Ah, what can I say about De-Dub that I don’t like? Well, not much really. Just a bit of background information, David West is my favourite player, in the league. What makes him my favourite player is how he plays the game. He’s not the most athletic player nor is he the best shooter, or the best rebounder, defender, passer or whatever, but to me he’s the hardest worker and most consistent player in the league. Fundamentally he is sound and he really is a true basketball player. That’s why I find it hard to believe that some people don’t [...]

Over at Ball Don’t Lie Kelly Dwyer ranks both the power forwards and centers

Power Fowards: 12. David West(notes), New Orleans Hornets (last year: ninth)
You hate to predict a fall-off for a guy who doesn’t turn 30 until next week — and someone who has been remarkable in his year-to-year consistency following an injury-plagued rookie campaign. With Chris Paul(notes) hopefully back for a full season, West’s step-back jumpers and solid-enough rebounding will likely carry over to yet another season spent on the fringe of the All-Star rankings.
Centers: 13. Emeka Okafor(notes), New Orleans Hornets (last year: 13th)
We’re 4 1/2 positions into these [...]

Pretty much all of these stories have been beaten to death by the fine folks over at ESPN; The Summer of Lebron, the Trade demands of Chris Paul and the rumblings of Carmelo Anthony. But why bring it up again? Because in hindsight we can see just what might happen over the next season to these two superstars.

Here’s today’s Swarmin’ the links where we have a look at all Hornet related news.

Coach Nick over at B’ball Breakdown discusses why both Deron Williams and Chris Paul won’t be NBA Champions.
Interesting article that is non-Hornets related, The Toronto Maple Leafs blog over at Sports Blog Nation had one of their users translate an entire article from a Czech Magazine. The Toronto Sun then copied that translation word for word citing no effort from Pension Plan Puppets. I think it’s an example of how bloggers get severely mistreated and that their work is seen as inferior just because they don’t [...]