Jannero Pargo News

Julian Wright has been mistake-prone and slow to adjust to Coach Byron Scott's demands the past two seasons, but he appears driven to improve this upcoming season.

Jannero Pargo had been hanging around New Orleans. He had reportedly been playing one-on-one with Byron Scott.

Mavericks unrestricted free-agent forward Brandon Bass, a former Hornet who played at LSU, has drawn considerable interest on the open market and may not come cheap.

PargoA spent the last year playingA overseas, first for theA Moscow Dynamo A and thenA Olympiakos in Greece .

Things can change very quickly in the NBA. At least that's what Hornets fans have had to learn over the past year.Fourth of July weekend in 2008 was one of the most optimistic periods in Hornets' franchise history... by William Guillory 23 reads Opinion Things can change very quickly in the NBA.

Now that Ben Gordon has bolted for Detroit, the Chicago Bulls are left with a shooting void in their backcourt.

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.

With less than a week 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.

The agent for former Hornet Brandon Bass, who played the past two seasons with Dallas, says New Orleans is on their list of possible destinations.

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.

If there's one thing the Grizzlies have made clear in the aftermath of last week's draft, it's that this team still needs some backcourt depth and they plan to get it.

WESTWEGO, La. As the days before the NBA Draft wound down, Byron Scott and Jeff Bower made it clear they felt the team needed to add depth in the backcourt.

That's not based on any inside information from the Hornets, of course. Team officials are about as likely to give a hint as to whom they really think is sitting at No.

WESTWEGO- New Orleans' sobering first-round exit from the NBA playoffs only ramped up the workload for Byron Scott.

So the 2009 NBA Draft goes down this Thursday, June 25, in NYC. This past week, Ryan has been busy figuring out what kind of player the Hornets should draft with the 21st pick.

The Hornets' primary task this offseason is to upgrade what was one of the least productive benches in the NBA last season.

The kids got some fire! With the possiblity of Girogos joining the Raptors for the 2009-2010 season, we turned to Chris Denker from NetScouts to give us a scouting report on the Greek adonis: Printezis is a 6'8 220 PF/SF who plays for Olympiacos Piraeus in Greece.

Having played against Chris Paul and Team USA in the Beijing Olympics last summer, Australia's Patrick Mills got a taste of what it could be like to play on Paul's team in the NBA.

I'm convinced Marcus Thornton is the guy for the New Orleans Hornets . Ted Jackson/The Times-Picayune Former LSU player Marcus Thornton would be a good fit for the New Orleans Hornets.