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Chris Paul finished with 24 points and 10 assists as the Hornets beat the Clippers for a 10th straight time with a 112-84 rout at the Staples Center.

The Hornets got blown out of the Staples Center last night by the Lakers, and tonight they're back in the same building to play the Clippers.

Kevin Garnett did in his final days with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Despite seeing his team go from a Western Conference finalist to a team that missed the playoffs for three straight seasons, KG never talked about wanting to leave Minnesota.

Questions are still abound as to how good this year's Hornets will actually be with so many changes to the team's starting lineup.

Only the Clippers . Blake Griffin - the team's top pick and face of the franchise even though he hasn't played a game yet - is out for up to six weeks with a stress fracture in his left kneecap.

From the Clippers release : Los Angeles Clippers' rookie forward Blake Griffin may miss up to six weeks with a stress fracture of his left patella suffered during the Clippers' last preseason game vs.

Rasual Butler had just returned from a morning shootaround with the Los Angeles Clippers when the message came through.

Chris Paul scored 23 points and the New Orleans Hornets closed the game with a 13-0 run to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 88-79 victory on Saturday.

Before Hornets Coach Byron Scott put his players through the first drills in Tuesday's opening day of training camp, he informed Julian Wright that the starting small forward job is his to lose.

NEW ORLEANS For much of the second half of the 2008-09 Hornets season, Peja Stojakovic sat on the bench, only able to watch and ponder life as his back kept him off the floor and in pain.

The ice man cometh to Cajun country. And it was a good thing. Michael DeMocker / The Times-Picayune The first day of the New Orleans Hornets training camp was so demanding that All-Star forward David West had a bag of ice on his back, one on each knee and one on his left hamstring.

Soon after last season ended for the New Orleans Hornets with a disappointing first-round playoff exit, team executives met to find a way for their players and coaches to bond and grow closer this season.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, After last seasons playoff massacre things looked grim in the Big Easy.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have acquired guard Antonio Daniels and a future second-round draft pick from the New Orleans Hornets in exchange for forward Darius Songaila and guard Bobby Brown.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, Single Page There are eight players who will get a chance to prove they deserve playing time at either the two or the three this year in New Orleans.

With three weeks remaining before the Hornets open training camp, General Manager Jeff Bower said he is not finished tinkering with the roster despite the recent additions of Emeka Okafor, Ike Diogu and the re-signing of Sean Marks.

Want to know who's heating up for a big season on the hardwood? Insider is tapping into John Hollinger's projected player efficiency ratings to see who's trending up and down across the NBA.

That's what the ESPN experts arrived at for the number of wins we can expect the Hornets to produce this year.

Marks, who turned 34Sunday, is believed to have signed a one-year deal for the veteran minimum, which last season was about $1.045 million.

Sean Marks re-signed with the Hornets on Thursday, adding consistency to a back court that already made one move this offseason.