2009–10 New Orleans Hornets season

The 2009-10
2009–10 NBA season
The 2009–10 NBA season was the 64th season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, and ended on Wednesday, April 14, 2010....

New Orleans Hornets season, was the 22nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association

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(NBA) and 8th season based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Key dates

June 25 - The 2009 NBA Draft
2009 NBA Draft
The 2009 NBA Draft was held on June 25, 2009, the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S...

took place in New York City
New York City
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.
July 8 - The free agency
Free agent
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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
Byron Scott (basketball)
Byron Antom Scott is a retired American National Basketball Association player and current head coach of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. He was formerly the head coach of the NBA's New Jersey Nets and New Orleans Hornets. He attended Arizona State University, but left school in his junior year to...

. General manager Jeff Bower
Jeff Bower (basketball)
Jeff Bower is the former general manager of the New Orleans Hornets and held the head coaching position during most of the 2009–10 season...

is named new head coach. In addition, former head coach Tim Floyd
Tim Floyd
Tim Floyd is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the University of Texas at El Paso Miners men's basketball team. He is also a former head coach of several teams in both the NCAA and the NBA, most recently the University of Southern California men's college...

was brought in as an assistant coach.
January 28 - Hornets point guard Chris Paul
Chris Paul
Christopher Emmanuel Paul is an American professional basketball point guard for the New Orleans Hornets.Paul was born and raised in North Carolina. Despite only playing two varsity basketball seasons in high school, he was a McDonald's All-American and accepted a scholarship with nearby Wake...

was selected as all-star reserve.

Roster

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 Atlanta Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...	-	Lost	8,024	0 - 1	1
2	October 8 (in Greensboro, NC)	New Orleans Hornets	101 - 108	Charlotte Bobcats Charlotte Bobcats The Charlotte Bobcats is a professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association. The Bobcats were established in 2004 as an expansion team, two seasons after Charlotte's previous NBA...	-	Lost	8,623	0 - 2	2

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