2003–04 New Orleans Hornets season

March 2026 January 2025 New Orleans Hornets 2004 41 41 Central 3 5 Tim Floyd Bob Bass George Shinn, Ray Wooldridge New Orleans Arena First round(lost to Heat 3–4) NOH Cox Sports Television WTIX The 2003–04 NBA season was the Hornets' second season in the National Basketball Association.2003-04 New Orleans HornetsMay 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes Originally reckoned as the 16th season of the franchise, the second incarnation of the Charlotte Hornets' reclaiming the heritage of the original Hornets has since retroactively deemed this season as the 2nd season for the franchise that would eventually become the Pelicans.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 During the offseason, the Hornets signed free agent Steve Smith. Despite losing Jamal Mashburn for the first 44 games due to a knee injury, the Hornets got off to a solid 17–7 start to the season under new head coach Tim Floyd. However, they would struggle posting a losing record in January, and only managed to play .500 ball in February. Mashburn would return to play just 19 games averaging 20.8 points per game, but then re-injured his knee sitting out the rest of the season. The Hornets struggled losing 11 of their 16 games in March, but would rebound in April winning 4 of 7 games. Despite posting an average record of 41–41, the Hornets finished fifth in the Eastern Conference, and qualified for their fifth straight playoff appearance. This was also the team's final season in the NBA's Eastern Conference. Baron Davis was again hampered by injuries and he played just 67 games. Despite another injury-plagued season, Davis and teammate Jamaal Magloire both represented the Eastern Conference at the 2004 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles. In the playoffs, they faced the Miami Heat in the first round, but lost in seven games. Following the season, the Hornets moved to the new Southwest Division of the NBA's Western Conference. Also following the season, Floyd was fired as coach after just one season, Smith left in the 2004 NBA expansion draft, Stacey Augmon signed as a free agent with the Orlando Magic, and Robert Traylor re-signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Draft picks 2003 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 18 David West PF United States Xavier 2 48 James Lang C United States Central Park Christian HS (Birmingham, Alabama) The team entered the draft with one first-round pick and one second-round pick, marking their first selections as the New Orleans Hornets. While the team debuted in New Orleans the previous year after relocating from Charlotte, they had entered that year's draft without any picks due to previous trades. Under the 2014 franchise agreement, which returned all pre-2002 records to Charlotte, this year officially stands as the first year with draft selections in the history of the franchise that would become the Pelicans. Roster New Orleans Hornets 2003–04 32 Courtney Alexander PG 6 5 205 1977-04-27 Fresno State 3 Darrell Armstrong PG 6 0 170 1968-06-22 Fayetteville State 2 Stacey Augmon SF 6 8 205 1968-08-01 UNLV 42 P. J. Brown PF 6 11 239 1969-10-14 Louisiana Tech 5 Maurice Carter basketball SG 6 5 209 1976-10-12 LSU 1 Baron Davis PG 6 3 212 1979-04-13 UCLA 9 George Lynch basketball SF 6 8 218 1970-09-03 North Carolina 21 Jamaal Magloire C 6 11 265 1978-05-21 Kentucky 24 Jamal Mashburn SF 6 8 240 1972-11-29 Kentucky 8 Steve Smith basketball SG 6 8 221 1969-03-31 Michigan State 34 Robert Traylor C 6 8 290 1977-02-01 Michigan 4 David Wesley SG 6 1 203 1970-11-14 Baylor 30 David West basketball PF 6 9 250 1980-08-29 Xavier 11 Shammond Williams PG 6 1 205 1975-04-05 North Carolina Tim Floyd Jeff Bower Kenny Gattison Alvin Gentry Jan van Breda Kolff Terry Kofler (trainer) https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NOH/2004.html March 25, 2004 Roster notes Point guard Courtney Alexander missed the entire season due to a ruptured Achilles tendon. Regular season Season standings NOH NOH Game log Playoffs New Orleans Hornets yes 2004 New Orleans Hornets First Round yes yes 3 0 0 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 