[C] ROBIN LOPEZ #15 Stanford (5 th Season) HORNETS PROBABLE STARTERS

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1 New Orleans Hornets (3-3) vs. Houston Rockets (3-2) Pre-Season Game #7 Home Game #3 New Orleans Arena New Orleans, LA October 24, :00 p.m. (CT) Television: NBA TV; Radio: WWL FM Follow us on Hornets Media Guide: HORNETS PROBABLE STARTERS [G] GREIVIS VASQUEZ #21 Maryland (3 rd season) Averages Notes (11-12 Season) Last Game Recorded his third double-double in four games 4/9/12 vs. LAL with 18 points and 11 assists, while also setting a career-high with five three-point field 9 pts (4-8 FG), 5 asts, 8.9 ppg, 5.4 apg, goals made. 5 rebs 2.6 rpg Has recorded 10 or more assists on six different (10/22 at DAL) occasions The Hornets are 4-2 when Vasquez dishes out 10-plus assists. [G] BRIAN ROBERTS #25 Dayton (1 st season) Averages Notes(11-12 Season) Last Game 11.4 ppg, 3.0 apg, 2.0 rpg Competed in NBA Summer League with the Hornets, averaging 13.8 points, 2.2 assists and 2.0 rebounds in 27.4 minutes per game over five games (three starts). Appeared in 54 games for Brose Baskets Bamberg (Germany) as well as 10 Eurobasket contests) [F] AL-FAROUQ AMINU #0 Wake Forest (3 rd season) pts, 2 asts, 3 rebs (10/22 at DAL) Averages Notes (11-12 Season) Last Game Over the last 10 games, has averaged 9.6 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.7 spg and 1.0 bpg During that span, he leads the team with 17 steals and is 6.0 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 10 pts, 8 rebs, 2 blks second on the team with 10 blocks. 1.0 apg Led the team in points for the first time this season (10/22 at DAL) with 15 points on 7-8 shooting from the field 3/26 vs. his former team, LAC. [F] ANTHONY DAVIS #23 Kentucky (1 st Season) Averages Notes (11-12 Season) Last Game 14.2 ppg, 10.4 rpg, 4.65 bpg Won 6 of 7 National Player of the Year Awards as a Freshman at Kentucky. Also captured Final 4 MVP and National Championship. Led the nation in blocks (4.65 bpg), while leading UK in scoring (14.2 ppg), rebounding (10.4 rpg) and field goal percentage (.623) 6 pts, 17 rebs, 2 blks (10/22 at DAL) [C] ROBIN LOPEZ #15 Stanford (5 th Season) Averages Notes (11-12 Season) Last Game Played previous four seasons with Phoenix Suns playing a combined 242 games (94 14 pts (7-12 FG), 5.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg, career starts). 53 career double-doubles. 11 rebs, 2 blks 0.9 bpg Set a single season career high last year (10/22 at DAL) with 60 blocks HORNETS REGULAR SEASON RECORDS RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME OVERALL SW DIVISION WESTERN EASTERN PRESEASON SCHEDULE 10/7 vs. ORL W, /18 vs. ATL L, /9 vs. CHA W, /22 at DAL L, /11 at CHA W, /24 vs. HOU 7:00pm 10/12 at HOU L, /26 at MIA 7:00pm# [all times Central] REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE 10/31 vs. SAS 7:00pm*^ 1/23 at SAS 7:00pm* 11/2 vs. UTA 7:00pm* 1/25 vs. HOU 7:00pm* 11/3 at CHI 7:00pm* 1/27 at MEM 5:00pm* 11/7 vs. PHI 7:00pm# 1/29 at LAL 9:30pm* 11/9 vs. CHA 7:00pm* 1/30 at UTA 8:00pm* 11/14 at HOU 7:00pm* 2/1 at DEN 8:00pm* 11/16 vs. OKC 7:00pm* 2/2 at MIN 7:00pm*^ 11/17 at MIL 7:30pm* 2/6 vs. PHX 7:00pm* 11/20 vs.nyk 7:00pm* 2/8 at ATL 6:30pm* 11/21 at IND 6:00pm* 2/10 at TOR 5:00pm* 11/23 at PHX 8:00pm* 2/11 at DET 6:30pm 11/25 at DEN 7:00pm* 2/13 vs. POR 7:00pm* 11/26 at LAC 9:30pm* 2/19 vs. CHI 7:00pm* 11/28 vs. UTA 7:00pm* 2/20 at CLE 6:00pm* 12/1 vs. OKC 7:00pm* 2/22 vs. DAL 7:00pm* 12/3 vs. MIL 7:00pm*^ 2/24 vs. SAC 5:00pm* 12/5 vs. LAL 7:00pm* 2/26 vs. BKN 7:00pm* 12/7 vs. MEM 7:00pm* 2/27 at OKC 7:00pm* 12/8 at MIA 6:30pm* 3/1 vs. DET 7:00pm* 12/11 vs. WAS 7:00pm* 3/4 vs. ORL 7:00pm* 12/12 at OKC 7:00pm* 3/6 vs. LAL 7:00pm* 12/14 vs. MIN 7:00pm* 3/9 at MEM 7:00pm 12/16 at POR 8:00pm* 3/10 vs. POR 6:00pm* 12/18 at GSW 9:30pm* 3/12 at BKN 6:30pm* 12/19 at LAC 9:30pm* 3/15 at WAS 6:00pm* 12/21 at SAS 7:30pm* 3/17 at MIN 6:00pm* 12/22 vs. IND 7:00pm* 3/18 vs. GSW 7:00pm* 12/26 at ORL 6:00pm* 3/20 vs. BOS 7:00pm* 12/28 vs. TOR 7:00pm* 3/22 vs. MEM 7:00pm* 12/29 at CHA 6:00pm*^ 3/25 vs. DEN 7:00pm* 1/1 vs. ATL 7:00pm 3/27 vs. LAC 7:00pm* 1/2 at HOU 7:00pm* 3/29 vs. MIA 7:00pm* 1/5 at DAL 7:30pm* 3/31 vs. CLE 5:00pm* 1/7 vs. SAS 7:00pm* 4/3 at GSW 9:30pm* 1/9 vs. HOU 7:00pm* 4/5 at UTA 8:00pm* 1/11 vs. MIN 7:00pm* 4/7 at PHX 8:00pm* 1/13 at NYK 11:00am 4/9 at LAL 9:30pm* 1/15 at PHI 6:00pm* 4/10 at SAC 9:00pm* 1/16 at BOS 7:00pm# 4/12 vs. LAC 7:00pm* 1/19 vs. GSW 7:00pm* 4/14 vs. DAL 5:00pm*^ 1/21 vs. SAC 12:00pm 4/17 at DAL 7:00pm* [all times Central] * - Denotes Coverage by FSNO # -Denotes Coverage by ESPN ^ - Denotes Coverage by NBATV All-Star Weekend: Feb , 2012 Houston, TX. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: Solomon Alabi (SAHLoh-mon al-ah-bee) Al-Farouq Aminu (al-fuh-rook ah-mee-noo), Xavier Henry (ZA-vee-A), Greivis Vasquez (GRAY-vess VASS-kez) INJURIES: Eric Gordon OUT (Right Knee Soreness). Austin Rivers OUT (Right Ankle Sprain). Jason Smith OUT (Shoulder, Back Soreness). RECENT TRANSACTIONS: *see pg. 10 for complete transaction log

2 HORNETS ON THE AIR All 82 regular season games, the entire preseason (excluding the opening game in Mexico City) and the Hornets entire playoff schedule will be heard on the team s flagship station, WWL FM in New Orleans, as the Hornets enter their first of the multi-season agreement with Entercom Communications. Sean Kelley begins his eighth season as the radio voice of the Hornets, while John DeShazier begins his first season as color analyst. Kelley & DeShazier will also host a weekly Thursday night coach s show with Hornets head coach Monty Williams. TONIGHT S OPPONENT Houston Rockets Southwest Division Regular Season Match-ups (CT) Nov. 14, 2012 at Houston, 7:00pm Jan. 9, 2013 vs. Houston, 7:00pm Regular Season Match-ups Jan. 19, 2012 at Houston L, (OT) Apr. 26, 2012 at Houston L, Jan. 2, 2013 at Houston, 7:00pm Jan. 25, 2013 vs. Houston, 7:00pm Apr. 19, 2012 vs. Houston W, (OT) Hornets vs. Rockets All-Time Record Record 1-2 Home Record Away Record Last 5 Games 2-3 Last 10 Games 7-3 The Hornets lost the season series 1-2 last season with the lone winning coming in OT on 4/19, the Hornets outscored the Rockets in OT to get its 20 th victory of the season The Bees were led by Eric Gordon (9-18, 27 pts) Al-Farouq Aminu had a season-high 17 points. In the first meeting of the season the Hornets, who faced a 12-point deficit after three quarters of play, held the Rockets to an opponent franchise low seven points in the fourth quarter to force overtime ( th QTR run), but couldn t hold on and lost by two Jason Smith led all Hornets in scoring with 17 points The Hornets have won six of the last nine games against the Rockets, and have gone against Houston dating back to 4/1/05 the Houston win on 2/27/11 snapped a five-game Hornets winning streak. The Hornets grabbed 68 total rebounds and 29 offensive rebounds against Houston 12/20/91, both franchise highs in a regulation contest. The New Orleans vs. Houston pre-season game on Oct. 12, 2003 was the first basketball game held in the Rockets' new Toyota Center. (Hornets won, ) Monty Williams is 4-3 (.571) all-time against the Rockets Kevin McHale is 5-3 (.625) all-time against the Hornets. HORNETS-ROCKETS CONNECTIONS Hornets F Anthony Davis and Darius Miller were teammates with Rockets F Terrence Jones at the University of Kentucky during the season, where they captured the 2012 NCAA national championship Miller was also teammates with Rockets F Patrick Patterson at Kentucky from Rockets F Jon Brockman played for the Kings during the