HORNETS GET #1

BLT · Post #1 » by **BLT** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:30 am

SO EXCITED RIGHT NOW!!! COMPLETE FRANCHISE CHANGING LUCK!!!!!!!! WELCOME TO NEW ORLEANS ANTHONY DAVIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post #2 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:31 am

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rockon:

tdouglas23 · Post #3 » by **tdouglas23** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:33 am

congrats guys the hornets are going to be very solid soon

BLT · Post #4 » by **BLT** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:33 am

IM SO EXCITED BEEN RUNNING AROUND MY HOUSE SINCE ITS BEEN ANNOUNCED!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU DAVID STERN

BLT · Post #5 » by **BLT** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:35 am

AND THE BEST PART. yes we have the #1 pick and every 1 knows its going to be anthony davis but we still get to speculate who well pick the with the 10th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! maybe the greatest day ever as a hornets fan.

LoveDaBoo · Post #6 » by **LoveDaBoo** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:37 am

Congrats. As a Bulls fan, I know firsthand how big this is for a franchise. AD will be very exciting to watch. Glad he's not in our conference!

ballislife · Post #7 » by **ballislife** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:40 am

Congrats guys... looks like he wanted to be a Hornet all along...

Post #8 » by **mkwest** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:41 am

Congrats

Post #9 » by **Payt10** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:43 am

Anthony Davis with Eric Gordon should be pretty nasty. Congrats

Post #10 » by **Tommy Udo 6** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:50 am

Congratulations

Air Poohdini · Post #11 » by **Air Poohdini** » Thu May 31, 2012 1:01 am

Congrats, New Orleans. I'm just happy the Bobcats didn't get it.

The Sixer Fixer · Post #12 » by **The Sixer Fixer** » Thu May 31, 2012 1:04 am

Congrats guys! The trio of Davis, Gordon and #10 (Lillard/P. Jones/Marshall?) could turn things around in NO very quick.

94_MagicFan · Post #13 » by **94_MagicFan** » Thu May 31, 2012 1:04 am

Congratulations on the uni brow Shoudl bea good season now just amnesty okafor

Shem · Post #14 » by **Shem** » Thu May 31, 2012 1:17 am

Congrats!

Quazza · Post #15 » by **Quazza** » Thu May 31, 2012 1:34 am

congrats guys. Franchise changing moment for you all!

Copperhead · Post #16 » by **Copperhead** » Thu May 31, 2012 1:53 am

Thanks to all!

Eoghan · Post #17 » by **Eoghan** » Thu May 31, 2012 2:44 am

Air Poohdini wrote:Congrats, New Orleans. I'm just happy the Bobcats didn't get it.

You suck.

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Congrats from a Bobcats' fan and former Hornet's fan. I'd rather it be you guys than some others.

No-Man · Post #18 » by **No-Man** » Thu May 31, 2012 4:12 am

Huge day, you should grab Davis and Marshall, then trade JJack+Ariza for a starting SF, resign Bellinelli , , LThomas and Landry, and sign Bo McCalebb, Louisiana native.

Marshall-Vasquez-McCalebb
Gordon-Bellinelli-Henry
SF-Aminu-Summers
Davis-Landry-Thomas
Okafor-Smith-Ayon

Copperhead · Post #19 » by **Copperhead** » Thu May 31, 2012 4:18 am

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky bought a billboard promoting Anthony Davis outside of New Orleans Arena prior to the SEC tournament in March.

The purpose was to sell Davis, and the Wildcats, to New Orleans in preparation for the Final Four at the Superdome next door to the New Orleans Hornets' home.

Little did the University of Kentucky know that its marketing department had done advance work for the hometown NBA franchise.

"If that billboard isn't still up, they should put it back up," Anthony Davis Sr.

The Hornets moved up three spots in the NBA draft lottery on Wednesday night to land the No. 1 pick, snatching the honor away from Charlotte, Washington and Cleveland.

The coincidence for Davis couldn't have been predicted. On the day he received his national championship ring from the NCAA for earning a title in New Orleans for Kentucky in March, he found out the Hornets had won the right to select him on June 28.

"I won a national championship in New Orleans, so why not win another one in New Orleans?" said Davis, who was the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four and the consensus National Player of the Year award winner in his only season at Kentucky.

"I just have to buy into what they're doing and work my hardest," said Davis, as his friends and family gathered at a Dudley's Restaurant in downtown Lexington to watch the lottery on ESPN.

New Orleans won't publicly commit to selecting Davis -- at least not yet -- but there is no other expected selection at the top of the draft. The Hornets, who finished with the worst record in the Western Conference at 21-45, do have experience up front in Emeka Okafor and Chris Kaman, if both return next season.

"That helps, because there are guys there that can show me how things work," Davis said. "They can take me under their wing. It makes it a lot easier."

Davis was savvy to the present mood in New Orleans professional sports, with the spring dominated by the news of bounty-related suspensions to the NFL's New Orleans Saints. The Saints dominated local coverage during the Final Four.

"This can kind of bring joy back to New Orleans," Davis said. "I guess I get lucky when I go there."

http://espn.go.com/nba/draft2012/story/ ... ns-hornets

max powers · Post #20 » by **max powers** » Thu May 31, 2012 5:08 am

Celtics fan living in New Orleans, so the Hornets are, you could say, my second favorite team. I go to a few games a year. I think the Hornets should go twin towers, I say Davis Henson. Henson is very similar to Davis athletic freak like Davis would make a great athletic shot blocking 4/5 combo with both having quickness to step out and defend SFs. I also like Davis/Zeller, Davis/Leonard, or Davis/Sullinger. Stay away from Kendall Marshall, I'm a UNC fan but he is too slow for the NBA. Sign Eric Gordon and make a pitch to CP3 to come back home next year if Donald Sterling starts showing his true colors.