite the Hornets, so I’m going to make note of some of my favorite bits from the announcers here. (Note: All my journals will be late as I’m almost always watching the game the following morning. I perform live comedy most nights in Austin, […]
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The Hornets beat the Blazers
Before we dive into bullet mode, let me say that the win over the Blazers tonight doesn’t do much to wash away the bad taste left by the loss to the Lakers on Wednesday. I’ll repeat the comment I left on Ryan’s recap of that game: The Lakers are running a much more sophisticated offense […]
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Game On: Blazers @ Hornets
The Hornets will try bounce back from that deflating loss to the Lakers on Wednesday as they host the Portland Trail Blazers this evening, game tipping a little after 7pm. The visitors got Greg Oden back from injury on Wednesday and are currently 5-3 on the season. They lost their first three games on the […]
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Let’s let them Blaze a Trail . . off a Cliff
Trail Blazers(5-3) @ Hornets(4-3) Off Efficiency: Blazers 109.0(2nd), Hornets 104.9(9th)Def Efficiency: Blazers 109.5(29th), Hornets 102.6(16th) The Trail Blazers come into New Orleans on a four game winning streak, having picked off two patsies(Miami, Minnesota) and two decent teams(Rockets, Magic) during that stretch. The Hornets are set to meet them, having received an ugly drubbing at […]
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Ranking the Hornets
One of my favorite little tools has made its re-appearance at ESPN for this season: John Hollinger’s Power Rankings. The tool takes into account no author bias whatsoever, using entirely point differentials and strength of schedule(i.e. how tough the opposition is) in determining a team’s overall rank. I’ve found this system to be highly realistic […]
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The Lakers beat the Hornets
The first half of that game made me absolutely furious. Spitting, hopping mad furious. However, I make it a point not to talk about officiating, so let’s get on to the players. We lost by 7 in a game we shot 5-17 from three – and a lot of those shots were not contested. Seriously, […]