{"id":9651,"date":"2010-10-22T16:51:13","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T21:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=9651"},"modified":"2010-10-22T16:51:13","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T21:51:13","slug":"new-orleans-hornets-player-prop-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/new-orleans-hornets-player-prop-predictions-9651\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans Hornets Player Prop Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A healthy Chris Paul promises to aid the Hornets in many ways.<\/figcaption><\/figure>The New Orleans Hornets suffered badly from missing Chris Paul most of last season.\u00a0 Even with young stud Darren Collison coming in and playing brilliant, the Hornets were outmatched badly last season and hope to rebound this year with a healthy Paul and the addition of Trevor Ariza.\u00a0 David West must return to his all-star form, as well as the team blending well together, and the Hornets could return to their post season form of years ago.<\/p>\n

Chris Paul Over\/Under 21.3 ppg<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 In his last full season 08-09, he averaged 22.8 and was steadily improving until last year’s set back.\u00a0 Paul knows he must do much more than just distribute the basketball for the Hornets to win games, and the offensive load will be heavy on his shoulders.\u00a0 That said, I think he averages a career high of 23.0 ppg this year, making this a pretty clear ‘over.’
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\nChris Paul Over\/Under 10.7 apg<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 Before last season, Paul led the league in assists for two consecutive seasons, averaging 11 assists or more a game.\u00a0 With little to no competition for those assists, he should be back over 11 again, making this another easy ‘over.’
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\nDavid West Over\/Under 19.7 ppg<\/strong><\/p>\n

UNDER.\u00a0 Last year, West was under, with 19.0 ppg, but with Paul returning, he may return to 20+ ppg, as he was for the two seasons prior to last. However, Ariza will take some of the scoring load off, as will second year gunner Marcus Thornton, who looks to be instant offense off the bench.\u00a0 Because there are other options, West will not be counted upon to score 20+ as he did in 07-08 & 08-09.\u00a0 I expect him to be in the 18s.<\/p>\n

Marcus Thornton Over\/Under 15.7 ppg<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER.\u00a0 While coming off the bench may sound like a hindrance to this, Marcus Thornton has never met a shot he didn’t like.\u00a0 He’s a fearless gunner and a needed offensive spark for the Hornets.\u00a0 Last season, towards the end of the year, he was regularly scoring 20+ and Chris Paul will probably get Thornton even more easy looks.\u00a0 I think he’ll average between 17 and 19 a game.
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\nTrevor Ariza Over\/Under 14.5 ppg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Too many variables to make an educated guess here.\u00a0 While he was a focal point of the Houston offense last year, he probably won’t see as many looks this year, but his efficiency will increase.\u00a0 It remains to be seen how much they actually rely on Ariza for scoring, as he is more of a glue guy than a big time scorer.\u00a0 I don’t know how to project this, and consequently would steer clear from this bet.<\/p>\n

Emeka Okafor Over\/Under 12.7 ppg<\/strong><\/p>\n

UNDER.\u00a0 I’m not sure why the bar is set so high for Okafor.\u00a0 He only averaged 10.4 last season, and with a healthy Hornets roster and more scoring options, I think he averages close to 10 a game again.\u00a0 His offensive game is limited, and that isn’t where he helps teams.\u00a0 I would be astounded if he averaged more than 12.7
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\nEmeka Okafor Over\/Under 9.7 rpg<\/strong><\/p>\n

OVER!\u00a0 He has averaged 11 or more rebounds a game for every year he’s been in the league, except for his second year, when he still managed 10.8.\u00a0 How he falls under ten rebounds a game is beyond me.\u00a0 This is a clear cut ‘over.’<\/p>\n

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The New Orleans Hornets suffered badly from missing Chris Paul most of last season.\u00a0 Even with young stud Darren Collison coming in and playing brilliant, the Hornets were outmatched badly last season and hope to rebound this year with a healthy Paul and the addition of Trevor Ariza.\u00a0 David West must return to his all-star […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":5560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[837,3593,3594,836,3498,974],"class_list":["post-9651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chris-paul","tag-david-west","tag-emeka-okafor","tag-new-orleans-hornets","tag-new-orleans-hornets-predictions","tag-trevor-ariza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9651"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9662,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9651\/revisions\/9662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}