2009–10 New Orleans Hornets season

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2009–10 New Orleans Hornets season

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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
New Orleans Hornets seasons
< 2008–09 2010–11 >

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.

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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

New Orleans Hornets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (Y–M–D) From
G 2 United States Collison, Darren 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) UCLA
F 1 United States Diogu, Ike Injured (IN) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Arizona State
F/C 34 United States Gray, Aaron 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Pittsburgh
F/C 4 New Zealand Marks, Sean Injured 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) California
F/C 50 United States Okafor, Emeka 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Connecticut
G 3 United States Paul, Chris Injured (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Wake Forest
G/F 24 United States Peterson, Morris 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Michigan State
F 41 United States Posey, James 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Xavier
F 9 Lithuania Songaila, Darius 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Wake Forest
F 16 Serbia Stojaković, Peja Injured 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 229 lb (104 kg) Serbia
G 5 United States Thornton, Marcus 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) LSU
F 30 United States West, David (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Xavier
F 32 United States Wright, Julian 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Kansas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Athletic trainer(s)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured 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

2009–10 game log
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

  1. ^ Stein, Marc (2009-11-13). "Hornets fire Scott, name Bower coach". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4648162. Retrieved 2009-11-13. 

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