18 | @ Miami | L 79–81 | Baron Davis (17) | Brown, Magloire (11) | Augmon, Davis (4) | American Airlines Arena20,102 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 21 | @ Miami | L 63–93 | Baron Davis (13) | Jamaal Magloire (10) | Baron Davis (7) | American Airlines Arena20,189 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 24 | Miami | W 77–71 | Baron Davis (21) | Brown, Lynch (11) | Baron Davis (5) | New Orleans Arena14,251 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 27 | Miami | W 96–85 | Baron Davis (23) | Brown, West (7) | Baron Davis (10) | New Orleans Arena16,009 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 30 | @ Miami | L 83–87 | Baron Davis (33) | P. J. Brown (13) | Baron Davis (7) | American Airlines Arena20,147 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | May 2 | Miami | W 89–83 | Brown, Lynch (16) | Brown, Magloire (9) | Baron Davis (12) | New Orleans Arena17,297 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | May 4 | @ Miami | L 77–85 | Steve Smith (25) | Jamaal Magloire (10) | Davis, Williams (4) | American Airlines Arena20,286 | 3–4 |- NOH 2004 yes Player statistics Season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Armstrong, Darrell Darrell Armstrong79 22 28.4 39.5 31.5 85.4 2.9 3.9 1.7 0.2 10.6 Augmon, Stacey Stacey Augmon69 24 20.5 41.2 14.3 79.1 2.5 1.2 0.8 0.2 5.8 Brown, P.J. P.J. Brown80 80 34.4 47.6 0.0 85.4 8.6 1.9 1.0 0.9 10.5 Brown, Tierre Tierre Brown3 0 5.7 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 2.0 Carter, Maurice Maurice Carter6 0 10.0 28.6 37.5 62.5 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 3.3 Davis, Baron Baron Davis67 66 40.1 39.5 32.1 67.3 4.3 7.5 2.4 0.4 22.9 Drew, Bryce Bryce Drew15 0 5.2 22.2 14.3 100.0 0.4 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.8 Lynch, George George Lynch78 51 21.8 39.7 30.9 66.7 4.0 1.5 0.6 0.2 4.8 Magloire, Jamaal Jamaal Magloire 82 82 33.9 47.3 0.0 75.1 10.3 1.0 0.5 1.2 13.6 Mashburn, Jamal Jamal Mashburn19 18 38.4 39.2 28.4 81.3 6.2 2.5 0.7 0.3 20.8 Rooks, Sean Sean Rooks35 0 9.3 36.2 0.0 80.0 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 2.3 Smith, Steve Steve Smith71 4 13.1 40.6 40.2 92.8 1.1 0.8 0.2 0.1 5.0 Traylor, Robert Robert Traylor71 0 13.3 50.5 40.0 54.7 3.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 5.1 Wesley, David David Wesley61 60 32.8 38.9 32.3 75.3 2.2 2.9 1.2 0.2 14.0 West, David David West71 1 13.1 47.4 0.0 71.3 4.2 0.8 0.4 0.4 3.8 Williams, Shammond Shammond Williams16 2 14.9 34.6 19.2 84.6 1.1 3.3 0.9 0.1 4.5 Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Armstrong, Darrell Darrell Armstrong7 0 21.4 23.5 20.0 100.0 2.1 2.3 0.9 0.0 3.4 Augmon, Stacey Stacey Augmon7 0 24.0 37.5 0.0 88.9 2.7 1.0 0.9 0.1 7.4 Brown, P.J. P.J. Brown7 7 36.6 36.6 0.0 90.9 9.7 2.1 0.4 1.6 8.9 Carter, Maurice Maurice Carter1 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Davis, Baron Baron Davis7 7 37.1 37.7 32.7 75.8 4.1 7.0 1.6 0.7 18.1 Lynch, George George Lynch7 7 21.0 43.9 25.0 62.5 5.3 1.7 0.4 0.4 8.3 Magloire, Jamaal Jamaal Magloire7 7 34.1 41.8 0.0 75.0 9.1 0.7 0.4 1.0 11.0 Smith, Steve Steve Smith5 0 9.2 46.2 54.5 66.7 1.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 6.4 Traylor, Robert Robert Traylor4 0 10.0 44.4 0.0 66.7 2.5 0.3 0.8 0.3 2.5 Wesley, David David Wesley7 7 34.7 32.4 36.7 71.4 2.3 2.4 0.7 0.0 10.6 West, David David West7 0 15.9 53.6 0.0 84.6 4.3 1.1 0.3 0.6 5.9 Williams, Shammond Shammond Williams3 0 6.0 40.0 0.0 75.0 0.0 1.3 0.3 0.0 2.3 Awards and records Baron Davis, All-NBA Third Team Transactions Trades February 19, 2004 To New Orleans HornetsShammond WilliamsTo Orlando MagicSean Rooks Free agents AdditionsPlayerDate signedFormer teamSean RooksJuly 21Los Angeles ClippersDarrell ArmstrongJuly 29Orlando MagicSteve SmithOctober 29San Antonio SpursTierre Brown (10-day)January 26North Charleston Lowgators (D-League)Maurice CarterMarch 25Dakota Wizards (CBA) SubtractionsPlayerDate waivedNew TeamJames LangDecember 29Oklahoma Storm (USBL)Bryce DrewMarch 2Viola Reggio Calabria (Italy) References New Orleans Hornets on Basketball Reference Category:New Orleans Hornets seasons New Orleans