2009–10 New Orleans Hornets season

March 2026 August 2023 New Orleans Hornets 2010 37 45 Southwest 5 11 Byron Scott (fired) Jeff Bower Jeff Bower George Shinn New Orleans Arena Did not qualify NOH Cox Sports Television KMEZ The 2009–10 New Orleans Hornets season was the team's eighthAt the time, this season was considered the 22nd season in franchise history, being viewed as a relocation from Charlotte. In 2014, after this team was rebranded as the Pelicans, the name and the statistical history of the original team was reclaimed by the present day Charlotte Hornets, who had begun play in 2004 as an expansion team known as the Charlotte Bobcats.Feldman Dan Charlotte Hornets assume historical records from New Pelicans http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/20/charlotte-hornets-assume-historical-records-from-new-pelicans/ NBC Universal season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). 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.https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=4648162 Hornets fire Scott, name Bower coach Marc Stein ESPN.com 2009-11-13 2009-11-13 January 28 – Hornets point guard Chris Paul was selected as all-star reserve. Draft picks 2009 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Team 1 21 Darren Collison PG United States UCLA The Hornets entered the draft with one first-round selection. They have previously traded their second-round pick to the Toronto Raptors,http://www.nba.com/raptors/news/pressrelease_060131.html Raptors Trade Aaron Williams Turner Sports Interactive, Inc NBA.com/Raptors April 18, 2009 January 31, 2006 June 30, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090630012138/http://www.nba.com/raptors/news/pressrelease_060131.html live who in turn traded it to the San Antonio Spurs.http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/trade_announcement_060621.html Spurs Acquire Matt Bonner and Eric Williams from Toronto Turner Sports Interactive, Inc NBA.com/Spurs April 18, 2009 June 21, 2006 June 30, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090630022917/http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/trade_announcement_060621.html live Roster New Orleans Hornets 2009–10 2 Darren Collison PG 6 0 160 1987-08-23 UCLA 34 Aaron Gray C 7 0 270 1984-12-07 Pittsburgh 4 Sean Marks C 6 10 250 1975-08-23 Berkeley 50 Emeka Okafor C 6 10 255 1982-09-28 Connecticut 3 Chris Paul PG 6 0 175 1985-05-06 Wake Forest 24 Morris Peterson SG 6 7 220 1977-08-26 Michigan State 41 James Posey SF 6 8 217 1977-01-13 Xavier 9 Darius Songaila C 6 9 248 1978-02-14 Wake Forest 16 Peja Stojaković SF 6 10 229 1977-06-09 Serbia 5 Marcus Thornton basketball, born 1987 SG 6 4 205 1987-06-05 LSU 30 David West basketball PF 6 9 240 1980-08-29 Xavier (Ohio) 32 Julian Wright SF 6 8 225 1987-05-20 Kansas Byron Scott (fired) Jeff Bower Tim Floyd Robert Pack Charlie Parker Paul Pressey Robert Werdann Terry Kofler (trainer) (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NOH/2010.html February 5, 2010 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) New Orleans Hornets 102–108 Atlanta Hawks – Lost 8,024 0 – 1 1 2 October 8 (in Greensboro, North Carolina) New Orleans Hornets 101–108 Charlotte Bobcats - Lost 8,623 0 – 2 2 Regular season Standings NOH NOH Game log New Orleans Hornets 2010 Total: 37–45 (Home: 24–17; Road: 13–28) New Orleans Hornets October yes 1 0 0 1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 28 | @ San Antonio | 20091028 SAS 96 113 | Chris Paul (26) | Emeka Okafor (10) | Chris Paul (9) | AT&T Center18,581 | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 | October 30 | Sacramento | 20091030 NOH 97 92 | Chris Paul (31) | Emeka Okafor (13) | Chris Paul (4) | New Orleans Arena17,306 | 1–1 New Orleans