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This young team was built on young players. Rex Chapman with his long distance shots was the New Orleans Hornets first draft choice. While many believed that drafting him was a move to put fans in the seats and to sell New Orleans Hornets tickets, he really was a great talent and addition to the team. Chapman along with Kendall Gill were the driving force of the New Orleans Hornets until the draft of Larry Johnson in 1991. Johnson in his first season would win the Rookie of the Year award.
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About The New Orleans Hornets
The team came to a peak when in the next season, Alonzo Mourning was drafted to the New Orleans Hornets. Tickets now began to sell and seats began to fill to watch this young and talented team. Finishing the 2002-2003 season with an impressive 44-38 record, the team was finally in the playoffs where they would defeat the all time great Boston Celtics. But in the semi-finals, the New York Knicks would bring the New Orleans Hornets winning to an end and they were sent home to plan their attack for the next season.
Things didn't go as planned though. Injuries to Johnson and Mourning caused the New Orleans Hornets ticket holders to miss the playoffs with a 41-41 record. Luckily by the next season, the roster was back to its strong self and the New Orleans Hornets won 50 games. But again, they would lose in the first round of the playoffs causing the office to make some tough decisions and split up the bench.
The front office decided to trade off Mourning for Glen Rice, Khalid Reeves & Matt Geiger. Then the Charlotte Hornets traded their draft pick with the Lakers, who used it to get Kobe Bryant, for Vlade Divac. The team then traded Johnson for Anthony Mason. There is no doubt that losing the draft pick of Kobe Bryant was a big mistake for the New Orleans Hornets. Ticket sales would suffer some because of this choice, but in the end, it was still a huge improvement for the New Orleans Hornets, finishing an impressive 54-28. A trip to the playoffs was cut short though by the New York Knicks in a sweep.
The next season the New Orleans Hornets tickets would make it to the playoffs and even passed the first round, but their failure to go all the way led to another drastic change for the teams roster.
Finally in 2008, the team with a strong and clean line-up developed power forward David West into an All Star. The team returned to the playoffs in 2008 and the team impressively went 56-26, almost making the conference finals. Unfortunately, the San Antonio Spurs defeated them in a 7 game series.
With some new draft picks added to this seasons roster, the New Orleans Hornets tickets should pull a fair amount of people into the New Orleans Arena to see a stronger and more talented team play and fight their way into the playoffs. Having the highest payroll in the NBA at just under $75 million, the team has to have some sort of hidden talent. Its just going to take some tough work to get it out of the players and put them on their “A” game.
