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March 2009 ArchivesNew Orleans comes in with several 8's, a 10 and an 11. For a team that was picked to contend for the NBA title prior to the season, that's not very good with about three weeks to play. For a team that has had the ridiculous amount of injuries the Hornets have had this season, that's pretty darn good. Sporting News has NOLA No. 8 Gotta tell you, filling out a bracket will rarely be this fun. NBA.com is hosting a Dance Team tournament where fans vote in their favorite cheerleading squads around the NBA. So far, the Honeybees have been killing. The Honeybees took down the Laker Girls in the first round, then took down the Warrior Girls to advance to the Elite 8. It looks like the Honeybees will ... Each day ESPN.com throws together short stories and stats and videos around the league. The Hornets cleaned up after Sunday's 90-86 win over the Spurs. New Orleans' win picked up the No. 2 story on the page, Chris Paul earned the "Sunday's Best" moniker and the Hornets' win is one of the choices in the daily poll. Not bad for a team that, as of Satur... FINAL New Orleans won 90-86 despite being without three key players. Tyson Chandler, Peja Stojakovic and James Posey all missed the key Southwest Division showdown for New Orleans. And still, the Hornets prevailed, thanks in large part to another MV... Sports Illustrated dispatched illustrious writer Ian Thompson to New Orleans this week for a feature on the Hornets. I briefly met Thompson while he was in town. He seems nice. What does that have to do with his story. Not much, other than that it's well-written and I agree - the Hornets need to win now and they need to put ... Read Bradley Handwerger's Game Story Read Bradley Handwerger's Game Column FINAL New Orleans couldn't stop two of Denver's biggest stars - Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups - ... Hilton Armstrong is the likeliest of the four injured Hornets to play Wednesday night against Denver, New Orleans Head Coach Byron Scott said following practice Tuesday. But Scott also said there was a chance all four players - Armstrong, Tyson Chandler, Peja Stojakovic and Ryan Bowen - would be available to play. All are likely game-time decisions, though we'll find out more tomorrow morning during shootaround. Stojako... Well, this seems to be a fairly hot topic these days. New Orleans all-everything point guard Chris Paul appears to have fallen out of favor with yet another national writer in regard to MVP talk. It's not that Chris Sheridan of ESPN.com thinks CP3 is not good. Quite the contrary. He's just tying any MVP talk to record as much as a...
FINAL But New Orleans held on, winning 99-89. Much of the thanks goes to Chris Paul's 27 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, 23 points by David West and a strong early-game performance by Hilton Armstrong, who finished... FINAL Paul scored 28 of 57 points for the Hornets from the midway point of the second quarter to the 4:07 mark of the fourth. That was long enough for New Orleans to keep the game close. His 28th point of that stretch gave th... Byron Scott told assembled media at shootaround Friday morning that guard Peja Stojakovic and center Tyson Chandler will miss tonight's game against Memphis. It'll be the second game Chandler has sat out after his left ankle gave him fits against Houston on Monday night. "We're going to see if we can get him ready for Sunday and same for Peja," Scott said. As for Stojakovic, this will mark his ninth-straight game witho... FINAL But in the end, the All-Star did what he had to do, making a back-door cut, taking a pass from Chris Paul and explosively throwing down a dunk that gave New Orleans a 94-93 lead with 12.4 seconds to play. And then the Hornets had to pray. Minnesota's Randy Foye dribbled to his left, dribbled to his right, then shot over West. The bal... Each year, New Orleans puts on a fundraiser for local charities called Top Hats and High Tops. This year, the event raised more than $200,000 that will be distributed through The George Shinn Foundation. "This year's gala was a huge success," said Shinn, New Orleans' owner. "Our guests were entertained and enjoyed spending an evening talking with our players and we came together for the ultimate goal of raising money to contin... FINAL Paul's 29 points, 11 assist night weren't enough for New Orleans to overcome Southwest Division rival Houston at the Arena on Monday night as the Hornets fell 95-84. It's the second consecutive loss for New Orleans and one it could ill afford as it fights for home-court advantage in the Western Conference playoffs. Ron Ar... Marc Stein says that with a healthy Tyson Chandler these look like the Hornets of old, but he does agree with my opinion that the Hornets will have trouble as Chris Paul and David West are carrying an inordinate amount of the offensive load. ...It seems to be clear now that the Hornets will go as far in the playoffs as their starters can take them, with the starters averaging well over 40 minutes each. It's that simple. The Hornets have no bench. It's been written about over and over again, but simply put, the Hornets bench scares no one. The best Byron Scott can hope to do is to lose just a little ground while they are in. There is absolutely no one on the bench who any opponent ... J.A. Adande of ESPN.com makes the case for Utah's Deron Williams as the league's premier point guard. He cites the fact that Williams has already been to a conference finals, his win total in postseason v. that of Paul and his edge in stats when the two have faced head up. ...