Hornets November yes 5 2 1 7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | November 1 | @ Boston | 20091101 BOS 87 97 | Peja Stojakovic (26) | Emeka Okafor (10) | Chris Paul (8) | TD Garden18,624 | 1–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | November 2 | @ New York | 20091102 NYK 111 117 | Chris Paul (32) | Emeka Okafor (10) | Chris Paul (13) | Madison Square Garden19,763 | 1–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 | November 4 | Dallas | 20091104 NOH 114 107 1 | Chris Paul (39) | Emeka Okafor (13) | Chris Paul (7) | New Orleans Arena13,566 | 2–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | November 6 | Toronto | 20091106 NOH 90 107 | Chris Paul (21) | Emeka Okafor (8) | Chris Paul (18) | New Orleans Arena15,010 | 2–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | November 8 | @ L. A. Lakers | 20091108 LAL 88 104 | Chris Paul (15) | Emeka Okafor (14) | Chris Paul (9) | STAPLES Center18,997 | 2–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 | November 9 | @ L. A. Clippers | 20091109 LAC 112 84 | Devin Brown (25) | David West (9) | Chris Paul (10) | STAPLES Center14,760 | 3–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | November 11 | @ Phoenix | 20091111 PHO 104 124 | Chris Paul (25) | Devin Brown (5) | Chris Paul (6) | US Airways Center16,517 | 3–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 10 | November 13 | Portland | 20091113 NOH 78 86 | Marcus Thornton (20) | David West (10) | Chris Paul (8) | New Orleans Arena14,742 | 3–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 14 | @ Atlanta | 20091114 ATL 98 121 | Peja Stojakovic (25) | David West, Emeka Okafor (12) | Bobby Brown (7) | Philips Arena18,572 | 3–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 | November 17 | L. A. Clippers | 20091117 NOH 110 102 | David West (24) | Emeka Okafor (14) | Darren Collison (6) | New Orleans Arena13,116 | 4–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 13 | November 19 | Phoenix | 20091119 NOH 110 103 | Peja Stojakovic (25) | Peja Stojakovic (13) | Devin Brown, Darren Collison, David West (5) | New Orleans Arena14,520 | 5–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 14 | November 21 | Atlanta | 20091121 NOH 96 88 | Darren Collison (22) | David West, Emeka Okafor (10) | Darren Collison (11) | New Orleans Arena15,933 | 6–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 15 | November 22 | @ Miami | 20091122 MIA 101 102 | Marcus Thornton (24) | David West (9) | Bobby Brown (7) | AmericanAirlines Arena16,500 | 6–9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 16 | November 25 | Milwaukee | 20091125 NOH 102 99 1 | David West (27) | Emeka Okafor (13) | Darren Collison (8) | New Orleans Arena14,315 | 7–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 17 | November 29 | @ Sacramento | 20091129 SAC 96 112 | David West (24) | Emeka Okafor (11) | Darren Collison (6) | Power Balance Pavilion11,548 | 7–10 New Orleans Hornets December yes 6 1 1 5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 18 | December 1 | @ L. A. Lakers | 20091201 LAL 99 110 | Darren Collison (20) | Emeka Okafor (12) | Devin Brown (8) | STAPLES Center18,997 | 7–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 | December 4 | Minnesota | 20091204 NOH 98 89 | Devin Brown (19) | Emeka Okafor (13) | Chris Paul (15) | New Orleans Arena14,720 | 8–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 20 | December 8 | Sacramento | 20091208 NOH 96 94 | David West (24) | David West, Emeka Okafor (12) | Chris Paul (12) | New Orleans Arena13,140 | 9–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 21 | December 9 | @ Minnesota | 20091209 MIN 97 96 | Peja Stojakovic (21) | David West, Emeka Okafor (6) | Chris Paul (14) | Target Center12,056 | 