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2009–10 New Orleans Hornets Season
The 2009–10 NBA season, 2009–10 New Orleans Hornets season was the team's 8th 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 agent, 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 (basketball), Byron Scott. General manager Jeff Bower (basketball), Jeff Bower is named new head coach. In addition, former head coach Tim Floyd was brought in as an assistant coach. *January 28 – Hornets point guard Chris Paul was selected as all-star reserve. Summary NBA Draft 2009 Free agency Draft picks Roster Pre-season Regular season Standings Record vs. opponents Game log , - bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 1 , October 28 , @ San Antonio Spurs, San Antonio , , Chris Paul (26) , Emeka Okafor (10) , Chris Paul (9) , AT&T Center18,581 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Scott
Byron Antom Scott (born March 28, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, Scott won three NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers during their Showtime era in the 1980s. He was named the NBA Coach of the Year with the New Orleans Hornets (now Pelicans) in 2008. Early life & college career Scott grew up in Inglewood, California, and played at Morningside High School, in the shadow of what was then the Lakers' home arena, The Forum. He played college basketball at Arizona State University for three years and had a successful career with the Sun Devils. He was Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 1980 and First-team All-Pac-10 in 1983. He averaged 17.5 points per game in his career for the Sun Devils. He left after his junior year, entering the 1983 NBA Draft. In 2011, his No. 11 was retired by the Arizona State Sun Devils. Professional career NBA Selected by the San Diego Clippers i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
