NEW YORK -- By popular demand, this campground is employing new guidelines for the second half of the season: Making fun is out, making knowledge is in. Any hint of an association between the two is purely accidental.
For example, we've learned the Hornets soon may be required to pay the NBA a preset $6 million penalty for failing to attain specified benchmarks incorporated in their re-location (from Charlotte to New Orleans) agreement.
According to two team sources, owners George Shinn and Ray Woolridge are roughly 1,000 season tickets short of the compulsory figure; technically, there's no wiggle room.