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Tocqueville3 · #1 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Thu May 15, 2008 4:20 pm

the Hornets, baby!!!!

BigDrawMan · #2 Post by **BigDrawMan** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:10 pm

go hornets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what sport do they play?

Tocqueville3 · #3 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:15 pm

BigDrawMan wrote:go hornets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what sport do they play?

Shut up.

Honeypie.

Ritterskoop · #4 Post by **Ritterskoop** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:16 pm

Many of us in Charlotte still root for the Hornets.

Tocqueville3 · #5 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:18 pm

We are in need of a miracle right now.

We get to go back to NO for game 7, tho. Thankgoodness.

silvercamaro · #6 Post by **silvercamaro** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:20 pm

In Oklahoma, we still root for the Hornets. For a while, they were "our team," too.

Next year, we will root for The Artists Formerly Known as the Sonics.

Tocqueville3 · #7 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:23 pm

silvercamaro wrote:In Oklahoma, we still root for the Hornets. For a while, they were "our team," too.

Next year, we will root for The Artists Formerly Known as the Sonics.

We need rootage.

Thanks everso.

Isn't Chris Paul a doll?

takinover · #8 Post by **takinover** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:31 pm

silvercamaro wrote:
Next year, we will root for The Artists Formerly Known as the Sonics.

Or 2010.

silvercamaro · #9 Post by **silvercamaro** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:47 pm

Tocqueville3 wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:In Oklahoma, we still root for the Hornets. For a while, they were "our team," too.

Next year, we will root for The Artists Formerly Known as the Sonics.
We need rootage.

Thanks everso.

Isn't Chris Paul a doll?

Our experience was that virtually all the players were wonderful. They did many kind and generous deeds for OKC residents -- quietly, as individuals, not for PR. After so many "bad" stories that we've all heard about professional athletes, I don't think anybody here was expecting to be so enamoured with these guys. It ended up being sort of like a bittersweet teen-age love story between the city and team. Everybody knew that it couldn't last more than a couple of years, but it was sweet as long as it could last. Their last game in OKC (yet another sell-out in a long span of record ticket sales) was a giant party, and some fans left the arena in tears.

silvercamaro · #10 Post by **silvercamaro** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:53 pm

takinover wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:
Next year, we will root for The Artists Formerly Known as the Sonics.
Or 2010.

Yes. I don't know the timetable, or even what kinds of negotiations might still be under way. I'm pretty sure the Oklahoma papers tell us only the optimistic-for-the-home-town stuff, while the new owners probably still are saying one thing in Seattle and something different here.

I don't blame the Seattle fans for being miffed. I don't blame the OKC fans for wanting another pro team to love.

MarleysGh0st · #11 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Fri May 16, 2008 6:17 am

I don't follow sports, but that's a classy avatar/logo, Tocq!

peacock2121 · #12 Post by **peacock2121** » Fri May 16, 2008 6:43 am

Holy crap.

Beedums got hisself a 'puter that works.

Tocqueville3 · #13 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Fri May 16, 2008 12:24 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:I don't follow sports, but that's a classy avatar/logo, Tocq!

Thanks Marley.

It is called a Fleur de Bee. I think it's the patch the Hornets wear on their jerseys.

I will prolly be changing my avatar back to the girls soon, though. They are cute than a Fleur de Bee. I have some new pics of them cuz I just cleaned my memory card on the camera. So I'll be itching to change it soon even if the Hornets do win game 7.

Larry Bud Selig · #14 Post by **Larry Bud Selig** » Fri May 16, 2008 12:30 pm

silvercamaro wrote:
takinover wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:
Next year, we will root for The Artists Formerly Known as the Sonics.
Or 2010.
Yes. I don't know the timetable, or even what kinds of negotiations might still be under way. I'm pretty sure the Oklahoma papers tell us only the optimistic-for-the-home-town stuff, while the new owners probably still are saying one thing in Seattle and something different here.

I don't blame the Seattle fans for being miffed. I don't blame the OKC fans for wanting another pro team to love.

Would the OKC be interested in building a billion dollar stadium for the Marlins? I've got to find some place to move them before they end up winning another damn World Series in that hellhole down there... what in the hell's in the water in Miami that isn't in Milwaukee....?

Jeemie · #15 Post by **Jeemie** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:50 pm

Can someone explain to me why home-court advantage seems to be a bigger deal in the NBA than in any other sport?

