Yardbarker: New Orleans Hornets

Kings get control of Hornets for 3rd straight win

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:44:44 -0500

Sergio Rodriguez scored a career-high 24 points, Jason Thompson had 22 points and 14 rebounds and the Sacramento Kings won their third straight game with a 112-96 victory Sunday over the New Orleans Hornets.

Stoudemire, T. Chandler fined for in-game tweets

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:35:00 -0500

The NBA fined Phoenix Suns forward Amare Stoudemire and Charlotte Bobcats forward Tyson Chandler $7,500 each Sunday for posting to their Twitter accounts during games in violation of league rules.

New Orleans Hornets' Peja Stojakovic excused from game

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:17:11 -0500

Peja Stojakovic has skipped the New Orleans Hornets' trip to Sacramento for personal reasons.

Preview: Hornets at Kings

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:00:22 -0500

by Bill Haber - AP Not pictured: Chris Paul's jacked up ankle. View full size photo » A brief Sunday preview. THE OPPONENT The Hornets come in resurgent, having won six of 11 and four of five. The victims have been no creampuffs -- the Hawks, the Suns, the Mavericks, the Bucks. Of course, none of those have come on the road. On the road, the Hornets have beaten only one team this season: the Clippers. Bu...

NBA: Golden age of the NBA point guard

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:42:44 -0500

Is it possible we're watching the greatest collection of point guards in NBA history? A lofty standard was set some 20 years ago, but in terms of depth and potential, the current season carries historic implications. The rookie crop alone is remarkably deep...

Quick: Bonzi Wells Apologizes

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:08:16 -0500

Quick: Bonzi Wells Apologizes Jason Quick of The Oregonian continues his profile series of his Top 40 Blazers. Bonzi Wells grabs the headlines from this group by apologizing to Portland. I enjoyed the Danny Ainge profile as well. Find all 5 of them here. Happy Thanksgiving. -- Ben Golliver | (benjamin.golliver@gmail.com) | Twitter

Darren Collison Hits Game-Tying 3 Pointer, Helps New Orleans Hornets to Win

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:49:06 -0500

Darren Collison Hits Game-Tying 3 Pointer, Helps New Orleans Hornets to Win Darren Collison hit a game-tying 3 pointer with 7.5 seconds left and tipped the ball away from fellow rookie Brandon Jennings (drafted 10th overall) of the Milwaukee Bucks as time ran out. He then proceeded, with less than a minute left in overtime, to steal the ball from Jennings and force a foul, sinking both free throws. Not many people expected Darren to get a lot of playing time with a struggling team an...

Chris Paul on the Mend

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:00:04 -0500

There’s no timetable set for his return, but there are encouraging signs for CP3 and the Hornets: “Three consecutive wins before Sunday night’s game against the Miami Heat is an indication the New Orleans Hornets could be heading in the right direction on the court. And the news is good off the court, as well. Injured All-Star guard Chris Paul now is walking without the aid of a hard, plastic boot that immobilized his badly sprained right ankle since the injury occurred Nov. 13 ag...

Chris Paul ditches ankle boot

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:30:41 -0500

Good news, Hornets fans: Superstar point guard Chris Paul(notes) is no longer walking with the aid of a plastic boot on his injured right ankle. Word has it he also ditched Kuribo's Shoe after completing World 5.Paul attended his team's shoot-around Saturday morning at the New Orleans Arena, and was seen wearing a tennis shoe or two at Saturday and Sunday night's games. He severely sprained his ankle 10 days ago against the Blazers."I still don't know," Paul said of...

Game Notes: Hawks at Hornets

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:32:59 -0500

by Toney Blare Pre-game – In the press room, we watch the bizarre ending to the Ole Miss-LSU game as Les Miles blows it. An onside kick should be part 1 of a last-minute comeback attempt plan. The Tigers seem surprised to get the ball back, to move the ball, and finally, to get into the red zone, and no one knows when to call a timeout or NOT spike the ball. Awful. – At my table sit four kids, probably 12 years old, with a chaperon. They play with their cell phones and talk about ...

