2010–11 New Orleans Hornets season

New Orleans Hornets
2010–11 New Orleans Hornets season
Head coach	Monty Williams
General manager	Dell Demps
Arena	New Orleans Arena
Results
Record	46–36 (.561)
Place	Division: 3rd (Southwest); Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish	First Round; (Lost to Lakers 2–4)
	Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Cox Sports Television
Radio	KMEZ

The 2010–11 New Orleans Hornets season was the 9th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The 2011 Playoffs was the final time the New Orleans Hornets made the playoffs before changing the team's mascot to "Pelicans" in 2013. The Hornets fell to the back-to-back reigning champions the Los Angeles Lakers in six first-round games. The Lakers would go on to be swept by the Dallas Mavericks in four Western Conference Semifinal games. The Mavericks would on go to be NBA Champions that year, a franchise first and their second time making the finals.

After 6 years, this season marked the end of the Chris Paul era as he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers during the lockout after the season. Believed by many as the greatest Hornet/Pelican of all time, Paul was originally going to be traded to the Lakers in a 3-team deal that would send Lamar Odom, Goran Dragic, Luis Scola, and Kevin Martin to the Hornets and Pau Gasol to the Houston Rockets, but NBA Comissioner David Stern had later vetoed the trade.

Key dates

June 7 – The Hornets hired Portland Trail Blazers assistant coach Monty Williams to head coach.
June 24 – The 2010 NBA draft was held in New York City.
July 1 – The free agency period begun.
July 13 – The Hornets and GM Jeff Bower mutually parted ways.
July 22 – The Hornets hired San Antonio Spurs Vice President of Basketball Operations Dell Demps to GM.
August 11 – The Hornets hired Washington Wizards Player Personnel Director Tim Connelly to Assistant GM.
August 11 – The Hornets hired Houston Rockets Director of Scouting Gerald Madkins to Vice President of Player Personnel.

Summary

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
1	21	Craig Brackins	PF	United States	Iowa State
1	26	Quincy Pondexter	SF	United States	Washington

Roster

2010–11 New Orleans Hornets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)	From
F	7001110000000000000♠11	Andersen, David	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1980-06-23	Australia
G/F	7000100000000000000♠1	Ariza, Trevor	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1985-07-30	UCLA
G	7000800000000000000♠8	Belinelli, Marco	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1986-03-25	Italy
F/C	7001340000000000000♠34	Gray, Aaron	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	1984-12-07	Pittsburgh
G	7001330000000000000♠33	Green, Willie	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1981-07-28	Detroit
F	7001220000000000000♠22	Ewing, Jr., Patrick	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1988-12-25	Indiana
G	7000200000000000000♠2	Jack, Jarrett (C)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	1983-10-28	Georgia Tech
F	7001240000000000000♠24	Landry, Carl	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	1983-09-19	Purdue
C	7001280000000000000♠28	Mbenga, D. J.	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1980-12-30	Democratic Republic of the Congo
F/C	7001500000000000000♠50	Okafor, Emeka	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1982-09-28	Connecticut
G	7000300000000000000♠3	Paul, Chris	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1985-05-06	Wake Forest
F	7001200000000000000♠20	Pondexter, Quincy	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1988-03-10	Washington
F/C	7001140000000000000♠14	Smith, Jason	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1986-03-02	Colorado State
F	7001300000000000000♠30	West, David	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1980-08-29	Xavier

Head coach

Monty Williams

Assistant coach(es)

Bryan Gates
Randy Ayers
Fred Vinson
James Borrego
Dave Hanners
Mike Malone

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2012-04-18

2010–11 Salaries

As of September 2010:

Player	2010–11 Salary
Chris Paul	$14,940,152
Emeka Okafor	$11,540,375
David West (basketball)	$8,287,500
Trevor Ariza	$6,322,320
Willie Green	$3,976,000
Marco Belinelli	$2,380,270
Jason Smith	$2,187,913
Quincy Pondexter	$1,073,280
Aaron Gray	$1,062,144
Marcus Thornton	$762,195
TOTAL	$67,829,156

Pre-season

Game log

2010 pre-season game log

Pre-season: 1–7 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–5)

2010–11 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
c-San Antonio Spurs	61	21	.744	–	36–5	25–16	10–6
x-Dallas Mavericks	57	25	.695	4	29–12	28–13	8–8
x-New Orleans Hornets	46	36	.561	15	28–13	18–23	9–7
x-Memphis Grizzlies	46	36	.561	15	30–11	16–25	8–8
Houston Rockets	43	39	.524	18	25–16	18–23	5–11

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-San Antonio Spurs	61	21	.744	–
2	y-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	4
3	x-Dallas Mavericks	57	25	.695	4
4	y-Oklahoma City Thunder	55	27	.671	6
5	x-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	11
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	13
7	x-New Orleans Hornets	46	36	.561	15
8	x-Memphis Grizzlies	46	36	.561	15

9	Houston Rockets	43	39	.524	18
10	Phoenix Suns	40	42	.488	21
11	Utah Jazz	39	43	.476	22
12	Golden State Warriors	36	46	.439	25
13	Los Angeles Clippers	32	50	.390	29
14	Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	37
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	17	65	.207	44

Game log

2010–11 game log
Total: 46–36 (Home: 28–13; Road: 18–23)

October: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)

