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So there you have it. The Boston Celtics: your 2008 NBA Champions. From rock bottom a year ago to the top of the mountain today. Here's a few thoughts knocking around my brain as I wonder how I'll survive three-plus months without NBA basketball…  1) First and foremost, congrats to the Celtics. I actually thought […]

Thanks to some fantastic people over at Hornets HQ, we were able to organize an interview and photo shoot with Shannon the Honeybee last Wednesday. It all went down at the New Orleans Riverwalk. Enjoy… To start, can you give us a mini-bio of yourself? I’m from Chalmette, Louisiana. I’ve been a Honeybee for three […]

The Hornets have been working out players all this week in preparation for the June 26th draft, bringing in no less than seventeen players in to take a look at.  They have another workout scheduled for Saturday – though the number of players, or who they will be, has not been announced.  The Hornets could […]

Okay – I had so much fun with that last post, I decided to use my mad photoshop skillz and elaborate.  So, I present to you your Hornets Starting Five! At Bard, 6'6" from Michigan State, Morrrrrrriiss PETERSON!! At Ranger, 6'9" out of Xavier, David "Fluffy Nowitzki Hunter" West!!  At Barbarian, 7'2" out of Dominguez High […]

In the past, I've associated the Hornets players to Halo Weapons.  Not long ago, I compared them to American Idol contestants.  Now, in yet another effort to prove my Nerd Cred, I am going to unleash yet one more mind-numbing comparison for you: Hornets Players as Dungeons & Dragons Classes. That's right.  I am going […]

One of my co-workers (a Knicks fan, pity him) asked me to take a look at some historical Finals stats after Phil Jackson's complaints about the free-throw disparity in Game 2 of the Finals(10 to 38).  He was certain that at some point in the past, there had to be a game where a Jackson-coached […]

That crafty Dariusz Ejkiewicz went and done it again, delivering another crazy-good Hornets wallpaper for your desktop. This time he's given Julian Wright the spotlight… Julian Wright Elevation Download: 1024×768 | 1280×800 | 1280×960 | 1280×1024 Don't forget that you can check out some more of Dariusz's work over at his own site: ejkiewicz.com. You'll […]

Now that I’ve talked about what the Hornets need,  who I’d like to see them go for if they keep the 27th pick of the draft, and what sort of Free Agents I would like to see the Hornets go after, I’ve finally reached the last part of my off-season preview – making trades. If […]

The Hornets spent $66,079,546 in player payroll last season, and it looks like the Hornets will have some leeway to spend this year – assuming they are willing to spend the same amount they spent this year as they did last year.  The dead contracts of Arvydas Macijauskas, Bernard Robinson, and Mile Ilic, worth about 4.5 […]

I've poured over the various sites that give Draft information and put together the players I'd like to see the Hornets bring in for workouts and possibly snag in the Draft if they don't trade the pick.  In accordance with the off-season priority I put up yesterday, I focused mostly on the various big men […]

The Hornets got the first thing they needed yesterday, when Byron Scott had his contract extended.  Scott has caught more than his fair share of criticism over the last couple years for things as wide-ranging as his comments about liking Oklahoma City to his substitution patterns to claims that he gave up on some players too […]

Just checking in quick to help you freshen up your desktop. Dariusz Ejkiewicz (aka Fartman), has delivered another fine wallpaper, this time inspired by the NBA's "there can only be one" campaign that's been everywhere throughout the playoffs. You'll find the download links below the image. 1280×960 | 1024×768 While we're at it, check out […]

Following up on my previous draft post, I wanted to address how the Hornets, as an organization, have done with the draft, and what we can hope from our pick. This year, we only hold the 27th selection of the draft, since our second round pick will be going to Seattle. In general, the Hornets […]

If you made it to a game at the Arena this past season, you're probably familiar with Mikey. He was the guy busting a lung from the front row of 303. I first met him while waiting for the streetcar to take me to the Hornets-Sonics game back on December 10th. He turned out to […]

First off, if you haven't read it, go read Ron's last post about his Memories of the season.  If you don't, this post will explode.  Seriously.  Be afraid.  Now, on to the post-season: The first step of any off-season is the Draft.  As a long-time lover of the draft and the evaluation process that leads up to it, I've […]

For me, it started on Wednesday, December 5th. That night at the Arena, we got blown out by the Pistons with only 10,312 people in the stands, most of them not at all convinced that this NBA thing was going to last in Louisiana. The atmosphere was pretty good despite the loss. Cheap tickets, Dance […]

So the Spurs came up big and got the Game 7 win over our Hornets here in New Orleans last night. Four losses in five games to end your season is tough to swallow, but it was a great ride nonetheless. For the last time this season, here's your news wrap… We'll open it up […]

And that's the season. The Hornets fall to the Spurs, 91-82 after fighting back to within three from 15 down at the start of the fourth. Two things did us in tonight. Rebounding and a three point barrage. The rebounding, though a pronounced problem earlier in the game, got better in the second half. The […]

This is it. Game 7. One team will advance, the other will go home.  On one side we have the visiting Spurs: A wily veteran team who've been there before and will resist the youth movement to get there again. Or are they just broken heroes on a last-chance power drive? And then we have […]

It's almost here. Hornets-Spurs. Game 7. Tonight at 7:30 Central. Ryan just delivered a fine post ahead of the madness. So go read that first. Then come back to this one and see what the internets been saying about the 100th Game 7 in NBA history. To tip, Jim Eichnehofer was at Hornets practice yesterday, […]