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.
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!!!
