Hooped Up

Christmas is coming early for 100 kids in the New Orleans area, and they can call Hornets Chis Paul and David West Santa Claus, because today the two All-Stars are taking them on a shopping spree at Toys“R”Us in Metairie, LA on Monday, Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. (Central)

The children who are taking part in the spree are from local organizations such as the Catholic Charities, Awesome Ladies of Distinction and The Salvation Army. Each child will receive a $100 gift card to buy gifts for others or to purchase toys for themselves. Paul and West will be on hand to help the kids shop and make their purchases.

Awesome work gentlemen!

via Hornets 24/7

Another van glorious season of NBA basketball is about to begin and Hooped Up does a quick and dirty preview of all 30 clubs.

A few years ago the Hornets seemed ready to shake up the west coast establishment, but now they’re hoping to catch lighting in a bottle by riding Chris Paul and his playmaking ability to the promise land.  Read More »

All-Star David West was given a one game suspension by the NBA today, for the Judo chop defence he used on Mike Miller Sunday. Miller should thank his lucky stars that a Vulcan death grip can be tricky on the fly, and a Judo chop is all West could manage at the time.

This play was West of good sportsman ship.  

Sorry, my wrist couldn’t stop my fingers from writing that last line.

Via Press Release

The NBA 08-09 All-Star rosters have been officially revealed and I can’t help to notice that a certain Canadian is missing from the All-Star proceedings and I say BOOO NBA, BOOO!!! I am however liking the Shaquille O’Neal and Chris Bosh selection though.

Either way, the All-Star game should be a video game style affair none the less as per usual. 

Below are your East and West reserves.

West Conference Reserves
Shaquille O’Neal, Pau Gasol, David West, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Chauncey Billups and Brandon Roy.

Eastern Conference Reserves 
Jameer Nelson ,Rashard Lewis, Paul Pierce, Joe Johnson, Chris Bosh, Devin Harris and Danny Granger.

Via Yahoo!

The New Orleans Hornets raised $22,000 for charity through the auctioning of autographed, red jerseys that the team wore on Valentine’s Day.

Proceeds will go to the American Heart Association and Hornets Charities.

Chris Paul’s autographed jersey drew the largest bid at $5,550, and David West’s drew $3,800. Both were easily higher than bids drawn for autographed All-Star jerseys auctioned off by the NBA. Jerseys from two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash ($2,425) and Gilbert Arenas ($2,275) got the highest bids in those auctions.

ESPN