Toney Blare recaps Hornets-Hawks as only he can over at SLAMonline. An excerpt:
Marcus Thornton will kill you. Strong upper body to get in the lane and able to drop threes, he does both and puts N.O. up 41/28 with 2:00 left in the half. Here’s why I think Bower might be the right guy for this job: he went and drafted 2 guards in the CP3 mode: big balls, good handles, unafraid, with natural chips on their shoulders, and he’s playing them. Byron (I think) got fired because he didn’t after promising he would. Keep an eye on this before you pronounce this franchise dead: until now, you didn’t really see a team built in the image of Chris, just a collection of decent surrounding parts and a b.s. veteran/rookie hierarchy. Make this team run, buck, and scowl, and they have a chance.