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No – I'm not there, unfortunately, but NBA TV broadcast about two hours of the Hornets training camp a couple nights ago, putting mikes on Chris Paul, James Posey and Byron Scott during the workout.  As you'd expect, most of the two hours wasn't all that exciting, since it was a lot of running, weaving, […]

The Golden State Warriors ain't looking that good after the defection of Baron Davis and off-season injury to Monta Ellis that will keep him off the court for a few months.  So you'd could probably assume that the Hornets will smack them when they roll into town October 5th for the Hornet's opening pre-season game. […]

I'm going to try and throw sentiment to the wind today, and address something I've seen suggested in a few quarters, and I'll admit, considered briefly myself when I was throwing out posts earlier this summer about what I'd like to see in the off-season. Should the Hornets have traded Peja Stojakovic? This particular question […]

I'm finding it strange that almost nobody online has mentioned the two new players the Hornets have picked up for training camp. First I heard of it was from Roland in the comments here yesterday, and I've since heard that the two newbies were getting schooled by Ryan Bowen at the New Orleans Arena earlier […]

[ Ron's note: This post was written by native New Orleanian Mikey Corcoran, as huge a fan of the Saints and Hornets as you'll find. You might know him as "that loud guy" at the Arena, or the dude rocking the teal cap on the St. Charles streetcar on game days. ] Many of you […]

Yes oh yes, media day is only ten days away and the new season is just around the corner. Time to get that desktop of yours looking all fresh. Dariusz Ejkiewicz (aka Fartman) has got you covered, dropping his latest funky wallpaper today. You surely remember his prophetic "82 Nights of Destruction" wallpaper from a […]

I'm a bit at loose ends at the moment.  Typically the middle of Septemember is when I'm getting in full swing, pointing out to all who will listen how ridiculous the Season Previews of places like ESPN and SI are.  Like last year, when almost every big site insisted that the Hornets got better by […]

A couple of weeks ago my TIVO recorded an old Charlotte Hornets game that was being rerun on ESPN Classic.  In need of a basketball fix, I fired it up recently, and was immediately immersed in memories both good and bad.  It was Game 5 of the 2002 Eastern Conference Semi-Finals against the eventual Finals […]

One of the first posts I ever made as a blogger was a number-cruncher predicting that last year's Hornets would win 50 games.  At the time, it seemed a pretty crazy number, and I backed off of it later when I did a Season Preview, dropping the number to 48.  With Sean Marks on board, […]

Just a few things to bring to your attention today. First and foremost is that big ball of storm they're calling Gustav, which is just south of Cuba at the moment. It poses a possible threat to New Orleans so there's a lot of evacuation procrastination right now. Today being the third anniversary of Katrina, […]

These Olympics have provided me with an interesting conjunction of two of my favorite hobbies – Basketball and Ancient Chinese History.  Ever since I was young, I've been a big fan of chaotic periods of the early Chinese Empire, and have eagerly devoured translations of some of the most influential Chinese Historical texts as they've […]

Congratulations to Chris Paul and Team USA, who defeated Spain 118-107 early this morning to win gold at the Beijing Olympics. Damn game messed up my whole sleepy time but it was sure fun to watch with Spain playing their asses off, Kobe Bryant coming up clutch, and CP showing his usual steady hand throughout. […]

The Times-Picayune is reporting that Devin Brown, who last played in a Hornets uniform in 2006-2007, was signed by the Hornets last night.  I like the signing, and the other day I actually thought about Devin and wondered if there was a chance he'd come back now that Jannero Pargo is gone.  To refresh your […]

The Hornets unveiled their new uniforms this afternoon. Here's a few pics so you can get a feel for the refreshed threads… (Click each image for a larger version.) Just for gits and shiggles, the Hornets also unveiled some new logos. The first one below is the Fleur de Bee that was introduced last season. […]

So Pargo is gone, off to earn in one year what teams in the NBA were only willing to pay him over two years.  I don't feel betrayed or backstabbed or any sense of anger like I've seen on a few of the fan boards.  Pargo learned early in his career that his hold on […]

Several weeks ago I was sucking up all the basketball related news I could find and stumbled across a bunch of comments at Ira Winderman's Sun-Sentinel Heat Blog.  To my surprise someone there had brought up my Evaluation of Peja's defense from earlier in the year, sparking a sporadic discussion about whether I had any credibility at […]

Happy face. The NBA released the new schedule into the wilds of the internet today, and thus I know exactly what I'll be doing for 82 specific nights in the future. Highlights from the schedule include the home opener against LeBron and the Jameses, games on every imaginable Christian, Jewish and pagan holiday, plus an […]

So here's the most important observation I have about the Olympic game – and it may be the reason why our team seems to really struggle in the half court: When you watch the other teams, who are experienced with international ball, they initiate their offensive sets about six to eight feet back from the three point line.  Their […]

Today we've got an interview with the man, the legend, Gerry Vaillancourt. We had to go through three agents, two guard dogs and a restraining order to get our questions asked, but it was all worth it in the end. Gerry has been with the Hornets for the past 18 seasons and teams up with […]

I feel kinda bad for Hilton Armstrong. He seems like a nice kid, his coaches and teammates generally speak well of him, and he's been known to do some great work in the community. But the Hornets' young big hasn't lived up to expectations on the hardwood, and so he gets labeled as a bust […]