Hornets - Stinging The NBA - 07-08 - Week 3+4 Recap up [7-5]

Stinging The NBA

The 06-07 Season was a disaster for the Hornets, they had a record of 26-56. This result was most likely due to the fact that through the season 4 out of the 5 starters were injured at one time or the other. Through November and part of December, Tyson Chandler was injured. Through January Peja Stojakovic and Desmond Mason were injured and finally through March Chris Paul was injured. After everyone on the team was healthy it seemed too late to try and make a run into the playoffs. Though GM Jeff Bower decided that he wanted to try and rebuild the Hornets, with young fresh talent. He saw the upcoming 07 Draft had great college players such as Greg Oden, Kevin Durant, Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer and more so he began trading for draft picks. He managed to secure the 1st round picks of both Philadelphia and Utah. Philadelphia was in shreds after the season ended, because they had the worst record in the league and traded away a 25% chance at the first overall pick.

Many trades happened in the previous season, with some awkward ones as well. The biggest trades to happen in the 06-07 season though were:

Heat/Pacers - Eddie Jones for Jermaine O'Neal
Mavericks/Jazz - Dirk Nowitzki for Andrei Kirilenko
Nets/Nuggets - Richard Jefferson for Kenyon Martin

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Roster

Starting Five:
C - Tyson Chandler
PF - David West
SF - Kevin Durant
SG - Peja Stojakovic
PG - Chris Paul

Bench:
PF - Joakim Noah
PG - Bobby Jackson
PF - Hilton Armstrong
SF - Rasual Butler
SG - Aaron Afflalo
C - Marc Jackson
SG - Brad Newley

In-active:
PF - Cedric Simmons
C - Fabricio Oberto

Transactions

Hornets/Spurs - Rafael Araujo for Fabricio Oberto

Draft Picks

2nd Overall: Kevin Durant
5th Overall: Joakim Noah
17th Overall: Aaron Afflalo
35th Overall: Brad Newley

Game Archive

Week 1 + 2
Week 3 + 4

Awards 07-08

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TORONTO TAKE NUMBER ONE

The New Orleans Hornets had the best chance of taking the number one spot using Philadelphia's 1st Round Pick, though it was the Toronto Raptors (Who had the 2rd best chance of getting the first pick) who took away the 1st overall pick. The Draft Lottery ended up as follows:

Lottery:

1. Toronto Raptors
2. New Orleans Hornets [PHI]
3. Seattle SuperSonics
4. Portland Trailblazers
5. New Orleans Hornets
6. Orlando Magic
7. New York Knicks
8. Golden State Warriors
9. Washington Wizards
10. Indiana Pacers
11. Atlanta Hawks
12. Sacramento Kings
13. Portland Trailblazers [MEM]
14. Minnesota Timberwolves

Rest:

15. Milwaukee Bucks
16. Charlotte Bobcats
17. New Orleans Hornets [UTA]
18. LA Clippers
19. Boston Celtics
20. New Jersey Nets
21. Denver Nuggets
22. San Antonio Spurs
23. Chicago Bulls
24. Phoenix Suns
25. Miami Heat
26. LA Lakers
27. Houston Rockets
28. Detroit Pistons
29. Dallas Mavericks
30. Cleveland Cavaliers

New Orleans now have a shot against the top 2 prospects in this draft. Greg Oden of Ohio State and Kevin Durant of Texas.

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Looking good so far. 3 picks in the first round. Hope you draft some good players. I think you should draft Durant and trade Stojakovic for a SG. Or maybe you'll just get lucky drafting Oden. Anyways good luck with this dynasty!

Yeah, you've got three good pieces of young talent for the picking. Eddie Jones for Jermaine O'Neal and AK-47 for Dirk were...eeshish trades.

Anyway, looking forward to seeing this, hopefully it doesn't get wiped like last time.

Good luck ... getting either Durant or Oden should put you in playoff contention next season, if not championship contention.

Do you plan on playing the season or are you simming it?

I am currently 19 games into my Hornets Dynasty and will put it up here sometime this week. I am playing all games of the 06/07 season ...

And those trades are somewhat weird ... apparently the CPU only looks for the money matching, otherwise Jermaine O'Neal for Eddie Jones would never, ever have happened. Kirilenko for Nowitzki ... well, thats closer, but Cuban wouldn't even trade Nowitzki for Shaq or KG, so I doubt he'd trade him for AK47. But hey, if the CPU thinks this works ... why not . And Richard Jefferson for K-Mart is 3 kinds of funny ...

Anyways ... enough babble ... good luck with the draft and the dynasty.

