# 2010–11 New Orleans Hornets season

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.

## 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 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 Divisionvte | 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 Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte |
| # | 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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
### 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 :