new orleans hornets

The day after the Celtics waived Rasheed Wallace… and waived goodbye to what everyone thought was a tradeable contract… a bunch of guys whose contracts would have matched have been traded for each other. The New Orleans Hornets acquired Trevor Ariza(notes) Wednesday in a four-team, five-player trade that also sends point guard Darren Collison(notes) to [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. The Bulls are prepared to sign Tracy McGrady if he proves to be sufficiently healthy in a workout Monday and can convince the team he is willing [...]

Via Woj The New Orleans Hornets have begun contract discussions with the representatives of Boston Celtics assistant coach Tom Thibodeau, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Hornets general manager Jeff Bower has exchanged proposals with Creative Artists Agency, which represents Thibodeau, on parameters of a possible deal. Sources say Thibodeau still plans to meet with New [...]

Via ESPN Boston: "You guys ask me these questions about 2008, there's no comparison in the teams," said captain Paul Pierce. "You guys want to make them similar, make them different, make them better. That's a completely different year. New players are trying to develop our own identity. Whatever happened then, it's not the same, [...]

Hmmm… Have I seen this movie before? Funny, I keep hearing the ending is going to be different, but it never changes. The Celtics pissed away another double-digit 3rd quarter lead (12 points, 60-48 with 8 minutes left) and lost to the Hornets 93-85.  How bad was the 2nd half? They were outscored 29-12 in [...]

Celtics (32-17) at Hornets (27-25) Game time: 8pm, New Orleans Arena. TV – CSN. Radio – WEEI-AM (850). Team Leaders Scoring Bos: Pierce – 18.7                  Hornets: David West – 18.1  ReboundingBos: Perkins – 8.1                  Hornets: Emeka Okafor – 9.4 AssistsBos: Rondo – 9.8                    Hornets: Darren Collison – 3.7 Who'll go off:  [...]

New Orleans has fired Byron Scott.  Chuck called it in our preview.  Great… now I owe him a shoulder rub. [...]

So says Chris Mannix NBA spokesman just told me no action will be taken against Rajon Rondo or Chris Paul for altercation in Boston last week Good.  Now this whole dumb thing is over…. until the C's play New Orleans in February. [...]

Hey… if people are gonna pick on Rondo, we're gonna defend him.  And in this case, defending him involves a .gif of CP3 flopping like someone shot him with a 12-gauge and a video of him charging after Matt Bonner… followed by Tim Duncan telling him to "calm the f— down" He's not all THAT [...]

Rajon Rondo is taking a lot of heat for a nothing incident with Chris Paul.  I mean, the league is even looking into it for some weird reason.  But why?  I try to answer that on TruFan. Depending on who you ask, Rajon Rondo is somewhere in the top 5 among the league's point guards.  [...]