2005–06 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets season

The 2005–06 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets season was the team's 4th season in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 18-64 record from the previous season (worst in the Western Conference that year). They finished the season with a 38–44 record, missing the playoffs for the second year in a row.

2005–06 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets season
Head coachByron Scott
ArenaFord Center (36 games)
New Orleans Arena (3 games)
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1 game)
Lloyd Noble Center (1 game)
Results
Record38–44 (.463)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Southwest)
Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionCox Sports Television/The Cox Channel
RadioWTIX/KTOK

Before the commencement of training camp, the City of New Orleans was hit by Hurricane Katrina.[1] With the New Orleans Arena partly damaged and the city's infrastructure in need of repair the Hornets signed a deal to play most of their games in Oklahoma City, becoming the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets for this season. In Oklahoma City, the Hornets enjoyed sell out crowds at the Ford Center.[1]

The addition of draft pick Chris Paul resulted in the team competing for a playoff spot. In January and February, the club played winning basketball despite losing Chris Andersen to a two-year suspension for illegal drugs. Paul showed the poise and play making skills of a veteran finishing second in steals and seventh in assists as he posted a terrific 3.34 assist to turnover ratio, while leading all rookies with 16.1 ppg.[1]

On March 8 the Hornets returned to New Orleans with a near sell out crowd on hand to watch the Hornets lose to the Los Angeles Lakers 113–107.[1] In March, the Hornets went into a tail spin winning just 3 of 14 games. The Hornets went on to finish in 4th place in their division. Chris Paul was named Rookie of the Year.[2]

Draft picks
Main article: 2005 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 4 Chris Paul[3] PG  United States Wake Forest
2 33 Brandon Bass F  United States LSU

Roster
Roster listing
New Orleans Hornets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
C 12 Andersen, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1978–07–07 Blinn
F/C 33 Bass, Brandon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1985–04–30 LSU
F/C 42 Brown, P. J. 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1969–10–14 Louisiana Tech
G/F 45 Butler, Rasual 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1979–05–23 La Salle
G 5 Claxton, Speedy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 166 lb (75 kg) 1978–05–08 Hofstra
F 21 Fizer, Marcus 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 262 lb (119 kg) 1978–08–10 Iowa State
F/C 44 Jackson, Marc 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1975–01–16 Temple
F 43 Johnson, Linton 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1980–06–13 Tulane
G 6 Macijauskas, Arvydas 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1980–01–19 Lithuania
G/F 24 Mason, Desmond 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 224 lb (102 kg) 1977–10–11 Oklahoma State
G 25 Norris, Moochie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1973–07–27 West Florida
G 3 Paul, Chris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1985–05–06 Wake Forest
G/F 23 Smith, J. R. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1985–09–09 St. Benedict's Prep HS (NJ)
G/F 1 Snyder, Kirk 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1983–06–05 Nevada
F 30 West, David 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1980–08–29 Xavier
F/C 34 Williams, Aaron 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1971–10–02 Xavier
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Regular season

Standings
Southwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-San Antonio Spurs 6319.768-34–729–1213–3
x-Dallas Mavericks 6022.732334–726–1513–3
x-Memphis Grizzlies 4933.5981430–1119–226–10
New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets 3844.4632524–1714–277–9
Houston Rockets 3448.4152915–2619–221–15
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-San Antonio Spurs6319.768-
2 y-Phoenix Suns5428.6599
3 y-Denver Nuggets4438.53719
4 x-Dallas Mavericks6022.7323
5 x-Memphis Grizzlies4933.59814
6 x-Los Angeles Clippers4735.57316
7 x-Los Angeles Lakers4537.54918
8 x-Sacramento Kings4438.53719
9 Utah Jazz4141.50022
10 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets3844.46325
11 Seattle SuperSonics3547.42728
12 Golden State Warriors3448.41529
13 Houston Rockets3448.41529
14 Minnesota Timberwolves3349.40230
15 Portland Trail Blazers2161.25642

Game log
2005–06 game log
Total: 38–44 (Home: 22–19; Road: 16–25)
November: 7–7 (Home: 3–3; Road: 4–4)
December : 5–10 (Home: 4–3; Road: 1–7)
January : 10–5 (Home: 6–2; Road: 4–3)
February : 9–4 (Home: 6–1; Road: 3–3)
March : 3–11 (Home: 2–7; Road: 1–4)
April : 4–7 (Home: 1–3; Road: 3–4)
2005–06 schedule

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Chris Andersen
Brandon Bass
P.J. Brown
Rasual Butler
Speedy Claxton
Marcus Fizer
Marc Jackson
Linton Johnson
Maciej Lampe
Arvydas Macijauskas
Desmond Mason
Boštjan Nachbar
Moochie Norris
Chris Paul
J.R. Smith
Kirk Snyder
Jackson Vroman
David West
Aaron Williams

Awards and records

Awards

Free agents

See also

References
  1. New Orleans Hornets (2002-Present)
  2. New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets on Basketball Reference
  3. "NBA.com: Draft 2005". Archived from the original on 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  4. "NBA.com Hornets' Paul Named the 2005-06 T-Mobile Rookie of the Year". Archived from the original on 2007-02-02. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
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