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2008-09 New Orleans Hornets Roster and Statistics

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49-33, Finished 4th in NBA Southwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Byron Scott (49-33)

Points Per Game: 95.8 (26th of 30) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 94.3 (5th of 30)
Pythagorean W-L: 46-36 (12th of 30)

Arena: New Orleans Arena ▪ Attendance: 695,727 (19th of 30)

SRS: 1.41 (13th of 30) ▪ Pace Factor: 87.8 (28th of 30)
Offensive Rating: 108.7 (12th of 30) ▪ Defensive Rating: 107.0 (9th of 30)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (4-1) versus Denver Nuggets

2008-09 New Orleans Hornets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Hilton Armstrong F-C 6-11 235 November 11, 1984 2 University of Connecticut
40 Ryan Bowen F 6-7 215 November 20, 1975 8 University of Iowa
23 Devin Brown G 6-5 220 December 30, 1978 6 University of Texas at San Antonio
45 Rasual Butler G-F 6-7 205 May 23, 1979 6 La Salle University
6 Tyson Chandler C 7-1 235 October 2, 1982 7
50 Antonio Daniels G 6-4 195 March 19, 1975 11 Bowling Green State University
33 Melvin Ely C 6-10 260 May 2, 1978 6 California State University, Fresno
5 Mike James G 6-2 188 June 23, 1975 7 Duquesne University
4 Sean Marks F-C 6-10 250 August 23, 1975 8 University of California
3 Chris Paul G 6-0 175 May 6, 1985 3 Wake Forest University
9 Morris Peterson F 6-7 218 August 26, 1977 8 Michigan State University
41 James Posey F-G 6-8 215 January 13, 1977 9 Xavier University
16 Peja Stojakovic F-G 6-9 220 June 9, 1977 10
30 David West F 6-9 240 August 29, 1980 5 Xavier University
32 Julian Wright F 6-8 225 May 20, 1987 1 University of Kansas

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19755 2911 6366 .457 556 1526 .364 1479 1833 .807 802 2453 3255 1609 593 338 1029 1665 7857 95.8
Opponent 82 19755 2851 6329 .450 575 1625 .354 1453 1879 .773 822 2459 3281 1649 476 290 1089 1675 7730 94.3

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Chris Paul 23 78 78 3002 631 1255 .503 64 176 .364 455 524 .868 69 363 432 861 216 10 231 212 1781
2 David West 28 76 76 2982 610 1292 .472 6 25 .240 367 415 .884 160 486 646 173 49 68 163 207 1593
3 Rasual Butler 29 82 74 2614 348 803 .433 140 359 .390 86 110 .782 49 222 271 75 51 61 59 159 922
4 Peja Stojakovic 31 61 59 2089 287 719 .399 145 384 .378 93 104 .894 44 220 264 75 52 3 51 101 812
5 James Posey 32 75 0 2140 216 524 .412 116 314 .369 120 146 .822 38 324 362 82 58 21 79 216 668
6 Tyson Chandler 26 45 45 1445 160 283 .565 0 0 77 133 .579 163 230 393 22 15 56 70 144 397
7 Hilton Armstrong 24 70 29 1092 138 246 .561 0 2 .000 62 98 .633 81 114 195 29 26 45 80 181 338
8 Devin Brown 30 63 5 869 111 313 .355 28 97 .289 78 100 .780 31 88 119 54 32 5 54 81 328
9 Julian Wright 21 54 19 772 109 234 .466 2 21 .095 17 30 .567 46 106 152 43 35 19 43 49 237
10 Antonio Daniels 33 61 4 733 81 191 .424 17 49 .347 55 67 .821 5 50 55 130 19 1 49 41 234
11 Sean Marks 33 60 5 838 80 165 .485 2 10 .200 30 44 .682 62 125 187 14 7 33 35 121 192
12 Morris Peterson 31 43 9 515 73 183 .399 33 85 .388 12 19 .632 13 71 84 16 15 2 15 51 191
13 Melvin Ely 30 31 4 373 37 95 .389 0 0 23 36 .639 30 34 64 18 2 9 23 58 97
14 Ryan Bowen 33 21 3 219 22 38 .579 0 0 3 5 .600 10 14 24 9 14 5 5 37 47
15 Mike James 33 8 0 74 8 25 .320 3 4 .750 1 2 .500 1 6 7 8 2 0 3 7 20

