Stein has them at the top of his Power Rankings too. Great statline from CP3.

Been said a million times, but the Bulls must really wish they had Chandler instead of Wallace.

Got them at $34 for the championship last week. At that price, I'm almost hoping they beat my beloved Spurs.

"(He had 23 points, 9 assist and 17 ASSISTS!) "

So basically he had 26 assists? Whoah

NO are a good team, but I still think they wont beat Phoenix come playoff time.

You got that right Ingles13, theres no way the hornets can take down Phoenix come playoff time.

CP3 v Nash
Peterson v Bell
West v Marion
Stojakovic v Diaw
Chandler v Bell

As far as I see it, all of the hornets players will be thoroughly outclassed by phoenix's seasoned veterans. But then again, I reckon the Hornets can take down the spurs, whereas Phoenix can't in a 7 game finals series.
Hopefully the two teams match up late in the finals, give us something to dig our teeth into.

I think Chandlers got a bit of a height advantage over Bell ;)

How can you say they 'No way' can beat PHX???? The suns havent proved anything in any of there high scoring fast paced years, except that they are a very fun team to watch. They have no KILLER PUNCH in them IMO.

Not that the 2 teams will even meet each other, BUT if they do, Id say the Hornets are exactly the type of team the Suns would be worried about. CP3 is simply that good at quarterbacking a seemingly just above par roster!

hmm they're better than the Lakers, kobe-for-mvp.

I mean they were the only team to give Spurs a run for their money last year

And i think the Hornets have a great roster. a PF who is a guaranteed 20 points, who can shoot from outside, a tall SG/SF (who can both shoot the lights out), and a centre who only wants to board and play defense. Why does everyone think Paul is 'carrying' this team?

I think that the Hornets have a good chance of taking a series against the Suns come playoff time.
If you look at the last 3 meetings this season between the 2 teams (1 preseason game):

Preseason
@ PHX (W 111 - 106)
Regular Season
vs PHX (W 101 - 98)
@ PHX (W 118 - 113)

CP3:
PPG 20.6
RPG 4.0
APG 10.7
SPG 2.6
BPG 0.1
FG% 0.480
FT% 0.888
3P% 0.350
MPG 37.3

Nash:
PPG 17.6
RPG 3.5
APG 11.9
SPG 0.7
BPG 0.1
FG% 0.519
FT% 0.906
3P% 0.482
MPG 34.2

they've a great core in chandler, paul, west and to a lesser extent peja (defenceless pure shooter - u can find them anywhere) but they have just about the worst role players in league. theyve got a great yound nucleus (especially if wright turns out any good) but until they can add a bowen/battier type, an all round 2 gaurd and some shooters and a decent big of the bench they will never be championship calibre squad

thanks clarky.. who wouldve known that all we needed to predict a series outcome was a statistician

I think he wanted to show off the fact he learned how to do one of those nice orange lines.

lol... Phoenix never beats anybody come playoff time!

I've been a rabid Hornets supporter since the days of Johnson, Mourning and Gill. I even had one of those rad shirts with the Hornet coming out the front and his tail going through the back of the shirt. They were so awesome...

Clarky,

Don't you mean the main difference is Defence vs No Defence