James Posey News

Starting small forward Peja Stojakovic will miss his second consecutive game because of an illness involving a family member.

Over the past several seasons the Cleveland Cavaliers have made major roster changes routinely.

New Orleans Hornets small forward James Posey will start in place of Peja Stojakovic, who did not make the trip because of having an illness in his family.

A complicated game tonight, with lots of shades of gray. Practically every Hornet had multiple highs and lows against the Bucks, but came good down the stretch to get the win in overtime, 102-99 . Notes... Winning Ugly After the game, Jeff Bower talked about how good teams can still win even when they shoot poorly and turn the ball over aplenty.

While everyone and their mother is anointing the guy as The Second Coming, I've been arguing that he is a 19 year old two years removed from playing in gyms that smell like popcorn, and therefore he will have his ups and his downs.A Its not fair or realistic for us to expect him to carry the Bucks .A Not at this point, at least.A Ersan Ilyasova had ...

A few weeks ago, I watched Kobe Bryant abuse every Hornet player that had the audacity to try to guard him.

Dwyane Wade had 31 points, and Udonis Haslem hit a jumper with 15.4 seconds left to lift the Miami Heat past the New Orleans Hornets 102-101 on Sunday night.

Yeah, that tanking talk was way premature. Two days after slaying the best team in the Western Conference, the Hornets took down the beasts of the East, putting together four solid quarters of basketball to topple the visiting Atlanta Hawks, 96-88 . A microcosm of this game came with about 1:30 left in the fourth quarter.

A productive big man in both scoring and on the boards, David West figures to have the attention of general managers throughout the NBA if New Orleans continues to struggle this season.

NEW ORLEANS Maybe we all panicked too much too quickly. Maybe Jeff Bower knew a little bit more than we all gave him credit for.

David West had 24 points and 10 rebounds, and Jeff Bower picked up his first coaching win in the New Orleans Hornets' 110-102 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night.

Joe Johnson scored 26 points, Jamal Crawford added 21, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the New Orleans Hornets 121-98 on Saturday night for their fourth straight victory.

The Atlanta Hawks will try to stay unbeaten as the host tonight, when they kick off a four-game homestand versus the New Orleans Hornets at Philips Arena.

Mayday! Mayday! Going down! The New Orleans Hornetsa TM season may only be nine games in, but after their awful 124-104 disaster in Phoenix, theya TMre clearly a team in distress.

"If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries." - Former NFL coach Bill Parcells.

Hornets update: New Orleans split a Sunday-Monday visit to Los Angeles, finishing with a 112-84 win vs.

Hornets Coach Byron Scott and guard Devin Brown are frequent golfing companions, sparking the obvious question to both Sunday night.

A reeling New Orleans team will finish a two-day tour of Staples Center Monday aiming to earn its 10th straight win over the Los Angeles Clippers.

The Hornets played the Raptors evenly for the first, second and fourth quarters tonight.

NEW ORLEANS a 'NEW ORLEANS-For 12 minutes they were as good as they can be right now, efficient on offence, solid on defence, and if there's a sign the Raptors are on the right course, it came in the third quarter Friday night.