2010–11 New Orleans Hornets season

2010–11 New Orleans Hornets season
Head coach	Monty Williams
Arena	New Orleans Arena
Results
Record	46–36 (.561)
Place	Division: 3rd (Southwest) Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in first round to L.A. 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 name to "Pelicans" in 2013, although the city would remain. The Hornets fell to 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.

It was Chris Paul's final season with the team as he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers during the lockout after the season.

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.

Draft picks

Main article: 2010 NBA draft

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
4.0 !F	11	Andersen, David	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1980-06-23	Australia
2.5 !G/F	1	Ariza, Trevor	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1985-07-30	UCLA
1.5 !G	8	Belinelli, Marco	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1986-03-25	Italy
5.5 !F/C	34	Gray, Aaron	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	1984-12-07	Pittsburgh
1.5 !G	33	Greene, Willie	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1981-07-28	Detroit
4.0 !F	22	Ewing, Jr., Patrick	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1988-12-25	Indiana
1.5 !G	2	Jack, Jarrett (C)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	1983-10-28	Georgia Tech
4.0 !F	24	Landry, Carl	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	1983-09-19	Purdue
6.0 !C	28	Mbenga, D. J.	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1980-12-30	Democratic Republic of the Congo
5.5 !F/C	50	Okafor, Emeka	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1982-09-28	Connecticut
1.5 !G	3	Paul, Chris	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1985-05-06	Wake Forest
4.0 !F	20	Pondexter, Quincy	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1988-03-10	Washington
5.5 !F/C	14	Smith, Jason	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1986-03-02	Colorado State
4.0 !F	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 • Transactions
Last transaction: 2012-04-18

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Emeka Okafor	Aaron Gray D. J. Mbenga
PF	Carl Landry	Jason Smith	Patrick Ewing, Jr.	David Andersen David West
SF	Trevor Ariza		Quincy Pondexter
SG	Marco Belinelli	Willie Green
PG	Chris Paul	Jarrett Jack		Marcus Banks

2010–11 Salaries

As of September 2010:

Player	2010–11 Salary
Chris Paul	$14,940,152
Emeka Okafor	$11,540,375
David West	$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)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 17	@ L.A. Lakers	W 109–100	Chris Paul (33)	Trevor Ariza, Chris Paul (7)	Chris Paul (14)	Staples Center 18,997	1–0
2	April 20	@ L.A. Lakers	L 78–87	Trevor Ariza (22)	Aaron Gray (8)	Chris Paul (9)	Staples Center 18,997	1–1
3	April 22	L.A. Lakers	L 86–100	Carl Landry (23)	Trevor Ariza (12)	Chris Paul (8)	New Orleans Arena 18,340	1–2
4	April 24	L.A. Lakers	W 93–88	Chris Paul (27)	Chris Paul (13)	Chris Paul (15)	New Orleans Arena 18,083	2–2
5	April 26	@ L.A. Lakers	L 90–106	Trevor Ariza (22)	Aaron Gray (6)	Chris Paul (12)	Staples Center 18,997	2–3
6	April 28	L.A. Lakers	L 80–98	Carl Landry (19)	Chris Paul (8)	Chris Paul (11)	New Orleans Arena 17,949	2–4

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

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

All-Star

Chris Paul (Starting Point Guard)

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

August 11, 2010

To Portland Trail Blazers

Future 1st Round Pick

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

Free agents

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

New Orleans/Oklahoma City / New Orleans Hornets–New Orleans Pelicans seasons

2000s

2010s

2010–11 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto

Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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