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Hornets Get Rashard Lewis & 2nd Round Pick From Wizards

  According to Marc Stein at ESPN, the Hornets and the Washington Wizards have agreed to terms on a trade. The Hornets will ship out Trevor Ariza & Emeka Okafor to Washington in exchange for Rashard…Read More

Hornets Are Willing to Trade #10 Pick With Ariza or Okafor

According to Shaun Powell, NBA columnist at NBA.com & ESPN.com via twitter, the New Orleans Hornets are willing to give up the 10th pick in the draft in trade. The only trades that the Hornets would…Read More

Emeka Okafor Update

Emeka Okafor, who has battled a bad knee all year, was officially deemed out for the season at the beginning of the month. Okafor has only played 27 games this season and averaged 9.9 points and 7.9 rebounds. Okafor…Read More

Early New Orleans Hornets Observations

Been a while since I’ve checked in and I apologise, things have been hectic on my end. But alas there’s a new season and a new winning team for the Hornets. With that there’s been a…Read More

Five Reasons To Be Optimistic About The New Orleans Hornets

We all know that in the NBA things are at their darkest. Both the NBA Players and the NBA Owners are not talking to each other like a couple in all sorts of marital problems. It sucks that I have to bring…Read More

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Getting the Sting and Soul Back In New Orleans

Remember that magical 2008 season? Seems like long time ago for Chris Paul and those Hornets. Something…Read More

Why The New Orleans Hornets Need Emeka Okafor

How’s everyone doing deep into this NBA lockout? Going a little stir crazy? I know I am. Anyway, I…Read More

Will There Be Hornets Player Workouts This Offseason?

An interesting article surfaced just the other day about Chris Bosh’s confidence of the season…Read More

Under a New CBA, Could The Hornets Restructure Emeka Okafor’s Contract?

Emeka Okafor’s contract has been a hot topic on this site for a long, long time. Too long in fact.…Read More

The Hornet’s Most Disappointing Moment of the Season

It’s not the Marcus Thornton trade. It’s not when Emeka Okafor injured his hip against the…Read More

New Orleans Hornets in Sports Illustrated’s Top 100 NBA Players

A great pickup from Sports Illustrated this evening, they have just run their Top-100 players in the…Read More

Hornets Season Review: Aaron Gray

When you think of immovable objects some things that come to mind are Andre the Giant, Chuck Norris…Read More

Hornets Season Review: Emeka Okafor

Emeka Okafor gets criticized often by New Orleans Hornets fans. I guess when they look around the league…Read More

Do The Hornets Bring Back Aaron Gray?

When GM Dell Demps retooled the Hornets roster this past offseason one of the few players he kept was…Read More

The Amnesty Clause: To Be Used On Emeka Okafor?

An interesting part of a new CBA deal will be whether an amnesty clause is instituted. For those who…Read More

Mistakes The Hornets Could Make This Offseason

  Here at Swarm and Sting we’ve been discussing the importance of this off-season. From whether…Read More

Can Emeka Okafor Be A Decent Playoff Center?

Having a great center is the key to many playoff victories. From the Spurs and Tim Duncan to Grizzlies…Read More

The Hornets Offseason According to NBA2K11

While James takes a very good, realistic look at what the Hornets might do this offseason, I was curious…Read More

Reflecting On The New Orleans Hornets Season

It’s been a long season with many issues, events and drama. Personally there was always something…Read More

Hornets 90, Lakers 106: Down But Not Out

There are a lot of reasons this game was lost: turnovers, referees, rebounds, second chance points.…Read More