season when Hornets assistant coach Bryan Gates held the same position in Sacramento. Rockets G Carlos Delfino was a member of the Detroit Pistons team that included Hornets assistant coach Dave Hanners on the staff. The Pistons lost in the NBA Finals to the San Antonio Spurs that season. Hornets G/F Xavier Henry was teammates with Rockets F Marcus Morris during the season at the University of Kansas. Hornets C Solomon Alabi was teammates with Rockets G Toney Douglas from at Florida State University. RECENT GAMES New Orleans 68, Dallas 97 October 22, 2012 American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX. Hornets High Scorer: Lopez, Anderson 14 Mavericks High Scorer: Mayo 13 Hornets High Rebounder: Davis 17 Mavericks High Rebounder: Marion 12 Hornets High Assists: Vasquez 5 Mavericks High Assists: Collison 7 Score By Quarter FINAL Hornets Mavericks Robin Lopez recorded his second double-double of the preseason with 14 points (7-12 FG) and 11 rebounds. The Hornets lost their third consecutive game, despite outrebounding the Mavericks in the contest and recording 17 second chance points to the Mavs 7. New Orleans 68, Atlanta 97 October 18, 2012 Phillips Arena, Atlanta, GA. Hornets High Scorer: Davis 19 Hawks High Scorer: Smith 16 Hornets High Rebounder: Davis, Anderson, Warrick 7 Hawks High Rebounder: Horford 11 Hornets High Assists: Vasquez 7 Hawks High Assists: Williams 8 Score By Quarter FINAL Hornets Hawks While the Hornets and Hawks were deadlocked at the half, turnovers led to a Q in favor of the Hawks that ultimately put the game out of reach for the Hornets. Turnovers were a huge factor as 20 Hornets Turnovers led to 21 Hawks points. The Hornets only recorded seven points of 10 Hawks Turnovers. The Hornets scoring charge was entirely led by its rookies, the only three Hornets in double figures (Davis 19, Rivers 11, Roberts 10) New Orleans 75, Houston 95 October 12, 2012 Toyota Center, Houston, TX. Hornets High Scorer: Aminu 15 Rockets High Scorer: Martin 17 Hornets High Rebounder: Thomas, Lopez 8 Rockets High Rebounder: Asik 15 Hornets High Assists: Vasquez 5 Rockets High Assists: Lin 7 Score By Quarter FINAL Hornets Rockets Despite winning the rebounding battle over the Rockets, the Hornets turnover problem sealed their fate in the loss. The Rockets scored 21 points of 19 Hornets TO while New Orleans totaled just 16 points off of 13 forced TO. Hornets F Aminu turned in his best performance of the preseason with 15 points on 60% shooting in addition to five rebounds, two steals, and a block.

3 2012 PRESEASON GAME NOTES: Double Trouble: In the loss on 10/22 Hornets starting Center Robin Lopez recorded his second double-double of the preseason with 14 points (7-12 FG) and 11 rebounds. Seven of his rebounds came on the offensive glass while helping lead the Hornets to 17 second chance points. Lopez s first double-double came in his first game in New Orleans Arena on 10/9 against the Charlotte Bobcats with an 18 point, 13 rebound performance in the Hornets victory. Cleaning the Glass: The Hornets have been dominating the rebounding margin this preseason. The Hornets have out rebounded their competition in every single contest for a total of As a result the Hornets have a +41 margin overall and outrebound their opponents by an average of 6.8 rebounds per game. Additionally, the Hornets allow the fewest offensive rebounds per game in the league (7.3 rebounds). Bench Scoring: For the third time in six games, the Hornets received multiple double figure scoring performances from off the bench: 10/7 vs. ORL: Roberts 17 pts, Thomas 10 pts 10/11 at CHA: Anderson 14, Mason Jr. 11, Thomas 14 10/22 at DAL: Aminu 10, Anderson 14 Rookie Charge: Hornets rookies Anthony Davis, Brian Roberts, Darius Miller and Austin Rivers are among the league leaders in several categories for rookies early through just five games of the NBA Preaseason Anthony Davis: 4 th in points per game (13.4), 1 st in rebounds per game among rookies and 3 rd in the NBA overall (10.0), 5 th in blocks per game (1.40), 1 st in minutes per game (30.6). Brian Roberts: 9 th in points per game (10.7), 5 th in assists per game (4.2), 10 th in 3-PT Field Goal Pct. (.400, 8-20) Darius Miller: 1 st in 3-PT Field Goal Pct. (.636, 7-11) and 7 th in Field Goal Pct. (.550, 11-20) Austin Rivers: 4 th in minutes per game (27.5) and 3 rd in steals per game (1.33). Swarming Hornets: The Hornets defense has been stifling through six preseason games. They allow the 3 rd fewest points per game in the NBA (88.0 points). The Hornets have been defending the three point line extremely well also, allowing opponents to shoot the 3 rd lowest 3-Point Field Goal Pct. in the league (.283). Many Hands Make Light Work: In their three contests last week the Hornets received double figure scoring from at least four players. Additionally, Hornets G Greivis Vasquez, is 9 th in the league in assists per game through 6 preseason games (6.3). In Friday s loss at HOU (10/12) three starters (Aminu 15, Lopez 11, Vasquez 10) and one reserve (Miller 10) recorded double figure scoring. In Thursday s win at CHA (10/11) three reserves (Anderson 14, Mason 11, Thomas 14) and two starters recorded double figure scoring (Davis 12, Roberts 16) In Tuesday s win vs. CHA (10/9) four starters (Aminu 12, Davis 22, Lopez 18, Rivers 13) and one reserve (Anderson 15) recorded double figure scoring. The Comeback Kids: The Hornets recorded their third win over the Charlotte Bobcats in Charleston, SC (10/12). All three of the Hornets preseason wins have come while trailing by 10 or more points in the second half of games. In their first road game at Charleston, SC against the Bobcats on 10/11, the Hornets trailed by as many as 12 points in the third quarter, before dominating the fourth quarter by a margin for the victory. After trailing at the half vs. Charlotte on 10/9, the Hornets dominated the third quarter and took control of the game by outscoring the Bobcats 28-8 in the quarter. The Hornets were led by Anthony Davis in the third frame, who posted 15 points and pulled down five rebounds in the third quarter alone. The Hornets continued their strong second half play winning the game while outscoring the Bobcats by a total margin of in the second half. In their preseason opener vs. Orlando on 10/7, the Hornets won in comeback fashion trailing by 15 points at the half and being down as many as 21 points in the 3 rd quarter. The Hornets were behind the entire game until drawing the game to a tie with 2:21 remaining in the 4 th quarter. The Hornets took a lead they would never relinquish on a go-ahead free throw by F Lance Thomas with 1:50 remaining. Opponent Largest Deficit (score) Deficit (time) Final Score vs. ORL 10/ (-21) 6:30 3Q W, vs. CHA 10/ (-11) 11:07 3Q W, at CAH 10/ (-12) 3:41 3Q W, Date Hornets Rebounding Margin Opponent NOH Reb Opp Reb Margin 10/22 at DAL /18 at ATL /12 at HOU /11 at CHA /9 vs. CHA /7 vs. ORL Tonight s Probable Starters Player Position Age Vasquez PG 25 Roberts SG 26 Aminu SF 22 Davis PF 19 Lopez C 24 Average 23 Youth Movement: A total of 9 new players made their NBA debut for the Hornets on Sunday 10/7. Additionally, the Hornets starting five holds an astonishing average age of just 22 years old. South of the Border: The Hornets first preseason game versus the Orlando Magic in the new Mexico City Arena in Mexico was one of 7 NBA Preseason games played internationally. The Hornets have now played a total of 5 games on international soil. They have won three straight (2 wins over WAS on 10/14 and 10/17 in 2008) and are 4-1 overall.

