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Today is Blog Action Day, “an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion.” The issue this year is Poverty, and we here at Hornets247 decided to take part. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Here we go, folks. The Hornets will host the Spurs tonight for a pivotal Game 5. Win, and we have two shots to take the series. Lose, and there's a good chance there will be no more games at the Arena this season. So make no mistake: this one is big. Stuff to know… Game […]

1) Defensive adjustmentsWhat worked so well in games 1 and 2 – the double on Tim Duncan – is no longer working, and tonight I expect Byron to try a different sort of defense.  The Spurs countered the double by playing Tim and Manu on the same side of the floor, having Tony deliver, clear […]

Game 3 of Hornets-Spurs is in the immediate future (8:30p.m. Central on ESPN), and we've got the usual dose of news, notes, quotes and anecdotes form around the web. You gotta love technology. To start, Tommy Beer has nothing less than a fascinating read over at HoopsWorld.com, giving you about nine billion statistical reasons why […]

So the Spurs made their adjustments. They clamped down on David West, holding him to 10 points on 2-of-11 shooting. They got a much better game from Tim Duncan, who scored 18 on 6-of-11 shooting. They hit the boards harder, they mixed up their defense even more, and Gregg Popovich gave Ime Udoka bundles of […]

There it is. The Hornets just got done putting the finishing touches on the Mavs in Game 5. It was a series some picked the Hornets to win, but never this easily and never this fast. It's the first time the Hornets have advanced to the second round since 2002, the first time they've got […]

Hornets-Mavericks Game 4 tips in Dallas at 8:30p.m. Central this evening. Ahead of that, here's the latest words from around the web. Chris Paul quotes from an AP report… "All day long I'm going to keep feeding (West)," Paul said. "I'm going to keep being aggressive myself. We're going to keep playing our game. There's […]

More thoughts, reactions and opinions from around the web after the Hornets Game 2 win yesterday. Let's dig in. If you read just one recap of Game 2 today (besides mine, of course), make sure it's the one delivered by the infamous GreyTone tag-team over at SLAMonline.com. Some gems from that… Booooooo for…Stack? The hometown […]

I made my way downtown yesterday evening to check out the Hornets pep rally. They had the whole crossroads of Fulton and Lafayette closed off and a big stage set up. The crowd was pretty big; "several thousand" strong according to John Reid in today's Times-Picayune. The players came out on stage early. They were […]

Tonight's game is huge.  If the Hornets lose, they will have only a half game lead on the Lakers for the 1st seed in the West. Honestly, I don't think it matters that much though if we slide to the second seed.  Having the first seed would help in the 1st round, because eighth seed Denver would […]

The Hornets done won another one today, getting revenge on that same Golden State Warriors team that stole a victory at the Arena back in January. A sellout crowd was in attendance to see the vengeance, and they roared their approval as the Hornets won their 11th straight at home and tied a franchise record […]

Chris Paul, man. The kid is just incredible. There was I hoping he wouldn't play tonight for fear he'd worsen that ankle, then he comes out and drops 37 points (15-of-21 FGs), 13 assists and 3 steals on the Chicago Bulls. Stuff of legend. Chris scored 16 points in the fourth quarter alone, leading the […]

Passion. Purpose. Pride. The Hornets didn't have any of it this evening, instead conceding to bend over in front of the Washington Wizards for the second time in a week. The result was a 101-84 blowout victory for the Wiz. Linkage: box | recap | standings Notes, thoughts, hopes and dreams… Call me a prick […]

Ugh. That game last night was so bad that afterwards I tried hard to kill the memory with excessive alcohol consumption. Unfortunately, I woke up this afternoon and I could still remember everything. Some thoughts… Final score was 100-80 ( box | recap | standings ). The Rocks pulled away in the second quarter, and […]

Just a quick post this morning to get us ready for All-Star weekend. I kicked it off myself last night by dragging my ass down to Gordon Biersch for the Hornets radio show. There I was sitting a few feet away from Oscar frickin' Robertson. Methinks he won't be the last NBA legend I run […]

Nice game last night for the Hornets. We were missing Tyson Chandler (flu) and Morris Peterson (back spasms), yet still managed to beat the Memphis Grizzlies comfortably in the end, 112-99 ( box | recap | standings ). The best part of the whole thing was the crowd of 17,231 there to see it. That's […]

3:21 left in the game tonight, the Hornets trailing by nine points. Baron Davis pulls up and sinks a long three over Jannero Pargo and Chris Paul. As folks start heading for the exits, I scribble down four words in my notes… Baron. Deep. Salt. Wounds. This game was strange in many ways. Firstly, we […]