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http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...ut-david-west/Hornets’ head coach Monty Williams discusses moving forward without David West
Brett Pollakoff
The loss of David West for the season due to a torn ACL injury was a devastating blow to a Hornets team that currently sits seventh in the Western Conference playoff picture. Head coach Monty Williams talked about it with the assembled media for the first time since the diagnosis became official Friday afternoon, as New Orleans prepared to take on the Suns in Phoenix.
“It was tough,” Williams said. “He’s one of my favorites, and became more of a favorite since I’ve been around the team. You just hate to see a guy put all of his energy and passion into the game, make the right play and come down and hurt himself like that and be done for the year. But he’s one of the toughest guys I’ve been around and he and his wife Leslie, they’ll get through this, and we’ll look forward to the future.”
Williams said that he (like the rest of us) had a bad feeling about the severity of West’s injury the moment he first saw it.
“I looked at the way he went down (Thursday) night and I just thought to myself, he’s probably not going to be back,” Williams said. “I’ve seen him get hurt so many times, and he usually gives me the thumbs up or I can look him in the eyes and tell whether or not it’s a bad one or he’s going to be back in a game or two.”
Without West, the Hornets will start Carl Landry, who hasn’t seen a single minute of court time replacing West in the lineup alongside the team’s other four regular starters. From there, at least initially, Williams seems to be ready to adjust on the fly.
“Carl’s going to start, and outside of that, we’re going to play it by ear,” Williams said. “Consequences and rotations and matchups will dictate the rest. But Jason (Smith) has got to be ready to play, David Andersen has got to be ready to play, and we may play some small ball to take advantage of our quickness.”
Williams is aware of the impact the loss of West is likely to have on his team. But he’s showing a confidence and toughness in the face of this adversity that the team should be able to rally around — as his closing comments on the matter would seem to suggest.
“Even though we’re all human, even though we all feel bad about the situation, we have jobs to do,” Williams said. “We’ve got to go out and play hard. The cir stances are what they are. We still get to play basketball. Nobody died. Last time I checked we all still get paid, so we’re going to go out there and play.”
So much for NO doing anything in the playoffs. They may not make it.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...ornets-ewingjrHornets sign Ewing Jr. to 10-day contract
The New Orleans Hornets have signed forward Patrick Ewing Jr. to a 10-day contract.
The move comes a day after the club learned leading scorer David West will be lost for the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his left knee.
Ewing is a former Georgetown standout and the 26-year-old son of Hall of Fame center and current Orlando assistant coach Patrick Ewing.
The younger Ewing is 6-foot-8 and 235 pounds. He has spent much of this season in the NBA Development League with Reno and Sioux Falls. He has averaged 17.7 points and 9.4 rebounds in 49 games.
The Hornets next play Sunday night against the Lakers in Los Angeles.
Wonder if Chewing will get any playing time. I doubt it.
Monty doesn't fully believe in Marco. I can feel it. He wants to give Willie Green a much playing time as possible. Can't hate on Green. Played strong last night.
well son all jokes aside the Hornets are absolutely nothing without West. they will get swept out of the first round now.
Paul has stepped up the last two games. They can steal a home game. Hopefully they don't repeat another thrashing like before.
This hurts the team in the long run too because West was going to get signed to a long-term contract or leave. Now it leaves West and the team in purgatory since he will probably accept his player option of 7.5 million for next season.
son it all depends on the seeding. if the Hornets face the Lakers, then forget about it they will be swept out. however if they can luck up and get the Spurs or the Mavs then they will have a legit chance at winning multiple games. If they get the Mavs, they can easily win that series even without West playing. If they get the Spurs, well they won't win the series, but at least they could win a game or two without him.
tbh I'd love for the Rockets to catch the Hornets so they can rest at home and save the first round humiliation for us. That way The Rockets can jew the Knicks out of a couple slots in the draft with our right to swap.
I agree, if they get the mavs, they have a legit chance for an upset.
It would be hard for them to beat the Mavs. Not sure if they would have enough scoring and not sure how they would guard Dirk. Plus, with Landry starting, would the bench give enough production to keep up with the Mavs?
BR had it almost right...the Spurs however would sweep them clean with or without West, as the Lakers would...but the Mavs on the other hand are susceptible to losing to anyone in the first round, with or without HCA...and we all know this.
Hornets should move down to 8th seed where they'll face us. I don't want to have to play the Grizzlies. Leave them to play the Mavs or Lakers. They'd probably take the Lakers down to the wire in a hard fought 6 games. If they play the Mavs I say they actually beat the Mavs in 6 games.
Blazers, the best of the three, have the ability to annihilate whoever they're playing in the first round, I definitely wouldn't want them. If they play the Mavs in the first round the Mavs are cooked geese, if they play the Lakers they take them to 7 and the series goes either way.
No way the Spurs would sweep the Hornets if West was healthy. Hornets matchup with the Spurs well. I would have given the Hornets frontcourt the edge and the Hornets have good perimeter defenders. Stop fooling yourself. And don't compare the Spurs to the Lakers.
Spurs would stomp the Bee's with or without West. Please, ohhhhhhhhhhhh please, let NO fall to 8.
There's a reason the Hornets split two games with the Spurs. Even knocked them out in the AT&T center.
Duncan can't dominate Okafor in the post, meaning the Spurs will have to make their 3's. Even a 80% Paul is better than Parker. Manu has a big edge, but he will see alot of Ariza on him. I think the Spurs would win in 6 with a healthy West.
Duncan can dominate Okafor inthe post. Spurs do make their 3's. Paul hates playing in NO and the gap between Manu and the guy who is guarding him >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>CP3 over TP.
Spurs would win the series comfortably.
I'm giving the Hornets 1 win at most for LA, SA and Dallas.
You're fooling yourself if you really believe Duncan can dominate Okafor in the paint and that Paul will half-ass it in the playoffs. Hornet fans weren't afraid of the Spurs before West's injury. Playing the Spurs and playing the Lakers is entirely different.
Duncan can dominate Okafor inthe post. Spurs do make their 3's. Paul hates playing in NO and the gap between Manu and the guy who is guarding him >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>CP3 over TP.
Spurs would win the series comfortably.
STOP FOOOLING YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!
Who cares what Hornet fans were afraid of. That would be like me saying "Spurs fans know they will sweep NO". That doesn't matter.
What matters is the Hornets are the weakest team that currently sits in the playoffs, even with West. No without him, they suck even more.
They're so weak that they own tie-breakers over every team from Denver to all the way to Utah. I guess those teams were so much better that the Hornets were lucky to beat them more than once. Oh yeah, and they're the top team in defensive efficiency in the West. Yeah, stop fooling yourself.
They suck. Please let them fall to 8.
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