Hornets 85, Suns 84: The Commissioner Administrates All Over the Suns

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that Ariza becomes efficient from the field post-CP3. So what it’s only 1 game.

Personally, I’d like to see Kaman start for us. As Rohan alluded to, Landry isn’t DWest even though he thinks he’s the automatic #2. Would much rather have Kaveman get those 15 shots.

Wow what a way to start the post-CP3 era and what I think will be a crucial yet great season season for this franchise. The Commish has some major “cajones” and showed it with that game-winner…get used to that Hornets fans, me thinks it will be happening a lot. I gotta say my new favorite Hornets might be “General” Grevis. I have to politely diagree with Rohan’s assessment of him tonight. I think/hope he won’t be another Jerryd Baylees in waiting (turnover prone, shoot-first PG), I really do think he’s more of a playmaker and how about the energy and enthusiasm he showed on the bench….gotta love it.

I hope that he isn’t “chained to the bench” for his play tonight, and I don’t think he will considering he will considering Monty played him for like 27 minutes in is first action as a Hornet. I know everyone wants to give “Squeaky” a shot and he’s a hometown favorite but I think it would be a big mistake to give him minutes over Grevis and in his limited action tonight he made me cringe everytime he touched the ball. I do think Grevis will ave a bigger impact than Q-Pon did and can/will contribute in a variety of ways (just my opinion).

I think problem #1 is fixing/boosting Aminu’s confidence issue. The kid looked like a deer in the headlights sometimes, through a pass away trying to do too much and if he can settle down a bit, the kid’s got so much potential I know he will break through.

All and all tho not bad for 1st game with no PG after no basketball for 6 months. Loved the D (held the Suns to 84 on the road) and nowhere to go but up. Geaux Hornets!!!

Pretty much agree with the recap.

Encouraging to win our first game away from home on a game winning shot by our new star.

However, although there were some good signs, it’s too early to get excited too much. Suns looked like a bad team out there, and we faced little defensive pressure and only had to beat out a lukewarm offensive effort. It was really two mediocre teams out there, and one of them won by a point over the other, so nothing to get excited about.

Gordon is certainly explosive offenisvely and he was pretty good on defense as well.

We have a solid rotation at Center. Kaman really has the low post skills and positioning that Okafor often lacks. I remember last year during a game when Okafor was out, Gortat domionated us for 26 points. This game, we still had trouble stopping the Nash/Gortat pick and roll and Lopez put up frustratingly good numbers against us, but it did at least feel like we had centers of our own who were trying to fight back.

Most of the players played ok. Importantly, the defense was solid, though we seem to have gotten some help with the Suns slipping and sliding all over the court in the early going.

Rocky was solid bringing the ball up as PG in the early going. Greivis had some moments, but 5 TOs off the bench isn’t going to cut it.

It was all just good enough to win against a mediocre team like the Suns, but we probably would have lost against a playoff team.

I watched bits and pieces of various games today and have the following observations.

Ricky Rubio is a GOD handling the basketball. When the ball is in his hands, magical things can happen. Although the Wolves got him 2 years later than they had hoped, the wait may have been well worth it, as Rubio looks very well poised for a Rookie after the additional seasoning at the Euro League.

Shocking to see the Mavs get dismantled two games in a row. But you have to believe they’ll soon turn their ship around. Ditto the Lakers.

Washington looks like a mess again.

Marcus Thornton put up a smooth 27 in his season debut and matched Kobe jumper for jumper in the Kings win (though they were not always guarding each other). Congrats to the player who picked Thornton in the first round in our fantasy league ^^.

Has some infatuation with taking long shots and throwing the ball up when he’s out of control around the rim. He is absolutely frustrating to watch. I’m not sure all the defense in the world is worth his offensive ineptitude.

has the emotion of a Tim Duncan. But I think he’ll come out of his shell as he realizes that he is THE MAN in New Orleans.

One thing that was not mentioned is the rotation, which was off because of JJack’s suspension. Belinelli had a forgettable game, but his role should be spot-up shooter, not distributor. He should come around and provide some 3-point relief when he is back at SG. He’ll also be coming off the bench, which I think is better suited for him and the team considering his defensive shortcomings.

I think Wednesday will be exciting. I’ll be at the Hive on Friday, when hopefully the Hornets will pull a repeat of last night.

Those 2 freethrows Ariza missed towards the end of the game had me ready to throw a bottle at the tv but Saints was on the other channel and Brees was about to break Marino’s record. Does he have wheels on the bottom of his sneakers? I Like and agree with njennings. I really don’t know if his inconsistencies on offense can make up for his good defense. I see why he’s traded every other year. Got me thinking what we could get for him….. Maybe a bench player and a 6-pack of Snickers……

Gordon looks like he will be a star!!! defense looks great. Im really waiting to see our bench players produce points off the bench and develop. Because we need more than one scorer. And get that ball to Kaman too!

We Clipper fans love CP3 but really miss EJ. Don’t be concerned about EJ’s 3’s as he has the sweetest shot in the league beyond the arc this side of Stephen Curry. EJ is also extremely efficient and does not need to jack up a bunch of ill-advised shots like a Michael Beasley or Monta Ellis to get his points. Beware of Kamen though. As talented as he is, he will frustrate the hell out of you through out the season.

I love me some WIN

Just woke up this morning and watched the game entirely and it was a great win for the team. Encouraging signs going forward too. I’m surprised to see Vasquez play so well considering he’s only been with the team for a day but I imagine he’ll cut down on those turnovers and play better here eventually. Or not, maybe. He does play reckless sometimes. I jumped when I saw Gordon make that shot there at the end. Just cold blooded. The team in general played really hard and there’s a lot to be proud of from last night’s performance. I, like you, would like to see more of Landry down in the post but we’ll have to wait and see if they enforce that. Him playing out around the perimeter last season made sense because he was in David West’s role but now he needs to go back to what he’s best at. There’s time for all of that, though.

Go Hornets!

Thanks, Rohan

Im a clippers fan and it was awesome to see EJ nail the game winning shot. You guys are really going to enjoy him. Good luck to you guys, I plan on watching at least 20 games to see how you guys are doing.

As a long time Clipper fan watching the last half of this game, I finally concluded that Eric’s fault is that he dies not play the game like he loves it, only as if is was monotonous work. But hen after watching the replay here I saw a two-fisted thrust….. there it was: celebration.

Kaman should definitely be a starter and one even paired with Okafor. They pair very well. Just don’t let Kaman be anywhere near the ball on offense when it’s clutch time.