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Checking in on Marcus Thornton
As the Hornets continue their quest to become the first undefeated team in NBA history, one man has been relatively lost in the mix. Expected to be the main spark plug off the bench, Marcus Thornton has instead been relegated to fourth, or even fifth guard status on certain nights. His contributions can’t be ignored, […]
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Hornets247 Podcast: Episode 2
Ryan Schwan and Michael McNamara get together to talk the 3-0 start, Marcus Thornton, things we are concerned about with the team, and belatedly, the Jarryd Bayless trade. Enjoy: As always, talk it up, and give us any feedback. I added a break in the middle this time, all because you requested it! See? I […]
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The Hornets beat the Spurs
Three. And. Oh. Before the season started, I was hoping for 2-1. I was expecting 1-2. I’m having trouble containing myself. This team has shown depth, resiliency, and the ability to get defensive stops when absolutely necessary for the first time in two seasons.  Tonight the Hornets built a sixteen point lead and then held off […]
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The Hornets247 2010-2011 Season Teaser Trailer
Sometimes, you find a piece of music that’s just perfect. Sometimes you put video to that music. Sometimes you get this: Two days to go. Are you ready?
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The Thunder beat the Hornets
The Hornets completed their pre-season with an 86-101 loss(Box Score) to the Thunder in Oklahoma City tonight, bumping their record to 1-7 in meaningless games. Now the team goes home and gets most of a week to prepare for its first real opponent of the season, the not-to-be-taken-lightly Milwaukee Bucks. There have been a few […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Thunder
The Hornets close out their pre-season run tonight, taking on the young upstart Oklahoma City Thunder in OKC. Okafor has been sitting out the past two games with no injuries listed, so it will be interesting to see if he plays tonight. Monty seems pretty comfortable with what he’ll get from him, so he may […]
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The Pacers beat the Hornets
The Hornets and Pacers clashed last night in Indiana, and the Hornets lost by 98-101(Box Score) after a very close finish that could have gone either way. One thing, though, is clear. Monty didn’t care at all about winning the game. For the entire fourth quarter, the team rolled with bench players plus Belinelli, with Belinelli serving […]
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Out of Sight, out of their Minds
The NBA GM Survey just came out. It’s a pretty extensive questionnaire that asks NBA GMs to rank all sorts of things, including likely MVP, best player at each position, fastest player with the ball, etc, etc. One thing is very apparent from the survey, however. Chris Paul’s injury-marred season and rumor-marred off-season has harmed […]
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Live From Hornets Media Day
Hornets media day is today, signaling the start of training camp and the return of competitive basketball to our daily lives. The team goes into the start of camp with 18 players trying to fill out 15 regular season roster spots. If you have any questions for the players or coaches (preferably not Paul since […]
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Breaking down Thornton’s Game – Is he Untouchable?
When I put together the Taking Offers for Paul post, there was a behind-the-scenes discussion with Henry Abbott of Truehoop about just how talent-bereft I thought his offer was. I opened it by saying that as soon as I saw Marcus Thornton involved in the trade, I didn’t even really care what the Hornets were […]
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ESPN Experts have Hornets as 14th Best
ESPN.com’s John Hollinger and ESPN the Magazine’s Chris Broussard are doing projections and previews for all 30 NBA teams and have ranked the Hornets as the 14th best. Here is the Hornets relevant portion of the predictions: 14. New Orleans Hornets The More Things Change: First and foremost, Chris Paul, who missed 37 games because […]
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Fine, Let’s Talk About Carmelo and the Hornets (updated to reflect reality)
About a week ago I sat down, thinking about writing something about ‘Melo, but opted against it. The lingering hatred of the Chris Paul rumors stopped me for a while, but with each passing day more and more experts are mentioning New Orleans as a possible landing place for Carmelo and I can’t help but […]