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Okafor Can't Explain Production Decline

DENVER -- Emeka Okafor is a stand-up guy. All 6-foot-10 of him. So he isn't doing any ducking when it comes to the uninspiring season he's having for New Orleans. Okafor's statistics are down from his five years in Charlotte. He sure doesn't look to be the same player who was the 2004-05 NBA Rookie of the Year and was...

FanHouse Preview: Hornets

FanHouse previews all 30 NBA teams in advance of the 2009-10 season. Time at the peak isn't supposed to be this short. The Hornets jolted the West in 2008, nearly taking the first seed in the conference one season after missing the postseason entirely. After waxing Dallas in what would become Avery Johnson's final...

FanHouse Preview: Bobcats

FanHouse previews all 30 NBA teams in advance of the 2009-10 season. The Bobcats are a playoff contender. I know it sounds weird. If you need to take a few minutes to repeat that to yourself in order to suspend belief in pursuit of finishing this column, feel free. I'll wait. ... Ready? Okay, let's begin. The Bobcats...

Does the West Have an All-Star Center?

Bylaws have been checked. Rules have been scrutinized.And, yes, it has been determined the West must start a center in February's All-Star Game in Dallas.So, gentlemen, lace up your high tops. The race to be the starting center for the West is as wide open as the Yukon Territory.Houston's Yao Ming, who has been voted by...

Notebook: Tim Thomas Signing Means Free Agency Is Done

The Tim Thomas signing in Dallas makes it official: Free agency is winding down. Yeah, Lamar Odom is still out there and so are David Lee and a few others. But once you get to Tim Thomas, it means that Free Agency 2009 is poised to jump the shark.Whatever the opposite of a difference-maker is, that's Thomas. Dallas will be...

EmekaOkafor News From the Web

05/25/12 Crisis Rocks Buhari's Party Source: AllAfrica.com Crisis erupted in the Congress for Progressive Change yesterday when factional state chairmen announced the expulsion of national chairman Prince Tony Momoh and secretary Buba Galadima over alleged inexperienced, high handedness and corruption.
05/14/12 Kyrie Irving: Rookie of the Year - Around the Web Source: Cleveland.com "Not all Rookies of the Year end up transforming their franchises. For every Rose, Durant, Paul and Griffin there's a Tyreke Evans, Emeka Okafor or Mike Miller. However, there tends to be a certain eye test for franchise players. When Evans, Okafor and Miller won their awards, nobody was proclaiming them great franchise players. They tended to be more of winners by default in weak rookie classes. Only time will tell how strong or weak this year's rookie class ends up being, but nobody will say Irving only won because there weren't any franchise rookies."
05/04/12 New Orleans Hornets plan to monitor Emeka Okafor's... Source: NOLA.com - New Orleans LA The New Orleans Hornets are going to see how much progress Emeka Okafor makes in his recovery from his knee injury this offseason before making any determination about their plans for the seven-year veteran.
04/01/12 NASCAR at Martinsville: David Reutimann Did the Wrong... Source: Bleacher Report The NCAA champion hasn't even been crowned yet, but the postseason exits of some of college basketball's most talent-rich squads have started the dominoes falling when it comes to the NBA draft.