New Orleans

The grind never stops for Anthony Davis. While NBA All-Star weekend is supposed to be a relaxing and entertaining time, it’s also a recruiting summit. And no players have more of incentive to recruit soon-to-be free agents than those from host cities. In this case, that’s New Orleans, which means Davis will spend a good [...]

According to a report from the Associated Press, the NBA has officially decided to move the 2017 NBA All-star Game and Weekend to New Orleans. [tweet https://twitter.com/SInow/status/766634841165205504] This will be the 3rd time New Orleans has hosted the game since 2008, also hosting the event just three years ago in 2014. As you may remember [...]

There have been rumblings for months that the NBA would pull the 2017 All-Star Game and festivities out of Charlotte if North Carolina legislators don’t change their recently enacted laws that discriminate against the LGBT community. According to The Vertical Reporter and Editor Adrian Wojnarowski, the NBA made good on their word and has decided [...]

The Pelicans got off to a terrible start to the season, and injuries certainly didn’t help. But to their credit, they are only 4 games back of the final playoff spot in the East. However, there are 3 teams between them and that 8th spot. If they have any shot at reaching there, Anthony Davis [...]

There was high expectations for Derrick Rose since coming into the league, and before his 2012 ACL injury he seemed to be exceeding them. A player who’s stock was only rising, it wouldn’t be a stretch of the imagination to call D Rose being an All-Star if healthy this season. That being said, take a [...]

For the entire weekend, adidas took over the W Hotel inside of the French Quarter to hold their #adidasInTheQuarter events during the 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans. On display in the product quarters, next to the pool by the way, was the entire adidas Originals and adidas Basketball sneaker line-up in colorways designed [...]

April 16, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Just last week, the Hornets were purchased by someone who has a vested interested in New Orleans: the owner of the Saints. He’s interested in keeping them in town and good things are already happening… When NBA Commissioner David Stern introduces New Orleans Hornets owner Tom Benson at [...]

April 2, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Finally. Reggie Miller last year (in his first eligible year) was turned away from being enshrined into the Hall of Fame due to lack of votes. The same mistake wasn’t made two years in a row, as today in New Orleans Reggie Miller received the requisite votes necessary [...]

April 2, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors One of the more unique and probably uncomfortable arrangements in sports is having a team that is owned by the league. That’s the case we have with the New Orleans Hornets. As we saw, that played a role in the Chris Paul/Lakers trade veto. The league apparently wants [...]

April 21, 2011 – R.S. De France After losing game one of the quarterfinals to New Orleans, 109-100, the Lakers recovered in game two with a narrow 87-78 victory. In these two games, the Lakers have seen consistency and inconsistency in strange places. So far, Ron Artest and Andrew Bynum have been the most consistent [...]