There's a nicely written opinion piece in the NYT this morning about Byron Scott and how stuff goes-and-comes around. Coach Scott's nothing but class, imo. When Stackhouse trash- talked him last week (before he was named Coach of the Year) and said he's not a good coach, and that anyone would look good on a team with Magic and Kareem, we sort of figured out that he might've been put up to it by Jason Kidd and Brandon Bass (an ex Hornets player who never clicked). Stackhouse's words rattled onto the court. Fucker.

And how stupid is Jason Howard to admit to smoking dope during the summer?

First game is tomorrow night at 9 p.m. I'm nervous, but excited. I really like and fear the Spurs as a team. The Hornets have beaten them twice this year, but S.A. knows how to win a championship. Yikes. So far, no trash talk. Tony Parker called Chris Paul the "head of the snake."