It simply amazes me that we've played 20 games in the conference semifinals now, and the home team is 19-1.

andrewjackson · #16 Post by **andrewjackson** » Fri May 16, 2008 3:31 pm

Jeemie wrote:Can someone explain to me why home-court advantage seems to be a bigger deal in the NBA than in any other sport?

It simply amazes me that we've played 20 games in the conference semifinals now, and the home team is 19-1.

I'd say it's because once you get to this level the teams are very even in talent level and the home-court is the primary difference between teams.

In the regular season when teams of all levels are playing each other the home teams only won 60% of the games overall. The home-court was less of a advantage than the relative strengths of each team.

BTW, home winning percentages for all leagues in the regular season last year:

MLS - 63% (that's if you only count wins and losses but not ties)
NFL - 60%
NBA - 60%
NHL - 54%
MLB - 53%

Not that much difference across the board.

TheConfessor · #17 Post by **TheConfessor** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:22 pm

andrewjackson wrote:I'd say it's because once you get to this level the teams are very even in talent level and the home-court is the primary difference between teams.

Yeah, but is the home court advantage really worth a 30 or 40 point swing? In the Spurs-Hornets series, it seems each team wins by 20 at home and loses by 20 on the road. I haven't done the math, but that's not a gross exaggeration.

fantine33 · #18 Post by **fantine33** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:37 pm

Tocqueville3 wrote: Isn't Chris Paul a doll?

Yes.

My heart has belonged to Peja for years, but even I must admit CP has him beat in adorableness.

fantine33 · #19 Post by **fantine33** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:40 pm

silvercamaro wrote:
takinover wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:
Next year, we will root for The Artists Formerly Known as the Sonics.
Or 2010.
Yes. I don't know the timetable, or even what kinds of negotiations might still be under way. I'm pretty sure the Oklahoma papers tell us only the optimistic-for-the-home-town stuff, while the new owners probably still are saying one thing in Seattle and something different here.

I don't blame the Seattle fans for being miffed. I don't blame the OKC fans for wanting another pro team to love.

Last I heard, the city of Seattle was suing the Oklahoma dude for 'not trying hard enough' to make a deal with Seattle or Key Arena or something.

I can't wait for the Supersonics to move to OKC! I thought they would keep the name and do some tie in with Sonic, though.

fantine33 · #20 Post by **fantine33** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:49 pm

Jeemie wrote:Can someone explain to me why home-court advantage seems to be a bigger deal in the NBA than in any other sport?

It simply amazes me that we've played 20 games in the conference semifinals now, and the home team is 19-1.

Because they have better fans than any other sport.

andrewjackson wrote:I'd say it's because once you get to this level the teams are very even in talent level and the home-court is the primary difference between teams.

In the regular season when teams of all levels are playing each other the home teams only won 60% of the games overall. The home-court was less of a advantage than the relative strengths of each team.

BTW, home winning percentages for all leagues in the regular season last year:

MLS - 63% (that's if you only count wins and losses but not ties)
NFL - 60%
NBA - 60%
NHL - 54%
MLB - 53%

Not that much difference across the board.

I'm not sure you can really go any league as a whole, because the bad teams who have crap percentages both home and on the road kind of even out the numbers. Taking the top teams would show a better correlation with the playoff percentages.

I only know two off the top: Utah, who I think had the best home % in the league (might have been the Celtics) was 90% and Denver was a few games behind that at a bit over 80%.

In some cases (Denver and New Orleans) I think the crowd and the energy in the arena have a lot to do with it. In other cases (Utah and SAN ANTONIO!), the officiating has a lot to do with it.

#21 Post by **littlebeast13** » Fri May 16, 2008 9:32 pm

Tocqueville3 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:I don't follow sports, but that's a classy avatar/logo, Tocq!
Thanks Marley.

It is called a Fleur de Bee. I think it's the patch the Hornets wear on their jerseys.

I will prolly be changing my avatar back to the girls soon, though. They are cute than a Fleur de Bee. I have some new pics of them cuz I just cleaned my memory card on the camera. So I'll be itching to change it soon even if the Hornets do win game 7.

I'm sure I'm not the first one to think of this, but why don't the Hornets swap team names with the Utah Jazz? New Orleans would get their Jazz identity back, and the Beehive state will have a more fitting name for its basketball team, rather than being represented by something that practically doesn't even exist in the state....

Of course, then we wouldn't have that cool Fleur de Bee logo. They should make that their primary logo, at least until they pull off my proposed name swap...

lb13