2004–05 New Orleans Hornets season

The 2004–05 New Orleans Hornets season was the franchise's third season in the National Basketball Association.[1] The Hornets moved from the Eastern Conference's Central Division to the tougher Southwest Division of the Western Conference for the season. Under new head coach Byron Scott, the Hornets played and suffered their worst basketball ways losing their first eight games, which led to an awful 2–29 start. Many players were traded away during the season. The team traded David Wesley to the Houston Rockets in December, then midway through the season dealt Baron Davis to the Golden State Warriors, and sent Jamal Mashburn, who was lost for the entire season with a knee injury, to the Philadelphia 76ers for Glenn Robinson, who never played for the Hornets and was released to free agency and signed with the San Antonio Spurs. Mashburn would never suit up for the 76ers.

2004–05 New Orleans Hornets season
Head coachByron Scott
General managerAllan Bristow
Owner(s)George Shinn
ArenaNew Orleans Arena
Results
Record18–64 (.220)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Southwest)
Conference: 15th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionCox Sports Television
RadioWTIX

The Hornets continued to struggle, losing their final nine games finishing last place in the Southwest Division with a dreadful 18–64 record, which was the same record as the newly-rechristened Charlotte Bobcats. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.[Notes 1]

For the season, they added new yellow road alternate uniform they remained in used until 2008.

Offseason

On June 16, the Hornets claimed Brazilian swingman Alex Garcia on waivers from the San Antonio Spurs. On June 22, the 2004 NBA Expansion Draft took place, and the Hornets lost guard Maurice Carter to the Charlotte Bobcats. Two days later, the NBA draft took place.

Draft picks
Main article: 2004 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
118J.R. SmithSG United States
244Tim Pickett United StatesFlorida State

In the draft, the Hornets drafted J. R. Smith and Tim Pickett.[2] Smith would play only two seasons with the Hornets, and Pickett would not play in the NBA. On July 19, the Hornets signed Chris Andersen. Andersen would be with the Hornets for four seasons, missing the 2006–07 season due to a suspension for substance abuse. On August 3, the Hornets signed former Sixth Man of the Year Rodney Rogers. Rogers would be traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, along with Jamal Mashburn, on February 24 for Glenn Robinson. On September 29, the Hornets signed Tremaine Fowlkes and Britton Johnsen. The following day, the team signed Lorinza "Junior" Harrington and Lee Nailon. On October 28, the Hornets waived Fowlkes, and three days later, they waived Johnsen.[3]

Roster
2004–05 New Orleans Hornets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 12 Andersen, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1978-07-07 Blinn
PF 42 Brown, P. J. 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 239 lb (108 kg) 1969-10-14 Louisiana Tech
PG 5 Claxton, Speedy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 166 lb (75 kg) 1978-05-08 Hofstra
PG 2 Dickau, Dan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1978-09-16 Gonzaga
SG 32 Jacobsen, Casey 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1981-03-19 Stanford
C 15 Lampe, Maciej 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1985-02-05 Poland
SF 9 Lynch, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1970-09-03 North Carolina
C 21 Magloire, Jamaal 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1978-05-21 Kentucky
PF 10 Nachbar, Boštjan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 221 lb (100 kg) 1980-07-03 Slovenia
SF 33 Nailon, Lee 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1975-02-22 TCU
SG 23 Smith, J. R. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1985-09-09 St. Benedict's Prep (HS)
C 4 Vroman, Jackson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1981-06-06 Iowa State
SF 30 West, David 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1980-08-29 Xavier
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 1, 2005

Regular season

Standings
Southwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-San Antonio Spurs 5923.720–38–321–2010–6
x-Dallas Mavericks 5824.707129–1229–1211–5
x-Houston Rockets 5131.622826–1525–1610–6
x-Memphis Grizzlies 4537.5491426–1519–227–9
New Orleans Hornets 1864.2204111–307–342–14
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Phoenix Suns6220.756—
2 y-San Antonio Spurs5923.7203
3 y-Seattle SuperSonics5230.63410
4 x-Dallas Mavericks5824.7074
5 x-Houston Rockets5131.62211
6 x-Sacramento Kings5032.61012
7 x-Denver Nuggets4933.59813
8 x-Memphis Grizzlies4537.54917
9 Minnesota Timberwolves4438.53718
10 Los Angeles Clippers3745.45125
11 Los Angeles Lakers3448.41528
12 Golden State Warriors3448.41528
13 Portland Trail Blazers2755.32935
14 Utah Jazz2656.31736
15 New Orleans Hornets1864.22044

