2010–11 New Orleans Hornets season

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

2010–11 New Orleans Hornets season
Head coachMonty Williams
General managerDell Demps
ArenaNew Orleans Arena
Results
Record4636 (.561)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Southwest)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst Round
(Lost to Lakers 2–4)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionCox Sports Television
RadioKMEZ

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 Commissioner David Stern had controversially vetoed the trade.

Key dates

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

Roster listing
2010–11 New Orleans Hornets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 11 Andersen, David 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1980-06-23 Australia
G/F 1 Ariza, Trevor 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985-07-30 UCLA
G 8 Belinelli, Marco 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1986-03-25 Italy
F/C 34 Gray, Aaron 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1984-12-07 Pittsburgh
G 33 Green, Willie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1981-07-28 Detroit
F 22 Ewing, Jr., Patrick 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1988-12-25 Indiana
G 2 Jack, Jarrett (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1983-10-28 Georgia Tech
F 24 Landry, Carl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 248 lb (112 kg) 1983-09-19 Purdue
C 28 Mbenga, D. J. 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1980-12-30 Democratic Republic of the Congo
F/C 50 Okafor, Emeka 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1982-09-28 Connecticut
G 3 Paul, Chris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1985-05-06 Wake Forest
F 20 Pondexter, Quincy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988-03-10 Washington
F/C 14 Smith, Jason 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1986-03-02 Colorado State
F 30 West, David 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1980-08-29 Xavier
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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
2010–11 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
c-San Antonio Spurs6121.74436–525–1610–6
x-Dallas Mavericks5725.695429–1228–138–8
x-New Orleans Hornets4636.5611528–1318–239–7
x-Memphis Grizzlies4636.5611530–1116–258–8
Houston Rockets4339.5241825–1618–235–11
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-San Antonio Spurs6121.744
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers5725.6954
3 x-Dallas Mavericks5725.6954
4 y-Oklahoma City Thunder5527.6716
5 x-Denver Nuggets5032.61011
6 x-Portland Trail Blazers4834.58513
7 x-New Orleans Hornets4636.56115
8 x-Memphis Grizzlies4636.56115
9 Houston Rockets4339.52418
10 Phoenix Suns4042.48821
11 Utah Jazz3943.47622
12 Golden State Warriors3646.43925
13 Los Angeles Clippers3250.39029
14 Sacramento Kings2458.29337
15 Minnesota Timberwolves1765.20744

Game log

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

Playoffs

Game log

2011 playoff game log
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

New Orleans Hornets statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
David Andersen 2907.7.446.385.4671.7.2.1.22.7
Trevor Ariza 757534.7.398.303.7015.42.21.6.411.0
Jerryd Bayless 11013.5.347.214.7651.42.5.2.14.5
Marco Belinelli 806924.5.437.414.7841.91.2.5.110.5
Patrick Ewing Jr. 702.7.000.000.750.3.3.0.1.4
Aaron Gray 41613.0.566..5004.2.4.3.33.1
Willie Green 771321.7.443.348.7802.11.0.5.28.7
D. J. Mbenga 4108.0.469..7222.1.1.1.71.4
Jarrett Jack 70219.6.412.345.8451.92.6.6.18.5
Carl Landry 231026.2.527.000.7954.1.6.4.511.8
Pops Mensah-Bonsu 705.0.333..1.6.3.0.0.3
Emeka Okafor 727231.8.573.000.5629.5.6.61.810.3
Chris Paul 808036.0.463.388.8784.19.82.4.115.9
Sasha Pavlovic 4112.5.182.000.1.51.5.01.01.0
Quincy Pondexter 66611.1.406.360.7061.3.4.3.22.8
Jason Smith 77614.3.443.000.8433.1.5.3.44.3
Peja Stojakovic 6014.8.424.440.8571.01.0.3.07.5
Marcus Thornton 46016.2.410.376.7582.8.9.4.17.8
David West 707035.0.508.222.8077.62.31.0.918.9

Playoffs

New Orleans Hornets statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Trevor Ariza 6640.2.412.333.7276.53.31.3.515.5
Marco Belinelli 6628.8.365.3081.000.8.7.8.09.7
Patrick Ewing Jr. 201.01.0001.000..0.0.0.01.5
Aaron Gray 6014.5.692..3753.5.3.3.33.5
Willie Green 6014.0.389.222.571.8.7.3.05.7
D. J. Mbenga 505.21.000..5001.0.2.4.61.0
Jarrett Jack 6018.5.353.000.6882.52.2.2.25.8
Carl Landry 6635.5.456..9175.01.0.7.515.8
Emeka Okafor 6631.3.645..3645.5.01.01.07.3
Chris Paul 6641.7.545.474.7966.711.51.8.022.0
Quincy Pondexter 303.0.167.000..3.3.0.0.7
Jason Smith 609.7.467..1.2.2.3.02.3

Awards, records and milestones

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
To New Orleans Hornets
August 11, 2010
To Indiana Pacers
To New Orleans Hornets
August 11, 2010
To Toronto Raptors
To New Orleans Hornets
September 23, 2010
To Philadelphia 76ers
To New Orleans Hornets
October 23, 2010
To Portland Trail Blazers
To New Orleans Hornets
November 20, 2010
To Toronto Raptors
To New Orleans Hornets
February 23, 2011
To Sacramento Kings
To New Orleans Hornets

References

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