The New Orleans Hornets have hired Boston Celtics assistant coach Tom Thibodeau as their new head coach.
Thibodeau was one of eight coaches interviewed by the Hornets for their vacant head coaching position.
The Hornets are high on Thibodeau because he is credited with the Celtics’ excellent defensive performance in the playoffs.
Some believe Thibodeau is the main reason why Boston has been re-energized in the postseason.
New Orleans was ranked 20th last season in team defense, so there is plenty of room there to improve.
Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 6:06 pm by steve
The New Orleans Hornets continue to search for their next head coach.
The team interviewed both Monty Williams and Lawrence Frank, and there are now seven possible candidates for the job formerly held by Byron Scott.
Frank would be a solid choice given the success he had with the New Jersey Nets when given some talent to work with.
Williams is an assistant coach with the Portland Trailblazers, who have gone from terrible to pretty good over the past few seasons.
Avery Johnson, Mark Jackson and Mike Fratello are other notable potential coaches.
Friday, May 14, 2010 at 6:11 pm by steve
New Orleans Hornets majority owner George Shinn has sold the team to minority owner Gary Chouest.
Shinn is currently battling prostate cancer and decided that he would sell the the team to Chouest.
However, Shinn began to get frustrated with Chouest because they could not reach an agreement.
Shinn nearly opened up bidding on his share of the team to outsiders, but was finally able to strike a deal.
The owner wanted to make sure the team remained in New Orleans, which is part of the reason he sold to Chouest.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 6:32 pm by steve
