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Re: 10 Greatest Hornets
Hornets are a weird franchise for me because there's no big stars I immediately associate with them as a longtime franchise player. The guys at the top of your list maybe (Zo, Rice, LJ), but many of those guys have strong associations with other teams too.
Anyways, I like your list pretty well as it stands. I would almost certainly put Anthony Mason on there over Chapman though, maybe higher.
Only counting their Hornets' years, Mason averaged 13 ppg, 10 rpg, 5 apg, PER 17 in 236 games. Chapman averaged 16 ppg, 3 rpg, 3 apg, PER 13 in 220 games. Not to mention that Chapman's Hornets' teams were perpetual cellar-dwellers (20, 19, 26 wins) while Mason played on teams with more talent that actually did won some games (54, 51, 49 wins, even though they never did make it past the conference semis.)
Some other guys I'm tempted to put on the list are Chris Paul and Vlade Divac, but I can see how you might reject them for longer term-of-service guys like PJ or Curry.
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