2009–10 New Orleans Hornets season

The 2009–10 New Orleans Hornets season, was the team's 8th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA)

2009–10 New Orleans Hornets season
Head coachJeff Bower
ArenaNew Orleans Arena
Results
Record37–45 (.451)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Southwest)
Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionCox Sports Television
RadioKMEZ

Key dates
  • June 25 – The 2009 NBA draft took place in New York City.
  • July 8 – The free agency period started.
  • November 12 – After a 3–6 start, the Hornets become the first NBA team this season to fire its head coach, dismissing Byron Scott. General manager Jeff Bower is named new head coach. In addition, former head coach Tim Floyd was brought in as an assistant coach.[1]
  • January 28 – Hornets point guard Chris Paul was selected as all-star reserve.

Summary

NBA Draft 2009
Main article: 2009 NBA draft

Free agency

Draft picks
Main article: 2009 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Team
121Darren Collison United StatesUCLA

Roster
Roster listing
New Orleans Hornets roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 2 Collison, Darren 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) UCLA
F 1 Diogu, Ike  (IN) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Arizona State
F/C 34 Gray, Aaron 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Pittsburgh
F/C 4 Marks, Sean  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) California
F/C 50 Okafor, Emeka 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Connecticut
G 3 Paul, Chris  (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Wake Forest
G/F 24 Peterson, Morris 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Michigan State
F 41 Posey, James 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Xavier
F 9 Songaila, Darius 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Wake Forest
F 16 Stojaković, Peja  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 229 lb (104 kg) Serbia
G 5 Thornton, Marcus 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) LSU
F 30 West, David (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Xavier
F 32 Wright, Julian 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Kansas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Pre-season
2009 Pre-season Game Log: 2–0–2 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 2–0–2)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordRecap
1October 7 (in Atlanta)New Orleans Hornets102–108Atlanta Hawks–Lost8,0240 – 11
2October 8 (in Greensboro, North Carolina)New Orleans Hornets101–108Charlotte Bobcats-Lost8,6230 – 22

Regular season

Standings
Southwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Dallas Mavericks5527.671–28–1327–1410–6
x-San Antonio Spurs5032.610529–1221–209–7
Houston Rockets4240.5121323–1819–229–7
Memphis Grizzlies4042.4881523–1817–245–11
New Orleans Hornets3745.4511824–1713–287–9
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers5725.695–
2 y-Dallas Mavericks5527.6712
3 x-Phoenix Suns5428.6593
4 y-Denver Nuggets5329.6464
5 x-Utah Jazz5329.6464
6 x-Portland Trail Blazers5032.6107
7 x-San Antonio Spurs5032.6107
8 x-Oklahoma City Thunder5032.6107
9 Houston Rockets4240.51215
10 Memphis Grizzlies4042.48817
11 New Orleans Hornets3745.45120
12 Los Angeles Clippers2953.35428
13 Golden State Warriors2656.31731
14 Sacramento Kings2557.30532
15 Minnesota Timberwolves1567.18342

Record vs. opponents
2009-10 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK OKC ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta —4–02–23–11–31–11–12–21–12–03–02–01–12–01–32–12–03–01–11–30–21–32–11–12–02–01–13–12–04–0
Boston 0–4—3–02–22–21–11–12–11–11–12–11–11–11–13–02–22–03–11–13–11–11–33–10–22–02–01–14–01–13–1
Charlotte 2–20–3—1–33–10–21–12–12–01–11–21–11–12–03–12–22–02–21–12–21–11–33–12–00–22–01–11–20–24–0
Chicago 1–32–23–1—2–20–20–24–01–12–03–10–20–20–21–31–32–01–22–03–11–11–23–11–11–11–12–01–20–22–1
Cleveland 3–12–21–32–2—1–10–24–02–01–13–12–02–01–13–03–12–04–02–03–02–02–23–02–02–02–01–13–11–12–1
Dallas 1–11–12–02–01–1—2–12–03–12–22–03–02–23–12–02–03–12–02–21–12–21–11–12–11–34–03–11–11–21–1
Denver 1–11–11–12–02–01–2—1–14–02–12–02–13–13–11–10–23–12–03–11–13–11–11–11–33–11–22–22–03–11–1
Detroit 2–21–21–20–40–40–21–1–1–11–10–40–20–21–11–22–22–02–11–11–30–21–33–10–20–21–11–10–40–24–0
Golden State 1–11–10–21–10–21–30–41–1–0–31–12–20–42–20–20–23–02–01–32–01–30–20–21–32–22–20–32–00–30–2
Houston 0–21–11–10–21–12–21–21–13–0—0–22–11–34–00–22–03–02–01–32–03–10–21–10–42–22–22–21–12–22–0
Indiana 0–31–22–11–31–30–20–24–01–12–0—1–10–20–20–40–41–14–00–22–21–11–32–11–10–21–10–22–21–13–1
L.A. Clippers 0–21–11–12–00–20–31–22–02–21–21–1—2–22–21–11–13–11–10–40–21–20–22–00–41–31–30–40–21–32–0
L.A. Lakers 1–11–11–12–00–22–21–32–04–03–12–02–2—2–11–12–03–02–02–12–03–11–12–03–11–24–02–21–13–12–0
Memphis 0–21–10–22–01–11–31–31–12–20–42–02–21–2—1–10–23–12–02–22–01–21–11–12–22–22–12–22–01–22–0
Miami 3–10–31–33–10–30–21–12–12–02–04–01–11–11–1—1–31–14–01–13–00–22–24–01–11–12–00–22–21–13–1
Milwaukee 1–22–22–23–11–30–22–02–22–00–24–02–00–22–03–1—2–04–01–13–01–10–32–11–11–11–10–22–11–12–2
Minnesota 0–20–20–20–20–21–31–30–20–30–31–11–30–31–31–10–2—2–00–41–10–40–21–10–40–42–20–30–22–21–1
New Jersey 0–31–32–22–10–40–20–21–20–20–20–41–10–20–20–40–40–2—1–12–20–20–30–40–20–21–11–10–40–20–4
New Orleans 1–11–11–10–20–22–21–31–13–13–12–04–01–22–21–11–14–01–1—0–21–21–10–21–31–22–10–40–21–31–1
New York 3–11–32–21–30–31–11–13–10–20–22–22–00–20–20–30–31–12–22–0—0–20–33–11–11–10–20–20–40–23–1
Oklahoma City 2–01–11–11–10–22–21–32–03–11–31–12–11–32–12–01–14–02–02–12–0–1–12–02–11–33–11–32–03–12–0
Orlando 3–13–13–12–12–21–11–13–12–02–03–12–01–11–12–23–02–03–01–13–01–1–4–01–11–12–01–13–11–12–2
Philadelphia 1–21–31–31–30–31–11–11–32–01–11–20–20–21–10–42–21–14–02–01–30–20–4–0–21–12–01–11–30–20–3
Phoenix 1–12–00–21–10–21–23–12–03–14–01–14–01–32–21–11–14–02–03–11–11–21–12–0–1–24–02–12–02–22–0
Portland 0–20–22–01–10–23–11–32–02–22–22–03–12–12–21–11–14–02–02–11–13–11–11–12–1–4–03–02–00–41–1
Sacramento 0–20–20–21–10–20–42–11–12–22–21–13–10–41–20–21–12–21–11–22–01–30–20–20–40–4–0–41–12–11–1
San Antonio 1–11–11–10–21–11–32–21–13–02–22–04–02–22–22–02–03–01–14–02–03–11–11–11–20–34–0–1–10–42–0
Toronto 1–30–42–12–11–31–10–24–00–21–12–22–01–10–22–21–22–04–02–04–00–21–33–10–20–21–11–1—0–22–1
Utah 0–21–12–02–01–12–11–32–03–02–21–13–11–32–11–11–12–22–03–12–01–31–12–02–24–01–24–02–0—2–0
Washington 0–41–30–41–21–21–11–10–42–00–21–30–20–20–21–32–21–14–01–11–30–22–23–00–21–11–10–21–20–2—

