NBATV: Hornets Team Preview

It comes on in 6 minutes, 6pm central time on NBA TV.

It looks like it repeats tonight at 1:30 am, 10/21 at 12:30am and 5:00 am, 10/23 at 7:30 am all central time.

What's the point? National media knows nothing and their "previews" will be a bunch of generic nonsense.

Just saw the Hoopshype team preview that listed Rivers as the starting PG, Ryno as starting SF, and Hakim Warrick as the 6th man. Waste of time to listen to what national media has to say. Better off just talking to one another and/or checking out local papers/sites.

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

What's the point? National media knows nothing and their "previews" will be a bunch of generic nonsense.

Just saw the Hoopshype team preview that listed Rivers as the starting PG, Ryno as starting SF, and Hakim Warrick as the 6th man. Waste of time to listen to what national media has to say. Better off just talking to one another and/or checking out local papers/sites.

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What's the point of your post? So people shouldn't watch just because the national media isn't as knowledgeable as the local media? It sounds like you want all the attention.

Didn't say anything about "me"

Swarm and Sting, HornetsReport, H247, At the Hive, Nola.com -- so many great places to get Hornets info. National previews are a joke and the more people watch them/read them, the more these people think they can get away with doing little to no research and still get large numbers.

And do you really wanna know how it effects ALL of us? The Hornets PR people set up interviews, appearances, etc. and they have a limited amount of time, so they usually give it to those outlets that are the most watched, read, etc. If Hornets fans didn't watch this crap, but checked out At the Hive or H247 instead, then the next time you saw a Monty interview or heard Dell Demps , they wouldn't be lobbed softball questions that we all already know the answers to.

The sad truth, however, is that 80% of Hornets fans dont know of the sites that have the in-depth info and will instead watch this crap. The Hornets will in turn give more access to outlets like this and the cycle will continue.

Ask anybody who works with me at Hornets247- I couldn't care less about whether people know me or listen to me. If I had one wish, it would be for sports media to totally be flipped on its head and the first step is for the fans to let national outlets know that they won't tune in for this junk. They see a ratings dip, and believe me, their effort will change.

I love the coverage of Hornets247, but they do team previews for every team so I doubt they would stop if they didn't have good ratings. Since preseason isn't televised this 30 minute preview was good enough for me to get my Hornets fix before the regular season starts.

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Originally Posted by Metairie Hornet

What's the point of your post? So people shouldn't watch just because the national media isn't as knowledgeable as the local media? It sounds like you want all the attention.

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Chill dude. Michael makes a good point. I saw that same hoopshype article; it was a sore sight. Hell, I heard a guy on NBA TV suggest that we might start Lance Thomas at the 3. National media will continue to overlook us and misinform audiences about our team until we become a more respectable, competitive team aka contenders. That's how it is with all the bottom feeders, especially small-market ones. Davis and Rivers mark a positive shift in public attention, but don't think we've turned the corner just yet. Soon, however, things will change. And with that change will come more competent coverage.

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Originally Posted by NOH2313

Chill dude. Michael makes a good point. I saw that same hoopshype article; it was a sore sight. Hell, I heard a guy on NBA TV suggest that we might start Lance Thomas at the 3. National media will continue to overlook us and misinform audiences about our team until we become a more respectable, competitive team aka contenders. That's how it is with all the bottom feeders, especially small-market ones. Davis and Rivers mark a positive shift in public attention, but don't think we've turned the corner just yet. Soon, however, things will change. And with that change will come more competent coverage.

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I should chill? I was merely pointing out that the team preview was coming on TV for those who wanted to see it. I didn't post anything about the Hoopshype article so I don't know how that's relevant to the NBATV Hornets team preview.

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

Didn't say anything about "me"

Swarm and Sting, HornetsReport, H247, At the Hive, Nola.com -- so many great places to get Hornets info. National previews are a joke and the more people watch them/read them, the more these people think they can get away with doing little to no research and still get large numbers.