Day 26 of 170: Who Needs Chris Paul? New Orleans is Rolling

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:19:33 -0500

Line of the Night: Carmelo Anthony (0.97). When you looked at Anthony before the start of the season, you saw player now in his mid-20’s who had seen his shot attempts and scoring decline over the past three years. I’m not sure how anyone could have predicted he’d put up line and line like this [...]

Line of the Night (11/19): Peja Stojakovic

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:31:56 -0500

You read that right: Peja Stojakovic. The Hornets are trying to stay competitive without Chris Paul, and Peja’s 25-point, 13-rebound effort led New Orleans to a 110-103 win over the Pacific Division-leading Phoenix Suns. He was 7-11 from 3PT range on the night. The win is especially impressive given David West’s off night (6p, 4r, 2-11 [...]

GAME PREVIEW: SUNS VS. HORNETS (less Chris Paul and Byron Scott)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:26:56 -0500

More photos » by Bill Haber - AP See, Sean Marks everyone! (AP Photo/Bill Haber) Browse more photos » My how the mighty have fallen. The New Orleans Hornets plight is one that every Suns fan can relate to. Sucking, then becoming a contender, and then sucking again. Going through a coaching change, etc. Of course the Hornets descent from up-and-comers to down-and-outers was much shorter than the Suns....

Report: Hornets Offering Emeka Okafor for Expiring Contract

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:09:00 -0500

Yeoman beat man Sam Amick of the Sacramento Bee reports the Kings are mulling a trade offer from the Hornets that would send high-priced center Emeka Okafor to Sacramento in exchange for roleplaying, aging forward Kenny Thomas. K-9 has looked spry in early action for the Kings, but his best attribute is his $8.7 million expiring contract. Okafor is on the books through the 2013-14 season.New Orleans acquired Okafor this summer, committing a grip of cash long-term in the process. The Hornets s...

The Afterparty: Blazers/Hornets Game 10

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:53:00 -0500

A party full of post-game links and coverage to give you every over-analyzed angle in hopes of making your Blazers IQ that much greater. The 8 point difference in the box score doesn't necessarily represent the full gamut here. The Blazers controlled this thing from the second quarter on and were never really threatened by the Hornets even with Chris Paul in the game. When you talk about holding a superstar in check, you hope to just hold him under his averages, n...

Chris Paul Could Be Out Two Weeks

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:08:58 -0500

Out of the frying pan and into the fire. In the first game post Byron Scott era in New Orleans, Chris Paul severely sprained his left ankle and could be out of the Hornets line up for two weeks. With 40.3 seconds remaining in the third quarter, Paul stepped on the back of Portland’s center Joel [...]

Paul injures ankle in loss

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:46:00 -0500

LaMarcus Aldridge had 20 points and 13 rebounds, helping Portland to an 86-78 victory over a New Orleans team on Friday night that lost Chris Paul to a sprained ankle while trying to adjust to new head coach Jeff Bower.

Did Byron Scott Kill His Career With A Nine-Iron?

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:45:02 -0500

When things are going wrong with a basketball program, no matter the level, the fan’s first instinct is to examine the coach’s priorities. Indeed, one of the worst indictments of a coach’s commitment to the program/franchise/rec league is that “he’d rather be working on his golf game than his team’s game.” You can probably already [...]

Game 10 Preview: Blazers vs. Hornets

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:22:45 -0500

More photos » by Ross D. Franklin - AP Chris Paul and Bobby Brown discuss the pitfalls of being known as CP3-6. Browse more photos » Game Time: 5:00 p.m. Pacific TV: Comcast As anyone who's ever spent any time playing first-person shooters, asking out girls, or passing gas can tell you, timing is everything. At first glance the 3-6 Hornets might look like easy prey for the surg...

Oh, Look, I Just Died of Not Surprise

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:39:00 -0500

Hornets fire Byron Scott after giving up 75 points in the first half at Phoenix last night. Will be formally announcing at it 1 PM. More later, as the news comes in. Feel free to leave a brief messing expressing your complete lack of surprise in the comments.