With the upcoming end to the 2010-11 NBA regular season, comes the push for renewing and drumming up season tickets. Looks to me that the new owners of the Hornets (THE NBA) went ALL OUT [/sarcasm] with an ad campaign for next years ticket push. In the ad "noticable" New Orleanians and Gov. Bobby "Dumbass" Jindal are speaking on reason the city is so great and that they are behind the team and the city. The commercials start with the "Son of New Orleans" Drew Brees and ends with what seems to me to be the "Lil Brother" Chris Paul. Also in the spot are Mitch and Mary Landrieu, John Besh, Kermit Ruffins, Irvin Mayfield and even King Zulu 2011. The ads are everywhere... Billboards, Radio, and TV. Now! Here's the thing...
We all know how New Orleanians are... WE DON"T BACK SHIT RELATED TO SPORTS UNLESS THE TEAM IS WINNING! Now here is the twist... we can't win if we don't surround our best players with a better supporting cast, and we can't get a better supporting cast if we lose our best player. (Confused yet?) With last summer's Free Agency frenzy where we saw the "Decision" which led to LeBron James taking his talents to South Beach to join D. Wade and Chris Bosh...and the MeloDramatic trade of Carmelo to the Big Apple to form a union with Amare "The Knicks are Back" Stoudomire, (and what is suspected CP3 when he is eligible for free agency).
Aiight so what's the point in doin all this promotion and what nots to get "butts in the seats" when there is the possibility of Paul wanting to opt out of his contract, demand a trade, or pull a Baron Davis where he just doesnt want to play anymore and fakes an injury (not that its hard for lil man to get hurt...he plays so hard and intense that its inevitable). What needs to be done is to get the man some help. David West is done for the season and he was really (as much as I dont want to admit it) is the only other player that has stepped up to the plate. We made some moves that were condusive to us making a playoff push, but not necessarily the right moves. We picked up Trevor Ariza, Marco Bellinelli, Willie Green along with a great young coach in Monty Williams and an exec on the rise in Will Demps, BUT we lost a dynamic young player in Marcus Thornton in a trade deadline deal with Sacromento, that brought us power forward Carl Landry.
What we need is a compliment to Chris...(actually a few pieces to open up the floor and give us more options)...like a CENTER...a big man that is gonna defend the paint, rebound and bang with the big boys down low in the post. An active slasher shooting guard / small forward ala Scottie Pippin, but Ariza does a good job...he needs to up his scoring. I'm not a big David West fan cause he doesnt play his position like a prototypical power forward does... not saying that he isnt good, but when I think of power forwards cats like Dennis Rodman, Karl Malone, Horace Grant, Chris Webber and James Worthy come to mind. If you really IN...GET THIS MAN SOME HELP!!!!
Submitted from the upper deck from behind that damn post where you cant see shit...
