Tag Archive | Anthony Davis
The Strange Case of the Pelicans’ Anthony Davis
Sometime this evening, Anthony Davis will do something he probably did not think he was going to have to do again: he will walk into the bowels of the Smoothie King Center, find his old locker room, change into his Pelicans #23 uniform and step out with his teammates back out onto the floor. It […]
The End of the Anthony Davis Era in New Orleans
It began with a bang. It ends with a whimper. The Anthony Davis Era did not officially start on May 31, 2012 but it might as well have. This was the night of the 2012 NBA Draft Lottery, when the basketball gods looked down from on high and gave the then-New Orleans Hornets a blessing […]
Hornets’ Future Starts Today
So the 2012 NBA Draft ended a few hours ago and most of the analysis has begun. The fact is that it’s impossible to know right now who made the right choice and who let the surefire All-Star pass. Those are conclusions that won’t be reached until years from now. Even the selection of consensus […]
The New Orleans Hornets Get Some Luck
It’s been a long time a-comin’ but Lady Luck finally smiled towards the poor, downtrodden New Orleans Hornets. After spending a year trying to (and failing) to lose enough to get the most ping-pong balls in the NBA Draft Lottery hopper, they still managed to come away with the biggest prize: the #1 overall pick […]