Can the Hornets really call Dallas a "division rival" if they have zero chance of competing in the west this year? And as for Paul being unhappy...well, keep in mind this is a franchise owned by George Shinn, an owner who cares about nothing but the bottom line. He'd probably welcome the opportunity to have nobody come to their games (as I recall, when this franchise was in Charlotte, it went from leading the league in attendance to a virtual fan boycott of the games due to the hatred for Shinn), so he could move the team out of New Orleans, get a fat payoff from some new city, and start the screw job all over again in yet another town.
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