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Originally Posted by supermati

Roster is down to 15, think anybody else is getting cut?

I'm thinking 1 or 2 more will be cut. The names that keep coming to mind are Trey Johnson, Ryan Bowen and Marcus Vinicius.

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Tonight's game.... Hornets @ Suns.

Hornets win 111-106.

http://www.nba.com/games/20071013/NOHPHX/recap.html

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Play Haluska Scott.

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Originally Posted by supermati

Play Haluska Scott.

I'm hoping to get a chance to see Haluska and Johnson play tonight.

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I must say, Haluska is looking like a keeper so far.

Reserve judgement
Rookie Haluska scores 20 but others aren't as effective in loss to Pacers

From Tyson Chandler to Chris Paul, the Hornets have a solid starting lineup.

It's the backups that have caught most of Coach Byron Scott's attention in the preseason. Before the regular season begins, he wants to be assured they can come into a game at any moment and provide a spark.

Second-round draft pick Adam Haluska showed he could come off the bench Monday night and make an impact with his shooting. Though the Hornets lost to the Indiana Pacers 117-104 before a crowd of 7,736 at the New Orleans Arena in their preseason home opener, Haluska led the Hornets with a game-high 20 points on 7-of-8 shooting.

Haluska, who is vying to earn a roster spot, made all three of his 3-point attempts.

"Fortunately I had a lot of good looks tonight," said Haluska, who played at Iowa last season and led the Big Ten Conference in scoring. "You have to bring it every day, whether it's a game or practice."

It appears small forward is where the Hornets will need the most help from the backups. Two of those Scott will be counting on are Rasual Butler and rookie Julian Wright.

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Scott urging Wright to shoot
Coach says rookie has a tendency to pass too much

Julian Wright spotted teammate Hilton Armstrong peeking around a defender near the top of the key. Wright, being the pass-first, pass-second player he is, tried to wedge the ball to Armstrong, an ill-advised pass and an ill-fated decision.

Hornets Coach Byron Scott shook his head at the turnover. The coach has a little problem on his hands -- he has a player who likes to pass too much.

Generally, the problem is the other way around, when a player shoots and shoots. But Scott is trying to get his rookie to do just that.

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Jewelry stolen from Butler
Forward's assistant says valuables taken from suitcase

Hornets forward Rasual Butler and local authorities are trying to determine who took $268,250 of his jewelry from his personal assistant's suitcase during a flight from Oklahoma City on Saturday, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office incident report.

Butler's assistant, Kyle White, 29, said he last saw the jewelry when it was packed into a bag that he checked at the Continental Airlines ticket counter at Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City.

But when White opened the bag in New Orleans on Saturday night, the jewelry was gone. The take included an $80,000 Breitling Bentley watch and a $130,000 diamond necklace, according to the incident report.

"He's pretty angry," White said Monday afternoon.

White was traveling alone Saturday because Butler and the Hornets had a preseason game against the Suns in Phoenix. White's flight itinerary included a layover in Houston at Bush International Airport. He arrived in New Orleans about 7 p.m. but said he was told his bag was delayed for some reason in Houston. The suitcase was delivered to his residence at 11:30 p.m., and that's when he said he discovered the jewelry missing.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office did not comment on the case Monday. But White said investigators told him they planned to contact authorities in Houston and Oklahoma City

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What's the Hornets depth chart now?

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Originally Posted by giordun

What's the Hornets depth chart now?

Right now it looks something like this...

PG- Paul/Jackson/Pargo
SG- Peterson/Butler/Haluska
SF- Stojakovic/Wright/Vinicius
PF- West/Ely
C- Chandler/Armstrong

Byron Scott feels Wright can play the 2, 3, or 4. It's still unknown if Trey Johnson or Ryan Bowen will make the roster. Or even Haluska for that matter. Although the way he's been playing, he should make the roster. I think we could use another front court player. Vinicius hasn't been doing much of anything. I don't know how long he will be around.

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I'm thinking they're going to cut Vinicius. I would hate to see him go, because I think he have potential that the Hornets couldn't pull out of him. I'm going on record as saying they will not cut Haluska. I watched this guy play the other night and he looked like a scoring machine. When he hit those consecutive shots you should have seen the smile on Byron Scott face. God it feels good to sit right by the Hornets bench I can see everything.

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Originally Posted by bee-fan

I'm thinking they're going to cut Vinicius. I would hate to see him go, because I think he have potential that the Hornets couldn't pull out of him. I'm going on record as saying they will not cut Haluska. I watched this guy play the other night and he looked like a scoring machine. When he hit those consecutive shots you should have seen the smile on Byron Scott face. God it feels good to sit right by the Hornets bench I can see everything.

Sitting by the Hornets bench is the BEST! Haluska does look like a keeper thus far.

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Haluska has been shooting well but sounds like he's going to have to work a little more on his defense.


Shooting guard focuses on defense Early in Coach Byron Scott's first season with New Orleans, a prolific scorer was on the market, and the Hornets, winless at the time, needed scoring, prolific or otherwise. But Scott scoffed.

"He'll give you 20," he said. "But he'll give up 30."

This sentiment lingered during the seasons to come, as Scott occasionally became disenchanted with a young scorer who didn't back it up defensively.


Scott's dedication to defense is something of which Adam Haluska is well aware. The rookie can shoot. But Haluska is the first to admit that his defense must improve if he's to make the roster. So the second-round draft pick from Iowa has become a self-appointed "sponge," soaking up as much defensive knowledge as he can during camp.

"Defensively, I'm just trying to learn all the principles," Haluska said. "I really have got to bust it on the defensive end. . . . I think the biggest thing right now is trying to make that adjustment defensively. The game's a little different from college -- faster, more up-tempo."

The 6-foot-5, 210-pound guard shot splendidly in Monday's preseason game, scoring a game-high 20 points. He missed just one shot attempt, making seven, including all three 3-point attempts.

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Hornets win 92-85.

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