2010–11 New Orleans Hornets season

2010–11 New Orleans Hornets season
2010–11 New Orleans Hornets season
Head coach	Monty Williams
General manager	Dell Demps
Owners	NBA
Arena	New Orleans Arena
Results
Record	46–36 (.561)
Place	Division: 3rd (Southwest); Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish	First Round; (lost to Lakers 2–4)
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Cox Sports Television
Radio	KMEZ
< 2009–10	2011–12 >

The 2010–11 New Orleans Hornets season was the ninth 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'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, Kevin Martin, and a 2012 first round draft pick to the Hornets and Pau Gasol to the Houston Rockets, but NBA Commissioner David Stern had controversially vetoed the trade.^[1]

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

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

2010–11 New Orleans Hornets roster

Players

Coaches

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

Head coach

Monty Williams

Assistant(s)

Randy Ayers
James Borrego
Bryan Gates
Fred Vinson
Dave Hanners
Michael Malone
Jon Ishop (trainer)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
Injured

Roster
Updated: March 26, 2011

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

Pre-season: 1–7 (home: 1–2; road: 0–5)

Game	Date	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 v t e	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 v t e
#	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

Game log

2010–11 game log
Total: 46–36 (home: 28–13; road: 18–23)

October: 3–0 (home: 2–0; road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 27	Milwaukee	W 95–91	David West (22)	Emeka Okafor (9)	Chris Paul (16)	New Orleans Arena 15,039	1–0
2	October 29	Denver	W 101–95	Chris Paul (18)	Emeka Okafor (8)	Chris Paul (7)	New Orleans Arena 12,474	2–0
3	October 30	@ San Antonio	W 99–90	Chris Paul (25)	Chris Paul, Marcus Thornton (7)	Chris Paul (5)	AT&T Center 18,581	3–0

November: 9–5 (home: 5–1; road: 4–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	November 3	@ Houston	W 107–99	Chris Paul (25)	Emeka Okafor, David West, Jason Smith (9)	Chris Paul (8)	Toyota Center 13,484	4–0
5	November 5	Miami	W 96–93	Emeka Okafor (26)	Emeka Okafor (13)	Chris Paul (19)	New Orleans Arena 17,988	5–0
6	November 6	@ Milwaukee	W 87–81	David West (25)	Chris Paul (9)	Chris Paul (6)	Bradley Center 16,731	6–0
7	November 9	L.A. Clippers	W 101–82	Willie Green (19)	Emeka Okafor (7)	Jerryd Bayless (9)	New Orleans Arena 12,479	7–0
8	November 13	Portland	W 107–87	Marco Belinelli, David West (18)	Emeka Okafor (12)	Chris Paul (13)	New Orleans Arena 14,706	8–0
9	November 15	@ Dallas	L 95–98	Chris Paul (22)	Emeka Okafor (14)	Chris Paul (9)	American Airlines Center 19,712	8–1
10	November 17	Dallas	W 99–97	Chris Paul (20)	Emeka Okafor (10)	Chris Paul (11)	New Orleans Arena 13,828	9–1
11	November 19	Cleveland	W 108–101	David West (34)	David West (11)	Chris Paul (10)	New Orleans Arena 14,755	10–1
12	November 21	@ Sacramento	W 75–71	David West (17)	Emeka Okafor (12)	Chris Paul (14)	ARCO Arena 12,003	11–1
13	November 22	@ L.A. Clippers	L 95–99	David West (30)	Emeka Okafor (12)	Chris Paul (6)	Staples Center 17,787	11–2
14	November 24	@ Utah	L 87–105	Chris Paul (17)	Emeka Okafor (10)	Chris Paul (9)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,237	11–3
15	November 26	@ Portland	W 97–78	Willie Green (19)	Emeka Okafor (9)	Chris Paul (13)	Rose Garden 20,452	12–3
16	November 28	San Antonio	L 95–109	David West (23)	Emeka Okafor, David West (7)	Chris Paul (7)	New Orleans Arena 12,449	12–4
17	November 29	@ Oklahoma City	L 89–95	David West (20)	Emeka Okafor (11)	Chris Paul (14)	Oklahoma City Arena 18,203	12–5