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Chris Paul 23 78 78 38.5 8.1 16.1 .503 0.8 2.3 .364 5.8 6.7 .868 0.9 4.7 5.5 11.0 2.8 0.1 3.0 2.7 22.8
2 David West 28 76 76 39.2 8.0 17.0 .472 0.1 0.3 .240 4.8 5.5 .884 2.1 6.4 8.5 2.3 0.6 0.9 2.1 2.7 21.0
3 Peja Stojakovic 31 61 59 34.2 4.7 11.8 .399 2.4 6.3 .378 1.5 1.7 .894 0.7 3.6 4.3 1.2 0.9 0.0 0.8 1.7 13.3
4 Rasual Butler 29 82 74 31.9 4.2 9.8 .433 1.7 4.4 .390 1.0 1.3 .782 0.6 2.7 3.3 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.9 11.2
5 James Posey 32 75 0 28.5 2.9 7.0 .412 1.5 4.2 .369 1.6 1.9 .822 0.5 4.3 4.8 1.1 0.8 0.3 1.1 2.9 8.9
6 Tyson Chandler 26 45 45 32.1 3.6 6.3 .565 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.0 .579 3.6 5.1 8.7 0.5 0.3 1.2 1.6 3.2 8.8
7 Devin Brown 30 63 5 13.8 1.8 5.0 .355 0.4 1.5 .289 1.2 1.6 .780 0.5 1.4 1.9 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.9 1.3 5.2
8 Hilton Armstrong 24 70 29 15.6 2.0 3.5 .561 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.4 .633 1.2 1.6 2.8 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.1 2.6 4.8
9 Julian Wright 21 54 19 14.3 2.0 4.3 .466 0.0 0.4 .095 0.3 0.6 .567 0.9 2.0 2.8 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.9 4.4
10 Morris Peterson 31 43 9 12.0 1.7 4.3 .399 0.8 2.0 .388 0.3 0.4 .632 0.3 1.7 2.0 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.2 4.4
11 Antonio Daniels 33 61 4 12.0 1.3 3.1 .424 0.3 0.8 .347 0.9 1.1 .821 0.1 0.8 0.9 2.1 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.7 3.8
12 Sean Marks 33 60 5 14.0 1.3 2.8 .485 0.0 0.2 .200 0.5 0.7 .682 1.0 2.1 3.1 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.6 2.0 3.2
13 Melvin Ely 30 31 4 12.0 1.2 3.1 .389 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.2 .639 1.0 1.1 2.1 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.7 1.9 3.1
14 Mike James 33 8 0 9.3 1.0 3.1 .320 0.4 0.5 .750 0.1 0.3 .500 0.1 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.9 2.5
15 Ryan Bowen 33 21 3 10.4 1.0 1.8 .579 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 .600 0.5 0.7 1.1 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.2 1.8 2.2

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Chris Paul 23 78 78 3002 7.6 15.0 .503 0.8 2.1 .364 5.5 6.3 .868 0.8 4.4 5.2 10.3 2.6 0.1 2.8 2.5 21.4
2 David West 28 76 76 2982 7.4 15.6 .472 0.1 0.3 .240 4.4 5.0 .884 1.9 5.9 7.8 2.1 0.6 0.8 2.0 2.5 19.2
3 Peja Stojakovic 31 61 59 2089 4.9 12.4 .399 2.5 6.6 .378 1.6 1.8 .894 0.8 3.8 4.5 1.3 0.9 0.1 0.9 1.7 14.0
4 Devin Brown 30 63 5 869 4.6 13.0 .355 1.2 4.0 .289 3.2 4.1 .780 1.3 3.6 4.9 2.2 1.3 0.2 2.2 3.4 13.6
5 Morris Peterson 31 43 9 515 5.1 12.8 .399 2.3 5.9 .388 0.8 1.3 .632 0.9 5.0 5.9 1.1 1.0 0.1 1.0 3.6 13.4
6 Rasual Butler 29 82 74 2614 4.8 11.1 .433 1.9 4.9 .390 1.2 1.5 .782 0.7 3.1 3.7 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.8 2.2 12.7
7 Antonio Daniels 33 61 4 733 4.0 9.4 .424 0.8 2.4 .347 2.7 3.3 .821 0.2 2.5 2.7 6.4 0.9 0.0 2.4 2.0 11.5
8 James Posey 32 75 0 2140 3.6 8.8 .412 2.0 5.3 .369 2.0 2.5 .822 0.6 5.5 6.1 1.4 1.0 0.4 1.3 3.6 11.2
9 Julian Wright 21 54 19 772 5.1 10.9 .466 0.1 1.0 .095 0.8 1.4 .567 2.1 4.9 7.1 2.0 1.6 0.9 2.0 2.3 11.1
10 Hilton Armstrong 24 70 29 1092 4.5 8.1 .561 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 3.2 .633 2.7 3.8 6.4 1.0 0.9 1.5 2.6 6.0 11.1
11 Tyson Chandler 26 45 45 1445 4.0 7.1 .565 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.3 .579 4.1 5.7 9.8 0.5 0.4 1.4 1.7 3.6 9.9
12 Mike James 33 8 0 74 3.9 12.2 .320 1.5 1.9 .750 0.5 1.0 .500 0.5 2.9 3.4 3.9 1.0 0.0 1.5 3.4 9.7
13 Melvin Ely 30 31 4 373 3.6 9.2 .389 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.5 .639 2.9 3.3 6.2 1.7 0.2 0.9 2.2 5.6 9.4
14 Sean Marks 33 60 5 838 3.4 7.1 .485 0.1 0.4 .200 1.3 1.9 .682 2.7 5.4 8.0 0.6 0.3 1.4 1.5 5.2 8.2
15 Ryan Bowen 33 21 3 219 3.6 6.2 .579 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.8 .600 1.6 2.3 3.9 1.5 2.3 0.8 0.8 6.1 7.7

