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		<title>Swarmin&#8217; the Links: 6/09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we will Swarm the Links to see what&#8217;s going on in the Hornets Hive of information.

There isn&#8217;t much out there, but over at Dime MagazineAndrew Macaluso says the Hornets have a good shot at getting back into playoff contention in 2011 (this upcoming season). An excerpt:

The city of New Orleans belongs to the Saints — who cast a pretty big shadow with their Super Bowl trophy — but with a healthy Paul, Ariza to run alongside him, West’s silky smooth jumper and Okafor&#8217;s defense, look for the Hornets to get back into playoff contention.

Dime Magazine also previews the 15 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://swarmandsting.com/2010/09/06/swarmin-the-links-609/</link>
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		<title>Sting this Thing: Marcus Thornton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the 43th overall pick in the 2009 draft consensus was that another meaningless pick was on the way. What commentators didn’t know was that a dynamic, scoring, athletic and future starting shooting guard was to be picked that would make people re-think their NBA drafting expertise.
Enter Marcus Thornton a 6 foot 4 guard, a Louisiana born and bred basketball player who stated before the draft that he wanted to play for the Hornets the most. What Thornton brought to the team was surprising to say the least. The last time the Hornets had a scoring, athletic wing player the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://swarmandsting.com/2010/09/05/sting-this-thing-marcus-thornton/</link>
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