With the 2012-13 NBA regular season all wrapped up, it’s time to present the final edition of the Hornets’ Player Power Rankings. As always, we hope you enjoy them, and if you have any suggestions on how to improve these rankings next season, please feel free to share them in the comments section below!   […]

The Hornets finished this week with a much more predictable 1-2 record, falling to the Clippers and Heat before beating the Cavaliers. In this week’s edition, I’ll give a unique stat for each player (with the help of basketball-reference.com’s play index) to help indicate their greatest strengths (or in select cases, weaknesses) in relation to […]

No, your eyes are not playing tricks on you – the Hornets actually have actually gone 3-0 since last week’s rankings, beating three playoff teams in the Celtics, Grizzlies, and Nuggets.    Week 21   1) Ryan Anderson, PF – 70 GP, 31.0 MPG, 56.2 TS%, 16.3% DRR, 7.0% TOR, .140 WS/48, 19.0 PER; Last Week: […]

The Hornets may have gone 0-3 over the past week, but for the first time in over a month, we have a change within the top three.    Week 20   1) Ryan Anderson, PF – 67 GP, 31.1 MPG, 56.0 TS%, 16.2% DRR, 6.9% TOR, .136 WS/48, 18.9 PER; Last Week: 1 Pretty rough shooting […]

The Hornets have just a two point last-second victory over Portland to show for their most recent slate of games, finishing them with a 1-3 record and an average scoring margin of -6.25. Let’s try to find some bright spots in the team’s play over the past week, shall we?   Week 19   1) […]

The Hornets finished their most recent week of games with a 1-2 record, sandwiching a win over Detroit between very bad losses to the Thunder and Magic. The same team that stepped up in crunch time against the Pistons folded down the stretch against the Magic, as New Orleans inexplicably blew a nine point lead […]

Despite posting a scoring margin of +2 for the week, the Hornets won only one of the period’s four games. The team started off week 17 with a 5-point loss in Cleveland followed by a very disappointing 4 point home loss to Dallas. Fortunately, they were at least able to hand a 15 point beat […]

Thanks to the All-Star break, the Hornets only played two games since last week’s rankings, both in New Orleans. They recorded a lopsided victory against a clearly gassed Trail Blazers team right before the break, and came up short against a very well-coached Bulls team last night. Due to limited new data, there is only […]

The Hornets bounced back from a four-game losing streak to win three of their four games this past week, including two of three on the road. The double-digit loss to Toronto stung, but New Orleans bounced back in a big way in Detroit just one night later with a 19 point victory. The end result […]

In what may have been the team’s ugliest week since Eric Gordon’s return, the Hornets posted an 0-3 record, finishing with an embarrassing 29-point loss to the Love-less Timberwolves. That being said, Gordon only played in one of those games, as the other two were the latter halves of games on consecutive nights.   Week […]

The Hornets finished their most recent week 1-3, facing three probable playoff teams (Rockets, Spurs, Grizzlies) and a fourth who could still very well get there given their level of talent (Lakers). What kinds of changes did these games cause within the rankings?   Week 13   1) Ryan Anderson, PF – 45 GP, 31.6 […]

The New Orleans Hornets have officially reached the 2012-13 season’s midway point, winning just 14 of their first 41 games. There were only three this week, but it was another successful one for the Hornets, winning two of them. The team started out with a win very few saw coming, taking down a Celtics team […]

After a win in Philadelphia last night, the Hornets finished Week 10 of these power rankings 3-1, giving them their second week in a row without a losing record. The team improved to 6-2 with an active Eric Gordon and has as many wins in its past 9 games as it totaled in its first […]

Another four games for the Hornets over the past seven days, with three of them coming on the road. The team suffered a tough, close loss in Oklahoma City, a double digit loss at home to Minnesota, a buzzer-beater defeat in Portland, and at Golden State. Here are this week’s rankings with so many Hornets […]

The Hornets’ past week of games was another tough stretch; they came up well short against the Lakers and Grizzlies at home before falling to the defending champion Heat in Miami, only to end that slate at home with another loss against the 2-15 Wizards. Let’s check out the net result on these rankings. All […]

In the Hornets’ most recent slate of games, they hosted three more potential playoff teams, falling to the Jazz and Thunder but finishing with their largest margin of victory of the season against the Bucks. How will these games impact the rankings? All season long, these player power rankings will be presented alongside various “advanced stats” in […]