[vincesanity82]

Mammoth article in today's Times-Picayune on the Hornets' future. The whole thing is really worth your time, but if you're busy, I'll save you the trouble: This team has no future in New Orleans.

Here are some especially bleak words from Gary Roberts--expert in sports law, former dean at Tulane, and longtime observer of the town's sports market:

"I hope I'm wrong," Robert said, but "I can't imagine that unless New Orleans has a dramatic economic revival, which is not currently in the process, that New Orleans can support two major professional sports franchises.

"It was a marginal two-team city before Hurricane Katrina. And now it's a devastated city that is much less capable than it was before the storm. It's wait-and-see."

The Hornet Have No Chance in NOLA - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

[Nuke]

Boy this team moves around more than Iron Maiden did on their world tour in 1988!!!

[SCIfiend]

Man....coming from a former huge Charlotte Hornets fan (not really into the Bobcats, more of a Raptors fan...being from Toronto)...leave NOLA. Really just get rid of Shinn. And the Bobcats...bring the Hornets back HOME...to Charlotte. Man I miss them.