Chris Paul News

Under review: The NBA is reviewing a postgame incident in Boston involving guard Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets and Rajon Rondo of the Celtics Paul pursued Rondo toward the Celtics' locker room and had to be blocked by Boston assistant coaches after the Celtics' 97-87 win Sunday night.

The reeling New Orleans Hornets kick off a tough, three- game road trip Sunday by facing the reigning NBA Champion LA Lakers at Staples Center.

Posted by John Paulsen The Hornets have struggled early on in this season, and were 1-3 heading into a home game last night against the red-hot Mavs.

Now THAT was a barnburner. When West got that technical in the fourth, with the Hornets down 3, I was certain that game was done.

Writer's note: Every Monday and Friday, I will publish an edition of "Kleeman's Jump Hook ." Since my work concentrates on the teams in the Texas triangle, this column affords me the opportunity to examine the happenings in the rest of the NBA.

I can't put it any better than At the Hive ... Chris Paul is just good at basketball.

The New Orleans Hornets hope to build on a thrilling overtime win when they welcome the Toronto Raptors to the Big Easy on Friday.

In this young season to date, the most fitting way to describe the Hornets is inconsistent.

I missed most of the first half of the game, since League Pass has yet to play a game on the channel it says its going to play it on - making life hard on TiVO and me.

Peja Stojakovic hit a game-tying 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation and Chris Paul scored six of his 39 points in overtime, lifting the New Orleans Hornets to a 114-107 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.

Rajon Rondo of the Boston Celtics talks to Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets on Nov.

While conceding there are 78 games remaining in the season, a 1-3 start with limited offensive production from players other than Chris Paul, David West and Emeka Okafor has Coach Byron Scott mulling some shuffling.

Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojnarowski has a scathing article on the state of the Hornets and Chris Paul's frustration.

A scuffling New Orleans Hornets team will attempt to right the ship Wednesday when they play host to the Dallas Mavericks.

Doc Rivers was 4-0 and a little unhappy yesterday, which was better than being 0-4 or even 2-2. And, as he headed into a road back-to-back with Philadelphia and Minnesota, he had a little message for the Celtics in the wake of their 97-87 victory against New Orleans.

Chris Paul is impatient. He hates to lose. He admitted as much Monday night after his parents watched his team lose to the Knicks, a team that might as well have slapped a 10-story banner on Madison Square Garden that said, "Gone fishin' 'til 2010." How embarrassing.

Yes, it's early, but it's also entirely possible that the Hornets will struggle all season long to establish a viable identity at both ends of the court.

Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic is praising Cavaliers star LeBron James for his latest contributions to the community.

For as long as George Shinn can remember, he has hired a basketball coach and then left the Hornets alone for day-to-day operations.

The New York Knicks are still in search of their first win of the season and Monday may not be the day it arrives with the New Orleans Hornets set to invade Madison Square Garden.