Did the NBA find a new worst nickname in the New Orleans Pelicans?
Posted on Pattison Ave. this morning: "The team formerly known as the New Orleans Hornets is comprised of a young, athletic, up-and-coming core. Anthony Davis, Xavier Henry, Eric Gordon, and Austin Rivers highlight a nucleus looking to put New Orleans basketball back on the map. With both eyes clearly focused on the future, the franchise felt that they should use the youth...
Pelicans' Austin Rivers Cast Coming Off Monday
New Orleans Pelicans', no longer Hornets', Austin Rivers is expected to have his cast removed on Monday. Rivers broke his hand during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers on March 6th. In doing so, he says he will be ready for the team's player development program, as reported by Darrell Williams of The Advocate.“I plan to hit the ground running,” he said. “I’ll...
Hornets retain G Harris with second 10-day deal
The New Orleans Hornets have signed guard Terrell Harris to a second 10-day contract.
The 6-foot-4 Harris has played in two games for the Hornets, averaging 0.5 assists and 1.5 rebounds in six minutes per game. He was added to the roster March 8, shortly after rookie guard Austin Rivers broke his right hand, sidelining him four to six weeks.
Harris began this season with Miami...
Hornets retain Harris with second 10-day deal
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The New Orleans Hornets have signed guard Terrell Harris to a second 10-day contract.
The 6-foot-4 Harris has played in two games for the Hornets, averaging 0.5 assists and 1.5 rebounds in six minutes per game. He was added to the roster March 8, shortly after rookie guard Austin Rivers broke his right hand, sidelining him four to six weeks.
Harris began this...
Portland Trail Blazers vs. New Orleans Hornets prediction and preview
From the best to the worst
The Portland Trail Blazers shocked everybody when they took down the San Antonio Spurs 136-106 Friday night, and it’s become clear that this team isn’t going down without a fight.
Matchup: Portland (29-32) @ New Orleans (21-42)
Venue: New Orleans Arena
Time: 4:00 PM PT
Date: Sunday, March 10, 2013
The playoffs are still a long shot with a tough schedule...
Hornets' Austin Rivers may miss the rest of the season with broken hand
The New Orleans Hornets received some bad news yesterday. Austin Rivers, their young shooting guard, could miss the rest of the season. The initial projection is 4-6 weeks, but that recovery time takes Rivers so close to the end of the season that it's very possible he doesn't come back.Rivers broke his hand Wednesday against the Los Angeles Lakers. Rivers was seeing...
Rivers out with broken hand
We knew it was going to be a growing process for the New Orleans Hornets. Even having two top-ten draft picks does not guarantee you instant success. They are a young team that needs time to grow and gel together.
That “gelling” process has taken a couple hits this year when top overall pick Anthony Davis has gone down with injury. Davis has missed 15 games so far this year...
Rivers out with broken hand
We knew it was going to be a growing process for the New Orleans Hornets. Even having two top-ten draft picks does not guarantee you instant success. They are a young team that needs time to grow and gel together.
That “gelling” process has taken a couple hits this year when top overall pick Anthony Davis has gone down with injury. Davis has missed 15 games so far this year...
Austin Rivers Out 4-6 Weeks With Broken Hand
Hornets rookie, Austin Rivers, will miss the next 4-6 weeks after breaking the fourth metacarpal bone in his right hand during the first half of the loss to the Lakers on Wednesday night.
Rivers played 15 minutes and scored 10 points, 4 above his season average, on 5-6 shooting before leaving the game in which his team went on to give up a 25-point lead at home to drop to 21-41 on the season.
Hornets guard Rivers hurts hand against Lakers
Hornets rookie guard Austin Rivers has injured his right hand during Wednesday night's game against the Los Angeles Lakers and team officials say he is unable to return for the second half.
Rivers, the 10th-overall pick in last June's NBA draft, had 10 points on 5 of 6 shooting in the first half, helping the Hornets building lead that grew as large as 25 points in the second...
New Orleans Hornets: Austin Rivers Finally Showing Improvement
About a third of the way through the NBA season, an ESPN advanced statistics analyst, said that New Orleans Hornets’ rookie, Austin Rivers was having the worst season in NBA history and at the time he may have been right. However, over the last month he has shown steady improvement. What was most alarming, was his field goal percentages, which were laughably awful, but recently...
Austin Rivers on Kyrie Irving: “We just let him walk in the lane and get buckets”
Via NBA:
For anyone that was watching the game, that’s is exactly what happened. Kyrie scored 20 points in the 7 minutes of the 4th quarter.
“Kyrie really took the game over and put his team on his back. But we did a bad job trying to be physical with him. We just let him walk in the lane and get buckets. You’ve got to take some hard fouls and make guys earn it.”
– Hornets...
