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Hornets Pre-Draft Workout 6 & 7
Hornets Last Look At Prospects Before The Draft
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Hornets Work Out Kendall Marshall, Guards at the Alario Center
The Hornets worked out Kendall Marshall and a few other guards at the Alario Center today.
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Video From the Hornets Draft Lottery Party
Hornets247’s Chris Trew and Jonathan Evans were at the Hornets Draft Lottery Watch Party to capture some fan reactions and some presumably broken promises about what people would do if the Hornets took the number one pick.
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Recap of this Week’s Podcast
The bad news is that the audio in this week’s podcast taping was compromised, but the good news is that we will be doing a Live Video Chat tomorrow night before the lottery, discussing many of the same questions. In the meantime, here is a brief recap of what Ryan and I discussed:
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Looking to the Future: Drafting Commodities
The Hornets have two lotto picks this year, but history shows that it is unlikely that they both stay here long term. So, what should they do?
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Tracking the T’Wolves – Top 10 or Bust! (Series Finale)
At long last, we bring to you the final piece of this season’s “Tracking the T’Wolves” series, thanking Hornets fans for their support in the Tumblewolves movement.
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Losing and Improving
Most everyone agrees that being stuck in the mid to end lottery can leave a franchise struggling for a long time. Today, Jake explains why it might not be the end of the world for the Hornets in 2013.
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Giving Everything and Losing
After yesterday’s post by Grayson about how the Hornets are doing things right with their roster, Ryan looks at the Hornets and worries what this hard-working squad of players really means for the future. Warning: Contains Eeyore-like content.
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Looking to the Future: Mid-Rounders
The Wolves pick is going to be in the 10-16 range, most likely. Who could be available then?
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Building Through the Draft vs. Remaining Competitive
So it’s apparent that the main two trains from Hornet’s fans are that either the trade was good because we remain a contender with the pieces we got, who can also be moved OR we didn’t get enough young talent/draft picks. I fall on the side of thinking that we didn’t get enough young talent […]
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The Costs, Benefits, and Purpose of Expanding the NBA Draft
I initially dismissed a claim in an article that the NBA owners wanted a third round to the NBA draft. I didn’t dismiss the reporter’s claim; I dismissed the owners’ claim that they wanted it. It seemed to be merely a proposal intended to waste the other side’s time by refuting it. This, I’m told, […]
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The NBA is a Cartel
 An Economic Analysis of the NBA, Part I Next Installment: An Economic Analysis of the NBA, Part II: The NBA’s Labor Revolutions The New Orleans Hornets, our team, is, beyond the shadow of doubt, the most interesting team in all of American sports for the time being. What’s so attention-getting about a team that […]
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Breaking News: Hornets Sell 45th Pick to Knicks
The speculation on who the Hornets would draft at number 45 has ended. Just after 10 pm central time Dell Demps came into the media room at the Hornets Headquarters and announced that the team would be selling the pick to the New York Knicks. The reaction wasn’t exactly enthusiastic, since we had been here […]
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Offseason Targets: Power Forwards
The dominoes will begin to fall soon, and it appears that the first one to topple will be the David West domino. It is possible that his decision (whether to opt in for $7.525 million) could start a chain reaction that will send this franchise in any number of directions. If he opts-in, the Hornets […]
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Dunk That Sh!t: New Star
Every team has a bench, and on that bench there may just be the next superstar . . . but it’s likely that the backup just hasn’t been exposed as not being worth the role of backup . . . As I sit here at Highland Coffees in Baton Rouge with my ladyfriend and the guy that chose […]