- New Orleans Hornets (21-11) @ Golden State Warriors (19-14)
January 4th, 2008
10:30PM EST
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TheStar.com wrote:Of course Mo Peterson likes it here. After all, he considers himself something of a gourmand.
"I've been eating good," the ex-Raptor said yesterday morning, after a series of hugs and handshakes for old friends. "Eating a lot of gumbo, a lot of shrimp."
Peterson, who left the Raptors after seven seasons to join the Hornets as a free agent last summer, has taken to his new digs as well as he took to Toronto. His mom was born and raised a short ways away in Picayune, Miss., he's got family and friends in the area and he's found a comfortable role with his new team.
He's becoming more active in a community still ravaged by the effects of Hurricane Katrina, a job he does well and with pleasure, and his familiarity with the area made it easy to choose between here and Utah when both teams were wooing him.
"I went down to Utah and it just didn't feel right," said Peterson. "When I came here, especially growing up a little bit down here ... I was a little bit more comfortable with it. Give my family and some friends a chance to see me more."
Peterson averages about nine points, three rebounds and 26 minutes a game for the Hornets, having cemented himself as a starter from the beginning of the season. He's finding it a bit of a change moving to the West after spending his entire career in the Eastern Conference with the Raptors.
"The tempo is a little faster," he said. "They approach offence a little more differently. The East is probably a little more physical but the West surprised me, it's more physical than I thought it was."
Unlike last season in Toronto, when he bounced from bench to starter far too often for his liking, Peterson said he enjoys his consistent job with the Hornets.
"I like my role, you know, coach (Byron Scott) is helping me feel a lot more comfortable as the season progresses," he said.
The Answer! wrote:Hopefully we can make it 2-straight tonight. Best of luck to both teams.
BTW 2poor, where did you get those team graphics from? Very cool.
inmate347 wrote:
BTW, I still maintain that the 1984 Denver Broncos are Lebron's father
sarah42 wrote:do you mean the nba logs for the two teams?
if so, here is a link, someone from the clippers board gave me. apparently, a raptor board member named "Rare" made these.
http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/RareNBALogos/
Doctor MJ wrote:I don't understand why people jump in a thread and say basically, "This thing you're all talking about. I'm too ignorant to know anything about it. Lollerskates!"
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