29-year old power forward David West just keeps putting up big numbers for the Hornets. He played in 81 games (all starts) for the Hornets last season and he averaged 36.4 minutes, 19.0 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. West has now played in 460 games (368 starts) in his 7 years with the Hornets and he is averaging 32.0 minutes, 16.0 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. West is moving up in the record books for the Hornets as he is #5 in games played with 460. He is also #3 in rebounds (3,324), #10 in assists (878), #8 in steals (329), #5 in blocked shots (373) and he is #4 in points scored (7,368) in Hornets’ history. West is already one of the very best players in New Orleans Hornets history.

Reserve center Aaron Gray is doing a solid job of backing up Emeka Okafor. He has played in 15 games (0 starts) for the Hornets this season and he is averaging 10.9 minutes, 3.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. Gray is also shooting an amazing 65.6% from the floor with the Hornets so far. Gray is looking like a solid addition to the Hornets since coming over in a trade with the Bulls earlier this year.

Chris Paul is back from injury to reclaim his starting point guard spot. Paul has played in 39 games (all starts) for the Hornets this season and he is averaging 38.3 minutes, 20.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 10.9 assists and 2.2 steals per game. Paul is shooting 50.3% from the floor, 42.7% from three point range and 86.2% from three point range so far this season. The one bright spot while Chris Paul was out was the play of Darren Collison who really did a great job of running the team. It will be interesting to see if the Hornets start Paul & Collison together despite them both being smaller guys.

Starting power forward David West has been the most dependable member of the Hornets this season. He has played in 64 games (all starts) for the Hornets this season and he is averaging 36.5 minutes, 18.7 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. The Hornets will need West to keep healthy and playing well if they are going to have any chance of making the playoffs this season.

Something has gotten into rookie shooting guard Marcus Thornton lately. In his last 5 games, Thornton is averaging 32.8 minutes, 26.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. He is shooting an amazing 53.8% from three point range in his last five games for the Hornets. Overall, Thornton has played in 52 games (6 starts) for the Hornets this year and he is averaging 22.3 minutes, 12.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game. He is now shooting 40.2% from three point range this season. Darren Collison and Marcus Thornton have really given the Hornets a huge boost in the absence of Chris Paul and they hope they keep up the good work.