I kid.
We are guests over on today’s Spurscast on Project Spurs (20:11).
In which we talk about the Antonio Daniels trade, the great Spurs “revenge game”, how we see the West standings playing out, the burden of expectations, our NOLA patriotism and how we got going with Hornets Hype, and relationships amongst the Hornets Blogosphere. Also, we go off on a tangent on Devin Brown. But you’re not surprised by that.
So definitely head over there and check it out if you want to hear our thoughts, do some covert Spurs scouting, or learn that Ticktock6 has a disappointingly unsexy voice (yeah, sorry!).
Oh, and there’s a game tonight in Memphis. Free Mo Pete!
Nice one, just listened to it. Busting that podcast cherry. Next time I do one I’m going to try have a cold so my voice sounds all husky and stuff.
I liked that he called the shit list, “a certain list on your site.”
Thanks for the 247 love, too. After us Hornets blogs are done taking over the internets we should focus on the airwaves.
‘It’s essentially a do-over… maybe…’
Nice decisiveness there, ticktock. haha. Quite honestly, although even coach Scott says we model the Spurs game plan (which Project Spurs addresses), I don’t really see that. Ever. Spurs are on a whole different level, especially when you have Timmy Duncan (best 4 ever) holding the fort. Plus factor in Pop (one of the greatest coaches I’ve seen), and a bunch of other little bits, and I just don’t see it.
We are a jump shooting team. But lucky for us, we have Chris Paul. I see our team model more akin to the current Nuggets than anything. Think about it. Aside from the set plays vs. reads, the team composition is pretty comparable.
Mark– I guess in that they can also play up tempo and slow it down, and the emphasis on D and character guys. Solid 3 point shooting vets to complement younger core (not so much anymore now that Duncan is getting older). So maybe more in the philosophy of building the team rather than in the way they actually play?
Hey, now, we play better D than Denver though. (I hope.)
Free mopete! i hope we don’t plan on doubling timmy all game long. we can’t take memphis lightly either tonight! geaux hornets
Ha ha ha. Mike James gets no love.
Haha, nice! Both of you def sounded more podcast pro-y than the Spurs dude. mW, you could seriously be the next Jim Rome..
Yeah, I’m not sure on the gameplan, but your team is only as good as its players, so I put the whole idea of Nugs on the players; defense be damned, since Denver’s winning. Defense really only matters against real times, come playoff time.
I’m rather happy to hear the comradery between the Hornets bloggers. I know you guys are all pretty friendly folk online, but it’s still good to my ears. My sister mentioned how impressed she was with the Hornets organization catering to its fans, and its closer knit community. Good luck finding real conversations over my Dallas Mavericks. Hard to find another person who endured the multiple teen-digit win seasons and still loved the team.
two_tone, Memphis has been on a tear recently, so I’m with you on taking on the Griz with the three Ps (passion purpose pride).
@ Mark: I definitely think we resemble the Spurs in a lot of ways when we’re at our best. We can play in the half-court, we can run, we can defend, (we didn’t foul a lot last year), and we don’t turnover the ball. Basically, we just play well. We force mistakes. Then you look up and that oh so close game is suddenly a double-digit lead. I mean, sure, the Spurs have taken that model further than we have, but you can see the resemblance.
@ two_tone: I don’t see them doubling Tim unless he kills us, and even then probably not unless the shooters are missing everything. Byron likes to let some stars do their thing and shut down the rest of the team. Then again, I’ve seen him game a star and dare the rest of the team to beat you. So now I confused myself. I guess we’ll see. But I think we’ll start out with single coverage on Tim.
@ attthehive: Jim Rome. Awesome. That’s funny.
@ Mark again: I’m going to have to respectfully disagree with you again (I know, so un-Rome-ish!), but I think a team is definitely not only as good as their players. Lakers had Kobe and Shaq but no rings until they got Phil Jackson. Detroit had a lot of good teams post-MJ era, but never won the rings until they got Larry Brown. I’ve said many times here and elsewhere, I believe in the maxim that players win games and coaches win championships.
And of course, us Nola Bloggers are all friendly because this is where the good times roll! Speaking, of Grizzlies on, starting now!!!!
And we win. Sweet. Next stop. Nola and the hated Spurs!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spurs!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!11!eleven
Nice podcast.
I’ll listen to it in about 15 minutes.
mW, yeah. I’m actually not sure why I wrote that, because I completely agree with you about the player-coach relationship, haha. But regards to the Spurs, memory tells me I don’t see our game reflective of them. Our team composition is not that similar to the Spurs IMO, just because with our team, it starts at CP, and ends with another player. The Spurs do have players (mostly bench) that can only do one thing, but as a whole they are more versatile and their ball movement is much better than ours. Yes, CP IS our hub and he finds people, but we don’t know how to exploit mismatches like the Spurs do. Our mismatches are dependent on the Crescent City Connection. The Spurs are kicking it off to the wing and swinging the ball.
At least with last year, we were consistent statistically, but I noticed a trend where we would goof for a half, blow out third, then maintain a lead at the end. It was blow out wins or blow out losses (there goes that ‘blow out’ term again!), while the Spurs are more methodical, plodding almost. Like I’ve always said, we are a finesse jump shooting team. Yes, we are extremely efficient, as are the Spurs, but we don’t/can’t go down low when our shot isn’t dropping: problematic as noted last year against the Spurs. I always envisioned this as the Spurs’ bread-and-butter, their ability to get to the line.
Oh, and don’t be a Jim Rome. Please.
@TT Wow you sound like my cousin from Buffalo. @Mw you sound too nice to be Jim Rome. Yall mentioned that this is a Football Town. I have suffered my whole life with the saints and was elated when we got a NBA team. It takes a lot to be Saints fan.
About the Spurs Showdown we just need low post defense and offense and take out Manu somehow. I feel pretty confident about the the Antiono trade nothing can be worse the Mike James he just held the ball too long and we need someone to pass the ball better and to hold out till the shot clock winds down. I think daniels can do that. I’m really impressed with JPose 20 and 10 game with the raptors and look foward to his impact. Last years playoff game 7 lost was depressing and hope with the tweaked roster we “Sting Em”
I got 100 lvl tickets to the Sacramento game. I like Brad Miller ,Sac’s Center, If he’s healthy i think he’s a good center and a Big man that shoots threes and avg. 3 assist a game would be great on our side, not to discount TC he’s a solid player or Hilton developing his Big man Identity. Brad is past his prime and I like our Bigs. I cant wait for this game!
I just listened to that again, and I think my favorite part is when I say, “I started this blog…” and I’ve clearly been eating while he was asking the question.
Sac is my last game before sad 2-game Christmas break. (In fact I don’t even think my parents get ESPN for the Xmas game.) Sad faces!!
Dang, and I was so going for the Jim Rome comparison myself. But I agree, Sarah and Mike did a great job. I always try to bring on people who are more knowledgeable of their team than I am to provide some insight and break things down better than I can and they both definitely came through. BTW, we’ll have a Q&A up at http://projectspurs.com with Jim Eichenhofer of Hornets.com in a few minutes and tonight we’ll be liveblogging the game and we’d like nothing more than for there to be a bunch of Hornets fans taking it over. Again it’ll be at http://projectspurs.com and we’ll get started about 15 mins. prior to the game. (Sarah and Mike: If you guys want the code for CoverItLive so you can also display it here and your readers can participate from here, I can send that over to you a few hours before we start.)
nice with the podcast, bring us more!
I think we do get ESPN so you will be able to watch the game. It will be better than the Christmas when we all watched “The Matrix.”