And do you really wanna know how it effects ALL of us? The Hornets PR people set up interviews, appearances, etc. and they have a limited amount of time, so they usually give it to those outlets that are the most watched, read, etc. If Hornets fans didn't watch this crap, but checked out At the Hive or H247 instead, then the next time you saw a Monty interview or heard Dell Demps , they wouldn't be lobbed softball questions that we all already know the answers to.

The sad truth, however, is that 80% of Hornets fans dont know of the sites that have the in-depth info and will instead watch this crap. The Hornets will in turn give more access to outlets like this and the cycle will continue.

Ask anybody who works with me at Hornets247- I couldn't care less about whether people know me or listen to me. If I had one wish, it would be for sports media to totally be flipped on its head and the first step is for the fans to let national outlets know that they won't tune in for this junk. They see a ratings dip, and believe me, their effort will change.

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I AGREE WITH YOUR VIEWS BROTHER. Love the podcast man.

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Originally Posted by Metairie Hornet

I should chill? I was merely pointing out that the team preview was coming on TV for those who wanted to see it. I didn't post anything about the Hoopshype article so I don't know how that's relevant to the NBATV Hornets team preview.

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"It sounds like you want all the attention" was a pretty silly deduction to come up with from Micheal's post. And he used the Hoopshype article as an example of national coverage in general, which obviously includes NBATV. Don't take his criticism so personally. I appreciated your post, as I am sure he did. All he was pointing out was that these types of national previews rarely cover teams like ours sufficiently.

Ok.I guess you didn't read the articles about us tanking and article upon article about us not having any chance of the playoffs this year. They based that off of us going 21-45. Not actually noticing that we played extremely well without our star player. National media doesn't care enough about small market teams to do their research on them, so use hornets websites. S&S H247 ATH and HR are the way to go. I like reading hornets articles from people who actually watch them, you and other hornets fans should too.

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Originally Posted by NOH2313

"It sounds like you want all the attention" was a pretty silly deduction to come up with from Micheal's post. And he used the Hoopshype article as an example of national coverage in general, which obviously includes NBATV. Don't take his criticism so personally. I appreciated your post, as I am sure he did. All he was pointing out was that these types of national previews rarely cover teams like ours sufficiently.

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Agreed. NBATV was the wonderful people who while commentating a summer league game, said the hornets were at least 3 years from being a playoff team

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Originally Posted by WhoDatHornet96

Agreed. NBATV was the wonderful people who while commentating a summer league game, said the hornets were at least 3 years from being a playoff team

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I don't think that statement is such a stretch. It's a possibility. We are still a very young team and our best player has to prove that he can stay healthy.

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Originally Posted by Nola Hornet

I don't think that statement is such a stretch. It's a possibility. We are still a very young team and our best player has to prove that he can stay healthy.

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So you honestly thinly that this team is THREE years from just being an 8th seed? Crazy man

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Originally Posted by Metairie Hornet

It comes on in 6 minutes, 6pm central time on NBA TV.

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THANK YOU!

Would have been a nice thing to say to MetarieHornet, THANK YOU

I think I would have responded the same way to Micheal's comment, the fact that the "National media coverage knows nothing" comment is his own bias, Metarie was just bringing everyone to attention of news about our favorite team. And lets be honest people, local coverage is just as bad as "National" coverage now a days. Just my 2 cents.

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Originally Posted by WhoDatHornet96

So you honestly thinly that this team is THREE years from just being an 8th seed? Crazy man

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There's too many variables to consider. Gordon's health, PG development, SF, and Rivers development. We have a lot of potential but we also have a lot of question marks. Look at teams like Minnesota, GSW, and Sacramento. They have yet to make that leap. Potential only takes you so far.

I'm not saying we'll be at best 8th seed in 3 years. I'm saying it's not out of the possibility. It's also not out of the possibility that we luck out and everything goes according to plan and we make a splash within 3 years. I'm just saying it's not a stretch for the team to take 3 years to develop.