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Chris Paul 23 78 3002 30.0 .599 .528 2.8 14.6 8.7 54.5 3.9 0.3 13.5 27.5 124 103 13.3 5.0 18.3
2 David West 28 76 2982 18.9 .540 .474 6.5 19.7 13.1 10.9 0.9 1.9 10.0 26.5 109 107 4.2 3.5 7.8
3 Rasual Butler 29 82 2614 11.8 .541 .521 2.3 10.2 6.3 4.8 1.1 2.0 6.5 16.8 109 109 2.2 2.4 4.6
4 James Posey 32 75 2140 10.8 .568 .523 2.2 18.3 10.2 6.0 1.5 0.8 11.8 15.0 109 107 1.7 2.6 4.2
5 Peja Stojakovic 31 61 2089 12.5 .531 .500 2.6 12.7 7.6 6.0 1.4 0.1 6.3 18.8 108 109 1.9 1.9 3.8
6 Tyson Chandler 26 45 1445 13.4 .581 .565 13.7 19.2 16.4 2.4 0.6 3.3 17.0 13.7 113 107 1.7 1.7 3.4
7 Hilton Armstrong 24 70 1092 10.7 .585 .561 9.0 12.6 10.8 4.4 1.3 3.5 21.7 16.3 102 107 0.2 1.3 1.5
8 Sean Marks 33 60 838 8.8 .521 .491 9.0 18.0 13.5 2.6 0.5 3.3 16.0 12.6 103 107 0.2 1.0 1.2
9 Antonio Daniels 33 61 733 12.6 .531 .469 0.8 8.2 4.5 28.3 1.4 0.1 18.2 17.7 106 111 0.6 0.6 1.1
10 Julian Wright 21 54 772 12.6 .479 .470 7.2 16.6 11.9 9.4 2.5 2.1 14.8 18.1 95 104 -0.4 1.2 0.8
11 Morris Peterson 31 43 515 10.7 .499 .489 3.1 16.6 9.9 5.2 1.6 0.3 7.3 19.3 100 107 0.0 0.6 0.6
12 Ryan Bowen 33 21 219 10.8 .585 .579 5.5 7.7 6.6 6.5 3.5 1.9 11.1 9.9 118 105 0.2 0.3 0.6
13 Devin Brown 30 63 869 9.7 .459 .399 4.3 12.2 8.3 10.2 2.0 0.5 13.1 22.8 92 108 -0.8 1.0 0.1
14 Mike James 33 8 74 5.8 .386 .380 1.6 9.8 5.7 17.2 1.5 0.0 10.4 18.8 86 110 -0.1 0.1 0.0
15 Melvin Ely 30 31 373 6.0 .438 .389 9.7 11.0 10.4 7.6 0.3 2.0 17.2 17.3 91 111 -0.3 0.3 -0.1

