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The Morris Peterson Conundrum
The Morris Peterson Conundrum
New Orleans brought in the 29 year old Mo-Pete last offseason to provide some insurance for Peja and to provide an additional scoring threat to space the floor. While he excelled at knocking down the trifecta (career high 39.5%), many (including myself) felt that Byron Scott did not involve him ...
Video: Coach Byron Scott is making money off his shooters
Video: Coach Byron Scott is making money off his shooters
sports.yahoo.com — A clever YouTube'r spliced together some funny moments from the Hornets training camp and uploaded it for... the world to see. The clip runs a little long at over fives minutes, but the content is great — coach Byron Scott making monetary bets ... (more) Video: Coach Byron Scott is making money off his shooters
 Hornets Training Camp - Funny Moments & Taking Bets (video)
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Hornets Training Camp - Funny Moments & Taking Bets (video)
youtube.com — Funny moments from the 08/09 New Orleans Hornets training camp. Peja, Mo-Pete and James Posey joking around... while Mo-Pete and CP3 try and make 40/50 threes. ... (more) Hornets Training Camp - Funny Moments & Taking Bets ...
Photo of the Day: Mo wants to know if you'd like fries with that
Photo of the Day: Mo wants to know if you'd like fries with that
sports.yahoo.com — As part of some bizarre promotion for the NBA Europe Live Tour, Hornets forward Morris Peterson took... orders from hungry German fans at a Kentucky Fried Chicken "restaurant" in downtown Berlin on Sunday. Along with pushing tender all-white ... (more) Photo of the Day: Mo wants to know if you'd like fries ...
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The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com — ... At The Hive:  “New Orleans brought in the 29 year old Mo-Pete last offseason to provide some insurance for Peja and to provide an additional scoring threat to space the floor. While he excelled at knocking down the trifecta (career high 39.5%), many (including myself) felt that Byron Scott did not involve him in the offense well enough. If you had asked me for a hasty diagnosis of the problem in June, I would have mentioned that the offense called for Mo to take too many threes. Any Hornets fan could have told last year that Peterson not only attempted a ton of triples, ...

N'Awlins Gets A Burst At the Two
CelticsBlog — ... But in addition to the job Peterson did on the perimeter, equally important was his work in attacking the basket as well.  He drew two and-ones, including a beautiful play to begin the second half on which he drove into the lane, pulled up inside the elbow, drew contact and then banged a floater off one foot.  ATH made a cogent argument this offseason detailing the need for Peterson to get himself to the line more often, and that sort of thing starts with going to the basket aggressively.  While the majority of Peterson's shots and made baskets were three-pointers ...

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