Game log
2009–10 game log
Total: 37–45 (Home: 24–17; Road: 13–28)
October: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
November: 6–9 (Home: 5–2; Road: 1–7)
December: 7–6 (Home: 6–1; Road: 1–5)
January: 12–5 (Home: 4–2; Road: 8–3)
February: 5–8 (Home: 4–4; Road: 1–4)
March: 4–12 (Home: 3–6; Road: 1–6)
April: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)
2009–10 season 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
NBA roster statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Hilton Armstrong 18013.3.380..4643.4.9.4.42.8
Bobby Brown 22014.9.395.2581.000.82.1.4.06.6
Devin Brown 393724.8.393.367.8022.81.5.8.19.7
Darren Collison 763727.8.477.400.8512.55.71.0.112.4
Aaron Gray 24010.9.557..8573.8.8.4.53.6
Jason Hart 404.31.000...51.3.3.3.5
Sean Marks 1405.4.500..4001.6.1.0.2.7
Emeka Okafor 828228.9.530..5629.0.7.71.510.4
Chris Paul 454538.0.493.409.8474.210.72.1.218.7
Morris Peterson 463921.2.385.363.6112.7.9.5.17.1
James Posey 77222.5.365.335.8254.31.5.5.25.2
Darius Songaila 75118.8.494.167.8113.1.9.8.27.2
Peja Stojakovic 625531.4.404.375.8973.71.5.8.112.6
Marcus Thornton 731725.6.451.374.8142.91.6.8.214.5
David West 818136.4.505.259.8657.53.0.9.719.0
Julian Wright 681412.8.500.333.6102.1.6.4.33.8

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month
Main article: 2009–10 NBA season

All-Star
Main article: 2010 NBA All-Star Game
  • Chris Paul was selected as an All-Star reserve (third All-Star appearance; did not play due to injury).

Season
Main article: 2009–10 NBA season

Records

Milestones

Injuries and surgeries

Transactions

Trades
July 28, 2009
 To New Orleans Hornets
Emeka Okafor		 To Charlotte Bobcats
Tyson Chandler
August 12, 2009
 To New Orleans Hornets
2016 2nd Round Draft Pick		 To Los Angeles Clippers
Rasual Butler
September 9, 2009
 To New Orleans Hornets
Bobby Brown, Darius Songaila		 To Minnesota Timberwolves
Antonio Daniels
January 11, 2010
 To New Orleans Hornets
Cash Considerations, 2016 2nd Round Draft Pick		 To Sacramento Kings
Hilton Armstrong
January 25, 2010
 To New Orleans Hornets
Aaron Gray		 To Chicago Bulls
Devin Brown
January 26, 2010
 To New Orleans Hornets
2014 2nd Round Draft Pick		 To Los Angeles Clippers
Bobby Brown

Free agents

Additions
PlayerSignedFormer team
Ike DioguJuly 29Indiana Pacers
Jason HartFebruary 5Minnesota Timberwolves

Subtractions
PlayerWaived
Jason HartFebruary 15

References
  1. Stein, Marc (2009-11-13). "Hornets fire Scott, name Bower coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
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