November: 9–5 (Home: 5–1; Road: 4–4)

December: 7–9 (Home: 6–3; Road: 1–6)

January: 12–4 (Home: 6–1; Road: 6–3)

February: 4–8 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–4)

March: 7–6 (Home: 3–2; Road: 4–4)

April: 3–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 0–2)

2010–11 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

2011 playoff game log

First round: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)

2011 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
David Andersen	29	0	7.7	.446	.385	.467	1.7	.2	.1	.2	2.7
Trevor Ariza	75	75	34.7	.398	.303	.701	5.4	2.2	1.6	.4	11.0
Jerryd Bayless	11	0	13.5	.347	.214	.765	1.4	2.5	.2	.1	4.5
Marco Belinelli	80	69	24.5	.437	.414	.784	1.9	1.2	.5	.1	10.5
Patrick Ewing Jr.	7	0	2.7	.000	.000	.750	.3	.3	.0	.1	.4
Aaron Gray	41	6	13.0	.566	.	.500	4.2	.4	.3	.3	3.1
Willie Green	77	13	21.7	.443	.348	.780	2.1	1.0	.5	.2	8.7
D. J. Mbenga	41	0	8.0	.469	.	.722	2.1	.1	.1	.7	1.4
Jarrett Jack	70	2	19.6	.412	.345	.845	1.9	2.6	.6	.1	8.5
Carl Landry	23	10	26.2	.527	.000	.795	4.1	.6	.4	.5	11.8
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	7	0	5.0	.333	.	.	1.6	.3	.0	.0	.3
Emeka Okafor	72	72	31.8	.573	.000	.562	9.5	.6	.6	1.8	10.3
Chris Paul	80	80	36.0	.463	.388	.878	4.1	9.8	2.4	.1	15.9
Sasha Pavlovic	4	1	12.5	.182	.000	.	1.5	1.5	.0	1.0	1.0
Quincy Pondexter	66	6	11.1	.406	.360	.706	1.3	.4	.3	.2	2.8
Jason Smith	77	6	14.3	.443	.000	.843	3.1	.5	.3	.4	4.3
Peja Stojakovic	6	0	14.8	.424	.440	.857	1.0	1.0	.3	.0	7.5
Marcus Thornton	46	0	16.2	.410	.376	.758	2.8	.9	.4	.1	7.8
David West	70	70	35.0	.508	.222	.807	7.6	2.3	1.0	.9	18.9

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Trevor Ariza	6	6	40.2	.412	.333	.727	6.5	3.3	1.3	.5	15.5
Marco Belinelli	6	6	28.8	.365	.308	1.000	.8	.7	.8	.0	9.7
Patrick Ewing Jr.	2	0	1.0	1.000	1.000	.	.0	.0	.0	.0	1.5
Aaron Gray	6	0	14.5	.692	.	.375	3.5	.3	.3	.3	3.5
Willie Green	6	0	14.0	.389	.222	.571	.8	.7	.3	.0	5.7
D. J. Mbenga	5	0	5.2	1.000	.	.500	1.0	.2	.4	.6	1.0
Jarrett Jack	6	0	18.5	.353	.000	.688	2.5	2.2	.2	.2	5.8
Carl Landry	6	6	35.5	.456	.	.917	5.0	1.0	.7	.5	15.8
Emeka Okafor	6	6	31.3	.645	.	.364	5.5	.0	1.0	1.0	7.3
Chris Paul	6	6	41.7	.545	.474	.796	6.7	11.5	1.8	.0	22.0
Quincy Pondexter	3	0	3.0	.167	.000	.	.3	.3	.0	.0	.7
Jason Smith	6	0	9.7	.467	.	.	1.2	.2	.3	.0	2.3

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

All-Star

Chris Paul was selected as a starter to his 4th NBA All Star game

Transactions

Trades

July 8, 2010

To Oklahoma City Thunder

Morris Peterson
No. 11 pick (Cole Aldrich)

To New Orleans Hornets

No. 21 pick (Craig Brackins)
No. 26 pick (Quincy Pondexter)

August 11, 2010

To Indiana Pacers

Darren Collison
James Posey

To New Orleans Hornets

Trevor Ariza

August 11, 2010

To Toronto Raptors

Julian Wright

To New Orleans Hornets

Marco Belinelli

September 23, 2010

To Philadelphia 76ers

Craig Brackins
Darius Songaila

To New Orleans Hornets

Willie Green
Jason Smith

October 23, 2010

To Portland Trail Blazers

Sean Marks

To New Orleans Hornets

Jerryd Bayless

November 20, 2010	To Toronto Raptors Peja Stojaković Jerryd Bayless	To New Orleans Hornets Jarrett Jack David Andersen Marcus Banks
February 23, 2011	To Sacramento Kings Marcus Thornton Cash considerations	To New Orleans Hornets Carl Landry

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Aaron Gray	2 Year Contract	New Orleans Hornets
Sasha Pavlović	10-day contract	Dallas Mavericks
Jerel McNeal	10-day contract	Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Patrick Ewing, Jr.	10-day contract	Sioux Falls Skyforce

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Joe Alexander	Waived	Texas Legends
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	Waived	ASVEL Villeurbanne
Sasha Pavlović	10-day contract expired	Boston Celtics
Jerel McNeal	10-day contract expired

References

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