4 SEASON RECAP NOTES BEE-FENSE In , the Hornets again showcased the stellar defense displayed a year ago, the first under head coach Monty Williams. The Hornets held 50 of their 66 opponents under 100 points this season and ranked 8 th in the NBA in opponent points allowed per game (93.4) the Bees also ranked 13 th in opponent field goal percentage at (44.4%) and 2 nd in opponent three-point field goal percentage (31.7%). The Hornets were this season when holding an opponent to 90 points or fewer, 5-1 when holding to 80 points or fewer and 2-0 when holding under 70 points the Hornets held opponents under 90 points 28 times in , yielding a record of the Bees held nine opponents under 80 points in and were 9-0 in those games. New Orleans only allowed an opponent to score 30+ points in a quarter 32 times this season. Some of the standout single-game defensive performances from this season: New Orleans held the Rockets to a season-low 12 1 st quarter points and 33 1 st half points in the season finale 4/26 at HOU. The Charlotte Bobcats shot (30.3%, an opponent season low, last 2/22 at CLE, 32%) from the field 4/17 in CHA and 1-16 (6.3%) from deep. Other opponent season lows worth noting that were accomplished at CHA: Tied the season low in total points (67, vs. ORL1/27), FG made (23), 12 assists (15, three times), lowest point total in the third quarter, 8 pts (previous was 15 pts 2/13 vs. UTA and one point above the franchise/season low in a quarter, 7, 1/19 at HOU). 4/15 vs. MEM, the Grizzlies scored just 35 first half points, committed 21 turnovers, tied an opponent season-low with 15 assists and failed to score 20 points in three separate quarters on 35.7% shooting. Utah was held to 18.2% (2-11) shooting from distance 4/13 at the Hive and failed to score 20 points in two quarters (2 nd and 4 th ) while scoring just six points off Hornet turnovers. The San Antonio Spurs shot 2-19 (10.5%) from beyond the arc 3/24 the two made threepoint buckets was just two more than the opponent season low, when Charlotte was held to The Los Angeles Clippers were held to 5-27 shooting (18.5%) from three-point range 3/22 and missed their last 19 attempts from deep after scoring 35 points in the first quarter, Los Angeles was held to 55 the rest of the game, including just 11 in the final frame. 3/12 Charlotte was held to 0-12 from beyond the arc and forced into 19 turnovers the Bobcats also scored fewer than 15 points in two separate quarters (14, 1 st and 12, 4 th ). Mavericks F Dirk Nowitzki was again frustrated by the Hornets D 3/2 at the Hive, shooting just 7-19 from the field with six turnovers 1/7 at DAL, the Hornets held Nowitzki to 2-11 shooting from the field in 30 minutes. The Hornets defense held the Cavaliers to 31.8% shooting (an opponent season-worst this year) in a wire-to-wire win 2/22 in Cleveland with New Orleans grabbing 56 rebounds and limiting the Cavs to five fastbreak points. The Knicks were forced into 21 turnovers 2/17 in New York (including an opponent individual high nine from Jeremy Lin, eight of which came in the first half) leading to 28 New Orleans points New York was held to 13 points in the first quarter The Knicks shot just 4-24 from distance (16.7%). New Orleans held Utah to 80 points 2/13 at the Hive, including limiting the Jazz to 4-14 (28.6%) shooting from beyond the arc New Orleans also forced 20 turnovers (+7) including a season-high - for any quarter - nine in the third, and scored 23 points as a result (+14). Against the Magic 1/27, the Hornets held the Magic to 67 points on 39.3% shooting Orlando failed to score 20 points in any quarter, the 7 th time a team did not reach 20 in any quarter of a game at the time and the first time in franchise history since 1/21/11 in Atlanta. New Orleans forced a season high 23 turnovers and had 14 steals no Magic player other than Dwight Howard attempted a free throw until 2:28 remaining in the 4 th quarter. After allowing 65 points through the first three quarters, the Hornets held the Rockets to an all-time franchise low seven points in the fourth quarter (previous low for the quarter was eight vs. SAS 3/12/08) it tied the fewest opponent points for ANY quarter in franchise history (12/23/95 2 nd vs. MIA and 12/29/02 3 rd at HOU) it also tied the fewest points in a quarter by any team in the NBA in at the time HORNETS MISCELLANEOUS STATS Hornets were when opponent has 12 or more turnovers 9-21 when bench outscores opponent bench 9-22 when a bench player scores 14 or more pts when outshooting opponent 0-32 when outshot by opponent when shooting equal or more free throws than opp when shooting less free throws than opp. 5-3 when two Hornets have double-digit rebounds 6-4 when two Hornets have double-doubles 0-0 when the Hornets have 10 or more triples 5-3 when opponent hits 10 or more 3-pointers 4-5 when the Hornets score 100 or more points when the Hornets score less than 100 points 0-16 when opponent scores 100 or more points when opponent scores less than 100 points 14-9 when opponent scores less than 90 points when the Hornets are ahead after the third qtr 4-33 when the Hornets are trailing after the third qtr 1-1 when tied at the end of the third quarter 6-26 when the Hornets trail at halftime when the Hornets lead at halftime 2-1 when tied at halftime 4-9 in games decided by 3 points or less 3-2 in games decided by 4-5 points 8-18 in games decided by 6-10 points 5-13 in games decided by points 1-3 in games decided by more than 20 points 1-4 on Sunday 4-10 on Monday 1-2 on Tuesday 6-11 on Wednesday 2-5 on Thursday 4-6 on Friday 3-7 on Saturday 0-0 in October 0-0 in November 2-1 in December 2-16 in January 4-10 in February 5-12 in March 8-6 in April Team Leaders Points Marco Belinelli 780 Rebounds Chris Kaman 364 Off. Rebs. Al-Farouq Aminu 95 Assists Greivis Vasquez 359 Steals Trevor Ariza 69 Blocks Chris Kaman 77 3PM Marco Belinelli 107 FTM Carl Landry 147 FTA Carl Landry 184 The Hornets held Minnesota to 34.2% shooting (24-70) 1/13 at home the 24 field goals were an opponent low on the season the Timberwolves also shot just 6-25 (24.0%) from distance. At Denver 1/9, the Hornets held the Nuggets to 81 points (season-low at the time), holding Denver under 20 points in each of the last three quarters the loss was Denver s first at home this season. Against Boston 12/28, the Hornets held the Celtics to 37.2% shooting (29-78) from the field, and just 78 points for the game Hornets players blocked 12 Celtic shots, more than in any game from a season ago (most in was 11 at CHI 3/7/11), and only three off the franchise record of 15 set 12/12/92 vs. DEN. In Phoenix 12/26, the Suns were held under 40% shooting (32-81, 39.5%) as well as 5-25 (20%) from distance and 84 total points.

