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As Trade Deadline Nears, Warriors Emerge as Favorite to Land Gordon
If Eric Gordon is traded prior to the deadline this Thursday, it will most likely be to the Golden State Warriors. As reported by ESPN’s Chris Broussard last week, the Warriors are among several teams interested, but it appears that the Mavericks and Rockets are focusing on Gordon as a backup option should they miss out […]
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One Way to Get Quality in a Trade for Eric Gordon
Nothing has occupied those who follow the New Orleans Hornets as much as the Eric Gordon saga, especially once the ownership situation was settled and the rebrand was defined. It’s taken so many public and unexpected turns, Gordon proponents, opponents, exponents, and nonponents all follow this story. Recently, Rohan from At the Hive gave reasons […]
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Eric Gordon: We Loved You, You’re Terrific, Now Leave
The time has come for the Hornets and Eric Gordon to go their separate ways and it finally feels like everybody is starting to realize it. Fans, writers, management, coaches, and probably even Eric Gordon himself. The two sides have tried to work it out, as GM Dell Demps and Coach Monty Williams said all […]
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The Missing Piece: Plugging in Rudy Gay
Just last week, Ryan Schwan stated that this weekly feature is one of his favorite reads on the site. I set out to change that today by taking time to project how our future would look if we inserted Rudy Gay into our small forward spot. According to recent rumors, the Grizzlies are listening to […]
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The Missing Piece: Gauging the Value of our First Rounder
The New Orleans Hornets currently have a record of 5-21 and if the NBA lottery were to be held tonight, they would have a 15.6% chance at the #1 overall pick and a 47% shot at a top three pick. But what is a pick like that worth just a third of the way through […]
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Per Draft Express: Hornets Trade Okafor and Ariza for Rashard Lewis
The last remaining Hornet from the Pre-Demps era and the first guy he acquired are gone. Rashard Lewis is soon to follow
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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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Live Interactive Video Chat: On the Trade Deadline 8:30 EST/7:30 CST
Join us tonight for a live video chat where you can either send in text messages, hit us up via Twitter, or send us video questions- letting HornetsNation see your face (and your Lee Nailon Fathead). To send in questions live, set up an account at Vokle.com or send them to @Hornets247 on Twitter.
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Why Dell Should Consider Trading Kaman for “Nothing”
Pacers are not willing to part with 1st rounder for Kaman. That’s fine by me.
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Demps Wise to Wait Until March to Trade Kaman
The Hornets eventually have to get what they can for Kaman, but moving him right now is not the answer.
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Kaman to Rejoin Hornets
The Hornets make it official: Kaman is back with the team.
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The Difficulty in trading Kaman
The Hornets are actively looking to move Chris Kaman, but finding a suitor might not be as easy as you might think.
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No Risk, All Reward: Breaking Down the Xavier Henry Trade
Dell Demps lives up to his “Dealer” nickname yet again. This time the Hornets acquire guard Xavier Henry in a three team trade with the Memphis Grizzlies and Philadelphia 76ers. On the surface, this trade looks innocent enough—a second round pick for a promising but unproven young player—but let’s take a deeper look and see […]
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A Defense Of The Lakers’ Trade From A Business Perspective
((This is a guest post from Swarm and Sting’s Jake Madison. Enjoy.)) I’ve been spending a lot of time lately ruminating on the business and financial side of the NBA–particularly about how the Hornets are affected by various aspects. I was following ESPN’s Daily Dime chat Tuesday night and host Zach Harper raised an interesting […]
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Acquiring Vasquez the final piece in the offseason puzzle
Analysts like to dissect each trade individually, but moves are usually connected to other moves, so looking at each one individually in a vacuum is somewhat pointless. On the surface, the Quincy Pondexter for Greveis Vasquez trade seems somewhat debateable, but if you take a step back it is easy to see how this small […]
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Trade made with an eye toward 2013
After game one of the 2011 NBA Playoffs, Hornets fans were convinced that anything was possible as long as CP3 was on our side. Against a team of giants and an all-time NBA great with five rings, Chris Paul masterfully picked his spots and gave New Orleans fans hope in a series that was predicted […]
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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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Ranking the Assets
It’s time to be honest with ourselves and realize that it is a foregone conclusion that Chris Paul will not re-sign with the Hornets once his current contract has expired. He has given this franchise hundreds of brilliant moments, and can arguably be called the GHAT (Greatest Hornet of All-Time), but we will soon have […]
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Tyson Chandler? Answer to our problems?
I have been doing a lot of reading, thanks to 42’s Bee Bites (I don’t know if he gets paid, but by golly gee willickers, he damn sure should be.) And some writers have been saying that Tyson Chandler is the answer to our problems. While I agree Tyson is an upgrade over […]
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A Very Realistic Dwight Howard Trade To Hornets
I know everyone is probably tired of hearing all of these ridiculous Dwight Howard trade proposals (my self included) but I happened to run across one on the Internet that made alot of since. The proposal was…. Hornets get: Dwight Howard Magic get: Emeka Okafor, David West, Marco Belinelli, and a hornets first round pick […]