Jeff Bower, general manager of the New Orleans Hornets after Allen Bristow left the post in October, is in line for a raise.

"Jeff knows he's going to be back here, and he's going to get a substantial raise," George Shinn said this past week while visiting New Orleans. "But don't tell him I'm going to pay him more than he deserves. I'm going to do whatever it takes, but I'm not going to be stupid."