December: 7–9 (home: 6–3; road: 1–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
18	December 1	Charlotte	W 89–73	David West (22)	Emeka Okafor (13)	Chris Paul (14)	New Orleans Arena 10,866	13–5
19	December 3	New York	L 92–100	Trevor Ariza (21)	Emeka Okafor (14)	Chris Paul (10)	New Orleans Arena 14,020	13–6
20	December 5	@ San Antonio	L 84–109	Chris Paul (16)	Chris Paul, Jason Smith, David West (5)	Chris Paul (8)	AT&T Center 17,571	13–7
21	December 8	Detroit	W 93–74	David West (25)	Trevor Ariza, Jason Smith (7)	Chris Paul (14)	New Orleans Arena 10,823	14–7
22	December 10	Oklahoma City	L 92–97	David West (24)	David West (13)	Chris Paul (7)	New Orleans Arena 14,428	14–8
23	December 12	@ Philadelphia	L 70–88	Chris Paul (25)	Trevor Ariza (10)	Chris Paul (3)	Wells Fargo Center 13,884	14–9
24	December 13	@ Miami	L 84–96	David West (26)	David West (12)	Chris Paul (5)	American Airlines Arena 19,600	14–10
25	December 15	Sacramento	W 94–91	Chris Paul (22)	Emeka Okafor, David West (9)	Chris Paul (11)	New Orleans Arena 13,325	15–10
26	December 17	Utah	W 100–71	David West (23)	Emeka Okafor (11)	Chris Paul (10)	New Orleans Arena 14,414	16–10
27	December 19	@ Detroit	L 108–111 (OT)	David West (32)	Emeka Okafor (12)	Chris Paul (10)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,452	16–11
28	December 20	@ Indiana	L 93–94	Emeka Okafor (19)	Emeka Okafor (15)	Jarrett Jack (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 12,271	16–12
29	December 22	New Jersey	W 105–91	Emeka Okafor (21)	Emeka Okafor (10)	Chris Paul (14)	New Orleans Arena 15,423	17–12
30	December 26	Atlanta	W 93–86	Chris Paul (22)	Emeka Okafor (15)	Chris Paul (8)	New Orleans Arena 15,626	18–12
31	December 27	@ Minnesota	L 98–113	David West (23)	Emeka Okafor (8)	Chris Paul (13)	Target Center 11,679	18–13
32	December 29	L.A. Lakers	L 88–103	Chris Paul (20)	Emeka Okafor (7)	Chris Paul (7)	New Orleans Arena 18,018	18–14
33	December 31	@ Boston	W 83–81	Chris Paul (20)	Emeka Okafor (13)	Chris Paul (11)	TD Garden 18,624	19–14

January: 12–4 (home: 6–1; road: 6–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
34	January 1	@ Washington	W 92–81	Trevor Ariza (22)	Emeka Okafor (15)	Chris Paul (11)	Verizon Center 16,026	20–14
35	January 3	Philadelphia	W 84–77	David West (17)	Emeka Okafor, David West (8)	Chris Paul (5)	New Orleans Arena 13,433	21–14
36	January 5	Golden State	L 103–110	Chris Paul (24)	Trevor Ariza, Emeka Okafor (10)	Chris Paul (13)	New Orleans Arena 13,532	21–15
37	January 7	@ L.A. Lakers	L 97–101	David West (23)	Emeka Okafor (13)	Chris Paul (10)	Staples Center 18,997	21–16
38	January 9	@ Denver	W 96–87	Chris Paul (20)	Emeka Okafor (13)	Chris Paul (6)	Pepsi Center 16,283	22–16
39	January 12	Orlando	W 92–89 (OT)	Marcus Thornton (22)	Emeka Okafor (14)	Chris Paul (13)	New Orleans Arena 13,688	23–16
40	January 14	@ Houston	W 110–105 (OT)	David West (29)	Emeka Okafor (15)	Chris Paul (8)	Toyota Center 13,616	24–16
41	January 15	@ Charlotte	W 88–81	David West (26)	Emeka Okafor (10)	Trevor Ariza, Chris Paul (4)	Time Warner Cable Arena 17,486	25–16
42	January 17	Toronto	W 85–81	David West (23)	Emeka Okafor (16)	Chris Paul (11)	New Orleans Arena 15,155	26–16
43	January 19	Memphis	W 103–102 (OT)	Chris Paul (20)	Emeka Okafor, David West (11)	Chris Paul (12)	New Orleans Arena 15,951	27–16
44	January 21	@ Atlanta	W 100–59	Chris Paul (16)	Emeka Okafor (12)	Chris Paul (8)	Philips Arena 14,875	28–16
45	January 22	San Antonio	W 96–72	Marcus Thornton, David West (18)	Emeka Okafor (12)	Chris Paul (6)	New Orleans Arena 18,023	29–16
46	January 24	Oklahoma City	W 91–89	Chris Paul (24)	Emeka Okafor (9)	Chris Paul (9)	New Orleans Arena 17,233	30–16
47	January 26	@ Golden State	W 112–103	David West (22)	Trevor Ariza, Emeka Okafor (7)	Chris Paul (17)	Oracle Arena 18,108	31–16
48	January 29	@ Sacramento	L 96–102	David West (21)	David West (7)	Chris Paul (7)	ARCO Arena 14,534	31–17
49	January 30	@ Phoenix	L 102–104	Chris Paul (26)	Marcus Thornton (10)	Chris Paul (12)	US Airways Center 17,921	31–18