10–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 22 | December 11 | New York | 20091211 NOH 96 113 | David West (20) | David West (7) | Chris Paul (13) | New Orleans Arena15,569 | 10–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 23 | December 14 | @ Dallas | 20091214 DAL 90 94 | Chris Paul (20) | James Posey, Emeka Okafor (5) | Chris Paul (16) | American Airlines Center19,737 | 10–13 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 24 | December 16 | Detroit | 20091216 NOH 95 87 | David West (32) | David West (12) | Chris Paul (12) | New Orleans Arena13,196 | 11–13 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 25 | December 18 | Denver | 20091218 NOH 98 92 | Chris Paul (30) | Emeka Okafor (12) | Chris Paul (19) | New Orleans Arena14,453 | 12–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 26 | December 20 | @ Toronto | 20091220 TOR 92 98 | David West (21) | David West (12) | Chris Paul (7) | Air Canada Centre15,790 | 12–14 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 | December 23 | Golden State | 20091223 NOH 108 102 | David West (21) | David West (12) | Chris Paul (7) | New Orleans Arena14,391 | 13–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 28 | December 26 | @ Chicago | 20091226 CHI 85 96 | Devin Brown (22) | Emeka Okafor (9) | Chris Paul (7) | United Center22,008 | 13–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 29 | December 29 | @ Houston | 20091229 HOU 100 108 | David West (44) | David West (12) | Chris Paul (10) | Toyota Center18,187 | 13–16 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 30 | December 30 | Miami | 20091230 NOH 95 91 | David West (21) | Emeka Okafor (14) | Chris Paul (9) | New Orleans Arena17,301 |14-16 New Orleans Hornets January yes 4 2 8 3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 31 | January 2 | Houston | 20100102 NOH 99 95 | Chris Paul (28) | Emeka Okafor (16) | Chris Paul (9) | New Orleans Arena16,020 | 15–16 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 | January 4 | @ Utah | 20100104 UTA 91 87 | Devin Brown (30) | David West (9) | Chris Paul (9) | EnergySolutions Arena19,911 | 16-16 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 33 | January 6 | @ Oklahoma City | 20100106 OKC 97 92 | David West (19) | David West, Emeka Okafor (8) | Chris Paul (13) | Oklahoma City Arena17,836 | 17–16 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 34 | January 8 | New Jersey | 20100108 NOH 103 99 | David West (32) | Emeka Okafor (13) | Chris Paul (18) | New Orleans Arena15,555 | 18–16 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 35 | January 10 | @ Washington | 20100110 WAS 115 110 | Chris Paul (26) | Emeka Okafor (7) | Chris Paul (14) | Verizon Center14,753 | 19–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 11 | @ Philadelphia | 20100111 PHI 92 96 | Emeka Okafor (20) | David West (13) | Chris Paul (14) | Wachovia Center11,518 | 19–17 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 37 | January 13 | L. A. Clippers | 20100113 NOH 108 94 | Emeka Okafor (21) | David West (8) | Chris Paul (15) | New Orleans Arena14,348 | 20–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 | January 15 | @ Detroit | 20100115 DET 104 110 1 | David West (25) | David West (9) | Chris Paul (14) | The Palace of Auburn Hills17,446 | 20–18 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 39 | January 16 | @ Indiana | 20100116 IND 101 96 | David West (24) | Emeka Okafor (12) | Chris Paul (11) | Conseco Fieldhouse13,376 | 21–18 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 40 | January 18 | San Antonio | 20100118 NOH 90 97 | Chris Paul, David West (18) | James Posey (10) | Chris Paul (9) | New Orleans Arena16,549 | 21–19 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 41 | January 20 | Memphis | 