PG Darren Collison and SG Marcus Thornton are both playing well when they get a chance to play. Collison has played in 28 games (8 starts) for the Hornets so far this season and he is averaging 17.9 minutes, 7.1 points, 2.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. When you are playing behind Chris Paul you don’t get many minutes so the Hornets are very impressed that Collison is staying sharp. Marcus Thornton has played in 26 games (0 starts) for the Hornets this season and he is averaging 17.4 minutes, 8.7 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game this year. He is only shooting 39.6% from the floor and that will need to improve if he’s going to start playing more at some point this season. Still, the Hornets couldn’t be much happier with their rookies than they are right now.

Veteran SG/SF James Posey’s outside shot is off so far this season and it has been one of his main assets in his career to this point. He is only shooting 35.8% from the floor and 35.2% from three point range and that is just not good enough. Posey has now played in 31 games (2 starts) for the Hornets this season and he is averaging 22.4 minutes, 5.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. Posey needs to start playing better or the Hornets are going to start cutting his minutes.