5 Individual Player Preseason Talking Points Al-Farouq Aminu Averaged career highs in points (6.0), rebounds (4.7) and field goal percentage (41.1%) in his sophomore season Averaged 9.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.0 blocks over the last 10 games of the season and led the team and steals and blocks over that span. Was one of three Hornets to play in all 66 games last season while leading the team in offensive rebounds with 95. Recorded his first two career double-doubles in and led the team in rebounding 10 times. Ryan Anderson NBA Most Improved Player. Led the NBA in three-pointers made last season (166) with the Magic. Finished 6th in the league last season in total offensive rebounds (224), 7th in free throw percentage (87.7%) and 4th in turnover percentage (6.4%). Set career marks in points (16.1) and rebounds (7.7) last season. Anthony Davis Was the youngest member of Team USA Men s Basketball (19 years old) since NBA players began participating in 1992 and as such was the youngest gold medal winner in that span. Became the fifth player to win the National Championship and be selected #1 in the same year. Three of the previous four players (James Worthy, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) are in the Hall of Fame. Only Davis and Jabbar also were named AP player of the year that same season. Won six of the seven major National Player of the Year awards last season at Kentucky in his freshman season. Led the nation in blocks with 4.65 per game and shot 62.3% from the field while also leading his team in scoring (14.2) and rebounding (10.4). His 186 blocked shots broke school, SEC and NCAA freshman records for most in a season. Eric Gordon Team was 6-3 when Gordon played last season. Gordon scored the game-winning points on two of those nine occasions. Averaged a team-leading 20.6 points, as well as 3.4 assists, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.4 steals while shooting 45.0% from the field and leading the team in scoring in eight of his nine appearances and in assists three times. In five of the nine games, he scored 20+ points and surpassed 30 points once. Has averaged over 16 points in each of his four NBA seasons and holds a career average of 18.2 points per game. Was a finalist for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Men s basketball team and was a member of the 2010 Team USA squad that won the gold medal at the FIBA World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Xavier Henry Improved his three-point shooting percentage, field goal percentage, rebounding and assists after the All-Star Break last season. Averaged career-highs of 5.3 points and 2.4 rebounds last season. Shot 55.6% from distance at home in Robin Lopez Averaged 5.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and.94 blocks in 14.0 minutes per game last season with the Suns, playing mostly in a reserve role. Scored a career-high 30 points 2/26/10 against the Clippers. Set a career mark with eight offensive rebounds last season 4/14 at SAS. Has six games of playoff experience, averaging 7.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, 54.0% shooting from the floor and a perfect mark from the line. Roger Mason 5.5 points and 1.3 rebounds in 13.4 minutes for the Wizards last season. Had five games with at least four three-point field goals made. Set his season high with 19 points against the Hornets 3/15. Averaged a career-high 11.6 points in 82 games for the Spurs during the season. Oldest player on the roster with eight years of experience. Darius Miller Was the 2012 SEC Sixth-Man of the Year and won the NCAA National Championship in New Orleans. In his career at Kentucky, set the record for games played (152) and ranks 10th on UK s all-time three-point field goals list with 175. Played for the U.S. at the 2011 World University Games in China. Was also selected to the USA U-19 National Team in the summer of 2009, playing in all nine games and helping the team to the gold medal. Austin Rivers Averages 15.5 points for Duke as a freshman, becoming only the third player to lead Duke in scoring in his first season. Was the seventh freshman in ACC history to collect First Team All-Conference recognition. Ranks in the top five in the Duke freshman record books in seven different categories (points, points per game, free throws, free throw attempts, three pointers, double-figure scoring games and 20-point games) Played in the 2011 McDonalds All-American game, leading the West squad with 14 points. Brian Roberts Competed in the 2012 NBA Summer League for the Hornets, averaging 13.8 points, 2.2 assists and 2.0 rebounds over five games (three starts). He also shot 50% from the field, 54.5% from three-point range and 93.8% from the free throw line. Won the German League National Championship with Brose Baskets Bamberg last season, averaging 11.4 points, 3.0 assists and 2.0 rebounds in 25.9 minutes. Also appeared in 10 Euroleague games with Bamberg. Also won the and German National Championships with Brose Baskets. Named as one of 30 finalists for the John R. Wooden Award his senior year at Dayton in Jason Smith Set career marks in points per game (9.9), rebounds (4.9), blocks (1.03) and field goal percentage (.520) last season. In the 16 games after returning 3/17 from a concussion that forced him to miss 20 games, averaged 12.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 56.8% shooting with 13 blocks. Led the team in rebounding eight times last season, while scoring 20+ points on two occasions. Had four double-doubles last year, the first of his four-year career including a career-high 26 points on shooting to go along with 10 rebounds and three steals 4/7 vs. MIN. Led the team in rebounding eight times and in scoring four times in Longest-tenured Hornet (two seasons). Lance Thomas Started 10 games in his rookie season, averaging 4.2 points, 3.8 rebounds while shooting 44.7% (17-38) from the field in those contests.

6 Scored a career-high 18 points on shooting from the charity stripe vs. DEN 3/9 while also setting a career high with four offensive rebounds. Finished third among rookies in free throw percentage (83.9) although his attempts did not qualify him for end-of-year thresholds. Was a member of the 2012 U.S. Men s Select Team that scrimmaged against Team USE prior to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Was a McDonalds All-American in Greivis Vasquez Set career marks in points per game (8.9), assists (5.4), rebounds (2.6), field goal percentage (43.0%) and three-point field goal percentage (31.9%) last season. Team was with Vasquez as a starter last season including an 8-4 stretch between 4/4 vs. DEN and his final start 4/24 at GSW. Finished 20th in the NBA in assists per game (5.4) despite playing just 26 minutes per game. Led the team in assists 38 times last season and led the team in total assists with 359. Six double-doubles Played in all 66 games. Hakim Warrick Averaged 6.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 14.6 minutes in 35 games with the Suns last season. Best season of his seven-year NBA career came in his sophomore campaign in with the Grizzlies where he averaged 12.7 points and 5.1 rebounds while playing all 82 games. Was a member of the 2003 National Championship team at Syracuse as a collegian SEASON ENDING GAME NOTES CRESCENT CITY CLOSERS The Hornets closed the campaign at a high level setting team highs in several categories: New Orleans was 8-5 in its last 13 games and 8-6 in the month of April the Bees posted their longest winning streak of the season (four) in the month of April as well the streak was also the longest since January 2011 since 2/13, the Hornets have played at a.436 clip (17-22). Four of the six losses came at the hands of the Spurs, Lakers, Grizzlies and Clippers (four of the top five teams in the Western Conference) while three of the wins came over playoff-bound Denver, Utah and Memphis the wins over the Nuggets and Jazz marked the second time New Orleans defeated those teams this season, and added Minnesota to that list 4/7 and Golden State 4/24, winning the season series vs. UTA, MIN and GSW and splitting with DEN. The squad had more wins in April (eight) than any other month this season the Hornets steadily improved in victories from month to month with two in December, two in January, four in February and five in March. The team shot 55% in consecutive games 4/11 vs. SAC and 4/13 vs. UTA the Bees shot 50% or better in eight of the last 24 games New Orleans made better than half their field goals in just eight of the first 42 games of the season With the 4/16 win at CHA, New Orleans had its first sweep in back-to-back games this season, defeating MEM the night before CONCLUDES The season ended 4/26 at HOU in appropriate fashion with young players carrying the load - and the torch - into Rookie Jerome Dyson led the team in scoring for the second time this season with 15 in his first career NBA start. Darryl Watkins and Al-Farouq Aminu tied for the team lead in rebounding with 10 apiece and each notched double-doubles with 13 and 11 points respectively it was the 8 th time this season that two players had 10+ rebounds in the same game and the 10 th time two Hornets had double-doubles in the same game in The five players who played 17+ minutes in the game (Dyson, Watkins, Aminu, Lance Thomas and Greivis Vasquez) had a combined eight years of experience and no player had more than two seasons spent in the league. IRON MEN Despite the rash of injuries this season, three Hornets (Al-Farouq Aminu, Marco Belinelli and Greivis Vasquez) managed to play in all 66 games the trio tied for the NBA-lead in games played in and made the Hornets one of only three teams (CHI and OKC) to have at least three players play in every game this year. VASQUEZ ASSISTS Greivis Vasques finished th in the NBA in assists per game with 5.4 despite playing just 25:50 per contest and serving as a backup the majority of the year Vasquez was also 10 th in assist percentage (35.7%) and 15 th in total assists (359) the team was this season with Greivis as a starter, including 8-4 between 4/4 vs. DEN and his last start 4/24 at GSW. CLEANING THE GLASS New Orleans ranked 14 th in total rebounding percentage, 15 th in defensive rebounding percentage and 16 th in offensive rebounding percentage in the NBA in New Orleans also ranked 4 th in opponent rebounds per game, 16 th in opponent offensive rebounds per game and 4 th in opponent defensive rebounds per game 13 different Hornets led the team in rebounding this season. Darryl Watkins set his career high for rebounds in his first game as a Hornet with a game-high 13 4/18 at MEM. Marco Belinelli has chipped in this season, setting his career high for boards 12/30 vs. PHX with 11 while also tying his career high for offensive rebounds with three in the game Marco also led the team in rebounding 1/30 at MIA (five) and tied for the team lead with six 2/12 at IND. Al-Farouq Aminu has also had career individual game rebounding numbers this season, gathering 12 1/7 at DAL (all defensive) and then leading the team with eight rebounds 1/9 at DEN and 4/1 at PHX.Aminu notched a career-high six offensive rebounds 3/2 vs. DAL and had eight total in 25 minutes. AMINU EMERGES Since he was re-inserted into the starting lineup 4/9 vs. LAL, Al-Farouq Aminu played with much more confidence and aggressiveness in those 10 contests, Aminu averaged 9.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.7 assists in 34 minutes per game each of those categories showed significant improvements from his season averages Aminu led the team in rebounding for the 10 th time this season with 10 4/26 at HOU and had his second career double-double with 11 points the game marked the third double-digit rebounding effort of his career a game after recording a team-high 11 4/24 at GSW. Chief notched double-digit points in five of the last 10 games after only scoring 10+ nine times in the previous 56 contests. In the last home game 4/19 vs. HOU, Chief recorded a season-high 17 points while also grabbing eight rebounds and recording two assists with two steals. Al has had at least one steal in seven of the last 10 games, and two or more steals in six of those contests he had the second most steals on the team for the season with 59.

7 ERIC THE GREAT Eric Gordon was spectacular in the nine games in which he appeared this season (all starts) New Orleans finished 6-3 when Gordon played this season EG averaged a team-leading 20.6 points, as well as 3.4 assists, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.4 steals while shooting 45.0% from the field and leading the team in scoring on eight of the nine occasions and in assists three times in five of the nine games, he has scored 20+ points as well and has surpassed 30 once. Gordon led the team with 27 points in the last home game of the season, connecting on 50% of his shots from the floor and making eight of ten free throw attempts. In his home debut 1/4 vs. PHI, The Commissioner hit his first four shots from the field en route to an 11 point first quarter and ended the game with 22 points. Gordon also started hot 4/6 at SAS, scoring 15 of the team s 24 first quarter points on 5-9 shooting with two steals and ended with a Hornets season-high 31 points in just 31:45. HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS The Hornets closed out the season strong in the Hive, winning their last four home games and six of their last seven at New Orleans Arena. Over the last seven home games, the Hornets averaged 96.9 points per game while holding their opponents to an average of just 90.0 points per game. The Hornets shot 49.4% from the floor in their last seven home games after shooting 45.1% on the season. They also held opponents to just 42.2% from the floor in those contests. # s GAME Here is an enumerated summary of New Orleans journey in the injury-plagued season: 28 different starting lineups used this season which was an NBA high 22 different players to appear for New Orleans this year 21 age of Al-Farouq Aminu and Xavier Henry, the youngest players on the roster 17 players on this year s team who came into the league since the franchise moved back to New Orleans in individuals who made their team debut this season 15 number of players to start at least one game for the club 13 different Hornets who led the team in rebounding 12 different Hornets who led the team in scoring 11 players who missed time due to injury 9 available healthy players on the roster for nine separate games this season; players with fewer than two seasons of experience 8 number of games started by the most-used starting lineup this season; players to appear with D-League experience 7 different Hornets who led the team in assists 6 returning players from last year s team; rookies who played 5 times the team had a full bench of 13 healthy players; players who played on 10-day contracts 4 players who missed 20+ games due to injury 3 players who appeared in every game; years of service of the longest-tenured Hornet 2 times the Hornets played with eight healthy players 1 player remaining from the roster inherited by GM Dell Demps and head coach Monty Williams since they took over in the summer of times the team started its preferred lineup this year; players who started every game M.A.S.H. UNIT The chart on the right breaks down the 218 games missed (2 nd most in the NBA this year) by 11 different players this season and the ailment that caused the layoff Coming out of the All-Star Break, the Hornets had missed the second most games due to injury of any team in the league, with a total of nine different players missing time. Only three players played in every game this season (Al-Farouq Aminu, Marco Belinelli and Greivis Vasquez) and no player has started every game for the club. The Hornets only had a full bench of 13 players able to play five times this season, with all but six of the 53 instances without a full bench due to injuries. To compensate for the injuries, there were as many as three players on 10-day contracts with the club at one point in the season and five players on such contracts total. New Orleans only had eight players available 3/29 at POR and 3/31 at LAL New Orleans had only nine players available 2/10 vs. POR, 2/13 vs. UTA, 3/2 vs. DAL, 3/3 vs. IND, 3/7 at SAC, 3/24 vs. SAS and 3/28 at GSW and won two of the first three such contests. DEFENDING DOWNTOWN The Hornets ranked 2 nd in the NBA in opponent three-point field goal percentage, allowing opponents to shoot just 31.5% from deep 4/16 at CHA, the Bees held Charlotte to 1-16 from behind the arc, holding the Bobcats to 1-28 from three in the two meetings this season, an astonishing 3.6%...3/24 vs. SAS, the Hornets held the Spurs to 2-19 from deep, tying the San Antonio s season low in three pointers made with two on 1/18 at Orlando. Utah shot a scary 18.2% (2-11) on Friday, April 13 th at the Hive. 3/12 vs. CHA, the Hornets held the Bobcats to a franchise-tying worst 0-12 from downtown it was the lowest opponent three-point makes of the season the other two instances in franchise history where a team shot that poorly were 12/9/00 at IND and 3/23/90 vs. NYK. 3/22 vs. LAC, New Orleans forced the Clippers into 5-27 shooting from deep, including 0-10 in the 4th quarter and 0-19 to finish the game. New Orleans has only allowed opponents to make 10+ triples six times this season. 4/1 at PHX, the Bees held the Suns to 3-15 (20%) from behind the three-point line. Player Injury Games Missed Ariza Groin 8 Ankle 5 Illness 2 Ayón Foot 1 Concussion 1 Gordon Knee 51 Back 4 Henry Ankle 12 Jack Foot 13 Knee 6 Ankle 1 Johnson Concussion 8 Kaman Leg 6 Illness 5 Ankle 1 Landry Knee 23 Ankle 2 Okafor Knee 39 Smith Concussion 20 Ankle 1 Summers Knee 9

