The New Orleans Hornets have recalled Darius Miller from the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League.

Miller, who was assigned to the Iowa Energy on Dec. 31, has appeared in 11 games with the Energy, starting eight of those contests, averaging 9.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 0.6 steals per game in 27.2 minutes.

The NBA has announced the reserves for the 2013 All-Star Game in Houston.

Western Conference Reserves
Tony Parker
James Harden
LaMarcus Aldridge 
David Lee
Zach Randolph
Tim Duncan 
Russell Westbrook 

Eastern Conference Reserves
Paul George
Jrue Holiday 
Tyson Chandler 
Chris Bosh 
Joakim Noah 
Luol Deng
Kyrie Irving 

Fifteen teams have at least one All-Star (Knicks, Heat, Celtics, Bulls, Pacers, 76ers, Blazers, Spurs, Rockets, Warriors and Grizzlies), while 15 teams do not have a representative (Hawks, Nets, Bobcats, Mavericks, Nuggets, Pistons, Bucks, Wolves, Hornets, Magic, Suns, Kings, Raptors, Jazz and Wizards).

The 76ers and Cavaliers each sent a Coaches Vote All-Star despite a losing record, while the Lakers and Celtics have two starters despite a sub-.500 record.

The Nets, Hawks, Bucks, Nuggets and Jazz all have a record over .500 and no All-Stars. 

The All-Star starters are LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett, Dwyane Wade, Rajon Rondo, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, Dwight Howard and Chris Paul.

The New Orleans Hornets will formally announce their nickname change to the Pelicans on Thursday, according to a source.

Pelicans is the state bird of Louisiana.

The Hornets' name moved with the franchise from Charlotte.

The Boston Celtics hosted the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night in Boston, pitting Doc Rivers against his son, Austin, for the first time in an NBA game. Austin Rivers was a first round pick of New Orleans last June.

Before the game, Austin joked that his mother was rooting for him in the matchup because she loves him more.

“That’s probably right,” Doc said. “I’d love to argue the fact, but yeah. I’m even getting trash talk from my brother. I thought he’d be on my side, but he just texted me and said ‘Go Hornets’ -- I don’t know what that’s all about.”

As the Celtics look to maintain a winning streak, Doc clearly wants to win. He wasn’t looking forward to coaching against his son and believes that he’ll look back on the memory more fondly years from now.

“It’s strange. It’s something I really did not look forward to,” Doc said. “You do one way as a parent, the fact that you are coaching a game that your son is playing in is a really neat moment, but it’s not a moment I’ll enjoy now. Maybe later I will. On the other hand, it’s tough because you’re trying to win a game and you are trying to win a game that your son is playing in. That’s different. It’s unusual.”

While Doc is dealing with a host of emotions, Austin was looking forward to facing a playoff team that he knows extremely well.

“I’ve just tried to treat it as it is. I think a lot of people try to hide the fact that they’re going against a team that they know very well, or when they go against their father, then they try to pretend it’s a normal game,” the younger Rivers said. “It’s pretty much impossible to do that so I just try to treat it as it is, I’m going against a team with guys that I know pretty well and my father coaches the other team.

“I’m just going to have fun with it. This is a fun chance, you know. I’m more excited to play against a playoff caliber team, a Hall of Fame team, that’s why I’m just really excited to go out here and compete tonight. Just have fun in the game whether things are going well or not, and hopefully we will win.”

The Hornets beat the Celtics by a final score of 90-78, with Austin Rivers scoring eight points in 23 minutes.

Anthony Davis, who has regained his stride after injury issues early this season, was mentored by Tyson Chandler last summer when the two big men played on Team USA.

Chandler taught Davis the finer points of post defense, among other facets.

"It really helped me out a lot to be with those guys," Davis said. "Those guys are top guys in the league for a reason."

With nearly half of the 12-13 NBA season, analysts have a fairly clear idea of which teams are playoff contenders and which are firmly in the lottery.

