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Eight-year-old Chad Bonnet practices passes as the Hornets host their annual Summer Hoops Basketball Clinic for children 7-14 at UNO on Tuesday.

Jannero Pargo and Chris Paul paired well in the Hornets' backcourt two seasons ago.

A league source has told WDSU Sports Anchor Keli Fulton that the New Orleans Hornets are very interested in acquiring power forward Brandon Bass when the free agency period begins at 12:01a.m. EST Wednesday.

The NBA Free Agency period commences tonight, as NBA teams may begin negotiating with Free Agents at 12:01 AM July 1st.

UCLA point guard Darren Collison, whom the Hornets took with the 21st overall pick in the NBA draft Thursday night, was first team All-Pac-10 as a senior when he averaged 14.4 points a game with 166 assists and 67 steals.

Lakers, Magic set for tip-off : The Los Angeles Lakers and the Orlando Magic tip off the NBA final Thursday night in what is expected to be a long series.

Before Denver had the good sense/fortune two games into this season to trade for four-time All-Star Chauncey Billups, who helped Detroit advance to the Eastern Conference finals six consecutive years and was NBA Finals MVP in 2004, the Nuggets hadn't won a playoff series since 1994.

Unable to fulfill expectations this season after finishing with a franchise-record 56 wins in 2007-08, the Hornets are expected to make roster changes this summer.

Heading into Monday night's three games in the NBA playoffs, if you had to pick one of the games to watch, you probably would have chosen the Denver-New Orleans tilt.

Morning Bell - 4.20.2009 Written by Trey Kerby on Monday, April 20, 2009 Thing About Nuggets/Hornets This was a theory first proposed by JE Skeets from the Internet .

There are plenty of ties between the Denver Nuggets and the New Orleans Hornets, battling in a Western Conference first-round series.

The "D" for this town's basketball team has never stood for "defense." Yet the Nuggets on Sunday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference playoffs manned up rather well against the Hornets, limiting New Orleans to 37.2 percent shooting.

Even though the 29-point margin of the 113-84 final score might not indicate it, Sunday's New Orleans Hornets-Denver Nuggets playoff game was close until 2:20 remained in the third quarter.

New Orleans Hornets live chat at 11 a.m. Posted by Kevin Spain, The Times-Picayune April 20, 2009 10:21AM The Times-Picayune The expression on the faces of New Orleans Hornets Devin Brown and Tyson Chandler tell the story of the loss on Sunday.

It was the fourth straight win for the Hornets, who began the season 5-5. James Posey broke a 98-98 tie with a 3-pointer with 19.6 seconds left.

As feared after Sunday's 113-101 win over Iowa, starting forward Stanley Asumnu is out for the final three games of the season with a broken nose.

Courtney Sims, who appeared in 32 games with the Iowa Energy, has been named the NBA Development Leaguea s Most Valuable Player for the 2008-09 season.A Sims, a 6-11 center, who is currently in the middle of his second 10-day contract with the New York Knicks, was selected by a vote of the NBA D-Leaguea s head coaches.A NBA D-League president Dan ...

When the New Orleans Hornets left Monday for a three-game, four-day road trip to California, their three foes were a combined 102 games under .500. Considering they're all destined - again - to participate in the NBA lottery, the Sacramento Kings , Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors don't exactly scare anyone.

Sacramento Kings forward Andres Nocioni, left, of Argentina, draws a charging call against New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, March 31, 2009.

David West, right, tries to get to the basket for a layup as Houstn's Luis Scola defends.