(Ryan) Anderson, who has been in the league for three seasons that includes the previous two with the Magic, said he’s never played on a team that has bonded so quickly like the Hornets’ players have so far.

“I haven’t played on a team that was necessarily a family group, where everybody was kind of on one page,’’ Anderson said. “It’s hard to find that in the NBA because there are egos you know and just a lot of different things involved.

“But we all really have a close connection with each other here. We’ve bonded as a group through this process. We’ve had a bunch of meals together and as the new guy, that’s really important to build that relationship.’’

via John Reid of The Times Picayune