New Orleans Hornets News

While a number of teams are scrambling to make offers to entice free agents to sign contracts, the New Orleans Hornets appear to be taking a wait-and-see approach.

Trading Tyson Chandler and signing Marcin Gortat to replace him should be our number one priority this offseason.

The New Orleans Hornets want to play Chris Paul fewer minutes. But they also want to play more like they do with Paul even when he's not in the game.

With less than a week remaining before free agents can sign contracts, Hornets General Manager Jeff Bower has inquired about former LSU and Hornets forward Brandon Bass, a league source said Thursday afternoon.

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

For the third consecutive year since entering the league as a first-round draft choice in 2007, forward Julian Wright will be part of the Hornets' summer-league team that will play this month in Las Vegas.

We soon will see -- really, really soon -- just how interested Brandon Bass is in the Hornets.

The negotiations between Chris Andersen and the Denver Nuggets have begun. Nuggets vice president of basketball operations Mark Warkentien is currently in Los Angeles, meeting with Andersen's representatives, notably Denver-based attorney Mark Bryant and agent Steve Huemann of the Los Angeles-based Creative Arts Agency.

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 New Orleans Hornets are one of the teams former LSU forward Brandon Bass is considering in free agency, his agent Tony Dutt said Tuesday.

Kevin Durant is hosting a basketball camp for children in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma City Thunder star opened the three-day camp Monday at Heritage Hall High School.

The National Basketball Association and the NBA Development League, the official minor league of the NBA, today announced the affiliation system for the 2009-10 season, including the announcement of a direct single-affiliation partnership between the Houston Rockets and Rio Grande Valley Vipers.

On June 22, Franco's Athletic Club hosted the latest stop of the New Orleans Hornets ' Summer Hoops Clinic.

After a record breaking season that included the Southwest Division Title, a first round win over the Dallas Mavericks and a seven game slugfest with the defending champion San Antonio Spurs, the Hornets were not only the toast of the town, but the next big thing in the NBA.

Here's a look at who the experts think the New Orleans Hornets will take at No. 21: Yahoo Sports: James Johnson, PF, Wake Forest: A combo forward who is competitive and versatile, Johnson is talented enough that he could probably fit immediately in the Hornets' rotation.

Hornets point guard Chris Paul speaks with season ticket holder Carole Cox at the Hornets 2009 Draft Party at Gordon Biersch in the CBD Thursday night.

Like many of the Phoenix Suns' recent NBA draft days, this one will be more about who the Suns are sending away with Phoenix agreeing Wednesday night to a trade that will ship center Shaquille O'Neal to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Hornets guard Morris Peterson, who played at Michigan State, was the 21st overall pick in the draft by the Toronto Raptors in 2000.

Unlike a year ago when the team essentially sold its No. 1 pick - the 27th in the first round of the NBA Draft - the New Orleans Hornets appear likely to make a selection and keep it, General Manager Jeff Bower indicated on Tuesday.

It's all about depth in the Big Easy. In Chris Paul, New Orleans has the best point guard in basketball.