The New Orleans Hornets have opted to entrust their immediate future — and their ability to convince star guard Chris Paul to stay in town in two years — to a rookie braintrust, after agreeing to terms Tuesday with San Antonio Spurs vice president Dell Demps to become their new general manager.Demps will join new coach Monty Williams, in his first year as a head coach, and try to build around Paul the way the Spurs have successfully built around Tim Duncan for more than a decade.
NBA JERSEYS The 29-year-old was found guilty of a lifting tackle on Rene Ranger during the All Blacks’ 31-17 victory in the Tri-Nations contest.De Villiers’ ban means he will miss South Africa’s third Tri-Nations match against Australia in Brisbane next Saturday.Demps is yet another member of the Spurs’ organization — he was GM of the Spurs’ D-League team in Austin and the Spurs’ director of pro personnel — to be hired by another team to run its basketball operations, joining Sam Presti Oklahoma City and former GMs Steve Kerr (Phoenix) and Danny Ferry Cleveland. Demps, who played for the Spurs, Warriors and Magic as well as several teams abroad in a 10-year career, is currently San Antonio’s vice president of basketball operations.
The Hornets picked Demps over former Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard, former Sacramento assistant GM Jason Levien, Washington vice president of basketball administration Tommy Sheppard and former Suns assistant GM David Griffin.
Cheap NBA New Orleans Hornets Jerseys And Demps picked the Hornets over Phoenix, which also coveted him to work under the team’s new chief basketball executive, former player agent Lon Babby. The Suns came hard after Demps, but the ability to have complete control over personnel in New Orleans instead of reporting to Babby in Phoenix was a deciding factor for the 40-year-old Demps.Pritchard pulled out of the running late Tuesday, but Demps had been the Hornets’ top choice since the weekend, when he met for a second time with team president Hugh Weber.New Orleans fired former GM Jeff Bower last week, calling it an amicable parting. But several sources maintained t
hat the team got rid of Bower as his relationship with Paul became more strained in recent months. The Hornets had made preliminary inquiries about Paul’s trade value, and though the team was unlikely to deal Paul this summer, rumors have persisted that Portland and New Jersey both made serious pitches for the All-Star guard. Paul can opt out of his contract after the 2011-12 season.
Although just made two straight wins, but the hornets are four seasons for the first time since the.500 50% with the area with a rival grizzlies games, the advantage of western tumbled beyond the first 11, even in southwest area of bottom. And they of the rival Utah, although both clashes with belong to record, but because 1956565 against one another record and disadvantage Oklahoma team before the extrusion.Two tries in either half proved the difference, Ma’a Nonu and Mils Muliaina crossed before the interval before Rene Ranger and substitute Israel Dagg scored their first Test tries to seal the win.New Orleans and the team fought to Salt Lake City, but is different, the hornets upward trend in recent days, just made two straight wins, and jazz is experiencing a 0-2.The hornets this season,
Dior Boots, now appears very offensive 98.0 points per game average only, just can row in the middle, and the league game at 100.7 points, but the entire NBA is averaging more than three digits of 13 points one team. Jazz is a New Orleans, averaging 99.7 score points, 97.6 points, not imbalance. And their outstanding home record will be their biggest advantage of Seattle face New Orleans jazz – this season in their home 12-5, while the hornets road is disastrous 2-13.
Since in the same year, Paul and come into the league calderon has been compared, and the result is, Paul won the applause of the outside and deron won more one-on-one with Paul victory — Paul is most people today in the league, but the point guard in so far he and his 13 games, Paul has only two games, but recent six games in Salt Lake City, visit the game without a win. In the struggle, with Paul Williams can cut down on average every game 17.2 points, shooting, the percentage is 55.5% calderon single team with the best record and Paul, shooting only 15.9 points for 42.0%, Paul face the worst single teams.Rossouw, making his 50th Test appearance in place of the suspended Bakkies Botha, was earlier the villain of the piece though after a skirmish with Richie McCaw saw him sent to the sin bin just four minutes in. Jazz recently, this game will be Paul name for himself a great opportunity.
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