Tag Archives: New Orleans Hornets
Taylor Smith’s Week 20 NBA Power Rankings: Mavericks on Top, Lakers Falling
Apparently, nobody really wants that eighth seed in the Western Conference. Every team currently ninth or lower in the West has dropped their most recent game, and no team has gone better than 5-5 in their last 10. The eighth place Blazers are just 6-4 in that stretch, but appear to have a stranglehold on [...]
2010 NBA Rookie Rankings (Week 18): Tyreke Evans Still Leading The Pack
We’re into the final stretch of the 2009-10 NBA regular season, and with the All-Star break and NBA trade deadline things of the past, it’s time to focus again on how our rookies are faring. After sticking in the top two for almost the entire season, Milwaukee’s Brandon Jennings is slipping with inconsistent numbers. Read [...]
Taylor Smiths’ Week 18 NBA Power Rankings
With a flurry of deals having gone down prior to last week’s trade deadline, the NBA landscape is different from how it was at this time last week. Contenders have added what they hope to be the final pieces to a championship run, while some other teams positioned themselves to be big spenders come free [...]
Week 18 NBA Fantasy Start/Sit: Tracy McGrady Busts Out
We already covered all the trades and hit you up with all the fantasy analysis on all the players involved. Now it’s time to get back into the mix of things in the fantasy realm, and that starts with setting a strong fantasy lineup for the week. Read on for the top five guys to [...]
Taylor Smith’s Week 16 NBA Rookie Rankings: Tyreke Evans Still the Man
Lately, rookies all over the league have already been thrust into major roles for their teams, and several of them are responding in huge ways. While the top spot remains unchanged, there’s been some commotion from numbers two through ten. 1. Tyreke Evans, PG, Sacramento Kings Evans’ season just keeps getting better and better. He [...]
NBA Fantasy Star Search (Feb. 11th): Stephen Curry Makes History
We’re back to checking out the league’s primo content deliverers, the guys who can dish out dimes like no other, swish three’s like they’re getting paid for it (even though they actually are), and block shots like they’re diseases. But really, this column is all about giving props to the stars, and tiny shout-outs to [...]
Taylor Smith’s Week 16 NBA Power Rankings: All-Star Break Edition
With the trade deadline looming about a week-and-a-half away, fringe teams are trying to decide between being buyers or sellers, while contenders are contemplating standing pat as opposed to making a move to beef up the roster for the playoff stretch. While the Cavaliers continue to roll at the top, each of last season’s Finals [...]
NBA Fantasy Waiver Wire (Feb. 8th): All-Star Edition
We’re in the final week before the NBA All-Star break, which means you could use a few options to lean on as certain guys sit out the week with injuries. On top of that, it may be time to re-visit what certain injuries mean to the players you pick-up, or the specific injured players, themselves. Stay [...]
New Orleans’ Hornets nest: The firing of Byron Scott
What makes a successful head coach? Or perhaps a better question is… what makes a once successful head coach suddenly forget how to coach? Last week, the New Orleans Hornets announced that the services of their head coach and former NBA coach of the year, Byron Scott, would no longer be needed. The Hornets had [...]
Did the Hornets move too soon in firing Byron Scott?
In a shocking NBA move, the New Orleans Hornets have fired head coach Byron Scott, according to league sources. The team is expected to make a formal announcement sometime on Thursday. Scott is being let go following a slow start for the Hornets, as they’ve gone just 3-6 through their first nine contests, and have [...]