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 David West 28 5 178 32 80 0 0 26 29 5 37 6 5 2 14 19 90 .400 .897 35.6 18.0 7.4 1.2
2 Chris Paul 23 5 201 30 73 5 16 18 21 4 22 52 8 0 24 8 83 .411 .313 .857 40.2 16.6 4.4 10.4
3 James Posey 32 5 123 15 40 5 19 22 26 5 31 3 3 0 10 12 57 .375 .263 .846 24.6 11.4 6.2 0.6
4 Peja Stojakovic 31 5 162 18 49 8 26 12 13 4 14 2 4 1 6 17 56 .367 .308 .923 32.4 11.2 2.8 0.4
5 Rasual Butler 29 5 158 17 37 10 19 9 9 3 15 1 1 4 6 14 53 .459 .526 1.000 31.6 10.6 3.0 0.2
6 Sean Marks 33 5 80 6 13 0 1 4 5 10 20 0 3 2 2 9 16 .462 .000 .800 16.0 3.2 4.0 0.0
7 Hilton Armstrong 24 4 53 6 13 0 0 3 10 3 8 1 4 1 6 15 15 .462 .300 13.3 3.8 2.0 0.3
8 Tyson Chandler 26 4 94 6 12 0 0 3 6 8 21 2 2 1 8 17 15 .500 .500 23.5 3.8 5.3 0.5
9 Antonio Daniels 33 5 64 2 13 1 4 9 11 1 3 9 2 1 5 1 14 .154 .250 .818 12.8 2.8 0.6 1.8
10 Devin Brown 30 3 33 3 8 0 4 2 2 2 5 0 0 0 3 2 8 .375 .000 1.000 11.0 2.7 1.7 0.0
11 Julian Wright 21 4 32 3 7 0 0 2 4 0 6 2 0 1 1 6 8 .429 .500 8.0 2.0 1.5 0.5
12 Morris Peterson 31 2 21 1 5 1 3 3 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 6 .200 .333 .750 10.5 3.0 1.5 0.5
13 Ryan Bowen 33 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Sean Marks 33 5 80 12.1 .526 .462 14.6 15.9 15.2 0.0 2.0 2.1 11.6 10.2 115 118 0.1 0.0 0.1
2 Ryan Bowen 33 1 2 -31.0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 23.8 0 127 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 Julian Wright 21 4 32 5.8 .457 .429 0.0 23.8 11.4 12.9 0.0 2.7 10.2 14.5 92 120 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Rasual Butler 29 5 158 10.4 .647 .595 2.2 9.6 5.8 1.3 0.3 2.2 12.8 14.1 114 123 0.2 -0.1 0.0
5 Morris Peterson 31 2 21 9.9 .444 .300 5.6 12.1 8.7 9.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 15.3 109 119 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 James Posey 32 5 123 13.3 .554 .438 4.8 26.8 15.4 5.3 1.3 0.0 16.3 23.8 100 119 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Chris Paul 23 5 201 16.1 .505 .445 2.3 11.4 6.7 60.2 2.1 0.0 22.6 25.1 98 121 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
8 Peja Stojakovic 31 5 162 8.1 .512 .449 2.9 7.8 5.3 2.6 1.3 0.5 9.9 17.8 99 123 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
9 Devin Brown 30 3 33 2.3 .450 .375 7.1 11.5 9.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.3 17.1 75 125 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Hilton Armstrong 24 4 53 2.3 .431 .462 6.6 12.0 9.2 4.0 4.0 1.6 25.6 21.0 69 115 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
11 Antonio Daniels 33 5 64 6.5 .392 .192 1.8 4.0 2.9 25.7 1.7 1.3 21.9 17.0 82 123 -0.1 0.0 -0.2
12 Tyson Chandler 26 4 94 3.7 .512 .500 10.0 17.6 13.6 4.1 1.1 0.9 35.3 11.5 81 120 -0.1 0.0 -0.2
13 David West 28 5 178 12.2 .485 .400 3.3 22.8 12.7 8.4 1.5 1.0 13.1 28.5 92 119 -0.2 0.0 -0.3

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Peja Stojakovic $12,528,000
2 Tyson Chandler $11,350,000
3 David West $9,862,500
4 Antonio Daniels $6,200,000
5 Morris Peterson $5,592,240
6 James Posey $5,585,000
7 Chris Paul $4,574,189
8 Rasual Butler $3,630,000
9 Hilton Armstrong $2,032,800
10 Julian Wright $1,869,600
11 Ryan Bowen $1,141,838
12 Sean Marks $1,141,838
13 Melvin Ely $998,398
14 Devin Brown $998,398
15 Anthony Tolliver $26,007
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)