2009–10 New Orleans Hornets season

2009–10 New Orleans Hornets season
Head coach	Jeff Bower
Arena	New Orleans Arena
Results
Record	37–45 (.451)
Place	Division: 5th (Southwest) Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Cox Sports Television
Radio	KMEZ
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The 2009-10 New Orleans Hornets season, was the 22nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 8th season based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Contents 1 Key dates 2 Summary 2.1 NBA Draft 2009 2.2 Free agency 3 Draft picks 4 Roster 5 Pre-season 6 Regular season 6.1 Standings 6.2 Game log 7 Player statistics 7.1 Season 8 Awards, records and milestones 8.1 Awards 8.1.1 Week/Month 8.1.2 All-Star 8.1.3 Season 8.2 Records 8.3 Milestones 9 Injuries and surgeries 10 Transactions 10.1 Trades 10.2 Free agents 10.2.1 Additions 10.2.2 Subtractions 11 References 12 External links

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

Free agency

Draft picks

Roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (Y–M–D) From 1.5 !G 2 USA ! Collison, Darren 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) UCLA 4.0 !F 1 USA ! Diogu, Ike  (IN) 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Arizona State 5.5 !F/C 34 USA ! Gray, Aaron 84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Pittsburgh 5.5 !F/C 4 NZL ! Marks, Sean  82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) California 5.5 !F/C 50 USA ! Okafor, Emeka 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Connecticut 1.5 !G 3 USA ! Paul, Chris  (C) 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Wake Forest 2.5 !G/F 24 USA ! Peterson, Morris 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Michigan State 4.0 !F 41 USA ! Posey, James 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Xavier 4.0 !F 9 LIT ! Songaila, Darius 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Wake Forest 4.0 !F 16 SRB ! Stojaković, Peja  82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 229 lb (104 kg) Serbia 1.5 !G 5 USA ! Thornton, Marcus 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) LSU 4.0 !F 30 USA ! West, David (C) 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Xavier 4.0 !F 32 USA ! Wright, Julian 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Kansas	Head coach Jeff Bower (St. Francis*) Assistant coach(es) Charlie Parker (Findlay*) Paul Pressey (Tulsa) Robert Werdann (St. John's*) Robert Pack (Southern California) Athletic trainer(s) Terry Kofler (Xavier) 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)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	October 7 (in Atlanta, GA)	New Orleans Hornets	102 - 108	Atlanta Hawks	-	Lost	8,024	0 - 1	1
2	October 8 (in Greensboro, NC)	New Orleans Hornets	101 - 108	Charlotte Bobcats	-	Lost	8,623	0 - 2	2

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Dallas Mavericks	55	27	.671	–	28–13	27–14	10–6
x-San Antonio Spurs	50	32	.610	5	29–12	21–20	9–7
Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	13	23–18	19–22	9–7
Memphis Grizzlies	40	42	.488	15	23–18	17–24	5–11
New Orleans Hornets	37	45	.451	18	24–17	13–28	7–9

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Dallas Mavericks	55	27	.671	2
3	x-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	3
4	y-Denver Nuggets	53	29	.646	4
5	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	4
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	7
7	x-San Antonio Spurs	50	32	.610	7
8	x-Oklahoma City Thunder	50	32	.610	7
9	Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	15
10	Memphis Grizzlies	40	42	.488	17
11	New Orleans Hornets	37	45	.451	20
12	Los Angeles Clippers	29	53	.354	28
13	Golden State Warriors	26	56	.317	31
14	Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	32
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	15	67	.183	42

Game log

October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 28 @ San Antonio 2 October 30 Sacramento
November: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 November 1 @ Boston 4 November 2 @ NY Knicks 5 November 4 Dallas 6 November 6 Toronto 7 November 8 @ LA Lakers 8 November 9 @ LA Clippers 9 November 11 @ Phoenix 10 November 13 Portland 11 November 14 @ Atlanta 12 November 17 LA Clippers 13 November 19 Phoenix 14 November 21 Atlanta 15 November 22 @ Miami 16 November 25 Milwaukee 17 November 29 @ Sacramento
December: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 December 1 @ LA Lakers 19 December 4 Minnesota 20 December 8 Sacramento 21 December 9 @ Minnesota 22 December 11 NY Knicks 23 December 14 @ Dallas 24 December 16 Detroit 25 December 18 Denver 26 December 20 @ Toronto 27 December 23 Golden State 28 December 26 @ Chicago 29 December 29 @ Houston 30 December 30 Miami
January: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 31 January 2 Houston 32 January 4 @ Utah 33 January 6 @ Oklahoma City 34 January 8 New Jersey 35 January 10 @ Washington 36 January 11 @ Philadelphia 37 January 13 LA Clippers 38 January 15 @ Detroit 39 January 16 @ Indiana 40 January 18 San Antonio 41 January 20 Memphis 42 January 22 @ Minnesota 43 January 23 @ Denver 44 January 25 @ Portland 45 January 27 @ Golden State 46 January 29 Chicago 47 January 30 @ Memphis
February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 48 February 1 Phoenix 49 February 3 Oklahoma City 50 February 5 Philadelphia 51 February 6 @ Charlotte 52 February 8 @ Orlando 53 February 10 Boston 54 February 17 Utah 55 February 19 Indiana 56 February 21 Houston 57 February 23 @ Cleveland 58 February 24 @ Milwaukee 59 February 26 Orlando 60 February 28 @ Dallas
March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 61 March 1 San Antonio 62 March 3 Memphis 63 March 5 @ San Antonio 64 March 8 Golden State 65 March 10 @ Oklahoma City 66 March 12 Denver 67 March 14 @ Phoenix 68 March 15 @ LA Clippers 69 March 17 @ Golden State 70 March 18 @ Denver 71 March 20 @ Utah 72 March 22 Dallas 73 March 24 Cleveland 74 March 27 Portland 75 March 29 LA Lakers 76 March 31 Washington
April: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 77 April 2 @ Memphis 78 April 3 @ New Jersey 79 April 7 Charlotte 80 April 9 Utah 81 April 11 Minnesota 82 April 14 @ Houston
2009–10 season schedule

Player statistics

Season

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

All-Star

Season

Records

Milestones

Injuries and surgeries

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

References

External links

• 2009–10 New Orleans Hornets season at ESPN
• 2009–10 New Orleans Hornets season at Basketball Reference

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