8 CLUTCH GORDON Eric Gordon accounted for the winning points in two of the nine games he has played this season after drawing a foul and hitting a pair of free throws that proved the difference in a Hornets win over the Nuggets 4/4 Gordon had a clutch moment to cap his memorable Hornets debut, hitting the game-winning jumper with 4.2 seconds to play 12/26 at Phoenix in the game, Gordon also became the first player to score at least 20 points in his team debut since the team moved to New Orleans in The team is 6-3 when Gordon appears with two victories having come by three points or fewer, accounting for a pair of the three such victories this season. SUPREME SUPLENTE (SUBSTITUTE) Current Magic F Gustavo Ayón spent his rookie season with the New Orleans Hornets last season and was a bright spot filling in for the injured Jason Smith and Carl Landry at power forward in his rookie NBA season Grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds 2/22 at CLE, tying the Hornets individual mark for rebounds this season and becoming the third Hornet in as many seasons to reach that plateau. Ayón s Rookie Ranks Achieved his first career double-double 2/15 at MIL with a career-best 12 rebounds to go with 12 points and Category Rank three steals the three steals tied a career high this came a game after he narrowly missed his first 10/10 FG% 2 nd game, ending with 13 points and nine rebounds 2/13 vs. UTA Ayón followed the Milwaukee performance up with a 13/11 outing 2/17 at NYK, his second consecutive double-double. Rebounds 5 th Earned his first NBA start 2/6 vs. DET and responded by grabbing a career-high (at the time) nine Blocks 5 th rebounds with the start, Ayón became the first Hornets rookie since Quincy Pondexter 3/7/11 against the Steals 7 th Chicago Bulls to start for the team. Assists 17 th GRANDE GUSTAVO Some highlights from a grand rookie season with the New Orleans Hornets from current Magic F Points 19 th Gustavo Ayón. Goose had a career-best 17 rebounds 2/22 at CLE which tied the Hornets individual mark for the season (Emeka Okafor 1/21 vs. DAL) he fell six rebounds shy of Larry Johnson s rookie record of 23 rebounds (vs. MIN 3/10/92). Ayón became just the third Hornet (Okafor, David West) in the last three seasons to have as many as 17 rebounds and notched the fifth such game in that span Ayón became the 20 th Hornets all-time to have at least 17 boards. On the five-game road trip from 2/15 to 2/22, Ayón averaged 9.8 rebounds, including his three double-digit outings of the season (also 12 2/15 at MIL and 11 2/17 at NYK) Ayón averaged 7.7 rebounds for the month of February. Ayón s stat line in the 4 th quarter 1/14 at MEM was impressive: five points, six rebounds, four assists and a block while missing only once from the field and hitting his only free throw in fact, Ayón s 5 point/6 rebound/4 assist performance for a quarter was the first in at least the last 14 seasons in franchise history (dating back to 1998) and at the time was a mark that had only been done one other time in the NBA this season (Kyle Lowry 2 nd quarter 12/29 vs. SAS) adding in Ayón s block, he became the first player in the entire NBA since Lamar Odom on 10/31/10 ( ) to reach those plateaus. Against the Warriors, Gustavo Ayón blocked a career high four shots, including the game-saving rejection with :05.9 second remaining. STARTING LINEUPS in , the Hornets used an NBA-high 28 different starting lineups and were never able to roll out the preferred preseason starting five (Jack-Gordon-Ariza-Landry/Smith-Okafor) for a single game this season New Orleans started four different players at point guard, shooting guard and center, five players at small forward and seven different individuals at power forward this season. 15 different Hornets started at least one game for the team this season. Times used First time PG SG SF PF C Record 8 1/18 Jack Belinelli Ariza Smith Okafor /13 Vasquez Belinelli Ariza Ayón Kaman /5 Jack Belinelli Ariza Ayón Kaman /28 Jack Belinelli Ariza Landry Okafor /6 Jack Belinelli Aminu Kaman Okafor /4 Vasquez Gordon Ariza Smith Kaman /13 Jack Belinelli Summers Kaman Okafor /2 Vasquez Summers Ariza Smith Okafor /6 Vasquez Belinelli Ariza Ayón Okafor /2 Jack Belinelli Aminu Ayón Kaman /31 Jack Belinelli Aminu Thomas Smith /9 Vasquez Belinelli Aminu Smith Kaman /13 Vasquez Gordon Aminu Smith Kaman /16 Vasquez Belinelli Aminu Thomas Smith /22 Vasquez Gordon Aminu Thomas Smith /26 Belinelli Gordon Ariza Landry Okafor /4 Jack Gordon Aminu Landry Okafor /16 Jack Belinelli Summers Smith Okafor /1 Jack Summers Ariza Smith Okafor /8 Jack Belinelli Ariza Ayón Okafor /7 Jack Belinelli Ariza Jones Kaman /22 Jack Belinelli Ariza Smith Kaman /24 Jack Vasquez Belinelli Thomas Ayón /26 Jack Belinelli Ariza Thomas Ayón /28 Jack Belinelli Aminu Landry Smith /29 Vasquez Belinelli Aminu Landry Smith /24 Vasquez Belinelli Aminu Thomas Ayón /26 Dyson Belinelli Thomas Aminu Smith 0-1 FINE FROM THE LINE Notes on the Hornets solid free throw shooting in The Hornets made 36 consecutive free throws over a three game span (UTA/MEM/CHA) until a 4 th Qtr miss on Monday 4/16. It was the longest Hornets free throw streak since 38 in a row during the season.

9 New Orleans went a perfect from the line 4/15 vs. MEM with six different Hornets led by Eric Gordon s 8-8 not missing an attempt it was the second time this season ( /9 vs. LAL) that the Bees didn t miss a freebie all game the 4/9 contest marked the first time since 2/5/11 vs. LAL (4-4) that the Hornets were perfect from the stripe. Al-Farouq Aminu shot (75.4%) from the line this season Aminu went almost a calendar month (January 7 th to February 4 th ) without missing a free throw. Jarrett Jack ( ) finished the season ranked 12 th in the NBA at 87.2% Jack was as high as second in the league at 96.0% before missing a pair of free throws 1/13 vs. MIN...Captain Jack led the team in both made free throws and free throws attempted before being declared out for the season with a stress fracture in his foot. Greivis Vasquez (96-117, 82.1%) only missed 21 times this season and went seven games without missing a free throw between 2/17 at NYK and 3/5 at POR. The entire Hornets bench shot perfect from the free throw line 4/22 at LAC, combining to connect on all 11 free throw attempts. New Orleans hit its first 16 free throws 2/28 at CHI and did not miss until 3:32 remaining in the 3 rd quarter, finishing for the game. Carl Landry hit on free throws 1/25 at OKC. Emeka Okafor s stellar 7-7 performance 2/6 vs. SAC helped him on his way to a season-high 19 points and marked the most free throws made in a game without a miss in his NBA career (almost 500 games at the time). CLOSE CALLS Although the record didn t accurately reflect it, the Hornets played competitively all season, exemplified by the fact that 44 of 66 games (66.7%) were decided by 10 points or fewer and had a better point differential than seven teams in the league despite having equal or fewer wins than five of them. Earlier this season, the Bees had three consecutive losses by just two points (the first game of the stretch 1/19 at HOU came in overtime) it was the first time in franchise history the Hornets had been involved in three straight games decided by two points or less. The team pushed three teams (Los Angeles Lakers, Indiana Pacers and Houston Rockets) to overtime early in the season, but lost all three of its first overtime contests. In the two games at home vs. the Spurs, the Hornets have lost by a combined five points, most recently a three-point loss on 3/24, New Orleans also lost to Detroit on 2/4 by two, the fifth game decided by less than three points this season. The Hornets were in games decided by 10 points or less. GREIVIS DISHES OUT DOUBLES Second-year point guard Greivis Vasquez has gone on a tear recently, recording double-doubles in three of four games from 4/4 vs. DEN to 4/9 vs. LAL starting the 12 games at point between 4/4 vs. DEN and 4/24 at GSW, he averaged 12.1 ppg, 7.5 apg, 3.3 rpg and 1.0 spg and had six double-doubles on the season 4/16 at CHA, Vasquez tied a career-high 20 points, while dishing out a game-high six assists. Vasquez scored 18 points and handed out 11 assists 4/9 vs. LAL, while also setting a career-high with five three-point field goals made. GV narrowly missed a double-double with eight points and nine assists (three steals) 4/15 vs. MEM. As one of three Hornets to record double-doubles 4/7 vs. MIN, Vasquez recorded 11 points and 10 assists while also contributing five rebounds in a crucial home win over the Timberwolves. Greivis stepped in for an injured Jarrett Jack 4/4 vs. DEN, and finished the game with 11 points and 10 assists while missing just