November 14th, 2009 
Stephen Rhodes 
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The New Orleans Hornets have to be the most unlucky team going on in the NBA right now. They’re 3-6, which typically would not sound the fire alarms, considering the team they currently have in place. But then again, their owner is George Shinn, who I will not accuse of being a hands-off type of guy in reference to personnel matters.
Shinn, as he tends to do, dropped the ball again as he decided to fire Byron Scott and replace him with a personnel guy – one Jeff Bower. While it is true that one game under Bower’s watch doesn’t predict long-term results, the team now has to work twice as hard now that they will have to retool their offensive system and, after New Orleans’ loss to Portland Friday, their roster. As it turns out, according to John Reid of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Chris Paul severely sprained his ankle in the Hornets’ loss and will, at a minimum, miss Saturday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks.
Furthermore, according to a team source, Paul could miss up to two weeks. For the short-term, the Hornets will have to make do with rookie Darrell Collison, Bobby Brown and Devin Brown, not an ideal situation at all. One can only hope that Paul misses only a couple games or so; but with this being at least a moderate sprain, the likelihood of him missing a couple games is quite small.
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