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The New Orleans Hornets' game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night should have been a highlight on the local sports calendar, a circle-the-date standout in the 41-game home schedule.
LSU and the New Orleans Saints were off. The weather was ideal. And one of the NBA's star-studded teams was in town for a marquee early-season battle.
It should have been a sellout. Instead, the New Orleans Arena was about two-thirds full - official attendance was announced at 14,547 – and there was a noticeable lack of buzz in the air.
And, really, who could blame the fans? They knew exactly what was going to happen on the court.
This isn't how it's supposed to work in Year 2 of a rebuilding campaign, especially after you land the No. 1 player in the draft and secure popular local ownership.
The Thunder went to the playoffs in Year 3 of the Kevin Durant-Russell Westbrook era. The Spurs won it all in Year 3 of Greg Popovich's tenure.
The Hornets, meanwhile, are spinning their wheels and spinning rhetoric about the promising future.
Any thoughts on this? Seems a bit to early to be calling the rebuild a failure already.
The buzz is gone for the New Orleans Hornets
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12-02-2012, 02:23 PMTim FloydThe buzz is gone for the New Orleans Hornets
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12-02-2012, 02:25 PMEman5805
I wish you would've said it was a Jeff Duncan article. I wouldn't have bothered clicking it.
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12-02-2012, 02:27 PMThe JNR
Yeah, dude's pretty full of it. Panicking way too early.
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12-02-2012, 02:29 PM42
This is the way it's supposed to work.
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12-02-2012, 02:31 PMPelicans_fan_504
I can't believe that someone would right that trash. Go look how many games okc won the year before they made the playoffs
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12-02-2012, 02:55 PMjawznola
The problem is he's basing his decision off of less than one year of Benson ownership, but is using OKC (in year 3 of KD's career) and San Antonio (Year 3 of their program)... totally unfair, give us at least 3 years too
We should be fine once AD gets healthy, Gordon actually plays, a key FA pickup in the offseason, and possibly a good lottery pick... THEN we could be judged, right now, we're just hustling for wins -
12-02-2012, 02:56 PMPELICANSFANThe guy is a cancer to New Orleans sports. He does not deserve to have a job in this market. He does not understand sports at all. Anyone calling a rebuild a failure only 15 games in and without its two best player just proves they are ignorant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eman5805
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12-02-2012, 03:39 PMgreeweNailed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by 42
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12-02-2012, 03:53 PMiNolaNightmareExactly. Is he dumb or stupid?Quote:
Originally Posted by 42
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12-02-2012, 04:11 PMPelicans23
What is this guys problem? It's funny before i opened the link i KNEW it was duncan.
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12-02-2012, 04:23 PMkclaboy504exactly lol..he is a bum for a journalistQuote:
Originally Posted by Eman5805
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12-02-2012, 04:26 PMPelicans78
He is wrong about the timing of the rebuilding. Only been one full year in this rebuilding effort.
He is right on the buzz being gone right now. This team is not interesting at all right now and they don't play with alot of effort or competitiveness. -
12-02-2012, 04:36 PMPelsFan2313Amen. He doesn't have a clue about basketball or football. Honestly, I don't know one person who likes this clown. And for good reason. What a joke of an article.Quote:
Originally Posted by HORNETSFAN
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12-02-2012, 10:42 PMPantazis76
What else does he expect.. from a team without our two best players..
Its like asking OKC to top the nba standings without Westbrook or Durant. -
12-02-2012, 11:16 PMJoe Horn(ets)
The rebuilding isn't over yet, he's wrong for making it seem like it's a failure. Maybe if we are showing no progress next season or the year after then yes, it's a failure.
But like someone alluded to, he's right that the "buzz" is gone. Davis has missed more games than played which took off all the sails as of right now on the excitement fans had for him. The team is struggling on the court and look much less competitive than last season. The whole Eric Gordon saga. And the buzz that fans had after Benson bought the team clearly has gone down since. But it's still early. -
12-03-2012, 12:05 AMVinny6420
We have the second youngest team, no **** we aren't beating some of the best teams in the league
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12-03-2012, 12:12 AMHornetnojersey
Last year Duncan figured out that people pay more attention to you when you're the bad guy so he welcomed that role. He's a wanna be P.Prisco/Cowherd now. Just ignore that clown and see what he has to say in a month when the teams is healthy
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12-03-2012, 12:41 AMPantazis76
Youth doesnt really play a factor to our record though.. Rockets are younger and look at their record.
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12-03-2012, 12:52 AMFlyGirlThe Rockets currently have 4 more wins. I don't think their strength of schedule has been the same as ours either.Quote:
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ETA: According to BR.com, Cleveland, New Orleans and Houston currently have the same avg. age of 24.2. And it just so happens that both us and Cleveland only have 4 wins. -
12-03-2012, 12:54 AM42
Most of what Duncan is saying is just fine.
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12-03-2012, 01:23 AMPerth_Hornet
Davis wasn't even playing, nor is max man Gordon.
What a giant ******bag and links to okc and spurs are tenuous at best. -
12-03-2012, 12:07 PMEman5805One of their young players is elite though. None of our young players. Well, actually two are. But they aren't playing right now.Quote:
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12-03-2012, 12:25 PMramsters60Eman....how about pulling some strings and getting me Chandler Parsons...Quote:
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12-03-2012, 12:29 PMda ThRONeThis. The comparisons to other teams was unnecessary, but he address the fact that Gordon and Davis is out. He simply points out the fact that the buzz is down and from what I can tell it is. Not sure of this guy history of reports, but just based off of this article there's no major swipes at the Hornets.Quote:
Originally Posted by 42
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12-03-2012, 12:35 PMWisconsinHornet
I don't know anybody who has actually watched Hornets games who doesn't think we'd be .500 if Eric Gordon was healthy and playing.
Most of our first 5 losses were within 5 points and came down to the wire. There was a point where we realistically would have been 6-0 if Eric Gordon had been healthy.
Now with Ant'n'y Davis (as Kaare Johnson calls him) out as well it's no wonder that we're one of the worst teams in the league. If you take the two best players off of ANY NBA team they're going to struggle (well, except for the Timberwolves apparently).
Honest to God, I don't even see the point of bringing Gordon back until very late in the season if this sounds like rest could really help his knee heal properly. AD needs playing time - Gordon needs to be 100% for next year when we'll be legit playoff contenders. -
12-03-2012, 12:35 PMWisconsinHornetChandler Parsons is straight beast.Quote:
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12-03-2012, 12:37 PMWhoDatPelican
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12-03-2012, 12:44 PMMr. Mojoi've been having that stuck in my head for 2 days now, thanks to this thread lol. I even thought of posting a video myselfQuote:
Originally Posted by WhoDatHornet
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12-03-2012, 12:51 PMWisconsinHornetYour screenname gets this stuck in my headQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Mojo
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12-03-2012, 12:52 PMramsters60if you can find the version where BB duets with Gary Moore, give it a listen!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Mojo
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12-03-2012, 01:06 PMMr. Mojoha well at least these are all good songs to keep in one's head :rocks:Quote:
Your screenname gets this stuck in my head
thanks i'm gonna go check that out!Quote:
if you can find the version where BB duets with Gary Moore, give it a listen!
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12-03-2012, 03:44 PMSmirk
He calls this "Year 2" of the rebuild and I don't see it that way. I see it as Year 1.
And comparing it to SAS is crazy, considering they already had David Robinson, then got Duncan, who came out of the Draft as a Senior, compared to Davis who came out as a Freshman.
As for OKC, if year 1 of their rebuild was after they got Durant, then this is Year 1 of ours.