The Hornets fell to the back-to-back reigning champions the Los Angeles Lakers in six first-round games.
The Lakers would go on to be swept by the Dallas Mavericks in four Western Conference Semifinal games.
The Mavericks would on go to be NBA Champions that year, a franchise first and their second time making the finals.
Believed by many as the greatest Hornet/Pelican of all time, Paul was originally going to be traded to the Lakers in a 3-team deal that would send Lamar Odom, Goran Dragic, Luis Scola, Kevin Martin, and a 2012 first round draft pick to the Hornets and Pau Gasol to the Houston Rockets, but NBA Commissioner David Stern had controversially vetoed the trade.
[1] Roster Last transaction: March 26, 2011 As of September 2010: Chris Paul was selected as a starter to his 4th NBA All Star game