Just before the storm, as you may have noticed, the Hornets pumped their roster up to 14 men by signing journeyman, Sean Marks, who is a forward/center standing at 6′10″ and weighing 250 lbs. He’s been in the league for nine years with career averages of 3.1 points and 1.9 rebounds in 9.1 minutes per game. He seems like a quality end-of-the-bench guy, even if he doesn’t add dramatically to the talent-level of the team. He played previously with Toronto, Miami, San Antonio and most recently Phoenix.
But no more roster analysis. There are already a couple of other great Hornets blogs for that. We here are about the flip side of sports. For example, highlighting those that would Hype the team. Like, the Honeybees. The Hornets have also sent their cheerleaders to Europe, where the squad performed in Marseille and Lyon, France to promote the NBA through September 1st. Lucky them. I guess they missed the storm too. Hopefully their homes and families are okay. The little bees have been kind enough to write about their experiences over at hornets.com. There’s more pics there, too. Check it out.
As far as I know, no one’s signed Bonzi. I didn’t think he was a bad addition except for the Spurs series…. so, I don’t know. I thought he would have been a good pickup. It seems like now they want to bring in non-guaranteed rookies & scrubs to fill out the last couple spots in camp.
OH! And re: Kobe–
Now we can just hate on him because it becomes apparent he faked his stupid pinkie injury so he wouldn’t have to COME TO NEW ORLEANS. (And they made him come anyway. Ha.) I don’t want to hear another word about the pinkie. He’s fine. His actions and decisions show that he’s fine, hence it is not a factor.