Record vs. opponents
2004-05 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta —1–31–30–40–41–10–21–30–21–10–30–21–10–20–41–21–10–31–11–31–31–30–20–20–20–20–21–20–20–4
Boston 3–1—4–02–21–20–20–21–31–11–11–22–01–11–11–23–11–11–32–03–13–01–31–11–10–20–22–03–12–03–1
Charlotte 3–10–4—0–40–40–21–12–10–22–00–30–20–20–21–30–41–10–41–11–33–10–30–20–21–10–20–21–21–10–4
Chicago 4–02–24–0—2–21–11–12–21–10–22–20–21–12–01–32–22–00–41–14–03–02–10–22–01–10–21–13–02–01–2
Cleveland 4–02–14–02–2—1–11–12–22–00–21–31–11–12–00–32–21–11–32–01–33–10–31–12–00–20–20–23–12–01–2
Dallas 1–12–02–01–11–1—2–11–13–12–21–11–22–24–02–02–02–22–04–02–01–11–11–24–03–11–33–12–03–02–0
Denver 2–02–01–11–11–11–2—1–12–21–22–02–12–24–01–12–02–21–14–01–11–11–10–43–11–22–22–22–02–22–0
Detroit 3–13–11–22–22–21–11–1—2–02–02–22–02–00–22–12–21–12–12–03–03–13–11–11–11–11–11–13–11–14–0
Golden State 2–01–12–01–10–21–32–20–2—1–21–10–41–31–30–22–01–20–22–21–11–11–12–22–23–10–32–21–12–11–1
Houston 1–11–10–22–02–02–22–10–22–1—1–13–02–23–11–11–11–22–03–11–12–02–02–24–02–22–23–11–12–21–1
Indiana 3–02–13–02–23–11–10–22–21–11–1—0–21–12–03–12–22–02–21–12–21–30–41–12–00–21–10–22–12–02–2
L.A. Clippers 2–00–22–02–01–12–11–20–24–00–32–0—2–21–31–11–11–31–13–11–11–11–10–42–20–40–42–11–12–21–1
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–01–11–12–22–20–23–12–21–12–2—0–30–22–02–11–13–01–11–10–20–42–11–30–41–31–11–30–2
Memphis 2–01–12–00–20–20–40–42–03–11–30–23–13–0—1–12–03–12–03–11–11–12–02–23–10–33–10–32–03–00–2
Miami 4–02–13–13–13–00–21–11–22–01–11–31–12–01–1—4–01–13–02–04–04–02–21–11–12–01–10–23–12–04–0
Milwaukee 2–11–34–02–22–20–20–22–20–21–12–21–10–20–20–4—1–12–11–12–12–10–40–20–20–20–21–12–21–11–3
Minnesota 1–11–11–10–21–12–22–21–12–12–10–23–11–21–31–11–1—2–04–01–11–12–01–34–03–11–21–30–23–11–1
New Jersey 3–03–14–04–03–10–21–11–22–00–22–21–11–10–20–31–20–2—2–03–11–33–10–21–11–10–20–22–22–01–3
New Orleans 1–10–21–11–10–20–40–40–22–21–31–11–30–31–30–21–10–40–2—1–10–21–10–42–11–20–40–30–22–21–1
New York 3–11–33–10–43–10–21–10–31–11–12–21–11–11–10–41–21–11–31–1—1–23–10–21–10–21–10–21–32–02–1
Orlando 3–10–31–30–31–31–11–11–31–10–23–11–11–11–10–41–21–13–12–02–1—2–20–21–11–11–11–12–22–02–2
Philadelphia 3–13–13–01–23–01–11–11–31–10–24–01–12–00–22–24–00–21–31–11–32–2—0–21–10–20–21–13–11–12–1
Phoenix 2–01–12–02–01–12–14–01–12–22–21–14–04–02–21–12–03–12–04–02–02–02–0—3–02–21–22–12–03–11–1
Portland 2–01–12–00–20–20–41–31–12–20–40–22–21–21–31–12–00–41–11–21–11–11–10–3—1–31–21–31–12–20–2
Sacramento 2–02–01–11–12–01–32–11–11–32–22–04–03–13–00–22–01–31–12–12–01–12–02–23–1—1–31–31–12–12–0
San Antonio 2–02–02–02–02–03–12–21–13–02–21–14–04–01–31–12–02–12–04–01–11–12–02–12–13–1—2–21–12–21–1
Seattle 2–00–22–01–12–01–32–21–12–21–32–01–23–13–02–01–13–12–03–02–01–11–11–23–13–12–2—2–03–10–2
Toronto 2–11–32–10–31–30–20–21–31–11–11–21–11–10–21–32–22–02–22–03–12–21–30–21–11–11–10–2—2–01–3
Utah 2–00–21–10–20–20–32–21–11–22–20–22–23–10–30–21–11–30–22–20–20–21–11–32–21–22–21–30–2—0–2
Washington 4–01–34–02–12–10–20–20–41–11–12–21–12–02–00–43–11–13–11–11–22–21–21–12–00–21–12–03–12–0—