Monty Williams Ideal Coach to Navigate Brash Austin Rivers’ Rookie-Season Struggles
BOSTON — Austin Rivers‘ first professional game against the Celtics came with all the hoopla the occasion merited. For only the fourth time in NBA history, a player was facing a team coached by his father, and the moment was special for anybody with “Rivers” in his or her name.
Austin Rivers’ presence at the TD Garden was not all that made the night somewhat surreal for...
Austin Rivers Believes Father Is One of Two Best Coaches in NBA, Sees Monty Williams on His Way Up List
BOSTON — Austin Rivers sees the list of the best coach in the NBA as a battle between Pop and pop.
Austin Rivers, the rookie guard for the New Orleans Hornets and the son of Celtics coach Doc Rivers, was at the TD Garden on Wednesday take on his father’s team for the first time as a pro. Before the suddenly red-hot Hornets beat the Celtics 90-78 to earn their sixth victory in...
Comments from the Other Side - Hornets 1/16
The Celtics really lost focus last night and just played terribly. I mean there's now excuse for a pro team to shoot 37% from the line. That's lack of focus. Maybe they all subconsciously were trying to make Austin look better because he's struggling so much and that was their gift to their coach. Hopefully they get it together for Friday's game. 37% from...
Doc Wasn't Looking Forward To Facing Austin, Will Reflect On It In Coming Years
The Hornets beat the Celtics by a final score of 90-78, with Austin Rivers scoring eight points in 23 minutes.
Your Morning Dump… Where Doc should have seen this coming
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With his team’s confidence maybe overflowing a bit too much amidst a season-high six-game winning streak, Rivers wrote, ‘Guard down,’ after Tuesday’s practice session. With that in mind, he blamed himself...
Austin Rivers Follows Father’s Example of Resilience to Get Through Rough Rookie Season Thus Far
BOSTON — Austin Rivers is not having a rough start to his NBA career, in his eyes. It only looks that way.
As far as the Hornets’ rookie is concerned, rough times are what his father, Celtics coach Doc Rivers, endured early in his coaching career, before bringing a 17th championship banner to Boston in 2008 and ascending to his current status as one of the best coaches in the...
Austin wins Rivers family battle as Hornets down Celtics
BOSTON -- Austin Rivers had a stop to make after Wednesday night's game at TD Garden. The rookie guard had to go see his father, and ... well, rub it in just a little. "Oh yeah, that's what I'm about to do right now. I'm about to get changed and go not to the locker room but to his office; be like 'What's up?'," the younger Rivers said after...
Son bests dad in matchup of Rivers
Greivis Vasquez scored 15 points with 11 rebounds and Austin Rivers won his first NBA game against his father on Wednesday night as the New Orleans Hornets beat coach Doc Rivers and the Boston Celtics 90-78.
Al-Farouq Aminu had 18 points and nine rebounds and Anthony Davis had 10 of each for New Orleans, which won for the sixth time in seven games and stopped Boston's six-game...
Celtics Streak Ends in Loss to Hornets 90-78
On Wednesday night the Celtics faced the New Orleans Hornets looking to extend their win streak to seven games. This also marked the first match-up between the Rivers father and son. Austin Rivers was drafted fifth this past year to the Hornets yet has struggled to find his game in the NBA. The Hornets came into the night on their second of back to back games coming off a strong...
Hornets win matchup of Doc, Austin Rivers
BOSTON (AP) -- Greivis Vasquez scored 15 points with 11 rebounds and Austin Rivers won his first NBA game against his father on Wednesday night as the New Orleans Hornets beat coach Doc Rivers and the Boston Celtics 90-78.
Al-Farouq Aminu had 18 points and nine rebounds and Anthony Davis had 10 of each for New Orleans, which won for the sixth time in seven games. Austin Rivers scored...
Hornets 90, Celtics 78
BOSTON - The New Orleans Hornets, a young team starting to find its way, put an end to the Celtics' six-game winning streak with an impressive 90-78 win over Boston Wednesday night. The Hornets, who have suddenly won six of their last seven games, won for the second straight night on the road and also won the battle within the Rivers family, with rookie guard Austin Rivers...
New Orleans Pummels Boston 90-78
Looking to build on their impressive win-streak, the Celtics came out tonight and laid a giant egg. The Hornets were far more aggressive and dominated both the boards (48-33) and the free throw stripe (26-31 over Boston's awful 6-16). Boston's recent chemistry and defensive intensity disappeared, leaving fans to wonder whether the team really has turned a corner.
The Celtics...
Boston's Doc Rivers to face son Austin and Hornets
Austin Rivers had no doubt about whom his mother was rooting for when his New Orleans Hornets faced his father's team, the Boston Celtics.
The younger Rivers says with a smile that mom would be cheering him on because ''she loves me more than him.''
Rivers says he's been looking forward for the chance to face the Celtics. That's not just because his...
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