one shot the entire game (4-5 FG, 1-1 3P, 2-2 FT). LOW SCORING VICTORIES Including the 4/16 win at CHA, the Hornets have won three other times in franchise history when scoring 75 points or less 12/21/10 vs. SAC, 75-71; 2/21/02 vs. HOU, 73-72; and 12/20/00 vs. MIA, CAREER NIGHT Forward Jason Smith set a new season and career high vs. the Timberwolves as he went from the floor with 26 points, 10 rebounds and three steals it was the first 20/10 game of his career and 3 rd career double-double In 36 minutes of play, Smith hit his first eight shots, going perfect in the first half. His first miss of the night (4/7) was at the 11:05 mark of the third quarter. STEALING THE SHOW New Orleans did an exemplary job forcing turnovers during the two game stretch 3/31 at LAL (14) and 4/1 at PHX (19) of the 33 turnovers, 21 were steals forced by the Hornets D forward Al-Farouq Aminu had seven steals in the two contests. RETURN OF J-SMITH In the 16 games (including starting the last 14 which he played) after returning 3/17 at NJN from missing 20 contests with a concussion, Jason Smith made his impact felt. In that time, Smith averaged 12.6 points and 6.2 rebounds with 13 blocks on 56.8% shooting. The fourth-year pro notched his 4 th double-double for the year 4/15 vs. MEM with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Smith tied a season high (at the time) with 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds 3/22 vs. LAC in his first start since returning 3/21 vs. GSW, Jason scored 12 points off the bench and grabbed seven rebounds (five offensive). Smitty logged just 6:11 4/6 at SAS after injuring himself falling into the stands after blocking a transition layup. BEST OF THE BENCH Al-Farouq Aminu s 15 points off the bench 3/26 at LAC were a team-best, marking the 12 th time this season a member of the bench has led the team in scoring it was the second time Aminu led the team in scoring this year, and contributed to the second unit (only five players strong) accounting for a season-high 54 of the team s 85 points Chris Johnson scored a career-high 11 points from the bench in the game on 4-6 shooting and grabbed a season-high six rebounds in the effort. All five available players (Aminu, Johnson, Carl Landry, Xavier Henry and Greivis Vasquez) played at least 20 minutes. NO DOUBTING THOMAS There was no doubt that rookie forward Lance Thomas, signed for the remainder of the season February 27 th after two 10- day contracts, was an NBA talent 3/9 at DEN Thomas scored a career-high 18 points while only taking six shots from the field (making three) the 18 points led the team, making Thomas the 11 th different Hornet to lead the squad in scoring this season. 12 of the rookie s points came from the free throw line (14 attempts) both numbers set the New Orleans individual high marks (at the time) in their respective categories for the year (previously 11 and 13, both by Carl Landry) the effort fell two makes and three attempts shy of the all-time franchise records, held by Brad Miller (5/5/99) and Chris Paul (1/21/06) in his previous 17 games, Thomas was from the line. The 2010 National Champion also played a career-high 30 minutes and grabbed a career-high four offensive rebounds.

10 INGREDIENTS 4 SUCCESS In the Hornets 21 wins this season, there were some common factors: In the first 10 wins this season, the Hornets outshot their opponent, forced 12+ turnovers and led at halftime all 21 wins have come when outshooting the opponent. In the 11 th and 12 th wins of the season (3/17 at NJ and 3/22 vs. LAC) the Hornets did much of the same outshooting NJ and LAC however the Bees trailed at halftime and entering the final period and came back to win, marking the first times to overcome a second half deficit and the 2 nd and 3 rd times to win when down entering the fourth quarter the Bees also overcame halftime deficits 4/4 vs. DEN and 4/19 vs. HOU. In 16 of the 20 wins, the opponent scored 90 points or fewer. Five of the 20 New Orleans wins have come in commanding fashion, by 11+ points. GOOD GREIVIS Second-year man Greivis Vasquez played his best stretch as a pro beginning 1/29 vs. ATL In all, Vasquez led the team in assists 37 times this season (nine ties), in scoring four times and in rebounding twice (both ties). GV Notched a double-double with 11 assists and 15 points 2/17 at NYK. 2/10 vs. POR, Vasquez set a career high with five steals and followed it up with three steals 2/13 vs. UTA Vasquez tied his career high with 20 points (6-9 FG) 2/6 vs. SAC and led the team with nine assists In the second start of his career (first as a Hornet) 2/2 at SAS, Vasquez tied his career high with seven made field goals on just 14 attempts (50.0%) and tied for the team lead with five assists and two steals he played a career-high 34 minutes in the game as well. In 28 minutes 2/1 vs. PHX Vasquez has his best game as a pro, scoring a career high 20 points, dishing a career high 12 assists and grabbing a career-high tying six rebounds he also tied a career high with seven made field goals His outing against the Suns marked the first time in franchise history that a reserve scored at least 20 points and had at least 10 assists in a game it was Greivis first double-double of his career his 12 assists 2/1 were a New Orleans individual high for the season. SCRAPPY SECOND UNIT As the only four healthy reserves during the back-to-back 3/2 vs. defending World Champion Dallas and 3/3 vs. IND, the cast of a player on a 10-day contract (Solomon Jones), a player who spent unaffiliated time in the D-League this year (Lance Thomas) and two secondyear players acquired prior to the season (Xavier Henry and Greivis Vasquez) had an immense impact off the bench. Henry scored a career high 19 points on 8-12 shooting with two assists and a team-best two steals 3/2 and poured in nine points with six rebounds the following night. Vasquez led the team with seven assists against the Mavericks in just 19 minutes in the game and also grabbed six rebounds in that time with a steal and a block. Jones had a season-high 11 points on 5-9 shooting against Dallas, including a pair of clutch 4 th quarter jumpers and grabbed five rebounds.he followed up that performance with a 12 point/nine rebound effort, one rebound and two points shy of matching his career high numbers. In only seven minutes, Thomas was able to collect four rebounds 3/2 and scored eight points with three boards in 14 minutes against the Pacers. Starters Emeka Okafor, Jason Smith, Trevor Ariza, Eric Gordon and sixth-man Carl Landry all missed the games due to injury or illness this marked the third and fourth games this season the Hornets only had nine healthy bodies for a game due to a rash of injuries and New Orleans is a respectable 2-2 in those games. SABOR INTERNACIONAL = INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR Vazquez, a rookie last season, joined Carl Herrera ( ) and Oscar Torres ( ) as the only Venezuelan-born players. Early season pickup Xavier Henry was born in Belgium, and is one of only two players in the NBA (joining Tony Parker) to be born in that country. F Al-Farouq Aminu is of Nigerian descent and plans to compete with his national team this summer. COMPACT CAMPAIGN The shortened season featured 66 games over the course of only 120 days (not including the three day All-Star Break). Here are some notes that the peculiar schedule produced: January was the toughest month in terms of games played for the Hornets, with 18 contests (including 10 home dates), an average of a game every 1.72 days! This marks the fourth time in franchise history the Bees have had 18 games in a single month, joining March and April 1999 (also a post-work stoppage season) and in March of 1990 the last time the Hornets had 10 home games in a month was in January 2007, when they played host to 11 games. The Hornets played a back-to-back-to-back February 20 th 22 nd in Oklahoma City, Indiana and Cleveland, respectively, only the second time in franchise history the team has had such a stretch of games. The schedule featured 15 sets of back-to-back games there were three sets of home back-to-backs, all in the first three weeks of March (2 nd /3 rd, 14 th /15 th and 21 st /22 nd ). February 11 th and 12 th was the first time the team had consecutive days off without a game. YOUTH MOVEMENT The average age of the three players the Hornets received from the Clippers in the December 14 th trade (Al-Farouq Aminu, Eric Gordon and Chris Kaman) was 24 years old Aminu (21) was the fourth-youngest player in the entire NBA last season. To begin the season, the Hornets had three rookies on the roster and three more players who had less than 82 games of NBA experience in fact, the Hornets ranked 3 rd in the NBA in least average experience with only 3.2 seasons of service per player coming into the year.