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
Darrell Armstrong
Lonny Baxter
P.J. Brown
Speedy Claxton
Baron Davis
Dan Dickau
Corsley Edwards
Matt Freije
Alex Garcia
Junior Harrington
Casey Jacobsen
Maciej Lampe
George Lynch
Jamaal Magloire
Boštjan Nachbar
Lee Nailon
Rodney Rogers
J.R. Smith
Jackson Vroman
David Wesley
David West

Transactions

Trades
December 3, 2004 To New Orleans Hornets
Dan Dickau
2005 2nd round draft pick
To Dallas Mavericks
Darrell Armstrong
December 27, 2004 To New Orleans Hornets
Jim Jackson
Boštjan Nachbar
To Houston Rockets
David Wesley
January 21, 2005 To New Orleans Hornets
Casey Jacobsen
Maciej Lampe
Jackson Vroman
To Phoenix Suns
Jim Jackson
2005 2nd round draft pick
February 24, 2005 To New Orleans Hornets
Glenn Robinson
To Philadelphia 76ers
Jamal Mashburn
Rodney Rogers		 To New Orleans Hornets
Speedy Claxton
Dale Davis
To Golden State Warriors
Baron Davis

Free agents
Additions
Player Date signed Former team
Chris Andersen July 19 Denver Nuggets
Rodney Rogers August 3 New Jersey Nets
Tremaine Fowlkes September 29 Detroit Pistons
Britton Johnsen September 29 Orlando Magic
Junior Harrington September 30 Azovmash Mariupol (Ukraine)
Lee Nailon September 30 Cleveland Cavaliers
Matt Freije November 19 Miami Heat
Corsley Edwards December 4 Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA)
Lonny Baxter December 12 Yakima Sun Kings (CBA)
Corsley Edwards January 5 New Orleans Hornets
Junior Harrington January 29 New Orleans Hornets
Subtractions
Player Date waived New Team
Tremaine Fowlkes October 28 Indiana Pacers
Britton Johnsen October 31 Indiana Pacers
Lonny Baxter December 27 Panathinaikos B.C. (Greece)
Alex Garcia December 27 COC Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)
Corsley Edwards January 3 New Orleans Hornets
Matt Freije January 21 Nashville Rhythm (ABA)
Junior Harrington January 21 New Orleans Hornets
Glenn Robinson March 1 San Antonio Spurs
Dale Davis March 1 Indiana Pacers

References
  1. Since 2014, the Pelicans retained the franchise's records and history from the 2002–03 season onward, while its prior history from 1988 to 2002 is currently inherited by the Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets franchise.
  1. 2004-05 New Orleans Hornets
  2. "2003-04 New Orleans Hornets Transactions".
  3. "2004-05 New Orleans Hornets Transactions".
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