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Originally Posted by Nola Hornet

There's too many variables to consider. Gordon's health, PG development, SF, and Rivers development. We have a lot of potenti
al but we also have a lot of question marks. Look at teams like Minnesota, GSW, and Sacramento. They have yet to make that leap. Potential only takes you so far.

I'm not saying we'll be at best 8th seed in 3 years. I'm saying it's not out of the possibility. It's also not out of the possibility that we luck out and everything goes according to plan and we make a splash within 3 years. I'm just saying it's not a stretch for the team to take 3 years to develop.

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Ill give you that. It just depends on those variables. I'm just saying I think we have a lot of talent but then again its young talent. Regardless of what happens it will be a great season. #GEAUXHORNETS #AD23ISTHEFUTURE

The preview was good in the depth it provided in how a prolific shot blocker changes the defensive mindset for the other positions. The weakness was the "worst case scenario". Unless Gordon spends most of the year injured, I just don't see how the Hornets are going to be among the league's bottom-feeders.

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

What's the point? National media knows nothing and their "previews" will be a bunch of generic nonsense.

Just saw the Hoopshype team preview that listed Rivers as the starting PG, Ryno as starting SF, and Hakim Warrick as the 6th man. Waste of time to listen to what national media has to say. Better off just talking to one another and/or checking out local papers/sites.

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You might need to chill out a bit dude, everyone has a right to post even if they DON'T have a super awesome blog to post on.

Didn't hornets247.com just post a Soutwest division "preview" and prediction?

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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara

The sad truth, however, is that 80% of Hornets fans dont know of the sites that have the in-depth info and will instead watch this crap. The Hornets will in turn give more access to outlets like this and the cycle will continue.

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This could be said for any sports team in the nation, perhaps the world.

I know this is really late, but it is needed in this thread

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crazy how a lot of posts turn into arguments and jump from topic to topic.

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Originally Posted by WhoDatHornet96

So you honestly thinly that this team is THREE years from just being an 8th seed? Crazy man

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While I don't think it will take that long with this group... it's certainly a possibility. The biggest factor is Gordon's health. If he continues to miss a ton of games every year and Austin Rivers doesn't turn into anything other than a decent starter or good 6th/7th man, then the team could still have issues scoring.

Personally, I'm predicting them to finish around the 10th/11th spot in the West this year, but finish the season strong after a slow start. Next year, finish around the 8th/7th seed, then compete for the 4th/5th seed in three years.

A lot of this also clearly depends on what happens with teams like the Mavs, Spurs, and Lakers and their aging players. I do think the Hornets are a legit championship contender in about 4 or 5 years though when Davis hits the beginning of his prime and Gordon is still relatively young.

I already have my own hype around the Hornets & Thunder being future rivals like the Spurs used to always be with the Suns & Mavs.

If anyone is interested in seeing it, here is a snippet of it. I thought it was the full thing but it's not.

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/nb...nba/index.html

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Originally Posted by geauxbama

I know this is really late, but it is needed in this thread

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LOL!!! That's what most of us looked like when the ping pong balls fell our way!

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Originally Posted by HalfBreed

crazy how a lot of posts turn into arguments and jump from topic to topic.

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HR is always an entertaining place. You gotta love it.

I had no desire to turn this into a fight- the EXACT opposite, actually.

I think we need to all come together and make sure we let every Hornet fan know about HR, H247, At the Hive, etc. Drive the traffic there (and here) and away from the national columns and shows that dont have a clue what they are talking about. When the dynamic shifts, the brass will take notice and they will direct their PR staff to "go where the money is"

If they know the true fans only go to these sites, they will give more access, interviews, etc. Ryan and I have slowly built a brand with our In the NO podcast and because we have treated guests so well, we get almost anyone we ask for, but that should be the norm for all of these great outlets I talk about. I honestly think in 2-3 years we can shift the dynamic with a concerted effort.