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    That hasn’t happened in the past, what with Head Coach Byron Scott having a short leash on the youngest of players. "You look at some of the players we didn’t keep and that we let go, you know who they are ... We can talk about Brandon Bass, Chris Anderson, any of those guys. Look at what they’ve done for somebody else that they could have done for us. We just let it flip by and that’s not going to happen again." So, while nationally the perception was that the Hornets wouldn’t pay a luxury tax and wouldn’t compete for players, internally Shinn wasn’t going to have it any other way. Full Article at WWLTV
    You look at some of the players we didn’t keep and that we let go, you know who they are ... We can talk about Brandon Bass, Chris Anderson, any of those guys. Look at what they’ve done for somebody else that they could have done for us. We just let it flip by and that’s not going to happen again.
    SOURCE: WWLTV 1 month ago
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Hornets' looking for more than 'just playoffs' in 2009-10
  1. You don’t have to say it. I understand it.
    SOURCE: WWLTV 1 month ago
  2. We were disappointed in the season this past year ... We made the playoffs. A lot of people said how many games we won and that was great. No. It wasn’t great. I was disappointed. I wanted to win more and I wanted to go deep into the playoffs. We decided we were going to keep everybody accountable.
    SOURCE: WWLTV 1 month ago
  3. Well, normally in business, when you hire somebody, you give them as much rope as you can ... But you still hold them accountable – they’ve still got to produce and do a good job. We totally cut that off in the past.
    SOURCE: WWLTV 1 month ago
  4. I’ve been doing this over 20 years and this is the best team yet and this is our chance to win a championship
    SOURCE: WWLTV 1 month ago
  5. I don’t think there’s anybody that can hold me more accountable than me
    Byron Scott – Byron Scott SOURCE: WWLTV 1 month ago
  6. Just because I don’t have the money that Mark Cuban or some of these other guys have, that we try to operate in a frugal way – not cheap, just smart ... Our goal is to win a championship and to continue to grow this franchise and to make it a tremendous asset, not only just for New Orleans, but for the ...
    SOURCE: WWLTV 1 month ago

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