Off-Season News

The New Orleans Hornets re-signed the following players:

David West - 1 Year (5.8 Mil)
Bobby Jackson - 1 Year (9.75 Mil)
Rasual Butler - 5 Years (10 Mil over 5 years)
Marc Jackson - 2 Years (4.13 Mil over 2 years)

The New Orleans Hornets regret to announce that they have not re-signed the following players:

Desmond Mason
Linton Johnson

The Orlando Magic failed to re-sign Grant Hill.

Draft Day 2007

The 2007 Draft began with the Toronto Raptors selecting first.

First Round:

1. Toronto Raptors - Greg Oden, C, Ohio State

2. New Orleans Hornets - Kevin Durant, SF, Texas

3. Seattle SuperSonics - Brandon Wright, PF, North Carolina

4. Portland Trailblazers - Julian Wright, SF, Kansas

5. New Orleans Hornets - Joakim Noah, PF, Florida

6. Orlando Magic - Hasheem Thabeet, C, Connecticut

7. New York Knicks - Nick Young, SG, USC

8. Golden State Warriors - Roy Hibbert, C, Georgetown

9. Washington Wizards - Kyle Visser, C, Wake Forest

10. Indiana Pacers - Thaddeus Young, SF, G. Tech

11. Atlanta Hawks - Josh McRoberts, PF, Duke

12. Sacramento Kings - Alando Tucker, SF, Wisconsin

13. Portland Trailblazers - Al Horford, PF, Florida

14. Minnesota Timberwolves - Corey Brewer, SG, Florida

15. Milwaukee Bucks - Cartier Martin, SF, Kansas State

16. Charlotte Bobcats - Sun Yue, SG, China

17. New Orleans Hornets - Aaron Afflalo, SG, UCLA

18. LA Clippers - Tyler Hansborough, PF, North Carolina

19. Boston Celtics - Darrell Arthur, PF, Kansas

20. New Jersey Nets - Marc Gasol, C, Spain

21. Denver Nuggets - DJ White, PF, Indiana

22. San Antonio Spurs - Daequan Cook, SG, Ohio State

23. Chicago Bulls - Marcus Williams, SG, Arizona

24. Phoenix Suns - Yi Jianlian, PF, China

25. Miami Heat - Rudy Fernandez, SG, Spain

26. LA Lakers - Sean Williams, PF, Boston College

27. Houston Rockets - Morris Almond, SG, Rice

28. Detroit Pistons - Marco Belinelli, SG, Italy

29. Dallas Mavericks - Dominic James, PG, Marquette

30. Cleveland Cavaliers - Herbert Hill, PF, Providence

There were also some people who should have been first rounders, but were drafted in the second round. Some of the notables include:

31. Philadelphia 76ers - Jeff Green, SF, Georgetown

44. Charlotte Bobcats - Acie Law, PG, Texas A&M

40. Indiana Pacers - Al Thornton, SF, Florida State

Also in the second round, New Orleans drafted Brad Newley, a SG from Australia. So New Orleans ended up with 4 great rookies in the end.

Kevin Durant, SF, Texas
Joakim Noah, PF, Florida
Aaron Afflalo, SG, UCLA
Brad Newley, SG, Australia

Post Draft Transactions

Signings:
Grant Hill was signed to the Charlotte Bobcats for 3 years
Chuck Hayes was signed to the Philadelphia 76ers for 4 years
Hassan Adams was signed to the Phoenix Suns for 3 years
Leandro Barbosa was signed to the Toronto Raptors for 4 years
Luke Ridnour was signed to the Denver Nuggets for 4 years
Alonzo Mourning was signed to the Charlotte Bobcats for 3 years

Trades
Hornets/Spurs - Rafael Araujo for Fabricio Oberto
Celtics/Blazers - Gerald Green for Martell Webster

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Good luck ... getting either Durant or Oden should put you in playoff contention next season, if not championship contention.

Do you plan on playing the season or are you simming it?

I am currently 19 games into my Hornets Dynasty and will put it up here sometime this week. I am playing all games of the 06/07 season ...

And those trades are somewhat weird ... apparently the CPU only looks for the money matching, otherwise Jermaine O'Neal for Eddie Jones would never, ever have happened. Kirilenko for Nowitzki ... well, thats closer, but Cuban wouldn't even trade Nowitzki for Shaq or KG, so I doubt he'd trade him for AK47. But hey, if the CPU thinks this works ... why not . And Richard Jefferson for K-Mart is 3 kinds of funny ...

Anyways ... enough babble ... good luck with the draft and the dynasty.

