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Baron Davis has played in two NBA All-Star Games when he was a member of the Hornets.^[1]

The New Orleans Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They play in the Southwest Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise was founded in the 1988–89 NBA season as the Charlotte Hornets, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, where they were located until the end of the 2001–02 NBA season. In the summer of 2002, the Hornets were relocated to New Orleans after NBA's relocation committee approved the move.^[2] During the 2005–07 period, the Hornets played 71 games in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma due to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.^[3]

The Hornets first participated in the NBA Draft on June 28, 1988, about five months before their inaugural NBA season. The 1988 NBA Draft became the last draft where teams selected players in three rounds. In 1989, the NBA agreed with the National Basketball Players Association to limit drafts to two rounds, an arrangement that has remained the same up to the present time.^[4] Before each draft, an NBA Draft Lottery determines the first round selection order for the teams that missed the playoffs during the prior season.^[4] Teams can also trade their picks, which means that teams may have more or less than two picks in some drafts, although they must have at least one first-round pick every other year.^[5]

The first pick in the Hornets' history was Rex Chapman, a shooting guard from the University of Kentucky. The Hornets have had four top-four picks and all of them have participated in the NBA All-Star Game; they were Larry Johnson, Alonzo Mourning, Baron Davis, and Chris Paul.^[1][6] In 1996, the Hornets drafted Kobe Bryant thirteenth overall, but traded him for Vlade Divac. Bryant is now an MVP, a ten-time all-star, and a four-time NBA Champion.^[7]

Key

Selections

Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Nat	Pos	College/High School/Club
1988	1	8	Chapman, RexRex Chapman	USA	SG	Kentucky
1988	2	34	Tolbert, TomTom Tolbert	USA	PF/C	Arizona
1988	3	58	Moore, JeffJeff Moore	USA	PF/C	Auburn
1989	1	5	Reid, J.R.J.R. Reid	USA	PF	North Carolina
1989	2	29	Nix, DyronDyron Nix (traded to Indiana)[a]	USA	SF/PF	Tennessee
1990	1	5	Gill, KendallKendall Gill	USA	SG	Illinois
1990	2	39	Scheffler, SteveSteve Scheffler (from Houston)[b]	USA	PF/C	Purdue
1991	1	1	Johnson, LarryLarry Johnson	USA	SF/PF	UNLV
1991	2	28	Lynch, KevinKevin Lynch (from Denver)[c]	USA	SF	Minnesota
1992	1	2	Mourning, AlonzoAlonzo Mourning	USA	C	Georgetown
1992	2	35	Bennett, TonyTony Bennett	USA	PG	Wisconsin–Green Bay
1993	1	17	Graham, GregGreg Graham (traded to Philadelphia)[d]	USA	SG	Indiana
1993	1	20	Burrell, ScottScott Burrell (from San Antonio)[e]	USA	SF	Connecticut
1994	2	38	Hancock, DarrinDarrin Hancock	USA	SG/SF	Kansas
1995	1	22	Zidek, GeorgeGeorge Zidek	CZE	C	UCLA
1996	1	13	Bryant, KobeKobe Bryant (traded to L.A. Lakers)[f]	USA	SG	Lower Merion (H.S.)
1996	1	16	Delk, TonyTony Delk (from Miami)[g]	USA	PG/SG	Kentucky
1996	2	44	Rose, MalikMalik Rose	USA	PF	Drexel
1998	1	21	Davis, RickyRicky Davis	USA	SG/SF	Iowa
1998	2	50	Betts, AndrewAndrew Betts (traded to Indiana)[h]	UK	C	Long Beach State
1999	1	3	Davis, BaronBaron Davis	USA	PG	UCLA
1999	2	43	Nailon, LeeLee Nailon	USA	PF	Texas Christian
2000	1	19	Magloire, JamaalJamaal Magloire	CAN	PF/C	Kentucky
2001	1	16	Haston, KirkKirk Haston	USA	PF	Indiana
2003	1	18	West, DavidDavid West	USA	PF	Xavier
2003	2	48	Lang, JamesJames Lang	USA	PF/C	Central Park Christian (H.S.)
2004	1	18	Smith, J. R.J. R. Smith	USA	SG	St. Benedict's (H.S.)
2004	2	44	Pickett, TimTim Pickett	USA	SG	Florida State
2005	1	4	Paul, ChrisChris Paul	USA	PG	Wake Forest
2005	2	33	Bass, BrandonBrandon Bass	USA	PF	Louisiana State
2006	1	12	Armstrong, HiltonHilton Armstrong	USA	PF/C	Connecticut
2006	1	15	Simmons, CedricCedric Simmons (from Milwaukee)[i]	USA	PF	North Carolina State
2006	2	43	Vinicius, MarcusMarcus Vinicius	BRA	SF	Objetivo São Carlos (Brazil)
2007	1	13	Wright, JulianJulian Wright	USA	SF	Kansas
2007	2	43	Haluska, AdamAdam Haluska	USA	SG	Iowa
2008	1	27	Arthur, DarrellDarrell Arthur (traded to Portland)[j]	USA	PF	Kansas
2009	1	21	Collison, DarrenDarren Collison	USA	PG	UCLA

Footnotes

• ^a  On June 27, 1989, the Hornets traded the draft rights to Dyron Nix to the Indiana Pacers for Stuart Gray.^[8]
• ^b  On July 18, 1988, the Hornets traded Bernard Thompson to the Houston Rockets for Robert Reid and a 1990 second-round pick (#39 overall).^[8]
• ^c  On September 11, 1989, the Hornets traded Tim Kempton to the Denver Nuggets for a 1991 second-round pick (#28 overall).^[8]
• ^d  On September 3, 1993, the Hornets traded the draft rights to Greg Graham along with Dana Barros, Sidney Green, and a 1994 first-round pick (#11 overall) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Hersey Hawkins.^[9]
• ^e  On December 9, 1992, the Hornets traded J.R. Reid to the San Antonio Spurs for Sidney Green, a 1993 first-round pick (#20 overall), and a 1996 second-round pick (#55 overall).^[9]
• ^f  On July 11, 1996, the Hornets traded the draft rights to Kobe Bryant to the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac.^[10]
• ^g  On November 3, 1995, the Hornets traded Alonzo Mourning along with LeRon Ellis and Pete Myers to the Miami Heat for Glen Rice, Matt Geiger, Khalid Reeves, and a 1996 first-round pick (#16 overall pick).^[10]
• ^h  On July 12, 2006, the Hornets traded the draft rights to Andrew Betts to the Indiana Pacers for Peja Stojakovic and cash considerations.^[11]
• ⁱ  On October 26, 2005, the Hornets traded Jamaal Magloire to the Milwaukee Bucks for Desmond Mason, a 2006 first-round pick (#15 overall pick), and cash considerations.^[11]
• ^j  On June 27, 2008, the Hornets traded the draft rights to Darrell Arthur to Portland Trail Blazers for cash considerations.^[12]

References

General

• "HORNETS: Hornets Draft History". NBA.com. http://www.nba.com/hornets/news/draft_history_030604.html. Retrieved 2008-07-17.  

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