Before they were Hornets

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By Ben Osborne For better or worse, my watching of NBA games is tied inextricably to our magazine and website. When I see a team or player doing well, my mind tends to wander to “did we do him in SLAM recently?” When the answer is yes, and I’m still thinking about that player or team the next day, I either ask Sam to mention/re-run said articles, or I do it myself. Last ... [link]

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Hornets-Spurs: Wednesday News Wrap
Published 5/7/2008 at Hornets247.com Blog
... "True story: at the game last night, it was packed. This guy outside the Arena, he offers me a shrimp po-boy for my ticket. He was like 'I'll give you my shrimp po-boy for your ticket to the game.' I was like, 'Well give me half of it, you can sit there for a quarter.'" Quick hitters to finish it out... Hornets Asylum has the latest cover of Sports Illustrated, featuring Chris Paul. SLAMonline re-runs some old-school stories from the magazine on Julian Wright and Tyson Chandler. Via the HR ...

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