New Orleans Hornets taking business-as-usual approach as lockout looms
Unlike some NBA teams that have begun bracing for a potential lockout with staff reductions, the New Orleans Hornets are taking a business-as-usual approach.
Hornets President Hugh Weber, left, and coach Monty Williams are operating business as usual with the team as the league eases into an uncertain offseason.
Hornets President Hugh Weber said the team is eschewing cost-cutting measures and instead focusing on its objective of selling 10,000 season tickets for 2011-12, though the season could be in jeopardy. The team has sold about 8,000 season tickets to date.
If the owners and players’ association cannot agree to a new collective bargaining agreement by June 30, the league could have its first work stoppage since 1998, when 191 days were lost that season.
Despite the looming threat, there has been no progress in negotiations between the players and owners, which has forced some teams