February: 4–8 (home: 2–4; road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
50	February 1	Washington	W 97–89	Jason Smith (20)	Aaron Gray, David West (8)	Chris Paul (9)	New Orleans Arena 13,921	32–18
51	February 2	@ Oklahoma City	L 93–104	David West (20)	David West (15)	Chris Paul (5)	Oklahoma City Arena 17,849	32–19
52	February 5	L.A. Lakers	L 95–101	Chris Paul (21)	David West (12)	Chris Paul (15)	New Orleans Arena 18,426	32–20
53	February 7	Minnesota	L 92–104	David West (18)	Aaron Gray (8)	Chris Paul (13)	New Orleans Arena 13,401	32–21
54	February 9	@ New Jersey	L 101–103 (OT)	David West (32)	David West (15)	Chris Paul (11)	Prudential Center 13,316	32–22
55	February 11	@ Orlando	W 99–93	Willie Green (24)	David West (17)	Chris Paul (7)	Amway Center 18,944	33–22
56	February 12	Chicago	L 88–97	Marcus Thornton (24)	Aaron Gray, Marcus Thornton (6)	Chris Paul (6)	New Orleans Arena 17,831	33–23
57	February 15	@ Golden State	L 89–102	Marco Belinelli, David West (15)	David West (7)	Chris Paul (10)	Oracle Arena 18,276	33–24
58	February 16	@ Portland	L 96–103	David West (27)	Trevor Ariza (9)	Trevor Ariza (6)	Rose Garden 20,650	33–25
All-Star Break
59	February 23	L.A. Clippers	W 98–87	David West (22)	David West (8)	Chris Paul (10)	New Orleans Arena 17,537	34–25
60	February 25	@ Minnesota	W 95–81	Trevor Ariza (18)	Emeka Okafor (7)	Chris Paul (8)	Target Center 16,965	35–25
61	February 27	Houston	L 89–91	David West (22)	Emeka Okafor (14)	Chris Paul (12)	New Orleans Arena 17,466	35–26

March: 7–6 (home: 3–2; road: 4–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
62	March 1	@ Toronto	L 90–96	David West (19)	David West (10)	Chris Paul (5)	Air Canada Centre 14,704	35–27
63	March 2	@ New York	L 88–107	Jarrett Jack (21)	Emeka Okafor (8)	Chris Paul (10)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	35–28
64	March 4	@ Memphis	W 98–91	Chris Paul (23)	Carl Landry (10)	Chris Paul (14)	FedExForum 15,367	36–28
65	March 6	@ Cleveland	W 96–81	David West (23)	Emeka Okafor, David West (7)	Chris Paul (11)	Quicken Loans Arena 18,754	37–28
66	March 7	@ Chicago	L 77–85	Jarrett Jack (23)	David West (11)	Jarrett Jack, David West (3)	United Center 21,997	37–29
67	March 9	Dallas	W 93–92	Marco Belinelli, Jarrett Jack (21)	David West (10)	Jarrett Jack (7)	New Orleans Arena 14,472	38–29
68	March 12	Sacramento	W 115–103	Chris Paul (33)	David West (9)	Chris Paul (15)	New Orleans Arena 15,530	39–29
69	March 14	Denver	L 103–114	Chris Paul (27)	Emeka Okafor (7)	Chris Paul (10)	New Orleans Arena 11,782	39–30
70	March 16	Phoenix	W 100–95	Chris Paul (26)	Emeka Okafor (11)	Chris Paul (9)	New Orleans Arena 13,758	40–30
71	March 19	Boston	L 85–89	David West (32)	Emeka Okafor (11)	Chris Paul (15)	New Orleans Arena 18,018	40–31
72	March 24	@ Utah	W 121–117 (OT)	David West (29)	Trevor Ariza (9)	Chris Paul (12)	EnergySolutions Arena 18,840	41–31
73	March 25	@ Phoenix	W 106–100	Chris Paul (22)	Emeka Okafor (12)	Chris Paul (7)	US Airways Center 18,422	42–31
74	March 27	@ L.A. Lakers	L 84–102	Carl Landry (24)	Emeka Okafor (11)	Chris Paul (9)	Staples Center 18,997	42–32
75	March 30	Portland	W 95–91	Carl Landry (21)	Emeka Okafor (10)	Chris Paul (12)	New Orleans Arena 12,575	43–32

