So let me sum up:
I'll be over here with my four friends, trying to process this.
Jeff Bower has been fired. The Hornets are in the middle of free agency and haven’t signed anyone but Aaron Gray. They were already dealing with a million and two rumors of George Shinn’s sketchiness, and now they’re dealing with more because they may have backed out of Luther Head’s contract for no good reason and his agent is pitching a fit. Oh, plus the rumors that Chris Paul wants nothing to do with this mess. Let us not forget the Tom Thibodeau drama. And the rumors that the sale of the team to Gary Chouest has been held up for … why? Who even knows what the deal is? The last time there was a public statement was back in May when the local New Orleans public was told the deal was done.
Whether you liked Bower or not (I’m personally ambivalent), having him here was infinitely better than having no one. Who’s making the basketball decisions around here? The Assistant GM is– Oh. That’s right. We don’t have one. The guy in charge is George Shinn’s brother-in-law, who was a food service executive before joining the Hornets in 2005 (leaving aside for the moment the fact that he thinks Chris Paul rumors are started by people like me who “live in basements, in their pajamas” and never the perfectly legitimate New York media who are soooo responsible simply because they have a desk in an office).
Oh hey, maybe the VP is a basketball guy? Ha. Maybe he’s George Shinn’s son who has only a high school diploma, but according to his bio in the media guide “relies on his 20 years of experience in basketball to provide insight about basketball-related decisions” and “has been closely involved with the Hornets organization since its inception in 1987.” That sounds like a lot of experience. Huh. Maybe I am wrong. Except I’m not. Y’all, Chad Shinn is 30. His biography actually, no joke, IS COUNTING THE VAST EXPERIENCE HE GLEANED AS A 10-YEAR-OLD AMONG HIS QUALIFICATIONS. But hey, we do have, like, two scouts though. Let’s give a Hornets Hype shout out to our two scouts! What uuuuuupp Basketball Operations Department! Keep on fighting the good fight there. Yeah.
I mean, have I missed anything here? Can we get some basketball people up in here?
Dear god, I’m surrounded by idiots. Get me six martinis. I’ll be over there, with my fingers in my ears till October. I… can’t… hear… you.
Incredulous
Are we the new Clippers, or are we even worse. I never would have thought something like this off-season was possible.
It’s really getting depressing. And it started out so positive too. It’s like, what’s next?
Who knows whether Chouest still wants to take over this mess. If he wants to, he hopefully will go berserk and mow down every FO person still s*****g all over this organization we love so much.
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I am really hoping that we hire a legit GM soon, so all this negative press will cease and desist. It’s getting old. Also, I hope Weber gets canned as soon as this mythical sale goes through. I find him to be more of a scumbag than Shinn. Let us hope his next career requires him to stay in a basement, in pajamas.
Let’s not forget that George Shinn, alone in the NBA, has each home game begin with a Prayer before the National Anthem. A fucking prayer. Lest anyone be offended, the prayer is given by the random denominational person who PAYS the team for the right to do so. So, yeah.
As a nepotismish aside, Chris Shinn, the other son of our esteemed owner is a brilliant musician. I wish him the best.
I hope CP3 doesn’t leave!
“Also, I hope Weber gets canned as soon as this mythical sale goes through.”
Thats a hashtag for this summer. #mythicalsaleofHornets
I was holding off renewing my season tickets until I saw how the summer shaped up and I think it was the best move that I had ever made in my life. And this is after being a season ticket holder for three years. I must have seen this crap storm coming in the back of my mind.
I’m with you. I would like think about BASKET-mofo-BALL, not thjis mumbo jumbo.
I can only hold out hope that the bumps will end and someone will stay the moratorium on sanity.
@ticktock6-Did you ever find out who was at that meeting at Whiskey Blue?
Was it even a meeting at all? Or just a night out for drinks?
All I know is it was the powers-that-be and possibly a potential GM candidate?