I simmed the first season so I could get to the 07-08 season. Anyway, I'm going to be simming the first 3 quarters of every game and play the 4th.

nice start

Game Recap - Weeks 1 & 2

vs. Los Angeles Lakers - Home - Win - 83-80

Kevin Durant slams it down

In New Orleans first game with their new rookies, they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 83-80.
The player of the game was Peja who hit all 5 of his 3 pointers in the last 3 minutes.
Kevin Durant did well in his first game as a NBA player. He racked up 18 Points, 1 Rebound, 2 Assists and a amazing 4 blocks.
Kobe Bryant was the high scorer of the Lakers, scoring 28 points.
Tyson Chandler also managed to get a double double with 10 points and 12 rebounds to go with 1 assist, 2 steals and 3 blocks.

vs. Utah Jazz - Home - Win - 96-94

Peja with the dunk to make the score 96-94 with 0.9 seconds left

New Orleans second home game of the season was another great one, winning the game 96-94.
This though would not have been possible if not for Peja Stojakovic who hit a buzzer-beater dunk to win the game with 0.9 seconds left.
Kevin Durant had yet another great game, this time scoring 22 Points to go along with 6 Rebounds, 1 Assist, 1 Steal and 1 Block.
Utah's player of the game was Mehmet Okur, who had 20 Points, 11 Rebounds, 3 Assists and 2 Blocks.
New Orleans are now 2-0 at home.

vs. Dallas Mavericks - Home - Loss - 80-74

Chris Paul lays it in

New Orleans third home game of the season was a loss.
David West this time was the star for the Hornets getting 22 points, 6 Rebounds, 1 Steal and 3 Blocks.
Kevin Durant didn't score many points though he excelled in the other areas. He scored 6 Points and got 10 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 3 Steals and 3 Blocks.
Devin Harris was the player of the game. He scored 27 Points and got 2 Assists, 1 Block and 3 Steals.

vs. San Antonio Spurs - Home - Loss - 106-83

Kevin Durant goes for the mid-range jumper

New Orleans got their second loss of the season in this game. As hard as the Hornets tried the Spurs scored more and defended better.
Kevin Durant was the Hornet's best player in this game, getting a double double with 11 Rebounds and 23 Points to go along with 1 Assist and 1 Block.
Chris Paul got 8 Assists to go along with 11 Points and 2 Steals.
Tony Parker had a great game, basically for every basket worth 2 points the Hornets scored he would come out and hit a 3-pointer or drive it in and make the basket while getting fouled.
Tim Duncan though was the player of the game, with 19 Points, 12 Rebounds, 2 Assists and 3 Blocks.

vs. Denver Nuggets - Away - Win - 134-127

Chris Paul with the lay-up to take the game to overtime.

This was an amazing game for any New Orleans Hornets fan. The score at the beginning of the 4th quarter was 96 to 76, Nuggets way.
The Hornets played amazing defense and offense. They outscored the Nuggets 32-12 in the 4th-quarter and sent the game to overtime after Chris Paul hit a clutch lay-up with 0.4 seconds left. The score was 108-108 at the beginning of overtime.
Peja hit 11 3 Pointers, with 6 of them being in the fourth quarter. He ended up with 48 points, 6 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 2 Steals and 1 Block.
Chris Paul was the player of the game, he 32 Points, 8 Rebounds, 13 Assists, 4 Steals and 1 Block having an amazing performance.
Kevin Durant ended up with 15 Points, 9 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steal and 2 Blocks.
Tyson Chandler got a double-double with 20 points and 16 Rebounds.
Allen Iverson was the Nuggets best player in this game, scoring 35 Points, 6 Rebounds, 8 Assists and 2 Steals. Though he had 7 turnovers.

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Box Scores:

Los Angeles Lakers | New Orleans Hornets
Utah Jazz | New Orleans Hornets
Dallas Mavericks | New Orleans Hornets
San Antonio Spurs | New Orleans Hornets
New Orleans Hornets | Denver Nuggets

Nice games with Durant! Peja with 5-5 3PT in the 4th quarter!

Anyway, excellent formatting, although I'd prefer if you changed the colours for the headings to a darker tone of teal/blue (yes, I know it's the Hornets team colour, but it hurt my eyes when I tried to read them).

Great start to an awesome dynasty!

Thanks, I might change the colours but then again I might stay with them, seeing as they it is the team colour.

Anyway, the next 2 week recap (3 + 4) will be done tomorrow so stay tuned.

Nice. 3-2 is not bad at all considering the competition. GL with this one.

bought durant my man good job, ill b followin...

