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Breaking Down the Mo Williams-Gary Neal Trade

An emergency column on our latest roster shake-up, the trade of Gary Neal and Miami’s 2019 second round pick (acquired in the P.J. Hairston – Shabazz Napier draft day trade) … Continue reading

February 12, 2015 · 2 Comments

Observations from The Battle of The Juggernauts

Some observations following the night: during which the Twitterverse was taken aback by Atlanta’s organist Sir Foster (my personal favorite has always been him playing “You Can Call Me Al” … Continue reading

February 7, 2015 · Leave a comment

Hornets Week 13 & 14: Kemba’s Replacements

With Kemba out until at least March due to a surgery on his left meniscus, it’s time to look at relevant topics concerning the guys who are now filling his … Continue reading

February 4, 2015 · 2 Comments

Hornets Week 11 & 12: Defense Remains Stingy

A few topics from the last two weeks that I want to get to… Defensive Numbers Stay Put The state of the Al-less Hornets was pretty much covered two weeks … Continue reading

January 21, 2015 · 3 Comments

Hornets Week 10: OffRtg Without Kemba – 73.7

It’s been a fascinating week of games to watch for Hornets fans as this feels like our first real stint without Al Jefferson on the court ever since the big … Continue reading

January 7, 2015 · 9 Comments

Hornets Week 8 & 9: Kemba’s Hot Shooting Without Lance

A bit of a belated column this week due to me considering to move on to a format of one Hornets blog every two weeks and wanting to acquire a … Continue reading

December 29, 2014 · 2 Comments

Christmas Game Observations

Some observations I made last night while enduring a six NBA game marathon (Hornets – Bucks and the five Christmas games). John Wall’s Wizardry in the Pick-n-Roll John Wall allowed … Continue reading

December 26, 2014 · Leave a comment

How Dallas Adjusted Rondo’s Role to Beat the Spurs

Rajon Rondo’s Dallas Mavericks debut wasn’t all that we expected from a perspective of wishing to see how he would fit in the team’s half-court offense. The league’s resident grump … Continue reading

December 21, 2014 · 1 Comment

Analyzing Film: Al Jefferson’s Bad Defense in 4th Quarters

A bit of a different approach for the Week 7 blog. Following an 0-4 week, two of the losses again coming in close games, I was tempted to re-watch every … Continue reading

December 19, 2014 · 5 Comments

The Case Against the Rajon Rondo Trade

A couple of points that I shared around the web on the Dallas – Boston trade. It’s just something that I wanted to post on the blog as well, in … Continue reading

December 19, 2014 · 6 Comments