20100120 NOH 113 111 | Chris Paul, David West (21) | David West (13) | Chris Paul (13) | New Orleans Arena14,238 | 22–19 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 42 | January 22 | @ Minnesota | 20100122 MIN 96 94 | Chris Paul (23) | Emeka Okafor (10) | Chris Paul (9) | Target Center17,101 | 23–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 43 | January 23 | @ Denver | 20100123 DEN 110 116 1 | Chris Paul (26) | Emeka Okafor (10) | Chris Paul (10) | Pepsi Center19,807 | 23–20 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 44 | January 25 | @ Portland | 20100125 POR 98 97 | Chris Paul (24) | Emeka Okafor (9) | Chris Paul (12) | Rose Garden Arena20,249 | 24–20 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 45 | January 27 | @ Golden State | 20100127 GSW 123 110 | Chris Paul (38) | David West, Emeka Okafor (12) | Chris Paul (9) | Oracle Arena16,308 | 25–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 46 | January 29 | Chicago | 20100129 NOH 106 108 1 | David West (29) | David West (14) | Chris Paul (12) | New Orleans Arena16,578 | 25–21 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 47 | January 30 | @ Memphis | 20100130 MEM 109 102 1 | David West (22) | Emeka Okafor (10) | Darren Collison (18) | FedEx Forum12,317 | 26–21 New Orleans Hornets February 4 4 1 4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 48 | February 1 | Phoenix | 20100201 NOH 100 109 | Marcus Thornton (25) | David West, James Posey (8) | Darren Collison (14) | New Orleans Arena13,874 | 26–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 | February 3 | Oklahoma City | 20100203 NOH 99 103 | Marcus Thornton (22) | Emeka Okafor (12) | Darren Collison (9) | New Orleans Arena12,884 | 26–23 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 5 | Philadelphia | 20100205 NOH 94 101 | Peja Stojakovic (23) | James Posey (10) | James Posey (6) | New Orleans Arena15,162 | 26–24 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 51 | February 6 | @ Charlotte | 20100206 CHA 104 99 | Darren Collison (24) | James Posey (8) | Darren Collison, David West, Morris Peterson (4) | Time Warner Cable Arena19,164 | 27–24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 8 | @ Orlando | 20100208 ORL 117 123 | Peja Stojakovic (29) | Peja Stojakovic (9) | Darren Collison (9) | Amway Arena17,461 | 27–25 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 53 | February 10 | Boston | 20100210 NOH 93 85 | Darren Collison (25) | Morris Peterson (10) | Darren Collison (9) | New Orleans Arena14,848 | 28–25 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 54 | February 17 | Utah | 20100217 NOH 90 98 | Darren Collison, Peja Stojakovic (24) | Emeka Okafor (10) | Darren Collison (9) | New Orleans Arena13,561 | 28–26 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 55 | February 19 | Indiana | 20100219 NOH 107 101 | David West (29) | Darren Collison, Emeka Okafor (13) | Darren Collison (12) | New Orleans Arena15,644 | 29–26 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 56 | February 21 | Houston | 20100221 NOH 102 94 | David West (27) | Emeka Okafor (11) | Darren Collison (9) | New Orleans Arena14,504 | 30–26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 | February 23 | @ Cleveland | 20100223 CLE 95 105 | Marcus Thornton (37) | James Posey (9) | Darren Collison (10) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 30–27 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 58 | February 24 | @ Milwaukee | 20100224 MIL 95 115 | Marcus Thornton (25) | David West (9) | Darren Collison (9) | Bradley Center11,936 | 30–28 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 59 | February 26 | Orlando | 20100226 NOH 100 93 | David West (40) | David West (10) | Darren Collison (7) | Bradley Center16,954 | 