11 BUSY BEES A Look at the Hornets Off-season to Now MAKING CHANGES: The Hornets have been one of the most active teams in recent NBA History. New Orleans enters the campaign with only six returning players from the roster and eight new players under contract, while Jason Smith (third season) is the longest-tenured Hornet. No members of the roster inherited by Dell Demps and his staff when they took the helm in the summer of Below is a timeline of the Hornets transactions from the off-season to now: June 15, 2012 June 20, 2012 June 28, 2012 June 28, 2012 June 30, 2012 July 11, 2012 July 13, 2012 July 14, 2012 July 24, 2012 July 27, 2012 August 4, 2012 August 16, 2012 August 19, 2012 September 6, 2012 October 1, 2012 October 8, 2012 Tom Benson s purchase of the New Orleans Hornets is approved by the NBA s Board of Governor s Acquire forward Rashard Lewis and the 46 th pick in the 2012 NBA Draft from the Washington Wizards in exchange for center Emeka Okafor and Forward Trevor Ariza. Extend qualifying offer to guard Eric Gordon, making him a restricted free agent. Draft forward Anthony Davis from Kentucky with the first overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, guard Austin Rivers from Duke with the 10 th pick. Waive forward Rashard Lewis. Acquire forward Ryan Anderson from the Orlando Magic in exchange for forward/center Gustavo Ayon; acquire forward/center Edin Bavcic from the Philadelphia 76ers in a three-way deal that sent guard Jarrett Jack to the Golden State Warriors and center Darryl Watkins to the 76ers, while forward Dorrell Wright went from Golden State to Philadelphia. Acquire center Brad Miller, the Brooklyn Nets 2013 second round pick and the Minnesota Timberwolves 2016 second round pick from Minnesota in exchange for the Hornets protected second round pick in Match the Phoenix Suns offer to restricted free agent guard Eric Gordon. Sign 2012 draft picks forward Anthony Davis and guard Austin Rivers. Acquire center Robin Lopez, forward Hakim Warrick and cash considerations from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for guard Jerome Dyson and center Brad Miller, with two second round picks (acquired in the July 13 trade) going to Minnesota as part of the three-team deal that sent forward Wesley Johnson and a first round pick from Minnesota to Phoneix. Sign guard Roger Mason. Sign guard Brian Roberts. Sign Head Coach Monty Williams to a contract extension. Sign second round pick Darius Miller. Sign three free agents for training camp Solomon Alabi, Dominique Morrison and Chris Wright. Waive training camp invitation Domonique Morrison Dell Demps Senior Vice President and General Manager On July 21, 2010, Dell Demps was named the seventh general manager in Hornets history. It is Demps first stint as general manager of an NBA franchise. Demps joined the Spurs at the start of the season as director of pro player personnel and was promoted to Vice President of Basketball Operations in In addition to his duties with the Spurs, Demps was named general manager of the Toros when they were first purchased by the Spurs in June With the Spurs, Demps won an NBA Championship (2007) and two divisional titles (2006, 2009). In each of the last five seasons that he was with San Antonio, the Spurs won at least 50 games. Demps had the opportunity to play in the NBA for Golden State ( ), San Antonio ( ) and Orlando ( ), as well as playing professionally in the Philippines, France, Greece, Turkey, Croatia and Venezuela during his 10-year career. During his professional playing career, each summer he returned to Pacific to take MBA courses. When Demps suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in 1998, he returned to Pacific and completed his MBA. At Pacific, Demps was a four-year starter, earning All-Big West honors three times. After completing his MBA, Demps became a member of Pacific s Eberhardt School of Business Advisory Board. He was also elected to the Pacific Athletics Hall of Fame in Demps, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area and his wife, Anita, have three sons, Jourdan (21), Tre (18), and Riley (11). Jourdan attends the University of Texas- San Antonio and Tre is in his freshman year playing basketball at Northwestern University. Riley is great student-athlete that excels in football and basketball. Anita is a 1998 graduate of Pacific s McGeorge School of Law. Demps in the NBA/NBA Developmental League Front Office Year Title Assistant Coach-Mobile Revelers Assistant Coach-Mobile Revelers Scout-New York Knicks Scout/Director of Pro Player Personnel-New York Knicks Director of Pro Player Personnel-San Antonio Spurs Director of Pro Player Personnel-San Antonio Spurs Director of Pro Player Personnel-San Antonio Spurs/General Manager-Austin Toros (D-League) Director of Pro Player Personnel-San Antonio Spurs/General Manager-Austin Toros (D-League) Director of Pro Player Personnel-San Antonio Spurs/General Manager-Austin Toros (D-League) 2010-present Senior Vice President and General Manager-New Orleans Hornets

12 COACH S BIO: MONTY WILLIAMS Notre Dame RECORD: (.318) CAREER RECORD: (.453) Coaching Notes Appointed head coach on June 7, 2010 Spent the previous five seasons as an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers Prior to joining the Trail Blazers, won an NBA Championship as a coaching staff intern with the San Antonio Spurs in In the summer of 2005, coached the Spurs Summer League entry in the Rocky Mountain Revue First Hornets head coach (and fourth in NBA history) to start his career with eight-straight wins Became the third first-year head coach to qualify for the playoffs in franchise history (Dave Cowens, ; Tim Floyd, ). Was named the Western Conference Coach of the Month for January (2011) after leading the Hornets to a franchise-best 12 wins. Led the Hornets to an improved win total in each month of the season and closed out the regular season on a 6-1stretch at New Orleans Arena. Williams NBA Playing Career Year Team New York Knicks New York Knicks/San Antonio Spurs San Antonio Spurs San Antonio Spurs Denver Nuggets Orlando Magic Orlando Magic Orlando Magic Philadelphia 76ers Williams as an NBA Head Coach Year Team W L Pct New Orleans Hornets New Orleans Hornets Totals Playing Notes Selected by New York in the first round (24th overall) of the 1994 NBA Draft Nine-year veteran of the NBA before chronic knee problems forced him into retirement in 03 Played for the Knicks, San Antonio, Denver, Orlando and Philadelphia Best season was with the Spurs in , when he averaged 9.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 65 games and shot 50.9% from the field In 456 career games, averaged 6.3 points per game Honorable mention All-American at Notre Dame after averaging 22.4 points and 8.4 rebounds during his senior season Away from basketball for two years during college (from 1990 to 1992) after being diagnosed with hypertropic cardiomyopathy, a rare condition of thickened muscle between the chambers of the heart. LEAD ASSISTANT COACH Randy Ayers Miami (Ohio) Third season with the Hornets and second in the role of lead assistant coach Head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers for 52 games in NBA assistant with Philadelphia ( 98-03, 09-10), Orlando ( 05-07), and Washington ( 07-09) While in Philadelphia helped guide the team to five straight playoff appearances including a trip to the 2001 NBA Finals NCAA Coach of the Year in 1991 at Ohio State Named Big Ten Coach of the Year in 1991 and 1992 Led the Buckeyes to two consecutive No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1978 Son Cameron is a sophomore at Bucknell and plays basketball for the Bison Oldest son Ryan also played basketball and graduated from Notre Dame in ASSISTANT COACHING STAFF Dave Hanners 2 nd season North Carolina Spent the and seasons as an assistant with Charlotte in addition to the first part of last season. Has also been on the staffs of the Pistons ( ), Knicks ( ) and 76ers ( ) Played guard under Dean Smith at UNC from Bryan Gates 3 rd season Boise State Comes to the Hornets after spending the year prior with the Sacramento Kings in the same capacity In three year stint with the NBDL s Idaho Stampede, garnered two Coach of the Year Awards ( 07, 08), and won the league title in Fred Vinson 3 rd season Georgia Tech Assistant with the LA Clippers from 07-10, while also serving as the Director of Player Programs Played parts of the and seasons with Atlanta and Seattle.