I've many times told friends how amazed I am at Chris Paul and what he can do night in, night out. I'm apparently not alone (not that I'd ever think that from listening to MVP chants at the Arena). ESPN's John Hollinger writes today that Chris Paul might be surpassed by only one player as the best point guard in the history of... The timing was bad, coming right before a bad road loss Bethlehem Shoals of the Sporting News says the Hornets are rolling with Chandler boarding and receiving alley oops, West justifying his spot on the All-Star team and Paul going crazy. This team though, still relies too much on jump shots, and that's why - in my unlearned opinion - they have a hard time ho... Yes, the Hornets are hot, but the Jazz and Rockets are just as hot, and that's made it harder for the Hornets to inch up the power ratings. As of this writing, only one game separated spots three and seven in the Western Conference, so a hot or cold streak could do a lot of good. ...Sacrilege of course, but FOX Sports' Charley Rosen makes his case for why Utah's Deron Williams is better than CP3. I'm sure it's a tough call...and he has several good points, but the fact that Williams' dominance might outlast Paul's due to his size and durability, is not evidence that he is better now. I like CP3 to Isiah Thomas (the player, not t... FINAL The Hornets won their seventh straight game, beating the Thunder 108-90 in front of the season's 15th sellout crowd at the New Orleans Arena. Julien Wright made this one happen, finishing with several rim-rattling dunks and many more crowd-pleasing effort plays. Wright finis... Byron Scott said he didn't think forward Peja Stojakovic would be ready to play tonight against the Oklahoma City Thunder. It would be the second consecutive game Stojakovic would miss with a bum back, which flared up on the Hornets' recent road trip at New Jersey and Philadelphia. Scott said if Stojakovic couldn't go tonight, Julian Wright would get the start once again. New Orleans' head coach is just being cautious w... FINAL And per usual, it was all about CP3, who took over the game midway through the third quarter and didn't let up until he left the game with less than five minutes to play and New Orleans holding a double-figure lead. David West had 19 points and 10 assists to continue his torrid pace. ...
Hornets Head Coach Byron Scott said before Thursday morning's shoot around that he doesn't expect forward Peja Stojakovic to play and that forward Mo Peterson is a game-time decision. Stojakovic missed the latter part of Monday's game at Philadelphia with back spasms and Scott said the team is being cautious with him in regard to bringing him back too soon. Stojakovic was not at shoot around. Scott said he thinks Stojakovic's b... We all know the economy is in shambles right now. And it doesn't appear that it's getting any better any time soon. For the New Orleans Hornets (and lesser so the New Orleans Saints), getting season tickets sold in this type of environment has got to be a hard task. I know I'm trying to cut back on things I purchase, especially big ticket, expensive, heavy lifting items. ...At least, that's the opinion of J. A. Adande of ESPN.com. Yes, the Hornets have won five straight and Chandler has been pivotal in big plays in the last few, but the Bees have had a habit of blowing big leads and then hanging on for wins. Anyway, Adande attributes much of Chandler's inspired play to the comments of his current teamm... It has been a good week for David West, New Orleans' All-Star forward. He has led the team in scoring in four of the past five games - all wins. He was named Western Conference Player of the Week. And now Blearcherreport.com calls him the steal of the 2003 NBA Draft. Kind of hard to argue that right now.
The Wall Street Journal is a business institution, a paper that people turn to when they want to learn or read about what's going on in the business world. While the sportswriting is some of the best around, it's not always around. Which makes a story on financial stability of the NBA an interesting read.
You hear the chants all the time at the New Orleans Arena: "M! V! P! ... M! V! P!" The cheers, of course, are for Chris Paul, the Hornets' talented and impressive point guard. And while you'll get lots of people to agree he must be in the conversation for league MVP, NBA.com thinks his candidacy isn't as good as four others. |
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