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Jack, Rivers, Davis, Anderson, Gortat; Vasquez, Belli, Aminu, Smith

With Smith as a lower cost big, that big man rotation would be elite and reasonably priced.

The Hornets should seriously and publicly pursue  Marcin Gortat .

This is a message for the Phoenix Suns and Eric Gordon: "We Want Gortat!" We demand that if a star disses this city, tom benson, dell demps, or coach williams, and leaves a mark on impressionable younger players,  and tries to leverage his way out to another specific team, the Hornets should get to pick a player from that other team.

We get the player we want back. We want Gortat. I think he could play with any of the other bigs at the same time, or sit depending on the situation. I don't know if he's a diva like CP3, Kobe, or Eric Gordon, but even he he doesn't fit, he would be a tradeable player that the Hornets could get more value for later on.

Sign Eric Gordon, and trade him to the Phoenix Suns for Marcin Gortat

Marcin Gortat's nickname is the Polish Hammer. We'll make a bounce song called the Polish Ham-mer, the Polish Ham-mer, the Pol the Pol the Pol the Polish Ham-mer.

We'll have Marcin Gras and Mardi Gortat.

We'll play whatever song he wants every time he scores or gets a block.

The Hornet fans want a winner. Out with Eric Gordon! In with Marcin Gortat!

Lotto

The New Orleans Hornets are rebuilding.

Best NBA Players Right Now

2-26-12 Update: I Know some of these guys need to be switched around, and switched up and so on, but I work on it piece by bit. Check back every so often and sooner or later it will be updated regularly.

Top 10 Ones
1. Paul
2. Rose
3. D. Williams
4. Westbrook
5. Parker
6. Rondo
7. Nash
8. Lowry
9. Irving
10. Miller

Top 10 Twos:
1. Wade
2. Bryant
3. Harden
4. Allen
5. Gordon
6. Johnson
7. Crawford
8. Terry
9. Ellis
10. Martin

Top 10 Threes:
1. James
2. Durant
3. Anthony
4. Pierce
5. Deng
6. Iguodala
7. Gay
8. Granger
9. Batum
10. Marion

Top 10 Fours:


1. Love
2. Nowitski
3. Millsap
4. Randolph
5. P. Gasol
6. Aldredge
7. Bosh
8. Griffin
9. Ibaka
10. Amare

Top 10 Fives:
1. Howard
2. Bynum
3. Duncan
4. Garnett
5. Hibbert
6. M. Gasol
7. A. Jefferson
8. Nene'
9. Noah
10. Chandler

Best NBA Players Right Now

2-26-12 Update: this is still in the works, but I can say I took out players for injuries and polished it some. Check back every so often and sooner or later it will be updated regularly.

Top 10 Ones
1. Paul
2. Rose
3. D. Williams
4. Westbrook
5. Parker
6. Rondo
7. Nash
8. Miller
9. Curry
10. Harris

Top 10 Twos:
1. Wade
2. Bryant
3. Allen
4. Martin
5. Harden
6. Johnson
7. L. Williams
8. Ellis
9. Richardson
10. Terry

Top 10 Threes:
1. James
2. Durant
3. Anthony
4. Pierce
5. Deng
6. Gay
7. Iguodala
8. Granger
9. Batum
10. Marion

Top 10 Fours:
1. Millsap
2. Griffin
3. Garnett
4. Love
5. Nowitski
5. P. Gasol
6. Aldredge
7. Bosh
8. Ibaka
9. Smith
10. Boozer

Top 10 Fives:
1. Howard
2. Bynum
3. M. Gasol
4. Hibbert
5. Nene'
6. Duncan
7. Cousins
8. A. Jefferson
9. D. Jordan
10. Varejao

So we might get some NBA basketball, huh?

Well it seems like they might get a deal done. The previous post (On the lockout) was posted on my general purpose neurosis, RepublicToday.net, a couple of days ago.

On the lockout

An anecdote Ryen Rusillo may like.

I’m a full grown NBA fan. I’m a proud New Orleans transplant. Four months ago I found the closest public court to my place is a bike ride to a playground in Treme, not far from some projects. I’m not good at basketball, but I enjoy playing. I’ve been getting in games with kids, playing some 21, and an occasional half court game, often 1 on 1. I often spend time shooting around alone. I’ve never seen major pick-up games played, or other white guys on the court. Today when I was chilling on a bench letting some little kids play with my ball, some hipster looking white guys came and started shooting. I asked them if they wanted to get in a game. It turns out they were on vacation from Denmark, and had their converted bus parked at a nearby RV resort. As we were shooting for teams, some neighborhood guys were walking by and joined in. We had a diverse group of adults coming together to enjoy the great sport of basketball. People were playing hard and getting into it. The teams were competitive, and there were scrapes from the concrete. One guy hit four long jumpers down the stretch for the win. At the end we were all smiling and touched hands. It’s important to remember the benefits of sports beyond entertainment. There is a universality that lets you connect with people whom you may not connect with otherwise. Spectator sports serve a purpose. Today it is easy to be in touch with basketball fans all around the world, share ideas, and celebrate things in common. I enjoy going to the Arena to cheer on players wearing “New Orleans” across their chests. Watching athletes excel to so great a degree at something I do poorly for fun inspires me to get outside and put up some shots. My natural enjoyment of a little competition makes me enjoy following the ups and downs of teams populated by very motivated elite athletes. Millions of people from all around the world also enjoy basketball.

I really hope the lockout ends. Soon, not later. I'd like some hot stove pro basketball. I'm not ready for football. David Stern said, "New Orleans will be top 15 grossing franchise."