New Orleans Pelicans Opening Day Roster

New Orleans Hornets Opening Day Rosters

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Roster:

Team:

Player	Pos	HT	WT	Birth Date	Age	Pre-Draft Team	YOS	Draft Status
Joe Alexander	SF	6-8	230	Dec 26, 1986	23	West Virginia	2	2008 1st Rnd, #8, Milwaukee Bucks
Trevor Ariza	SF	6-8	215	Jun 30, 1985	25	UCLA	6	2004 2nd Rnd, #43, New York Knicks
Jerryd Bayless	SG/PG	6-3	210	Aug 20, 1988	22	Arizona	2	2008 1st Rnd, #11, Indiana Pacers
Marco Belinelli	SG	6-5	225	Mar 25, 1986	24	Fortituto Kontatto Bologna (Italy)	3	2007 1st Rnd, #18, Golden State Warriors
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	PF	6-9	235	Sep 7, 1983	27	George Washington	3	2006 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Aaron Gray	C	7-0	270	Dec 7, 1984	25	Pittsburgh	3	2007 2nd Rnd, #49, Chicago Bulls
Willie Green	SG	6-3	201	Jul 28, 1981	29	Detroit-Mercy	7	2003 2nd Rnd, #41, Seattle SuperSonics
D.J. Mbenga	C	7-0	255	Dec 30, 1980	29	OpenJobMetis Varese (Italy)	6	2002 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Emeka Okafor	C/PF	6-10	255	Sep 28, 1982	28	UConn	6	2004 1st Rnd, #2, Charlotte Hornets
Chris Paul	PG	6-0	175	May 6, 1985	25	Wake Forest	5	2005 1st Rnd, #4, New Orleans Pelicans
Quincy Pondexter	SF	6-7	230	Mar 10, 1988	22	Washington	0	2010 1st Rnd, #26, Oklahoma City Thunder
Jason Smith	PF/C	7-0	240	Mar 2, 1986	24	Colorado State	3	2007 1st Rnd, #20, Miami Heat
Peja Stojakovic	PF	6-10	229	Jun 9, 1977	33	PAOK BC (Greece)	12	1996 1st Rnd, #14, Sacramento Kings
Marcus Thornton	SG	6-4	205	Jun 5, 1987	23	LSU	1	2009 2nd Rnd, #43, Miami Heat
David West	PF	6-9	250	Aug 29, 1980	30	Xavier	7	2003 1st Rnd, #18, New Orleans Pelicans

Regular Season

Smoothie King Center (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Attendance: 15,039

Officials: Kevin Cutler, Matt Boland, Scott Foster

Team Rebounds: Milwaukee (12) New Orleans (5)

Technicals: Milwaukee (0) New Orleans (0)

	1	2	3	4	Final
MIL (0-1)	30	17	25	19	91
NOP (1-0)	29	18	31	17	95

Advanced	Poss	ORtg	DRtg
MIL	92	98.4	102.8
NOP	92	102.8	98.4

Four Factors	eFG%	TO%	OR%	FTR
MIL	.481	0.130	0.178	0.221
NOP	.456	0.097	0.136	0.291

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
6	Andrew Bogut	Starter	C	36:15	6-12	0-1	3-10	13.5	4.0	11	15	1	4	0	1	1	15
0	Drew Gooden	Starter	PF	32:32	7-14	0-0	1-2	10.8	3.0	8	11	1	4	0	0	1	15
10	Carlos Delfino	Starter	SF	38:32	7-12	5-10	0-0	15.8	0.0	5	5	1	2	3	0	1	19
3	Brandon Jennings	Starter	PG	41:20	5-14	2-6	3-4	12.0	0.0	2	2	10	5	1	0	1	15
15	John Salmons	Starter	SG	32:29	2-8	1-3	0-0	-4.2	1.0	1	2	0	2	0	0	4	5
11	Earl Boykins	Bench	PG	02:06	1-1	0-0	0-0	1.2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
8	Larry Sanders	Bench	C	04:25	0-1	0-0	0-2	0.5	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
55	Keyon Dooling	Bench	SG	16:48	0-2	0-1	0-0	-4.0	0.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0
7	Ersan Ilyasova	Bench	PF	15:43	1-5	0-1	2-2	0.8	0.0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	4
5	Corey Maggette	Bench	SF	19:50	4-8	0-1	8-8	6.8	0.0	7	7	0	5	0	0	3	16
	Team										12
				240	33-77	8-23	17-28	73.0	8	37	57	14	27	4	2	12	91
					42.9%	34.8%	60.7%

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
1	Trevor Ariza	Starter	SF	41:25	4-13	1-6	2-2	7.8	0.0	5	5	3	3	4	0	2	11
30	David West	Starter	PF	26:59	9-14	0-0	4-4	13.2	2.0	5	7	0	5	0	0	0	22
50	Emeka Okafor	Starter	C	25:43	0-0	0-0	0-0	4.0	1.0	8	9	0	4	0	0	1	0
8	Marco Belinelli	Starter	SG	35:28	6-15	1-5	5-5	9.9	0.0	6	6	2	1	0	0	1	18
3	Chris Paul	Starter	PG	37:14	6-11	1-2	4-6	23.2	1.0	3	4	16	3	0	0	1	17
28	D.J. Mbenga	Bench	C	06:45	0-1	0-0	1-2	-2.0	0.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1
44	Pops Mensah-Bonsu	Bench	PF	02:37	0-0	0-0	0-0	1.2	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
32	Jerryd Bayless	Bench	PG	08:07	1-3	0-1	1-1	0.1	1.0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	3
33	Willie Green	Bench	SG	12:08	1-4	0-1	2-4	2.0	0.0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	4
14	Jason Smith	Bench	C	24:38	3-10	0-0	2-2	0.0	1.0	3	4	1	4	0	0	2	8
16	Peja Stojakovic	Bench	SF	07:42	1-2	1-1	0-0	1.5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
5	Marcus Thornton	Bench	SG	11:14	3-6	0-1	2-3	3.4	0.0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	8
	Team										5
				240	34-79	4-17	23-29	82.4	6	38	49	23	26	4	0	9	95
					43.0%	23.5%	79.3%