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John Reid of the New Orleans Times-Picayune posts his postgame vlog for the Hornets-Thunder game.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune's own John Reid offers his thoughts about the Hornets-Golden State Warriors game.

Ticktock6 of Hornetshype invents a hilarious fake conversation between four Hornets.  The last line had me spitting my milk all over my monitor.  Well, it would have, if I'd been drinking milk.

mW of Hornetshype talks about the oddity of the Hornets past three seasons:

Except nothing’s that easy in the chaos of the NBA, and you learn that nothing can be taken for granted; there are no guarantees. Even if you have one of the top three talents in the League. In hindsight, you begin to respect the Pistons and Pacers of old, the Lakers and Mavs now, and all the other teams who are there every year, playing late into the Second Season and legitimately fighting for Rings. For Hornets’ fans, 2008-09 was a rough one, marred again by injuries, but still, at least we were in the Playoffs, which is, of course, why our guys play the game. Even if it didn’t end like we wanted, we’d find redemption the next year.

But then a 3-7 start that even Chris Paul couldn’t save, a coach that lost his team, and then his job, and we all felt sucker-punched. We had assumed the prior year was the aberration, not our success of two years ago. Were we wrong?

From Marc Stein's Weekend Dime at ESPN.com:

Darren Collison is putting up huge numbers as Chris Paul's fill-in (see below), which naturally prompts teams around the league to dream that Hornets owner George Shinn -- once he realizes that he's paying just $1.3 million to Collison this season compared with $13.5 million for Paul -- will consent to trading CP3 this offseason.

Don't count on it.

Back on Christmas we ran through some of the reasons why the Hornets, even when they were over the luxury-tax threshold earlier this season, wouldn't even consider the prospect of trading Paul. One source with knowledge of the Hornets' thinking reiterated this week that nothing has changed since then, especially since the Hornets are now under the tax line and suddenly have two promising young assets besides Paul: Collison and fellow rookie Marcus Thornton.

Paul's future will remain a popular topic because of his ability to become a free agent in the summer of 2012 and the Hornets' standing as a .500 team. But given his immense profile in New Orleans and the fact that Paul almost exclusively makes basketball viable in Saints territory, it seems far more likely that the Hornets would try to move Collison to fill another need.

John DeShazier of the New Orleans Times-Picayune interviews Marcus Thornton, Hornets assistant coach Paul Pressey and T-P beat writer John Reid.

Sebastian Pruiti delivers a great breakdown of two late possessions in last night's Hornets-Grizzlies game, complete with images and video. Go see.

Darren Collison makes John Hollinger's In-Season All-Improved team over at ESPN.com, with the following commentary:

The diminutive rookie for the Hornets wasn't expected to play much behind Chris Paul, but he's blown up with CP3 out of the lineup. The water bug from UCLA exploded for 21.6 points, 8.3 assists and 49.6 percent shooting in February, using his superior quickness and open-court speed to offset his small stature and shaky 3-point shot.

Although Collison has struggled with turnovers -- his triple-double against Indiana nearly became a quad thanks to eight miscues -- his electric performance already has observers wondering whether the Hornets should trade him to get more help at other positions. Paul's eventual return will move Collison to a backup role, and it's unlikely the two can coexist in the same backcourt.

A few bits and pieces from the Hornets-Grizzlies recap at At The Hive:

- James Posey: 10 minutes, 0 points (0 for 1), 2 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 (dumb) turnover. All for the low, low price of 6 million... Ok, it may be unfair to scrutinize Posey's contract against such a small sample size, but this kind of performance has been par for the course lately. Dumb fouls instead of defense, an inability to make most shots, and a severe lack of the-glue-that-holds-us-together-ness have been his calling cards of late. And it's really starting to wear thin.

- By the by, the Hornets are a paltry 2–11 when Marcus scores 20 or more.

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