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With a young core of Anthony Davis, Eric Gordon and Austin Rivers, the New Orleans Hornets have a bright future. That’s if they can ever get them all on the court at the same time. Eric Gordon hasn’t played much since being dealt to N.O. Unhappiness and injuries are to blame. The Hornets and their [...]

As the several conferences in NCAA basketball have their respective media days, the prospective picture of the upcoming season is falling into place. The Duke Blue Devils, as most prevalent teams in college basketball, lost some fire power to this year’s NBA draft. Austin Rivers was the team’s leading scorer with 15.5 ppg before being [...]

September 18, 2012 – Dan Favale The New Orleans Hornets are going to be exciting to watch this season. But will that excitement, courtesy of their re-tooled roster, be enough to carry them into the postseason? Now, most would say no. After all, as talented a core as Ryan Anderson, Anthony Davis, Eric Gordon and [...]

August 22, 2012 – Allen Moll It’s far from new for Boston Celtics guard Jason Terry to be brash, bold, and outspoken in his 13 years in the Association.  I’m kidding.  In addition to ranking as one of the Top 5 3 point shooters in league history, Terry has been known for his trash talking, [...]

August 14, 2012 – Allen Moll I guess we should have seen this coming.  Along with all of the hype and hoopla of the Los Angeles Lakers acquiring the franchise’s next great big man in Dwight Howard, comes the backlash of an angry fanbase left behind in Orlando. Magic fans have seen this scenario before, [...]

August 6, 2012 – Allen Moll Each and every Summer since 2006, the very best prep HS players get together for a hoops showcase known as the Elite 24 Game.  Well it’s that time once again as the 7th annual game and accompanying dunk contest will take place the weekend of August 24th and 25th [...]

July 25, 2012 – Allen Moll Former NBA Champion and 4 time All Star, known as one of the league’s most feistiest players during his playing days, Rasheed Wallace is apparently getting the itch to play the game he loves once again as he has popped up playing in the Greater NC Pro-Am, alongside former [...]

July 6, 2012 – Griffin Gotta Eric Gordon was traded before the start of last season from the Los Angeles Clippers to the New Orleans Hornets as the main return in the Chris Paul deal. He was the guy the Hornets felt comfortable starting over with, and at the same time, ending the Paul era [...]

July 5, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors When the Hornets drafted Duke’s Austin Rivers with the 10th pick last week, on the surface it made it seem as if Eric Gordon would become expendable since he plays the same position as Rivers and because Rivers will be less expensive. But apparently that isn’t the case. [...]

July 2, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Even though he’s pushing two decades in the league, you could barely tell by the way Kevin Garnett played down the stretch in the playoffs for the Celtics. For many games, he was the best player for Boston and carried the offensive load. Despite that, there was speculation [...]