31–28 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 60 | February 28 | @ Dallas | 20100228 DAL 100 108 | Darren Collison (35) | Emeka Okafor (17) | David West (6) | American Airlines Center19,911 | 31–29 New Orleans Hornets March 3 6 1 6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 61 | March 1 | San Antonio | 20100301 NOH 92 106 | Marcus Thornton (30) | David West (9) | Darren Collison (15) | New Orleans Arena13,655 | 31–30 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 62 | March 3 | Memphis | 20100303 NOH 100 104 | Marcus Thornton (24) | Peja Stojakovic (9) | Darren Collison (14) | New Orleans Arena14,347 | 31-31 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 63 | March 5 | @ San Antonio | 20100305 SAS 91 102 | Darren Collison (32) | David West (9) | David West (7) | AT&T Center18,581 | 31–32 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 64 | March 8 | Golden State | 20100308 NOH 135 131 | David West, Marcus Thornton (28) | David West (13) | Darren Collison (20) | New Orleans Arena13,889 | 32-32 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | March 10 | @ Oklahoma City | 20100310 OKC 83 98 | David West (33) | Aaron Gray (7) | Darren Collison (9) | Oklahoma City Arena18,203 | 32–33 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | March 12 | Denver | 20100312 NOH 95 102 | David West (30) | Emeka Okafor (9) | Darren Collison (10) | New Orleans Arena17,220 | 32–34 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 | March 14 | @ Phoenix | 20100314 PHO 106 120 | Marcus Thornton (28) | Emeka Okafor (12) | Darren Collison (10) | US Airways Center18,218 | 32–35 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 68 | March 15 | @ L. A. Clippers | 20100315 LAC 108 100 | David West (24) | Emeka Okafor (14) | Darren Collison (14) | STAPLES Center15,617 | 33–35 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 | March 17 | @ Golden State | 20100317 GSW 121 131 | David West (36) | David West (15) | Darren Collison (14) | Oracle Arena17,155 | 33–36 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 | March 18 | @ Denver | 20100318 DEN 80 93 | Darren Collison, Marcus Thornton (15) | Emeka Okafor (10) | Darren Collison (6) | Pepsi Center19,155 | 33–37 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 71 | March 20 | @ Utah | 20100320 UTA 86 106 | Marcus Thornton (22) | Aaron Gray (11) | Darren Collison (6) | EnergySolutions Arena18,766 | 33–38 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 72 | March 22 | Dallas | 20100322 NOH 115 99 | Marcus Thornton (28) | David West, Emeka Okafor (6) | David West (10) | New Orleans Arena14,047 | 34–38 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 73 | March 24 | Cleveland | 20100324 NOH 92 105 | Marcus Thornton (20) | Emeka Okafor (10) | Chris Paul‚ Darren Collison (7) | New Orleans Arena18,008 | 34–39 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 74 | March 27 | Portland | 20100327 NOH 101 112 | Darren Collison (22) | Aaron Gray (6) | Chris Paul (10) | New Orleans Arena16,475 | 34–40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 75 | March 29 | L. A. Lakers | 20100329 NOH 108 100 | David West (20) | Emeka Okafor (13) | Chris Paul (13) | New Orleans Arena18,206 | 35–40 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | March 31 | Washington | 20100331 NOH 91 96 | David West (18) | Aaron Gray (7) | Chris Paul (9) | New Orleans Arena14,634 | 35–41 New Orleans Hornets April 1 2 1 2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 77 | April 2 | @ Memphis | 20100402 MEM 96 107 | Marcus Thornton (19) | David West (9) | Chris Paul (8) | FedEx Forum15,043 | 35–42 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 78 | April 3 | @ New Jersey | 20100403 NJN 87 115 | David West (25) | Marcus Thornton (8) | David West, Chris Paul (6) | Izod Center14,698 | 35–43 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 79 | April 7 | Charlotte | 20100407 NOH 103 104 | Marcus Thornton (36) | Emeka Okafor (9) | Darren Collison (9) | New Orleans Arena13,333 | 35–44 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 80 | April 9 | Utah | 20100409 NOH 103 114 | Darren Collison (28) | Emeka Okafor (8) | Darren Collison, Marcus Thornton (7) | New Orleans Arena16,624 | 35–45 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 81 | April 11 | Minnesota | 20100411 NOH 114 86 | Emeka Okafor (23) | David West (12) | Darren Collison (11) | New Orleans Arena14,931 | 36–45 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 82 | April 14 | @ Houston | 20100414 HOU 123 115 | David West (35) | David West (10) | Darren Collison (11) | Toyota Center18,191 | 37–45 nor 2010 Player statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Armstrong, Hilton Hilton Armstrong 18 0 13.3 .380 . .464 3.4 .9 .4 .4 2.8 Brown, Bobby Bobby Brown 22 0 14.9 .395 .258 1.000 .8 2.1 .4 .0 6.6 Brown, Devin Devin Brown 39 37 24.8 .393 .367 .802 2.8 1.5 .8 .1 9.7 Collison, Darren Darren Collison 76 37 27.8 .477 .400 .851 2.5 5.7 1.0 .1 12.4 Gray, Aaron Aaron Gray 24 0 10.9 .557 . .857 3.8 .8 .4 .5 3.6 Hart, Jason Jason Hart 4 0 4.3 1.000 . . .5 1.3 .3 .3 .5 Marks, Sean Sean Marks 14 0 5.4 .500 . .400 1.6 .1 .0 .2 .7 Okafor, Emeka Emeka Okafor 82 82 28.9 .530 . .562 9.0 .7 .7 1.5 10.4 Paul, Chris Chris Paul 45 45 38.0 .493 .409 .847 4.2 10.7 2.1 .2 18.7 Peterson, Morris Morris Peterson 46 39 21.2 .385 .363 .611 2.7 .9 .5 .1 7.1 Posey, James James Posey 77 2 22.5 .365 .335 .825 4.3 1.5 .5 .2 5.2 Songaila, Darius Darius Songaila 75 1 18.8 .494 .167 .811 3.1 .9 .8 .2 7.2 Stojakovic, Peja Peja Stojakovic 62 55 31.4 .404 .375 .897 3.7 1.5 .8 .1 12.6 Thornton, Marcus Marcus Thornton 73 17 25.6 .451 .374 .814 2.9 1.6 .8 .2 14.5 West, David David West 81 81 36.4 .505 .259 .865 7.5 3.0 .9 .7 19.0 Wright, Julian Julian Wright 68 14 12.8 .500 .333 .610 2.1 .6 .4 .3 3.8 Awards, records and milestones Awards Week/Month 2009–10 NBA season Chris Paul was named Western Conference Player of the Month for February. Darren Collison was named Western Conference Rookie of the Month for February. All-Star 2010 NBA All-Star Game Chris Paul was selected as an All-Star reserve (third All-Star appearance; did not play due to injury). Season 2009–10 NBA season Darren Collison, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team Marcus Thornton, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team Records On January 30, Darren Collison set a Hornets record for assists by a rookie with 18 against the Memphis Grizzlies. On February 23, Marcus Thornton set a Hornets record for most points scored in a quarter with 23. Transactions Trades July 28, 2009 To New Orleans HornetsEmeka Okafor To Charlotte BobcatsTyson Chandler August 12, 2009 To New Orleans Hornets2016 2nd Round Draft Pick To Los Angeles ClippersRasual Butler September 9, 2009 To New Orleans HornetsBobby Brown, Darius Songaila To Minnesota TimberwolvesAntonio Daniels January 11, 2010 To New Orleans HornetsCash Considerations, 2016 2nd Round Draft Pick To Sacramento KingsHilton Armstrong January 25, 2010 To New Orleans HornetsAaron Gray To Chicago BullsDevin Brown January 26, 2010 To New Orleans Hornets2014 2nd Round Draft Pick To Los Angeles ClippersBobby Brown Free agents Additions Player Signed Former team Ike Diogu July 29 Indiana Pacers Jason Hart February 5 Minnesota Timberwolves Subtractions Player Waived Jason Hart February 15 Notes References 2 External links 2009–10 New Orleans Hornets season at ESPN 2009–10 New Orleans Hornets season at Basketball Reference Category:New Orleans Hornets seasons New Orleans