April: 3–4 (home: 3–2; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
76	April 1	Memphis	L 81–93	Carl Landry (19)	Emeka Okafor (10)	Chris Paul (13)	New Orleans Arena 16,561	43–33
77	April 3	Indiana	W 108–96	Trevor Ariza (19)	Emeka Okafor (17)	Chris Paul (8)	New Orleans Arena 13,898	44–33
78	April 6	Houston	W 101–93	Chris Paul (28)	Carl Landry, Chris Paul (9)	Chris Paul (10)	New Orleans Arena 12,728	45–33
79	April 8	Phoenix	W 109–97	Willie Green (31)	Trevor Ariza (8)	Chris Paul (12)	New Orleans Arena 14,950	46–33
80	April 10	@ Memphis	L 89–111	Marco Belinelli (18)	Emeka Okafor (7)	Chris Paul (10)	FedExForum 17,041	46–34
81	April 11	Utah	L 78–90	Chris Paul (15)	Aaron Gray (9)	Jarrett Jack (6)	New Orleans Arena 12,558	46–35
82	April 13	@ Dallas	L 89–121	Jarrett Jack (21)	Aaron Gray (10)	Chris Paul (8)	American Airlines Center 20,366	46–36

2010–11 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

2011 playoff game log

First Round: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	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

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
David Andersen	29	0	7.7	.446	.385	.467	1.7	.2	.1	.2	2.7
Trevor Ariza	75	75	34.7	.398	.303	.701	5.4	2.2	1.6	.4	11.0
Jerryd Bayless	11	0	13.5	.347	.214	.765	1.4	2.5	.2	.1	4.5
Marco Belinelli	80	69	24.5	.437	.414	.784	1.9	1.2	.5	.1	10.5
Patrick Ewing Jr.	7	0	2.7	.000	.000	.750	.3	.3	.0	.1	.4
Aaron Gray	41	6	13.0	.566	.	.500	4.2	.4	.3	.3	3.1
Willie Green	77	13	21.7	.443	.348	.780	2.1	1.0	.5	.2	8.7
D. J. Mbenga	41	0	8.0	.469	.	.722	2.1	.1	.1	.7	1.4
Jarrett Jack	70	2	19.6	.412	.345	.845	1.9	2.6	.6	.1	8.5
Carl Landry	23	10	26.2	.527	.000	.795	4.1	.6	.4	.5	11.8
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	7	0	5.0	.333	.	.	1.6	.3	.0	.0	.3
Emeka Okafor	72	72	31.8	.573	.000	.562	9.5	.6	.6	1.8	10.3
Chris Paul	80	80	36.0	.463	.388	.878	4.1	9.8	2.4	.1	15.8
Sasha Pavlovic	4	1	12.5	.182	.000	.	1.5	1.5	.0	1.0	1.0
Quincy Pondexter	66	6	11.1	.406	.360	.706	1.3	.4	.3	.2	2.8
Jason Smith	77	6	14.3	.443	.000	.843	3.1	.5	.3	.4	4.3
Peja Stojakovic	6	0	14.8	.424	.440	.857	1.0	1.0	.3	.0	7.5
Marcus Thornton	46	0	16.2	.410	.376	.758	2.8	.9	.4	.1	7.8
David West	70	70	35.0	.508	.222	.807	7.6	2.3	1.0	.9	18.9

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Trevor Ariza	6	6	40.2	.412	.333	.727	6.5	3.3	1.3	.5	15.5
Marco Belinelli	6	6	28.8	.365	.308	1.000	.8	.7	.8	.0	9.7
Patrick Ewing Jr.	2	0	1.0	1.000	1.000	.	.0	.0	.0	.0	1.5
Aaron Gray	6	0	14.5	.692	.	.375	3.5	.3	.3	.3	3.5
Willie Green	6	0	14.0	.389	.222	.571	.8	.7	.3	.0	5.7
D. J. Mbenga	5	0	5.2	1.000	.	.500	1.0	.2	.4	.6	1.0
Jarrett Jack	6	0	18.5	.353	.000	.688	2.5	2.2	.2	.2	5.8
Carl Landry	6	6	35.5	.456	.	.917	5.0	1.0	.7	.5	15.8
Emeka Okafor	6	6	31.3	.645	.	.364	5.5	.0	1.0	1.0	7.3
Chris Paul	6	6	41.7	.545	.474	.796	6.7	11.5	1.8	.0	22.0
Quincy Pondexter	3	0	3.0	.167	.000	.	.3	.3	.0	.0	.7
Jason Smith	6	0	9.7	.467	.	.	1.2	.2	.3	.0	2.3

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

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

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

October 23, 2010

To Portland Trail Blazers

Sean Marks

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

^ Howard Beck (December 8, 2011). "N.B.A. Rejects Trade Sending Paul to Lakers". The New York Times. Retrieved April 23, 2021.

[1] Howard Beck (December 8, 2011). "N.B.A. Rejects Trade Sending Paul to Lakers". The New York Times. Retrieved April 23, 2021.

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