HORNETS RUMORS & GOSSIP

Keep your eyes on the Chris Kaman Twitter account the next couple of days. Ted Nugent’s love child packed up his ass kickin’ trucks today and is heading back to Michigan where he’ll spend the next few months blowing up sh*t and digging piles of dirt. Not kidding, the exploits of Kaman in Michigan are well documented. You should see these rides he’s taking...

The New Orleans Hornets are undoubtedly in a full-blown rebuilding mode. They traded away All-Star point guard Chris Paul, endured an overwhelming number of injuries and were never really in playoff contention. They patched their roster together with a variety of players signed to 10-day contracts just to get through the season. They finished with a 21-45 record, worst in the Western...

The New Orleans Hornets have signed center Darryl Watkins to a 10-day contract and waived former LSU standout Chris Johnson. New Orleans signed Watkins on Wednesday, one day after shutting down center Chris Kaman for the final five games of the season because of his bruised left tibia. The 6-foot-11 Watkins has not played in the NBA during the regular season since spending nine...

Hornets center Chris Kaman will miss New Orleans' final five games because of a bruised left tibia. The Hornets say the injury occurred during New Orleans' victory over Memphis on Sunday night. The 7-foot Kaman missed the Hornets' win at Charlotte on Monday night. Kaman, a ninth-year pro who'll be a free agent this summer, was acquired by New Orleans -- along with...

Hornets center Chris Kaman will miss New Orleans' final five games because of a bruised left tibia. The Hornets say the injury occurred during New Orleans' victory over Memphis on Sunday night. The 7-foot Kaman missed the Hornets' win at Charlotte on Monday night. Kaman, a ninth-year pro who'll be a free agent this summer, was acquired by New Orleans - along with...

NBA Commissioner David Stern officially introduced New Orleans Hornets owner Tom Benson on Monday along with the 2014 NBA All-Star Game to the city. This will mark the second time New Orleans has hosted the NBA All-Star Game, the first was in 2008. The state of Louisiana and the Hornets signed a new lease agreement March 16, and part of the deal was a future All-Star Game. Stern...

With the New Orleans Hornets looking for a new nickname, David Stern went ahead and stated the obvious by telling everyone that the "Jazz" name is off the market.

The Hornets were bought by Saints owner Tom Benson, and he apparently would like to change the nickname of the team.

According to multiple reports, the NBA has sold the New Orleans Hornets back to a private owner at this week’s Board of Governors meetings in New York. The new Hornets owner is none other than current New Orleans Saints owner and billionaire Tom Benson, who will purchase the team from the NBA for a cool $338 million. Earlier in the week, a group led by long-time NBA...

Metta World Peace throws the most questionable inbound pass that I have ever seen during Monday night’s 93-91 win over the New Orleans Hornets. Metta has done some weird things over the years but this has to be one of the craziest things I’ve seen from the NBAer formally know as Ron-Ron. “Only in the wild world of Peace” -Jalen Rose

New Orleans will likely have an NBA team in town for the foreseeable future, but the franchise would like to re-brand itself with nickname that's more indigenous to NOLA. 

Jason Smith is going to be a bit lighter in the wallet after Thursday’s game. Either that or he should really take up professional hockey. Smith was ejected from the New Orleans Hornets-Los Angeles Clippers game after hip checking Blake Griffin like it was his job. Chris Paul and Randy Foye weren’t happy and I wouldn’t be either. Blake is a nuisance, but there...

The Hornets are hosting the Bobcats Monday night, so how did center Chris Kaman get into proper spirit for the game? By taking pictures of himself holding a dead cat — or a Bobcat to be exact. Kaman is known for sharing pictures of his hunting spoils on Twitter, but this was taking things a little too far. By tweeting pictures of this nature, Kaman is showing he’s not too...

NBA commissioner David Stern confirmed that the New Orleans Hornets were in the process of being sold to a group led by former NBA player and ex-coach for the Los Angeles Clippers, Mike Dunleavy. While businessmen Raj Bhathal and Larry Benson are the principal investors of the group seeking to purchase the Hornets, Dunleavy has been the principal negotiator for the group. Dunleavy...

Will Ferrell is a comedic genius. Wednesday night, he took his talents to New Orleans to do the player introductions for the Chicago Bulls-New Orleans Hornets game. The introductions are for an upcoming movie, which I’ll probably have to see. His introductions for Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah were classic. Thanks to CSN Chicago for the video.