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Even in offseason, life hectic for New Orleans Hornets' Chris Paul
blog.nola.com - 6/7/2009
Even in offseason, life hectic for New Orleans Hornets' Chris Paul
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Chris Paul is a busy bee
sbnation.com - 6/3/2009
James Posey Profile, Blog Posts, Stats, Photos - New Orleans Hornets - NBA
— sbnation.com — In a 13-player trade, the Utah Jazz acquired Greg Ostertag from the Memphis Grizzlies for Raul Lopez.... The New Orleans Hornets acquired Rasual Butler from the Miami Heat and Kirk Snyder from the Utah Jazz. The Boston Celtics acquired Curtis Borchardt ... (more) James Posey Profile, Blog Posts, Stats, Photos - New ...

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More NBA Team needs
thesportsbank.net - 6/7/2009
More NBA Team needs
— thesportsbank.net — We’re continuing our team-by-team analysis of what every NBA franchise needs to do this offseason http://www.walterfootball.com/nbaoffseason.php Dallas... Mavericks - Posted 6/6 Excerpt: A Point Guard - The Mavs are at least going to explore the option of bringing back Jason ... (more) More NBA Team needs

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hornets247.com - 6/9/2009
Rampant Speculation and Trades
— hornets247.com — Posted by Ryan Schwan The Hornets will need to cut about 10million in salary space.  With a... Salary Cap around 55 Million next year, the following teams will be significantly below the cap and able to take on salary freely next ... (more) Rampant Speculation and Trades

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The Sunday Fix
TheBasketballJunkie.com — While handing out hurricane preparedness kits Saturday, Hornets PG Chris Paul told Larry Holder of the New Orleans Times-Picayune: "I think (there's a need to improve) just all around. It was such an up-and-down season for us. A lot of people would say that just our bench needs to get better. We all have to get better as a collective unit. Definitely our bench has to get stronger. Our first unit, we get down in a lot of games early, so I say it starts with me." ...

The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com — ... Larry Holder of The Times-Picayune:  “‘In this league, you never know what’s going to happen,’ Paul said Saturday morning outside the New Orleans Arena where he and his family handed out hurricane preparedness kits as part of the CP3 Foundation. ‘It’s a business. Contracts are up and different things like that. It’s going to be interesting to see what happens. … We obviously didn’t win a championship this year, so there may be some changes made. We know we’ve just got to get better.’ Paul said he’s spent plenty of ...

NBA Draft: A Look at the Non-Lottery Teams
The Big Lead — ... 21. New Orleans Hornets - Struggle badly scoring and rebounding, and the team could undergo a significant offseason overhaul. Pick: LSU’s Marcus Thornton. Local kid, and a better scorer than FSU’s Toney Douglas. Could be a nice wingman for CP3. ...

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