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

New Orleans Pelicans roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From C 42 Ajinça, Alexis 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 248 lb (112 kg) 1988–05–06 INSEP (FRA) F 33 Anderson, Ryan (FA) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1988–05–06 California C 3 Aşık, Ömer 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1986–07–04 Turkey F 8 Babbitt, Luke 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1989–06–20 Nevada G 30 Cole, Norris (FA) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1988–10–13 Cleveland State F 44 Cunningham, Dante 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1987–04–22 Villanova F/C 23 Davis, Anthony (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 253 lb (115 kg) 1993–03–11 Kentucky G 16 Douglas, Toney 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1986–03–16 Florida State F 4 Ennis, James (FA) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–07–01 Long Beach State G/F 1 Evans, Tyreke 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–09–19 Memphis G 2 Frazier, Tim (FA) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1990–11–01 Penn State G/F 15 Gee, Alonzo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1987–05–29 Alabama G 10 Gordon, Eric (FA) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1988–12–25 Indiana G 11 Holiday, Jrue 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1990–06–12 UCLA C 5 Perkins, Kendrick (FA) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1984–11–10 Clifton J. Ozen HS (TX) G/F 20 Pondexter, Quincy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–03–10 Washington	Head coach Alvin Gentry Assistant coach(es) Darren Erman Kevin Hanson Robert Pack Fred Vinson Phil Weber 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: 2016–05–28

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) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 9 Memphis L 90–97 Trevor Ariza (17) Emeka Okafor (9) Chris Paul, Marco Belinelli, David West (4) New Orleans Arena 11,461 0–1 2 October 10 @ Orlando L 81–135 Peja Stojaković (20) Emeka Okafor (8) Chris Paul (10) Amway Center 18,516 0–2 3 October 13 Miami W 90–76 Marco Belinelli (19) Jason Smith (8) Chris Paul (7) New Orleans Arena 12,043 1–2 4 October 15 @ Indiana L 98–101 Marco Belinelli (16) Jason Smith (9) Chris Paul (8) Conseco Fieldhouse 10,758 1–3 5 October 16 Atlanta L 74–84 Marco Belinelli (13) Pops Mensah-Bonsu (9) Chris Paul (4) Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center 5,933 1–4 6 October 18 @ Memphis L 91–96 Pops Mensah-Bonsu (19) Pops Mensah-Bonsu (10) Chris Paul (12) FedExForum 8,268 1–5 7 October 20 @ Charlotte L 98–105 Marco Belinelli (25) Chris Paul (6) Chris Paul (14) Time Warner Cable Arena 19,077 1–6 8 October 21 @ Oklahoma City L 86–101 David West (24) D. J. Mbenga, Marcus Thornton, Jason Smith (6) Willie Green (6) Oklahoma City Arena 16,541 1–7
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

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

Season

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

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