NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The NBA’s All-Stars will be back in the Big Easy two seasons from now.
Whether New Orleans’ NBA franchise will still be known as the Hornets by then is another matter.
Three days after Saints owner Tom Benson agreed to buy the Hornets and sign a lease extension at New Orleans Arena, NBA Com- missioner David Stern came down to the bayou and announced that New Orleans will host the 2014 All-Star game as “a reward to the good citizens of this city and the sponsors and ticket holders” who helped solidify the team’s financial footing before it was sold.
