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FanHouse Q&A With Trevor Ariza on Hornets' Success, Lakers Departure

LOS ANGELES - When the New Orleans Hornets took part in a four-team, five-player trade in early August, the message sent by first-year general manager Dell Demps was unmistakable: Chris Paul is going nowhere. In parting ways with the point guard who so many saw as Paul's successor (second-year guard Darren Collison went...

NBA Well on Its Way to Purchasing New Orleans Hornets

The NBA is in the advanced stages of a plan to purchase the New Orleans Hornets from George Shinn until a new owner can be secured, according to a source with knowledge of the discussions. The source told FanHouse on Friday that they were under the impression this unprecedented transfer would be "coming down soon" and...

New Hornets' Brain Trust, Demps and Williams, Got Paul to Trust in Them

NEW ORLEANS -- As the New Orleans Hornets continue both their first West Coast swing of the season and their best start in franchise history, Chris Paul has made his new-found joy in the only NBA home he's ever known clear. The 11-1 record going into Monday's game against the L.A. Clippers is, obviously, the motivation...

Chris Paul Happy With Winning Hornets

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- When word of Chris Paul's unhappiness spread over the summer and the NBA world wondered if the once-in-a-lifetime New Orleans point guard would force his way out of the Bayou, his relative silence on the matter only helped the mystery gain momentum. His most memorable statements only increased the...

The Works: When Owners Care Too Much; Respect for Blake Griffin

In today's Works: how one master dunkers commends another; why everyone feels bad for Greg Oden; and the eternal challenge for retooling the Hornets. But first, the difference between hands-on owners and the handsy ones. On Meddlesome Owners If you haven't spent some time with Sam Amick's wonderful, elucidating Q&A...

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06/01/12 Deke: Hornets' GM is ''happy for the fans'' Source: WWL - AM870 - New Orleans LA The Hornets' best player, All-Star guard Chris Paul, was traded to the Clippers.
05/31/12 Behind The Scenes At The NBA Draft Lottery Source: High School Sports Zoom The number to watch, I learned while observing the NBA's actual lottery drawing on Wednesday, is the lowest one in the four-number sequence of ping-pong balls that determine which team gets the top pick in the draft.
05/31/12 Conspiracy? I didn't see one Source: Thief River Falls Times - Thief River Falls MN The league still owns the Hornets for another couple of months, so the conspiracy theories were inevitable on Wednesday night when the Hornets beat the odds â a typical outcome over the last 20 years, by the way â and snagged the No. 1. pick.
05/31/12 Demps, Williams React to Lottery Victory Source: NBA - New Orleans Hornets Even though the New Orleans Hornets entered Wednesdays lottery with the fourth-best mathematical odds among any team of winning, it was still only a 14.8 percent chance.
05/31/12 BASKETBALL: Hornets win NBA draft lottery, Nets lose... Source: New Haven Register - New Haven CT The team with the worst record hasn't won since Orlando drafted Dwight Howard in 2004.

Background on dell demps

Dell Demps (born February 12, 1970 in Long Beach, California) is a retired American professional basketball player and current general manager of the New Orleans Hornets.

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