2005–06 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets season

The 2005-06 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets season was the team's 4th season in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 18-64 record from the previous season (worst in the Western Conference that year). They finished the season with a 38-44 record, missing the playoffs for the second year in a row.

Before the commencement of training camp, the City of New Orleans was hit by Hurricane Katrina.^[1] With the New Orleans Arena partly damaged and the city's infrastructure in need of repair the Hornets would sign a deal to play most of their games in Oklahoma City, becoming the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets for the season. In Oklahoma City, the Hornets would enjoy sell out crowds at the Ford Center.^[1]

The addition of draft pick Chris Paul resulted in the team competing for a playoff spot. In January and February, the club played winning basketball despite losing Chris Andersen to a two year suspension for illegal drugs. Paul showed the poise and play making skills of a veteran finishing second in steals and seventh in assists as he posted a terrific 3.34 assist to turnover ratio, while leading all rookies with 16.1 ppg.^[1]

On March 8 the Hornets returned to New Orleans with a near sell out crowd on hand to watch the Hornets lose to the Los Angeles Lakers 113-107.^[1] In March, the Hornets went into a tail spin winning just 3 of 14 games. The Hornets who played 6 of their last 12 home games in New Orleans would go on to finish in 4th place in their division. Chris Paul was named Rookie of the Year.^[2]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	Chris Paul[3]	PG	United States	Wake Forest
2	33	Brandon Bass		United States	Louisiana State

Roster

New Orleans Hornets roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 5.5 !F/C 33 USA ! Bass, Brandon 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) LSU 5.5 !F/C 42 USA ! Brown, P. J. 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Louisiana Tech 2.5 !G/F 45 USA ! Butler, Rasual 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) La Salle 1.5 !G 5 USA ! Claxton, Speedy 7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 166 lb (75 kg) Hofstra 4.0 !F 21 USA ! Fizer, Marcus 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 262 lb (119 kg) Iowa State 5.5 !F/C 44 USA ! Jackson, Marc 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Temple 4.0 !F 43 USA ! Johnson, Linton 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Tulane 1.5 !G 6 LTU ! Macijauskas, Arvydas 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 214 lb (97 kg) Lithuania 2.5 !G/F 24 USA ! Mason, Desmond 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Oklahoma State 1.5 !G 25 USA ! Norris, Moochie 7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) West Florida 1.5 !G 3 USA ! Paul, Chris 7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Wake Forest 2.5 !G/F 23 USA ! Smith, J. R. 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) St. Benedict's Prep HS (NJ) 2.5 !G/F 1 USA ! Snyder, Kirk 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Nevada 4.0 !F 30 USA ! West, David 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Xavier 5.5 !F/C 34 USA ! Williams, Aaron 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Xavier	Head coach Byron Scott (Arizona State) Assistant coach(es) Jim Cleamons (Ohio State) Kenny Gattison (Old Dominion) David Miller (Springfield (MA)) Darrell Walker (Arkansas) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Standings

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Game log

Player statistics

Awards and records

Awards

• Chris Paul, NBA Rookie of the Year Award ^[5]
• Chris Paul, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

Free Agents

See also

• 2005-06 NBA season

References

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