With all the talk in the NBA season coming up, no one has mentioned the New Orleans Hornets. All the talk so far has been whether Kobe Bryant will be a no show. What will happen to the Suns with an unhappy Shawn Merrion. Will Utah make a move to unload AK-47. Can Kevin Garnett,Ray Allen and Paul Pierce Bring a championship back to Boston and will the Spurs repeat yet again. The Hornets are flying under the radar so far this season. The team has added veteran G/F Morris Peterson to help them in the backcourt. Something the Hornets sorely missed with Peja out with back problems last year. The team should be a playoff contender this year. They have a top 5 PG in Chris Paul. A reliable foward who can shoot pretty well from mid-range in David West. A deadly shooter from outside Peja Stoyakovic. At Center they have Tyson Chandler who seems to be fitting in his role with the Hornets better than he did in Chicago. Not to mention they also have on the bench Vet. Bobby Jackson, Jannero Pargo, Rasual Buttler and in his second season Hilton Armstrong who was a pretty surprising player last year with the limited minutes he had played. The team might also be helped out by R Jullian Wright the teams first round pick from Kansas. He's a rookie though so he'll probably see limited time on the court. The thing it could come down to for New Orleans is Defense, especialy in transition. Can Byron Scott get them ready to play teams like Pheonix who run the floor so well. All in all this NBA season should be an exciting one for Hornets fans. I look for them to be a 5 seed in the playoffs but that's a long ways away and playing in the west isn't easy.
Shaun Marion is reporting he feels his time with the Phoenix Suns is past due. The report comes from the Arizona Republic the states official news paper. Marion has found his name in trade talks recently with the Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Lakers. Marion told sporting news .com by phone that he would welcome a trade to the Lakers to be able to play with good friend Kobe Bryant. "You have a great organazation, great ownership there with the Lakers. I don't see any problem playing there." It would be a good move for both Marion and the Lakers to get a deal done. The Lakers could use another player that could score in bunches to help Kobe Bryant and Marion would probably go back to playing the position he is built to play. If the Lakers do not pull the trigger on this trade it will (Atleast I would think so) be another situation like the one with Jason Kidd... a very frustrated Kobe wanting out of an organaztion that refuses to get him some serious help. But making a trade for Marion would probably cost the Lakers Lamar Odom and are they willing to part with him is anybody's guess. Marion is the highest paid player on the Suns roster with two years remaining on his contract and rumor is he wants a three year extension worth $ 60 million that he would neither deny nor confirm. "Regardless of the extension talks, I'm tired of hearing my name in trade rumors" said Marion. "It's time for me to move on. I feel like they tried to force my hand to boston with the Garnett stuff." It's the nature of the bussiness. No one ever wants to leave a team they have had so much success playing for. If you Ask me the Lakers would be fools not to do whatever it takes to get Marion in a Laker uniform. As a huge Laker fan, I welcome the trade and Marion to the team. He would be a valuable asset to the Lakers going deeper in the playoffs than the last couple of years. Kobe needs help and although I love Derick Fisher, he is not the answer to L.A.'s playoff woes. We need someone with some serious skills and a aggresive aproach to the game. Marion can bring that to this team. He's a scorer and a great rebounder. Unlike some 7" foot people on this team who are panzies in my opinion. So I am asking other Laker fans on this site what do you think? Should they make the deal provided it doesn't cost to many players. Or should they stick to what they have? Never the less the NBA season hasn't started but it seems like things will be heating up soon. I Love this Game!
I'm a 33 yr old guy who has been a big fan of sports most my life. I love sports from in and around my city of New orleans. I am also a huge L.A. Laker fan,been so since i was a kid and saw magic play. Love my LSU fighting tigers and hopeing for another National Championship this year. Geaux tigers!!!
