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New Orleans Hornets 2009: Players Who Just Might Finally Get it Together
Posted: 28th October 2009 by Joe Gerrity in NBA
Tonight is opening tip off of the 2009-2010 NBA season for most teams, the Hornets included, so let's try to get some sort of idea about what we can do to improve from last years disappointingáseven seed. More specifically, who can improve.
*Hilton Armstrong is entering his fourth year in the league. The formerálottery pickáhas performed so poorly in his three prior seasons that the Hornets did not even pick up ...
New Orleans Hornets: Five Predictions For The 2009-2010 Season
Posted: 24th October 2009 by Joe Gerrity in NBA
With the 2009-2010 season rapidly appraoching it seems appropriate that I make a few obvious, bold, andáunlikely predictionsáabout the Hornets. In case you missed the entire offseason let me catch you up with a little recap.
Gone are Tyson Chandler, Rasual Butler, Antonio Daniels, Melvin Elyáand Ryan Bowen.
In their place we acquired Emeka Okafor, Marcus Thornton, Bobby Brown, Darren Collison, Ike Diogu, and Darius Songaila.Begin Slideshow
After last seasons playoff massacre things looked grim in the Big Easy. They were over the salary luxury cap more than any other team in the league and coming off one of the worst playoff losses in NBA history.
What made it worse for New Orleanians were the expectations the team had for the prior season. Picked by many as a dark horse NBA title contender, the Hornets instead were likely the biggest disappointments.
An ongoing ...