Over the past seven seasons, New Orleans’ NBA franchise has featured a Louisiana-centric nickname, along with blue, red and gold uniforms, a drastic departure from the club’s color scheme from the previous 11 years. Virtually every aesthetic element of the Crescent City’s professional basketball team has changed in comparison to its inception in 2002, including the name of the renovated Smoothie King Center.
As it turns out, over the past half-decade, the style of basketball is another area that has undergone a dramatic makeover. If it often seemed like the “Hornets era” featured a methodical, deliberate attack, there was good reason for fans to feel that way.