The change in popularity of teams based on ticket prices on the secondary market based on data from VividSeats.com is also revealing.

The Brooklyn Nets have the largest increase in price from last season, with a 105 percent jump from their final season in New Jersey.

The Chicago Bulls have the NBA's largest decrease at 27 percent, undoubtedly related to the injury to Derrick Rose.

Despite the departure of Dwight Howard, the Orlando Magic have only had a decrease of four percent. Also noteworthy is that the Houston Rockets have a four percent decrease even though the team seemingly improved their markability with the acquisitions of James Harden and Jeremy Lin.

Atlanta Hawks: 4% Increase
Boston Celtics: 7% Decrease
Brooklyn Nets: 105% Increase
Charlotte Bobcats: 41% Increase
Chicago Bulls: 27% Decrease
Cleveland Cavaliers: 59% Increase
Dallas Mavericks: 7% Decrease
Denver Nuggets: 1% Decrease
Detroit Pistons: 17% Decrease
Golden State Warriors: 8% Increase
Houston Rockets: 4% Decrease
Indiana Pacers: 25% Decrease
Los Angeles Clippers: 16% Increase
Los Angeles Lakers: 21% Increase
Memphis Grizzlies: 1% Increase
Miami Heat: 6% Increase
Milwaukee Bucks: 22% Decrease
Minnesota Timberwolves: 1% Increase
New Orleans Hornets: 99% Increase
New York Knicks: 9% Decrease
Oklanhoma City Thunder: 1% Increase
Orlando Magic: 4% Decrease
Philadelphia 76ers: 7% Decrease
Phoenix Suns: 7% Decrease
Portland Trail Blazers: 13% Increase
Sacramento Kings: 7% Decrease
San Antonio Spurs: 9% Decrease
Toronto Raptors: 12% Decrease
Utah Jazz: 7% Decrease
Washington Wizards: 4% Increase

The New Orleans Hornets have signed Donald Sloan to a 10-day contract.  

Sloan most recently played for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA Development League, where he appeared in two contests and averaged 22.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 4.5 assists in 36.5 minutes per game.  The Texas A&M product appeared in 20 regular games earlier this season with the Cleveland Cavaliers before being waived on December 25. Sloan averaged 4.1 points, 1.9 assists and 1.4 rebounds in just under 13 minutes per game. Sloan was originally signed by Cleveland on March 16, 2012.

Sloan appeared in 33 games during the 2011-12 season, including three appearances for the Hornets. During his stint in New Orleans, Sloan averaged 4.0 points, 2.7 assists and 1.0 rebounds in 13.7 minutes per game. He also made appearances with the Hawks and the Cavaliers last season.

The New Orleans Hornets have waived forward Dominic McGuire.

The Hornets signed McGuire on Dec. 16 as a free agent.

Since his signing, McGuire has appeared in nine games and has averaged 2.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 16.0 minutes per game.

Eric Gordon remains on a minutes restriction as he returns from his knee injury.

Gordon played 25 minutes in his debut against the Bobcats, scoring 24 points in the process. Against the Hawks, Gordon scored 11 points in 24 minutes.

"There's a part of me that just wants to play him," Monty Williams said, "but looking back on it I think I made a mistake doing that last year when he came back in the Philly game. He hurt his knee in Phoenix, then we played the Philly game, and just looking at my notes, mental notes I had, I played him too much.

"I don't want to repeat that. At that time, we didn't know he had an injury. He was sore, but I didn't know it was that bad. We just want to be smart. At the same time, your competitive dog comes out and you just want to win. But my responsibility to the team and organization trumps all that in this situation. You want to make sure he's right."

"It's going to be a collaborative effort and we'll see how I feel," Gordon said. "We do have a back-to-back so that's something we'll have to talk about. I definitely want to progress (to) more minutes every time, but that's something we'll have to talk about after every game."