Nice to see you bounce back with a win after two losses in the second week. Its only natural that you'd lose to powerhouse teams like Dallas or San Antonio though. Better luck next time you play 'em.

wow - insane comeback of the year! great win

Game Recap - Weeks 3 & 4 [7-5]

vs. Golden State Warriors - Away - Loss - 89-76

CP3 with the shot

These next 2 weeks would be tough for New Orleans, with none of the games being at home.
Golden State played tremendous offense, especially Baron Davis, who managed to score 15 of his 22 points in the 4th quarter.
Kevin Durant was the player of the game for the Hornets, scoring 28 points and grabbing 6 rebounds to go along with 2 assists.
Tyson Chandler and Chris Paul both just missed out on double double's, with Tyson Chandler getting 13 points and 9 rebounds and Chris Paul getting 12 points and 9 assists.

vs. Los Angeles Clippers - Away - Win - 100-86

Joakim Noah gets a lay-up

New Orleans controlled this game with Durant leading them to Victory.
Durant scored 23 points to go along with 12 Rebounds, 2 Assists and 4 Steals.
Peja had another great game scoring 26 points, but only hitting 1/8 from beyond the arc.
Joakim Noah played 3 minutes more than starter David West this game. He was more of a presence of the defensive end rather than the offensive end. He scored 5 points to go along with 8 rebounds and 1 assist.
Corey Maggette, Cuttino Mobley and Shaun Livingston all had great games scroing 25, 23 and 21 respectivly.
Surprisingly, Elton Brand scored no points at all and took no shots at all, though he got 12 rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Block and 1 Steal in 34 minutes of playing time.

vs. Phoenix Suns - Away - Loss - 95-90

Paul steals it off Nash

After being outscored 40-57 in the first half, the Hornets made a comeback in the third quarter, outscoring the Suns 28-18.
In the fourth it was also a close game but the Hornets didn't have enough in them to pull out the victory. They once again outscored the Suns though this time only by 2, thus losing the game by 5.
Kevin Durant had yet another great game, he had 15 Points, 9 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 2 Steals and 1 Block shooting 6/11 from the field.
Peja had a dissapointing game, he scored 20 points though this was whilst shooting 7/19 from the field and 4-10 from beyond the arc.
Steve Nash was the man to take the Suns over the Hornets in this game scoring 28 points and hitting both of his 3 pointers in the final 1:30 of the game.

vs. Memphis Grizzlies - Away - Win - 89-84

Peja with the shot over Mike Miller

New Orleans won the game by 5, thanks to 2 clutch three pointers by Peja in the final 2 minutes of the game.
Kevin Durant had a career high in rebounds in this game getting an amazing 22 rebounds. He also scored 15 points as well as 3 Assists, 1 Steal and 1 Block.
Right now Durant is well on his way to being the West Rookie Of The Month and hopefully the eventual 2007 Rookie Of The Year.
Peja had 36 points and was one of the main reasons that New Orleans won this game.
Chris Paul also just missed out on a double-double getting 21 points and 8 assists.
Pau Gasol had a great game for the Grizzlies, scoring 24 points and getting 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

vs. Los Angeles Clippers- Away - Win - 108-102

Durant gets a hard lay-up

Another great game for the Hornets getting their second win in a row.
Tyson Chandler had an amazing Player Of The Game performance, with 23 points and 19 rebounds whilst shooting 10/13 from the field, 1/1 from beyond the arc and 2/4 from the free throw line.
Durant ended up with 23 points, 6 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
Shaun Livingston and Cuttino Mobley both had over 25 points and were the forces behind the Clipper, though Livingston shot only 11/28 from the field.

vs. Sacramento Kings - Away - Loss - 79-76

Chandler blocks Abdur-Rahim

Extremely close game, the Hornets were up by 5 with a minute left, but Mike Bibby and Kevin Martin continued to push the ball up.
Bibby hit a three pointer with 45 to go, making the score 74-76, with the Hornets up by 2. He then stole the inbound and tied the score up with a lay-up.
Paul ran down the shot clock and took a shot, but he was blocked by Martin who then stole the ball. Martin then ran down the shot clock and with 2 seconds left in the game he launched a 3 and made it.
Chris Paul was the Hornets player of the game with 15 Points and 12 assists.
Bibby was the man that took the Kings to victory in this game, scoring 23 points.

vs. Seattle Supersonics - Away - Win - 92-75

Durant hustles for the loose ball

The Sonics had a really off game, from the field they only shot 27/75.
Ray Allen, who was doing most of the work had a minor injury after a collision with Kevin Durant. But he managed to get back into the game.
Kevin Durant had an amazing game. He scored 22 points, got 6 boards, 1 assist, and an phenomenal 7 Steals!
The Hornets though winning, had a bad time from the 3 point line, only getting 4-15 of the shots from there in.

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Box Scores:

Golden State Warriors | New Orleans Hornets
Los Angles Clippers | New Orleans Hornets - 1
Phoenix Suns | New Orleans Hornets
Memphis Grizzlies | New Orleans Hornets
Los Angeles Clippers | New Orleans Hornets - 2
Sacramento Kings | New Orleans Hornets
Seattle Supersonics | New Orleans Hornets