- ESPN’s Daily Dime – the usual. Except everyone seems to be mentioning that he smacked/kicked/whatever Al Harrington. Hello, that’s probably more a result of Harrington grabbing Chris around the leg than it is indicative of some deep, secret, frustrated desire to be out of New Orleans.
- At the Hive talks about Byron Scott’s lack of adjustments over the past two years and how this does not bode well for the future.
- Paul’s Frustration Grows, Even as he Hides It – Hornets are a mom and pop organization, Shinn is a liar for claiming credit for coming back after Katrina (we knew this), maybe Paul should start holding them to higher standards as a franchise player like Kobe and LeBron do.
- Dime: Chris Paul has lost his smile
- Frustration, losses mounting for Hornets’ Paul – Ken Berger has been a perennial Shit List resident in the past because of stupid factual errors, but I have to say I agree with him and his column is probably the best of the lot. No, not just ’cause he hit all my major gripes and agreed with me. Well, maybe a little bit because of that…
“One of the best potential recipients of Paul’s assists, rookie Marcus Thornton, languishes on the bench because Byron Scott wants the team to defend first and score later. At this rate, though, there won’t be a later.
…On one hand, Paul says things will be fine — “It’s a long season,” he said — and in his next breath he laments that the Hornets are a team without a style. That’s code for “team with a stubborn coach.” Scott wants a rugged, defense-obsessed, insanely conditioned team. He wants this all the time, with no exceptions. But if a week goes by, and then a month, and it’s not working, he’ll have to try something else or he will lose the team”
I don’t know. Maybe I’ll come back later and add some commentary, but for now I’m not going to. Peja was on from deep, West and Okafor had 21+ points apiece, and CP had 32. We lost last night because our interior defense and teamwork was horrendously, eye-searingly awful, not because “ha ha the Hornets suck, who’s gonna score for them?” like a lot of the mainstream sources seem to think. It was already bad enough that New Orleans does a poor job of defending the three, but it was infinitely more excusable than allowing junky teams to get layup after layup. 4o points in the 4th quarter to the Knicks? And this is not the Bobby Browns of the team. (Well, it’s that too.) It’s the starting lineup.
Chris Paul wasn’t exchanging words with Tom Thibodeau the other night because he was pissed at Rondo. He was probably trying to smuggle him on the freaking plane.
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LMAO @ CP probably trying to smuggle Thibodeau on the plane. Quite a few people thought he’d have a head coaching job by now. I’m not even reading any of that CP is not happy, has lost his smile shit. If you’ve read one you’ve read em all.
What will it take to bring in some quality players? are we waiting for the free agents of 2010? Seriously need a player to create his own shot and to consistently score. And yes, giving up easy lay-ups to the KNicks definitely says something about the horrible defensive effort. I hope HOrntes will win 2/3 of the next games…tough as it may be.
It’s still early in the season and Okafor+West+Paul played well.. we just need more help from the bench and probably need to play our rookies!
People are saying the team didn’t really play defense and just kinda was lazy at the Knicks game and that the game was an abortion. Glad I was at the Saints game not even thinking about the Hornets. haha. It’s only November anyway, so shrug.
UPDATE: Bobby Brown 6-12 shooting.
Overtime. Let’s break the trend!